VOL.XX VII.
tONOKESN DOKSHIM HONOIt. .
An ImpreHKive Seen* In the Hon**— Iteolu
llonit to III* Memory.
The body of Samuel J. Randall lies in
the room in which he died Sunday morn
ing. It will not be taken downstairs and
placed in the casket until ihursduy morn
ing.
The proceedings in the House of Rep
resentatives Monday, while differing ill no
measure as to form from those enacted on
similar (tensions there, were yet eloquent
in the profound feelings shown of the
great loss both that body and the country
have sustained in the death of Mr. Kan
dall. The unnsal spectacle of a full
bouse at the offering of prayer was pre
sented. The occasion stood confessed as
palpably by the air of seriousness and
sadness that pervaded the Chamber us by
the black pall which overspread the de
ceased member's desk. The sad annouce
ment was made to the House by Mr.
Charles O'Neill, now the "Father" of
that body. It was with great difficulty
that he could command himself sufficient
ly to speak at all, an i all who heard hint
shared in the fellings that moved him.
" I rise to announce the death of my
colleague, the Hon. Samuel J. Randall,
who died yesterday morning in this city
ih his own house at 5 o'clock," Mr.
O'Neill said. " This announcement is
exceedingly painful to me. He and J
have bt en intimate, familiar friends. He
started in life at twenty-one years of age
a full man it. every respect, intellectually
and politically, and as one who hud the
element of supreme leadership, which, in
his later years, was complete in the esti
mation of the State and country. Al)rut
three months ago it came to my lot to an
nounce the death of another colleague of
many years' service, Judge Kelley, and it
is a shock to my feelings which I can
hardly repress when to-day I announce
the death of this dear colleague. On the
first Monday of December, 1303, we stood
before the Speaker's desk and were sworn
into office as members of the Thirty
eighth Congress.
"Politically wc have diffeted, but per
sonally there has been a deaptli of friend
ship in all these years which I cannot to
day express to this House. We have lost
a distinguished man. To-day the city ot
Philadelphia grieves over his death as it
has seld tin been called to grieve over
the death of a public man, and the
whole State of Pennsylvania mourns bis
decease. A great matt, a statesman, a
pure man in life, with strong personal
attachments. I noticed yesterday in this
city that every flag on every public build
ing was at half mast, and I sec from the
papers that the same was true of Phila
delphia. Every kind of sadness was ex
pressed there at his own home. I can
not say more to-day, hut a few weeks
from this we will have an opportunity to
pronounce eulogies upon his life.
Mr. O'Neill then offered the following
resolutions :
Resolved, Tliat llie House has tieard
with deep regret and profound sorrow of
the death of the Hou. Samuel J. Hundall,
late a Representative trom the Stute ot
Pennsylvania.
Ilesolved. That a committee of nine
members of the House, with such mem
bers of the Senate as many lie joined,
be appointed to attend the funeral of the
deceased.
Ilesotvtd, That the House do now ad
journ. Committee to attend the funeral
Thd resolutions were unanimously ad
dopted, and the Speaker appointed the
following committee: Messrs. O'Neill,
Carlisle, McKinley, Harmer, Uolman.
Cannon, Forney. Springer and Rcilly.
A similar scene was enacted in the
Senate. The Chaplain, the Rev. J. G,
Butler, made a touching refercuce to the
dead. When the message from the House
was received announcing the appoint
ment of a committee Mr. Cameron rose,
and, in a voice tremulous with emotion,
said:
" The announcement just made of the
death of my distinguished colleague, Mr.
Randall, will produce sincere sorrow in
the heart of every member of this Senate,
irrespective of party, I offer the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That the Senate has heard
with deep regret and profound sorrow
the announcement of the death of the
Hon. Samuel J. Randall, Representative
from the State of Pensylvania.
Resolved, That the Senate concurs in
the resolution of the House of Represent
atives for the appointment of a commit
tee to attend the funcaal of the deceased,
and that a committee ol five on the part
of the Senate be appointed by the Vice
President.
The resolutions were agreed to, and
Senators Quay, Allison, Dawes,Voorhecs,
and Eustis were appointed the Committee
on the part of the Senate.
As a further mark of respect to Mr.
Randall's memory the Senate then ad
journed till to-morrow.
The Pennsylvania delegation met after
the llousc adjourned, and adopted appro
priate resolutions.
There was a steady stream of visitors
to Mr. Randall's residence all day. They
were mainly prominent men from all sec
tions of the country. Wm. W. McKcan,
of the Philadelphia Ijedger, an intimate
friend of the deceased, came on this morn
ing. When shown up into the room
where the dead Congressman lay he
broke (town and wept bitterly. It was
JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1890.
; staled this afternoon that the. funeral cor
, tege will leave the house Thursday morn
j ing between It and 10 o'clock; thence it
will proceed to the Presbyterian Church,
corner of Itourth and B streets, southeast,
where the public services will he con
pucted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Chester,
assisted by Chaplain Mtlburn, of the
House. After the services the cortege
will proceed to the B. <fc P. Railroad
Depot, where a special train will be iu
readiness. The train will leave shortly
after 11 o'clock and will he in charge of
Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Thomas Cava
nugh, of the House.
The body will be accompanied to the
Quaker City by the Congressional de e
galion, houorary pall hearers and tluj
members of the family. Tue honorary
pall-Dearers will he selected by Mrs. Rin
dall. The active pall-bearers will be six
or eight Capitol policemen. While ibis
is the general plan decided on by the
family, there is a strong feeliug among
mem l ers of the House that the funeral
services should be held in the Hall of the
House, They appreciate the distaste of
the family for anything like oßt< ntation,
but they think, llitv Mr. Randall's puhlit
character should be considered, and that
the services should be conducted as a
National funeral.
There is some hope that the consent of
the family may he had to muke the simple
change of plan transferring the services
from the church to the Cupitul.
The houorary pall-bearcrs were an.
nounccd to-night as follows : George W.
Cliilds. A. J. Drexel, Col. Alex. K. Mc-
Cture and Win. McMullen, of Philadel
phia ; ex-Governor Andrew G. Curlin, of
Pennsylvani i ; Chas. A. Dana, of New
York ; Senator A. P. Gorman, of Mary
land ; ex-Congressman Wm. H. Sowden,
of Pennsylvania ; Representative James
11. Blount, of Georgia; Senator John S.
Barbour, of Virginia, and Dallas Sanders,
of Pennsylvania.
Kiiilroad Train * (inductors.
There was a time when the stage driver
was an important personage in assoeia
tijn with the traveling pub'ic, hut the
handier of a four-horse team dragging a
lumbering coach tilled with from eight
to twelve passengers, with a hoot load
of baggage and the U. S. Mail under
his feet, seldom had occasion to speak
to a passenger unless he sat on the box
beside him. The stage driver was a
class of our own, brorVn-faced, keen
eyed, steady and taciturn, filling a place
in public observaiion, full of credit, and
at times full of danger.
After the stage driver, says the Har
risburg Independent, has come another
class of aion, as distinct in their re!a
tions to the public as any other m< n
pursutng a peculiar path of service. Peo
ple who see a conductor pass through
a car gathering and punching tickets-,
imagine that is the sum and shbstance ol
his work, but it is a mere incident ol
what he has to do. His eyes, eats and
memory arc never closed or at rest. He
is on the lookout and the look in ail the
while his train runs and his hell rope is
within his reach for instant grasp-
Every sound of the whirling wheels is
known to him, as indicative that the
running gears are in order, and his
quick car instantly detects a loss in that
sound which indicates disorder. lie
times the running of his train to reach
given points on the minute, and when it
is necessary to make up lost time he never
does it at his own risk, but proceeds on
order .Constantly in communication wilb
the train runner of the division to which
he belongs, he knows what is ahead as
well as behind him. No matter what
his perplexities may he at the moment,
he auswers all inquiries from passengers,
however absurd they may he, politely.
His authority is absolute on the train.
He must deal with the passengers in his
charge at all times like a gentleman. His
every movement is under orders. He is
governed by a policy of a superior offl.
cer. and that it may he known how lie
acts under these printed orders lie must
meet his superior at stated times to show
whether or not he is obeying orders,
and give proof of his judgment in train
running tinder certain presumed or im
agined conditions.
It can he seeu at a glance that the con
ductoi of a railroad train is not a mere
ticket puncher. He must have judgment
discretion, viligaticc and courage. His
own life's safety, and that of hundreds
of others, flies with lightning velocity on
the revolutions of the wheels beneath his
feet, and he stands face to face with death
on the wheeis. Is he not, then, a subject
worthy of study, a worker who deserves
the respect, confidence and admiration of
the public ?
It is said that a railroad is to be built
from Jerusalem to a point on the coast of
Palestine. Hitherto it has been impossi
ble to secure any concession for such a
project from thc_ Sultan, and it is a
myslery how permission to build should
at length have been obtained. Few his
toric places still remain that have not
been supplied with modern improv. incuts,
yet the advent of the locomotive in Pales
tine would be likely to evoke protestations
from more than one quarter. It will
sound sort of queer to hear the con
ductors shouting out " all aboard for
Jerusalem," and " tickets, please from
Palestine." Still we must get use to these
strange innovations.
ItOMANTIC SI DE OF CKIMK.
Story of a Grand l!iiiik-ltobl>ifig Combina
tion.
Chicago Tribune.
Until recently there was stored in the
big vault of a Dearborn B'reet Safe and
Dock Company a set of burglar tools that
figured in one of the boldest attempts at
a bank robbery that has been recorded
in a many a year. About teu years ago
fifteen expert safe burglars conceived the
grand plan of robbing the Louisville
National Bank at Louisville, Ky., and
getting away with about $1,000,000 in
cold cash stored away in the batik's
vaults. They went about the hazardous
undertaking systematically and cute
fully. They had a lender, a trained safe
blower, who hud cracked dozens of safes,
and he occupied a full month in laying
plans, perfecting means of escape and
ptcparing his tools with which to opei
Hie avenues to tiie golden treasure. Ai
de igh there were fifteen men in the
gig i tic conspiracy, but five were to do
the actual worn, the balance were to he
on watch at different points. The orders
were to silence all passers-by or watch
men who discovered anything, but to do
the work with as little noise us possible,
using revolvers only as a last resort. The
burglars got to work about 11 o'clock in
the night, having captured two watch
men, chloroformed them and stowed
them quietly away in a rear alley, where
two confederates watched over them.
It look two precious hours before the
daring men got into the building, tliev
being compelled to saw through some
immense window hats. About 1:30 in
the morning they got at the doors of the
big vau.t,where paper money, gold and
specie to the value of over $1,000,000
were stored. There were about four
inches of solid chilled-steel to bore iuto
before a charge of powder could be suc
cessfully inserted aud touched off ; but
these men accomplished all this, and at
about 4 o'clock iu the moruing there was
a dull roar, the building shook and a
heavy piece of the vault door flew off
and crashed to the floor. A golden stream
flowed out of the orifice, and the thieves
crept back to where the treaiurc was, aud
begun fllline the heavy canvas bags they
had brought with them. They secured in
all about $20,100 ,this being all the money
within reach, the hole in the vault door
not being large enough to admit a man.
Wi en they had gathered all that they
could the intruders started out. They
were met at the point where they entered
by a half-dozen detectives, who captured
the whole lot. At the trial it developed
that one of the burglars was a detective,
who had learned of the gang's robbing
scheme, and had ingratiated himself with
tiiem, finally becoming one of the crowd.
The company that furnished the vault
that was blown open secured the tools
the burglars did their work with, and
exhibited them as an advertisement in
their business, the claim being made
that wi'lr the charge of powder the burg
lars used haif the building ought to have
oecn torn down, while in reality but a
comparatively small piece of the vault
door was wrecked.
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FUIGHTFDLLT ROASTED.
A Cnbble-l'lcker'* Clothing Itiirneil Off ami
lie. Holly Hiirned in a Horrible Manner.
Tuesday morning Annie Bainer, a
cobble-picker, met with a horrible, if not
fatal accident, while at work in Frog
Hollow, between Rosedule and the Four
teenth ward. The accident took place
about 8:30 O'CIOCK. SI e was at her work,
when a car 1 ad of hot cinder was dumped
near where she was. Anixous to have
first choice of cobbles, she jumped upon
the mass. Her clothing took lire, and in
stantly she was enveloped in flames.
Her companions sprang to her
assistance as soon as they could
recover themselves, but before they
could render her any assistance she
had fallen partly on the hot cinder. She
was dragged off and taken to her home on
Connelly avenue, where she was attended
by Dr. W. B. Lowman, who was hasily
summoned. She suffered intensely until
his arrival. Her father is dead but she
has a step-father named Rager. Her
mother is almost wild with grief at her
daughter's terrible misfortune. Miss
Baiuer is about twenty years of age.
From her feet to her waist her flesh is lit
erally roasted, while she is also burned in
other parts, ller condition is critical.
THE REMAINS IDENTIFIED.
The Body Found at Nineveh l.ust Week
Kecogni/.rd its the Fate William Steige**
wald, ICgq.
The body found last week at Nineveh
has been identified us that of the late
William Steigcrwald, who at the time of the
flood was Burgess of Concmaugh bor
ough. The identification was made by
Mr. E. Zang and Mr. Fred. Franke who
recognized the shoes, Mr. Franke having
made them while working for Mr. Zang.
The underclothing was also recognized.
The time of the funeral has not been
announced, but it will probably be to
morrow morning from St. Joseph's
Church. Mrs. htigerwald's body is stii
missing.
ESriiEMKI) IIV COI.LEAGI'ICS.
The I.cHitlng Men of Until Partle. I'rittHii
111. Many Admirable^junltties—Opinions
of Mills, Iteeri, Carlisle. MeKinley and
Others.
Representative Roger Q. Mills had m t
\ heard of Mr. Randall's death when an
j Associated Press reporter called at 4
I o'clock aud asked his opinion of Mr. Ran-
I dull. Mr. Mills spoke feelingly and earn
i estly : "He was a very great man," said
he, " a man of unimpeachable integrity
and a natural-born leader of men. He
itad more of the elements of leadership
than any man I have come in contac with
since I have been in public life. Nothing
hut his views of the tariff could have pre
vented him from being the leader of the
Democractic party. if ii had not been
for that he would have been nominated
tor President in 1876, and," said Mr. Mills
with emphasis, "lie would have been
elected and seated, for he would have as
serted his rights. But when he believed
his opinions were right he would never
change them no matter what might hap
pen.
BIS GREAT DETERMINATION.
" 1 never saw such remarkable deter
mination. When he set his lips and
brought down tlmt great jaw of his, noth
ing could change him. Why, when our
tariff hill was up I pleaded wi'h htm,
urged and begged him to make some con
cessions and compromise, hut he believed
he was right and could not be moved.
When all of Lis party except Sowden and
one or two others had come over, he still
held out aud could not be moved. That
wa9 the only thing on which we differed.
There is nothing good and ureal you can
not say for me about Randall. I esteemed
him highly, my feelings toward him were
of the kindest ami 1 had great admiration
and personal attaci meut for him."
SREAKEK HEED'S KDI.O3V.
Speaker Reed said: "It would be
useless to try to express in a few words
the seuse of great loss which we all feci
in Mr. Randall's death. My esteem for
him was very great, and I have always
had and expressed the highest admiration
for his steadfastness and courage. He
was a good frieud, a brave man and a
statesman beyond reproach."
Mr. Carlisle, who was just returning
from a visit to the Randall residence,
said: "My personal acquaintance with
Mr. Randall began when I entered the
Forty filth Congress in October 1877.
Ever since then cur relations have been
not only friendlv but quite intimate. Al
though we differed widely upon some
very important subjects, we never al
lowed these differences to interfere with
our friendship. I have always regattied
I,im as an honest man in public life, an I
tie was undoubtedly a man who had
strong convictions and the courage to
stand by them. I think his death is a
great loss to his party and to the country,
aud that he deserves to he remembered
for a great many important public ser
vices."
ATItULEY GREAT MAN.
Major McKinley said: "The death of
Samuel J. Randall takes oi.t of public
life one of the ablest anil purest of our
statesmen. He was a great man, and
for twenty-five yeats has been a pos
itive force in National affairs. During
all of his long service in the House, ainid
the fiercest conflicts, when passion ruled
Mr. Randall was always true to his
couutry, to his convictions and his con
stituents. making everything yield to his
convictions of public duty. lie was a
national leader of men. No man could
have been a greater one. He will be
inissdl in the Nation's Councils. Few
inei have tilled a larger space than he.
" Before disease had taken hold of him
he was a majestic figure in the House. As
a speaker he seemed fitted for the post —
always liim and resolute in parly con
tests, yet fair and courteous to his oppon
ents. In the great contest of 187*5 no mun
can tell what might have happened bui
for his st'or.g hand and clear head. I
shall feci his death a personal loss. Not
the least of Mr. Randall's qualities were
his integrity and rugged honesty."
GREATEST OF HIS TIME.
Representative Holman,who served with
Mr. ltandnll on the Appropriations Com
mittee for many years, said Mr. Randall
was one of the greatest men of his time
and that, during the years he was in Con
gress, Mr. Randall had done more to
shape Legislation, and had impressed his
views more clearly upon the btatc's books
than any other mail in either House. He
was a man of unswerving integrity, and
would never support any measure which
involved useless or extravagant expendi
ture, even if it was to be spent in his own
district; but if, on the other hand, the bill
was for the good of the country, it found
in him an earnest advocate. " Mr. Ran
dall," added Mr. Holinun, " was by long
odds the ablest man in the House and was
one of its most loved and respected mem
bers. '
Representative Caunon said: "I
served with Mr. Randall in the House of
representatives lor more than sixteen
years. Ho was one of the people, loved
them and believed in them- His knowl
edge of them coupled with his courage
and ability made him a leader of his
party—a real force in the nation. There
are few men in public life who more
; strongly affected legislntion and public
! life than he. He ■ the best of friends
j and the best of enemies. In his death the
i country suffers o gr-o. U>-."
(MUTUARY,
i -IACOB KIMMEI.I. OOFFROTII, Esq.
! Seldom, if ever, has Somerset experi
enced a sadder and more unlookcd for
shock than it did at 1 o'clock p. M.. on Fri
day the 11th iust., w ten the news of the
death of tuts well-known citizen spread
throughout the town. No one ol the
town had m ire acquaintances, nor was
any other one more highly esteemed than
the genial, generous,kind-neurtud "Jack "
Coffrotb, as he was familiarly called by
everybody. As Postmaster, for the past
five years he had won golden opinions for
the faithful and cheerful manner in which
he had dischatged all the varied duiiesof
the office ; and had it not been for the in
exorable law of political policy, Repuhli
cans would have joiued hands with the
Democrats in asking for his rc-appoint
meut.
" Jack " was the second son of General
A. 11, Coffroth, who, in his deep affiiction
lias the heart-felt sympathy of this entile
community. The death of this favorite
son being so sudden and so unexpected
has fallen upon the General and his wife
with a crushing weight; and has entirely
prostrated the stricken widow, who with
two small children mourn tue loss of a
devoted husband and father. Though
" Jack " had been considerably " undet
the weather " for the past few weeks, no
one had the remotest idea that lie was
neariug the narrow stream that divides
the unknown world from ours. Possess
ing so fine a phisique, and an apparently
robust consitution, he had the promise of
many more years on earth ; but, alas, his
finely developed physical constitution
concealed from all, hut his medical ad
visor, the latent elemcuts of a trouble,
whose insidious inroads was slowly but
surely working the work of death.
Hence, heart-failure suddenly released
him from all further earthly sorrows.
With sorrowing hearts we will follow
his lifeless remains to the cemetery on
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Good
bye, noble hearted, generous minded,
dear " Jack." A. J. E.
Somerset, Pa., April 12, 1890.
JOHN T. JENKINS.
Sunday forenoon at 10 o'clock Mr.
John T. Jenkins, died at his residence,
No. 37 Iron street, Thirtecuth ward, after
an illness of two days' duration. His
death was caused by heart troubles.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Liangadog.
Soul h Wales, in 1830, and came to this
country in 1868. His family followed him
to this country a year later. He first
went to Cincinnati, but soon settled in
Johnstown. He had ever since coming
here been employed in the foundry depart
ment of the Cambria Iron Comany.
The deceased was for many years a di
rectorof Johnstown Building and Loan
Association, and was a member of Alma
Lodge I. O. O. F. lie enjoyed the re
spect and esteem of all his acquaintances,
and was very much attached to his two
daughters, to whom lie was all that a
fattier could o.
The deceased is survived by two daugh
ters, his wife having died in 1884. A
sister of his lives in London.The daughters
are Miss Mary, who is well known iu this
city as one of our foremost public school
teachers, and Mrs. Kale D. Bowman, wife
of Mr. 11. L. Bowman, of East Liberty,
who until her marriage was also promi
nently connected with educational affairs
in this community.
At the time of the flood Mary was teach
ing at Braddock, and Kate was at home
with her father. They weut down to the
bridge with their house. Miss Jennies
was mentioned as one of the first to
emerge from the wreckage. Of course
tueir home witli ail the fruits of years cf
labor was a total loss. Sir. Jenkins never
fully recovered from the shock, and it no
doubt hastened his death.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The lodge to
which the deceased belonged will attend
the funeral.
MRS. ELI.EN BURKE.
On Saturday Mrs. Ellen Burke of Fort
age, died at her iesidence in that place.
She was aged about seventy-five years, be
ing one of the oldest persons of that com
munity. She was the widow of Edward
Burke, who died shortly after being press
ed into service as a Union soldier at the
last draft of the late war.
Abbreviated Philosophy.
Pride is wise when it goeth before a
fall. If it waited until afterward it could
not go at all.— Milwaukee Journal.
Temptation, like death, knocks at the
palaces of the ricli as well as at the hovels
of the poor.— Baltimore American.
It has been observed in the churches
that short sermons always seem to give
the best satisfaction.— Texan Sifting*.
The world doosn't care how you got
beat; anybody can do tbat. It wants to
know how you got there. — Ashland Press.
The first condition of human goodness
is something to love, the second some
thing to revereuce.— Baltimore Episcopal
Methodist.
NO 52.
CHARACTER OF THE MAN.
Hut Courage Never Excelled und a More
"-trilling Individuality Never llleplayed
—An Incident of One of HIM Speakership
Contents.
Samuel J. RaudaM was one of the men
whose character and abilities are best
measured after death, for then prejudice
will how to justice. No man of his nature
could avoid exciting antagonism and an
tipathies, only to be still when the object
of them has passed away. Therefore,
now the estimate can be formed of him
which is his due. In all respects he was
one of the most remarkable men of his
times. In the long period of his twenty
eight years of service in the House of
Representatives there was no man in
either branch of Congress who displayed
such striking individuality, or whose
hand was more hrmly felt in all the coun
cilssin which he participated. His moral
and his physical courage reached a stand
ard which has never been excelled by
mortal man.
It was impossible for oue to look iu his
piercing black eyes and not feel that there
was a man to whom fear WHS unknown,
at whose glance corruption would wither,
and whose foot would never swerve one
inch from the path in which he set it. He
uever argued. He would defiue his own
position, state his recollection of a cir
cumstance or his understanding of a fact.
If disputed he made no reply. When
resolved upon a course neither supplica
tion nor imprecation could move him. In
the minus of those who knew him well
titer exists no doubt that in his whole
public career his action was prompted by
motives which he beliveed to he right.
A GRAND WEAKNESS.
The weakness of a character so grand
in many respects lay in his bitter
prejudices, his implacable resentments,
his inability to see any hut his own side of
a question, and his arh trary crushing,
whenever he had the power, of opposition
or dissent. Mr. Reed has been called a
czar, but no man ever sat in the speaker's
chair who put the irou heel of power on
men and measures personally distasteful
to liirn with more vehemence and less re
morse than Samuel J. Randall. He treated
appeal or remonstrance with a lofty dis
dain which alike excited wrath and com
pelled admiration. His iron will never
bent before any storm. Mr. Reed carried
through his recent, programme by the
force of will. When he first suggested it
there were men of liis own party who dis
trusted his ability to succeed. He was
victorious because there was no wau in
the opposition whose will was equal to
his. There are many who are strongly of
the opinion had Randall been on the floor
the result would have been different.
FIGHTING TUB FOI'.CE BILL.
There never lias been a more exciting
and desperate parliamentary battle than
that waged over the force bill in the win
ter of 1874-75. There was a field for the
courage, the determination, the aggres
siveness that inhered in Randall. Day
after day and week after week, lending
the Democratic minority, he was the ideal
chicftaiu—masterly in plan, daring in at
tack, cautious in retreat, wary and watch
ful of evry weak point of the enemy :
mnrclous in endurance, unflagging in
spirit. When the moment came that
Phyrric victory sat in the enemy's camp
his uuvauquished hand still shook de
fiance.
No party leader in legislative halls ever
had a more devoted and trustworthy fol
lowing than be had in all the years of
strife from 1805 to 1875. It was not be
cause he was loved, for lie was not given
to contracting friendship, and his cold
and .repellant manner chilled affection.
But the fearless man, the resolute man,
the man who has confidence in himself
always inspires confidence in others. Nat
urally, therefore, and without question
the Democratic minority in those days
gathered about Mr. Randall and followed
his lead with abiding faith. When a lion
heart is joined to commanding intellect
there will be found the essential elements
of leadership.
A STAINLESS CAKEBII.
Mr. Randall's public career can truth
fully be termed a stainless one. There
have been times when his friends trembled
lest ho should stumble, and when enemies
chuckled over his inevitable downfall,
but he passed through it all without a
stain upon his personal integrity. Re
never accumulated a fortune, and a move
ment several month ago to raise a fund
for his family wa9 given up because of
bis well-known aversion to receiving
gifts.
An incident of his canvass for the
speakership in 1870 shows the character
of the man—a cliai acter that distinguished
i all his public career. A railway magnate
said to him : " Mr. Randall, you want
i to be speaker. It is in my power to elect
whom I please, and you know it. Allow
me to name a majority of the Pacific Rail
road committee and you shall be the man.
1 Will you do it ?"
No."
i "Is that your last word ?"
"Yes."
I " Then you will not be speaker,"
But he was, all the same.