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THIS REGISTER;
COSYKBS,Q.V., TilUttßU VY **. IH7rt -
THEINEW SPEAKER.
Sketch of the Nominee-A Re
view of His Political Services
—The Notable of Last Year.
Samuel J. Randall. lle nominee of
tl <■ Democratic members f< r Speak ?r of
the I loose of Representatives of the
Forty-fourth ('on res*, in place of the
lntc Michael t\ Kerr, was born m Phila
delphia in 1828. His farther, Joai-.ih
Randall, was an eminent ami
ranked in hie day among the licet prac
titioners of the Philadelphia I nr. After
Indng carefully educated jottng Randal!
chose a mercantile life, and lor smite
years was i ugngeil in hnsiucw, display
ing even then that indomitable cnctgt
and industry which have marked his po
litical career. At the same time he took
mi notiv° part in local ami State politics,
and at an early age was elected to the
City Councils. Ilia father was a leader
of till old Whig party in this section of
the S'ate, hut upon the dismemberment
of that organization he acted with the
Democratic party and supported Mr.
I'•iieliaiuui at the election of IH.Vj. Sam
no) J. Randall began his earnest politi
cal career as a Democrat, aed after Ink
ing n prominent part in the City Coun
cils was nominated and elected to the
Stale ‘Senate by that parly. In this
body ho served during the years 1358
and 1859, nud attracted the net ice of his
colleagues of both parlies by liis quick
ness of apprehension and readiness in
handling the rules of the House. fie
did not speak often, nor were his dis
courses long, but he grasped the main
points of a case and presented his views
in a clear, concise and terse manner.
The hold that Mr. Randall ob'irncd
upon the party by his actions in Coun
cils and the Senate was such ns to force
his name into the lists of candidates for
Congress, atul he was nominated and
elected to the Thirty eight Congress in
1862. lfe was re-elected to the thirty-
ninth, Fortieth, Forty first, Forty-sec
ond, Foity-third and Forly-fomlh Con
gresscs, Mild has been rgain re-tlected to
the Forty-fifth Congress.
When Mr. Johnson was President,
Mr. Randall enjoyed to a full measure
the confidence of the administration and
aided in a good degree in shading the
jiolicy of the White House. After bear
ing his share of party labors ami respon
sibilities, both in and out of Congress,
iroin 1862 to 1876, Mr. Randall was pre
senved as a candidate for Speaker tit the
beginning of the Forty-Fourth Congress
and sustained by strong 1 fiends in all
sections of tbo Union, who thought lie
was entitled to the position, both from
length of service and peculiar fitness for
the place at that pnrticulinr juncture • of
affairs. Ilis opponent was Michael C.
Kerr, another of the champions of tiie
Dein'■m alic party, who had never flinched
from Ins duty in the darkest hour ofthat
party's nisto’y. The contest was warm,
'flte friends of each candidate put forth
their whole strength. When the can
eus met Mr. Kerr was nominated.
When the lact was announced Mr* Ran-
dall at once entered the hall, and in a
maiiuer full of prompt nnnliness accep
ted the verdict of the nart v, and said :
“Mr. Chairman, let the wish of the ma
jority by voice ot all. Ft cm this mo
ment the difference among ourselves
must be at an end, and wo must thus
present a united front to out adversaries.
Our mission on this floor must be, as tar
as we are able, to restore the govern
ment to its constitutional purposes, and
to ox ose the corruption.” From this
moment Mr. Randall forgot the past and
its hopes ane aspirations, and led his pal
ly in its efforts to unearth the rottenness
ot the financial policy of the ndministra
tion, and reduce the. burdens which
bung like a millstone around the
necks of the business men of the coun
try.
At the close of the Forty third Con
gress Mr. Randall had led “a forlorn
hope” against the iniquitous “Force
Bill,” a measure which he profoundly
felt to be opposed alike to the Constitu
tion, the genius ot our free institutions
and the teachings of the great men who
framed our government. For days he
opposed parliamentary tactics and ready
strategy against a bold aud def'ant ma
jority, and in the end the Democrats
came off victors. During that whole
struggle Mr. Randall never lost his head
„r his temper. He was cool, able and
courageous, and exhibited pare abilities
as a leader in dangerous and trying
times. Thus far Mr. Randall had actid
with the minority. He had led small
numbers against heavy odds, Iu the
Fortv fourth Congress he was called
upon to marshal a majority party, and
dash it against old antagonists iu altered
relations. Upon the election of Mr.
Kerr as Speaker, Mr. Randall was made
Chairman of the Committee on Appio
priations, oue of the most responsible
posts in the House, and here again lie
was burdened with labor, running alike
thiougb dav and uiglß. The committee
re 1 uovd the buvdens of the government
iu one session, in rouud numbers, S3O,
009,The point nt which the reduc
lion was fixed by Mi. I'andatl and Ins
able and wi'ling colleagues wntf $88,Ob),
1)84 29. IJut he was thwarted in some
degree by the action of an Administra
tion Senate, which insistc 1 upon certain
alterations in the House bill, that had to
conceded at the end of tlie session. All
through the last session the point of at
tack on the part of the Administration
leaders wu the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Approbations, and during his
financial battles Mr. llandull had frequent
occasion lo fake part in controversies
touching the rights and powers of the
Federal Legislature, In these contests,
while conceding to the Senate nil its
constitutional rights, powers and privi
leges, he stood up in a hold and confi
dent manner for the rights ol the House
as the immediate mouthpiece and cham
pion of the people, in one of the de
bales on this subject Mr. Kasson, ol
lowa, ask Mr. Uandall, in a dictatorial
manner, if lie questioned the right of the
Senate oi asserted a supeiority of right
ou the part of the House in regard to
npproj rial ion hills. r io this Mr. Randall
firmly replied : “I take all the right for
ibis House which liio Constitution g’vts
it,” and there the matter ended.
Upon such a record, running through
years of con'inuous service, Mr. ltandall
has been nominated and will be elected
Speaker of the second session of the
Forty-fourth ’ Congress. The period
promises to be full ol momentous events
which may rock the temple of liberty
and ol constitutional government to its
very centre. Into the present Congress
some of the tone and temper of the
struggle now going on in the country
will he projected, and hence the import
ance of having ns Speaker of the House
a man who is at once fully grounded in
the constitutional rights o' the people
and the different departments of the
Government, and at the same time has
the tact, expedience and courage to up
hold and defend those rights against
.rmed invasion or political duplicity.
Modern Railroad Trave 1 .
The London Engineer giv s an ac
count of ‘the highest authentic instances
of high railway speeds’ on record. Bru
nei, with the Courier class of locomotive,
ran thirteen miles in ten minutes, equal
to seventy-eight miles an hour. Mr. I’.
Stirling, of the Great Northern, look,
two yea-s ago, sixteen carriages fifteen
miles in thirteen minutes, equal to sev
enty five miles an hour. I lie Great
Britain, Lord of Isles and Iron Duke,
broad gauge engines on the Great \\ est
ern Railway, have each run with foi r or
live carriages from Paddington to Didcot
in foity-seven and a halt in.mites, equal
to sixty-six miles an hour. The new
Midland coupled express engines, runn
ing in the usual course, have been timed
sixty-eight, seventy, and seventy-two
miles au hour. The ten a. m, express on
the Great Northern from Leeds has been
timed, and found mile after mils at the
rate of a mile in fifty-two seconds, or at
69.2 miles an hour. The engines used
are Mr. Stirling’s outside cylinder bogie
express enginc-s, the load being ten car
riages. It. would be interesting to bear
the slowest authentic instances of slow
omnibus speed on record.
What arc They ?
Life—A gleam ot light extinguished
by the grave.
Fame—A meteor dazzling with its
distant glare.
Wealth—A source of trouble ar.d con-
suming care.
I leasnre —A glemn of sunshine pass
ing soon away.
L< ve—A morning beam whose mem
ory gilds the day.
Faith—An anchor dropped beyond
the vale ot death.
Charity—A stream meandering from
the fount ot love.
Bible—A guide to realms of endless
joys above.
Religion—A key which opens wide
the gates of Heaven.
Death—A knife by which the ties of
eaith are riven.
Earth—A desert through which the
pi’grims wend their way.
Grave —A home of rest where ends
life’s weary way.
Resurrection —A sudden waking from
a qvict dreun.
Heaven—A land of joy, of light and
love supreme.
♦ *
The next question for discussion before
the Slmkerag Debating Society is:
‘Where does a candle go to when it goes
out?’ It's thought that the question
will be decided in the affirmative.
Weevil. —A correspondent furnishes
the following remedy lor weevil in corn
aud small grain.
‘I have tried the following remedy
successfully for twenty years for wheat.
! never had weevils to interrupt ray
corn. After the wheat is threshed and
put into the garuer, sprinkle common
salt evenly all over it, say about one
bushel of salt to one huudred bushels cf
w heat. I discovered this remedy by
putting wheat in sa’l and a flour barrel;
Hie flour barrels would be swarmiug
with weevi', and the salt barrels would .
be entirely clear of them.
Hi* HEABT WAS BROKE#.
Tho Suicide of a Convict Whose
Wife Had A pplred for a Di
vorce.
The qtliet of tho Connssticut State
Prison, fit Wethersfield, was broken,
yeit’rday, by the discovery tin'll one of
the host liked and most exemplary of the
convicts had hanged himself. In the
cell of John Lee Powell the officers dis
c ivered his dead but not yet entirely
cold body, hanging by a rope that was
fastened to a spike near tlie ceiling, that
was used to fasten up the bed against
the wall in the day time. One end of
the rope had been made into a Tuning
noose, anil this was around his neck.
The blight of the spike was not suffi
cient to suspend him clear ol the floor if
he stood upright, and he had bent op
his knees to make sure work of it. lie
was promptly cut down, but life could
not be restored.
John was in his 391 h year.
He came of a good family in the town of
Trumbull, in Fairfield county, his father
having been a member of the Legislature
and a prominent and esteemed citizen,
lie lived at Stepney Depot.
He was said to have been not a bad
man at heart, and was led into the com
mission of the crime for which he was
sentenced (placing a tie across the track
of the Ilousatonic railroad) by the ban
tering wager of some companions, when
intoxicated. The act resulted in no ac
cident, but the offence is a serious one,
a id the conviction of Powell, on the 27 h
of August, 1875, was immediately follow
ed by his sentence to prison for a term
of 20 years. lie had a wife, |tcn years
younger than himself, and two children ;
and he fondly loved his family. During
his imprisonment his wife more than once
visited the prison, and assured him of
her fidelity. Two months aga Powell’s
father died, and the news saddened the
son in his lonely imprisonment.
Two weeks ago a legal document, in
the shape of his wife’s petition for “a di
voice, came to Powell in prison from the
Fairfield county Superior Court. This
formal notice, in which thejblanks in the
printed form were filled out with the
names of himself, his wife, and his two
children, was wholly unexpected by the
prisoner, and utterly overwhelmed him.
He grew daily more and more dejected,
and on Saturday lie had reached a oondi
tion which compelled him to give up
work. lie had been a carriage maker,
and was an expert workman; ’and with
the contractors who obtained his work
in prison he was a favorite, as he was
with Wa'den Ilewes and the officers,
none of whom ever had occasion to use
a harsh word to him.
In Ins pocket was found the legal form
of the wife’s divorce petition, which had
been served on him as a legal formality.
Between the open printed lines lie had
written a cU*ar hand in pencil these
farewell messages to his wife and fami
ly *
Oh, my dear wife! Is this the way
you treat your poor T.ee? 1 certainly
can’t tel' what this is for. I tell you
truly, for the last time, that I love you
with all my heart. You are too cruel.
I die lor you. Good by forever. Good
by, little lrvi\ Poor papa will never see
von again on earth. Good by, Charlie,
Katie, and mother. Don’t think me too
rash, ler 1 can’t live and have Letitia
leave me. Charlie, come and get me
and-take mo home, and lay me by the
side of my poor father. Tell father and
mother Burr and Henry good by for
It seems hard ; it is terrible "vengence
she has taken, for what I used to do—l
would never do so again. Y'ou look at
the bad side. We have had lots and
lots ot good times together, and my
hopes have been that we would again—
but my hopes you have blasted forever.
For all you have done this, I love you
with all my heart. Whatever 1 have
written to you, I have done it thought
lessly; I wouWhnot have done it tor all
of this world H I had thought this ever
ot you, my dear wife. Letitia never
think of me. Don't think that you ever
have done wrong with me, but enjoy
yourself as much as you can. Good
by.
As wicked as I have been, I never
could have served you in jthis way. I
thought it was hard to be shut up here,
but that is nothing to this- Yoi arc too
cruel. How many good times we have
•ad togelhor. I always knew your heart
was hard, but I never thought it was as
hard as it is now. Y T ou was untrue to
me iu the first, aud now the last.
An lowa father, who has succeeded in
raising seventeen of the worst chidren iu
the neighborhood, say s he is bound t b
have a representative in heaven it it takes
seventeen more.
An Irishman who was nearsighted
and about to fight a duel, insisted tht he
should stand six paces nearer to his an
tagonist than he did to him.
■ ♦
A theological student, supposed to b
deficient in judgment, was asked by a
professor, in course of a class examination,
‘Pray Mr. E ,how would you tell a
foe 1?’ “By the question be would ask,”
w as the Btuuning reply.
A Schoolboy on Corns.
Corns are of two kinds— vegetable
snd animal. Vegetable corn grows in
rows, and animal c rns grows on toes.
There are several kinds of corns ; there
■s the unicorn, the ciprioorn, corn dog
gers, gold corn, and the corn, which is
the corn yon feel the most. It is suid, I
believe, that gophers like corn, but per
haps having coins do not like to ‘go tur,
if they can help it. Corns have kernels,
and some colonels have corns. Vegeta
ble corn grows on ears, but animal coins
grows on the, feet at the other end of the
body.
Another kind of corn is the acorn ;
these grow on oaks, hut these is no hoax
about the corn. Tho acorn is a corn
with an indefinate article indeed. Iry it
and see. Many a mat; when he has
corns wishes it was an acorn.
Folks tint have corns, sometimes send
for a doctor, and if the doctor himself is
c >rned, he probably wont do so well as
it he isn’t Tim doctor says corns aro
produced by tight boots and shoes, which
is probably the reason why when a man
it tight they say ha is corned.
If a farmer manages well, he can get
a good deal of corn on an acre, but I
know a farmer that makes the biggest
aclier on his farm. The bigger crop of
vegetable corn a man raises, the better
hr does not like it. Another kind of
corn, is the corn dodger. The way it is
made is very simple, and as follows—
that is if you want to know; You go
along the street and meet an old maid
tou know has a corn, and cross temper ;
then you step on the toe that has a corn
on it, and see if you don't have occasion
to dodge’er. In that way you will find
out what a corn dodger is.
Maxims to be Pondered.
A grain of produce is worth a pound
of craft.
Boasters are cousins to liars.
Denying a fault doubles it.
Envy shoo eth at another and wound,
eth herself.
God reaches good tilings hy cur own
hands.
lie bas hard work who has nothing to
do.
It cost more to revenge wrongs than
to bear them.
Lear>ing makes man fit company to
himself.
Money is a guard to virtue.
One hour today is woilli two to-mor
row.
Quiet conscience gives quiet sleep.
Richest is lie th it wants least.
Small faults indulged ate little tl.ieCes.
Thu boughs that bear most hang low
est.
Virtue and happiness are near kin.
True men make more opportunities
than they find.
Yon nev-r lose by doing a good turn.
Zeal without knowledge is lire without
light.
Sin has its lurking hole, an 1 must bo
hunted out through them all.
Nothing can be rea' pleasure or cure
to the h iman soul but what is made bv
its own approbation.
Choose always ihe way that seems
best how rough soever it may be. Cus
tom will render it easy and very agreea
ble.
The Farmer.
When a fat mer can so manage his farm
as to make “both ends o( the year nvet,
even if it be with the most rigid economy,
he sou'.d be contented with bis lot. It
we take a survey of the business men ot
ourvilages and cities, we find that only
three or four in a hundred realize a com
petence for old age. Then imagine the.
unhspiness of those who, sooner or later,
fail to si-pport themselues and familes
respectable—the cares and anxieties that
constantly produced pangs and tortures
that no farmer ever felt. These men
may apparei tly lead pleasant lives as the
outside world con not witness the emo
tions ot a in n who daily strains every
financial nerve to meet his notes falling
due at the bank. The time between one
and three o'clock.brings mure anxiety to
buisness m n than all the farmers of the
United States realize iu a lifetime.
No, farmers, your lot is not a hard one
Your food may be plain and the cuts of
your coats may rot be as fashionable as
those of the merchants of the day ; but
when you lie upon your pillow your re
pose is sound and sweet. The horros of
p utvsted notes seldom keep you awake
at night; aud in the morning, as you go
around to feed your flocks and view your
crops that have visibly grown wile you
were in the arms of Morpheus, you may
take more real enjoyment of life in one
hour than many city merchants and
inanutactors do in a year. Oor advice
therefore, is, be not discouraged. The
times may cow be bard, but you are
1 romised ‘seed time and harvest’ to the
end and. withe hard labor and judicious
management, you eome out in the end
victorious.
■
A Georgtown girl had a fall last week
and injured herself so severely that she
was curied home insensible. Upon re
covering, her fiist words, addressed to
her sister, were : “Mary did I have on
my striped stockings?’
An old Scotch women recommended a
preacher, who arrived *>l the kirk wet
through, to get at once into the pulpit
—Ye’ll be dry enough there.”
A woman’s hand 1 How beutifully
moulded! How soft and white and yield—
! ing, and oh! how much of gentle memory
its pressure conveys. Yet we don’t like
it iu out hair.
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