Show DEATH OF RANDALL FIVE years of a doubtful tenure of life which during the last two was precarious has brought what has been so long feared and threatened the death of samuel jackson randall he passed away at an early hour sunday april at bis bill home in washington his health fatle failed about five years ago but for three years was waa not so feeble as to prevent him from attending to his bis duties a portion of the time for two years however he has not been able to give much attention to pub lie lic affairs though he retained his seat mat in congress till tili hie death for a long term of years samuel J randall bandall presented to the world the remarkable example of an acknowledged leader of a great political party who was at war with that party in respect lo 10 0 o one of its most vital doctrines that he be should so long have wielded so strong a control over the democratic party while at the same time antagonizing it in the national legislature in respect to bertan cert tin objects which as a party it manifested a determined policy to secure is a marvel difficult to account for but proving one thing to a demonstration randall was a wonderfully able leader of men he could not otherwise have retained his leadership of those agal against ast whom her bea constantly placed himself in opposition randall wis a thorough democrat but he was also a determined ter mined aud and persistent stent advocate of protection he held around him in congress a am small following of protectionist democrats but he and they were but a handful compared to the mass of democratic members on fiscal q jest ions he be fought his A party but on all others he led it randall bandall was born in philadelphia october 10 1828 and was consequently in his sixty second year his father was r s democratic lawyer and politician he was elected four dinies to the city council of his native tive city and was next sent to the senate next he was elected to te the lower house of Con congress in which be took his hia seat near the close of 1868 1863 and ever since that time lime he has represented in that body the only democratic district in philadelphia he has served on the most important committees of the house and in 1875 became ob chairman airman of that on appropriations this position enabled him to execute some of his plans plane for a curtailment tail ment of public expenditures and he gained much credit for his bis efforge in the direction of economy in 1876 he became speaker and was twice reelected re elected to that position serving until march 3 1881 ills his popularly believed that had it not been for his views on the he would have received the democratic nomination for president in 1876 there is no doubt that he was wall one of the ablest and purest of the present generation of american Nat statesmen esmell |