| Show IIEITH OP RANDALL i FJVK years of a doubtful tenure of life which during the last two was pzvcariou has brought what has been BO Jon fonil and threatened the death of Samuel Jackson Ran dall lIe pa5H > d away at an early hour yesterday morning at his home In Washington His IiualU TjIIcd about Ilru years ago but for three years was not so fecblu as to prevuit him from attending to his duties portion of the time Fo two years however he has not been able to give much attention to Ipub lie affairs though lie retained his seat in Congress till his death For a long term of years Samuel J Itautiall presented to the world the remarkable example of an lie knowledged < raderofaireat politics party who was at war vlth that orty In respect to one of its mOt vital doctrines That ho would so long have wielded fcO strong a control con-trol over thu Democratic party while at the fame time antagonizing it in the national legislature in respect to oertnlu objects which ns a party It i maulfel a determined policy to fcccure is a mud difficult to account ac-count for but proving one thing to r a demonetiatiou Rindall was a wonderfully aMe leader of men lIe conk not othirwie linve retained hlderohIpotIieoaaItetwbom he oonttanUy placed himself in opposition op-position Jtandall was a thorough Democrat Demo-crat but Lu was also a dc termlned and persistent advocate of protection lIe held around him in Congress a small following of protectionist Democrats but he and they were but n handful comjarei to the mas of Democratic members OnfUcal question he fuught lib party buton all others he led It Randall was born in Philadelphia October 10 ISIS and was consequently conse-quently his sixtysecond year His father was a Democratic lawyer airfl politician lie w as elected four times to the city council of his na live city and was next sent to the State Senate S ext he was elected te the lower home of Congress in which he took his seat near the clcteu of ISoS and ever since that time ho has represented In that body the only Democratic dIstrict in Ihihdclphia He has served on the most Important committees of the House awl In 1S75 became chairman of that on approprirtlons This position enabled him to execute come of his plans for a cur tnllment of public ezpenditurrs and he gained much credit for his efluits In the direction of economy In 1576 he became Speaker and was twlee reelected to that position serving until March 3 1SSI Itb popularly believed that had It i not been for his views on the tal ItT he would have received the democratic demo-cratic nomination for President in 1S78 There is no doubt that he wa one of tho ablest and purest cf the present generation of American statesmen |
