Show iiiiASI tiitttt nui > u > Iteprjseulativv W B ll > tman of Indiana who died at Wasbl gDn yeiterdsy was a much wore conspicuous con-spicuous figure In national aUI toward to-ward the beginning of the present I tenerallon than recently He acquired ac-quired prominence soon after the claim of the war when everything for a lime was In a more or leis perlurheJ condition and the lUUteJ financial situation made speculation wild ana recklessness In the handling and aid pislllou of money mire DI long apparent appar-ent In every quarter At much a time 10 have been a maD genuine ablllll coupled wllli native honesty and an exceedingly conservative disposition was lo be placed In such a position that a reputation was a matter of course and 11 0 talon got a great one lie became be-came known ni the walchdoz of the treasury because no scheme looking to the appropriation or expenditure ol public moneys stamped his vigilant K azo and every Item had to be accounted ac-counted for satisfactorily or meet his unwavering opposition and all the ox poturea ofwilcb the case admitted When an objectionable Item propoilnc draft on the treasury came up his 11 otjgcil was always ready and bin associates first others finally applied those words to him as a nickname In this line he became something ol a power Woo SD much so that when a member desired to secure an appropriation appro-priation that was meritorious In Itiull cut still not free from objectionable feitures Mr Holman was lira consulted con-sulted and everything inside right with him before the measure was presented pre-sented If 1 however such features outweighed the others no such consent con-sent could Over be obtained The congressional career ot Mr Holmin began with the Thirtyfourth Congress over forty years ago shd be has served sixteen terms In all the longest service of the kind ever rendered ren-dered by any living person If 1 not altogether Added to this was a previous service of several years on the bench before he was sent to Congress Con-gress Uu has been prominently named as the Democratic candidate for I President but never acquired a sufficient following In that uirectlon to give such movements any decided hopeful Tbethreescoreandten years allotment allot-ment of life was reached and passed by Mr llolman nearly five years ago snd yet we are advised that his death even at such an advanced age was primarily caused by a fall He was quite popular with all his associates ol whatever shade of politics or elation In life and was really one ol the grrit 1 men of the nation |