Show DEATH OP SAMUEL J is dead tho announcement sinks deep into the heart of every lover of democracy and all who favor goodlove good gove rement he died in washington last sunday morning after a brief illness and ended a most glorious career glorious because fraught with noble deeds for tho benefit of his country RANDALL was a statesman of tho highest talent and for many years has been the acknowledged boado of the democratic party ho was born in philadelphia october 10 1828 and was sont to the eighth session of congress in 1861 aa representative Ee in which capacity ho has acted over since As aa indication of his great popularity and tho esteem with which he is held in tho city of brotherly lovo he was reelected re elected to tho present congress with a vote of against scattering votes ho to be a natural born lead er and he was tho grand son of JAMSS avonnell AVon nALL who was a democratic leader in the days of he was speaker of the house during 1880 1 and at the democratic presidential convention of 1884 his name was brought forward as a candidate for the chief position of honor in this country he received seventy eight votes the first ballot |