The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
RaineyDeath Gave
 Congress Problem
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I toward the end of the session fol
 "cZar" rule, although inS appear,
 ance and actions he was the anti.
 thesis of Cannon, quiet, gentle anG | gracious. But the rules he engin.
 eered to speed up adjournment
 prevented all bills but those he fa
 vored from reaching the floor. At one time during the session il
 was reported both he and Byrn:
 were in disfavor at the White
 House. Presidential appointment:
 which would take them out of con. | gress were hinted at.
 | But it was admitted that Rainey
 and Byrns, unless so shelved, were
 certain to retain their posts in tho
 next congress. The overriding ot
 the presidents veto of the veterans | bill, and house passage of the sol diers' bonus-inflation measure were
 the main house slaps at the admin. istration.
 Was Drifting Away | Rainey showed occasionally ir the last session that he was not en-
 tirely amenable to White House in
 fiuence on his pet subject-silver
 An original Bryan "16-to-1" advo-
 cate he constantly urged the White | House to remonetize silver. A dem- | ocrat of the old school he was an
 authority on the tariff-and wanted | it low.
 Rainey loved companions. He | liked to mingle with congressional | friends, and hated to turn down a
 banquet invitation.
 His wife was his constant com. | panion and for years his right
 hand secretary.
 Since 1903. when he first came
 to congress, he had been a familiar
 sight on capital streets. His lonl
 flowing black tie. his old black pipe
 and his silver hair. made him one
 of the few remaining picturesque
 congressional figures.
 | Wifc's Prescntiment
 St Louis, Mo, Aug 20-(UP)- Henry Thomas Rainey, speaker o1 | the national house of representa-
 tives. died suddenly of angine pee.
 tives, died suddenly of angina pee.
 while convalescing from a mild at
 tack of bronchialpneumonia. He
 would have been "A years old to.
 day.
 Three hours before the end, the | speakers wife and a sister, who
 had ben with him throughout the | day, left for their home at Carroll 1 ton, III, on the assurance of at,
 tending physicians that his condi.
 ton was thoroughly satisfactor.
 under the circumstances. | Despite the assurances, Mir.
 Rainey told the United Press she | had what she described as "a pre- sentiment" when she left that il
 was the last time she would see
 him alive.
 "I told him good bye. feeling
 that was our final parting" she
 said. "He seemed very happy, and much better when I did leave. I o!
 course said nothing to him of my i presentiment but was sure he was
 near death. Word of his passing
 therefore was not the shock il
 otherwise would have been." ! Although today was to have beer
 his birthday, no plans for its eel
 ebration were made for the first | time sinc their marriage, Mrs | Rainey said. The widely-loved parliamentarian l entered the hospital two weeks agc | to shake off the bronchial trouble
 contracted during a summer poli- | tical campaign on behalf of New Deal" candidates. He was ordered 1 to a rn'-"'''ete mental and physical
 rest to regain his strength for the arduous legislative duties this win- | ter.
 Mrs Rainey attributed his heart weakness to strain of speaking in exceptionally hot weather which prevailed during the mast month. pr Frank Sinnegan. his physician | said the strain of the past session of congress had much to do with l failure of his heart. and that 1t was not attributable to the pneu | monia.
 Plans for the funeral were not immediately formulated. T h e speaker had expressed a wish that his body be cremated, which Mrs Rainey said would be done. It was understood a simple family funeral service would be held at Carroll ton, ~rere the speaker was born on Aug 20. 1860, and where he made his home.
 Message of President Washington, Aug 20-(UP)- News of the death =" ~>eaker of the House Henry T. Rainey came to President Roosevelt on the yacht Sequoia. down the Potomac where he cruised until this morn ing.
 In a message issued early today, the president said:
 "It must always be an occasion of national regret when a public servant who has zen the greater part of his life to unselfish service passes away. This Is especially true in the loss of Speaker Rainey at a time when the experience of many years has eliminated in his un- selfish leadership of the nations house of representatives.
 q had the privilege of knowing him first more than a score of years ago. I shall always think of him as a humanitarian whose fine patri- otism thought first of all of what he conceived to be the well being and the interests of the common man.
 "Through all the years he kept the spirit of youth and he will be missed profoundly by old and young alike.
 Franklin D. Roosevelt" Widow May Run