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''THE FATHER OF. THE jHOtiS Enquiry and quoted the recoVd tiORTH CAROLINA REMittlS-' u CBNCES. - ' While This State J Has ; Purnishod but one Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives, It Has Iso Funished "The , Father of the House" in Richard: Stanford, of Person County A Oonterii porary of Macon, Murfee, Gaston, Yancey and Others Soma Inci. dents in His Career, Some time ago there appeared in your paper and others in the State a list of Speakers of the House of United Stafes Representatives; and comment was made upon the fact that North . Carolina,' one of the largest and most important of the original thirteen States, had furnished but one presiding oflicer of that great deliberative body since the foundation of the republic. Your readers will readily recall that the only Carolinian who has enjoyed this great honor, was Nathaniel Macon, certainly one of the ablest and purest statesmen North Carolina has produced. In addition to thisy however, the? Old North State; furnished in ; the person of one of its members ; of Congress, "the father of the H ouse' ' which honorary position is now accorded to to Hon. Galusha Grow, of Pennsylvania and. his name was Richard Stanford, of Per. son County, who was a contempor-t zry of Nathaniel Macon, "William H. Murfee, William Gaston, Baft lett Yancey and other : talented men who served in Congress 80 years ago. Richard Stanford of Person ; Nathaniel Macon, of .Warren ; and John Randolph, the brilliant; though eccentric statesmen from Virginia, were intimate friends during their long term of service . in Congress, and on ; pages 47-8 of the annuals of the first session of the Fourteenth Congress is given minutes of an interesting debate on the following resolution offered by Mr. Randolph: ' Resolved : That a ; committee be appointed to inquire whether the acceptance, by the Hon.- Peter Porter, late a member ot the House from New York, of , the office of commissioner under the late ; treaty of Ghent, is in contravention of the sixth section of the first . article in the constitution -of the United States." ' : ' There was considerable between. Mr Randolph and Robert Wright, a member from Maryland, the debate closing as follows: "Mr Randolph then -proceeded reply to Mr. Wright's, argument and appealed to the elder " members of the House to the fathers in point of age and practically ; to the honerable Gentleman frcm North Carolina, "(Mr.-"' Stanford),' vho, he said,; was vthe father -of the House, as being the oldest membertie appealed to them for the doctrines laid down ;in 1793', and particularly by Mr Gallatin,;. . then a member from Pennsylvania ln respect to powers and-- discretion residing in the President "and Sen- ate as to the appointment of minis ters, etc. , and stated more amply hls argument in,- favor,- of the ' in quiry in this particular case. t Mr. Grosvendr and Mr.-, Forsyth scussed 'the matter ? ' Mr. Stanford" advocated the in- to skw at ke House had decided a violation of the spirit of the con-: stitution to be fa sufilcient ground tor them to protest against the case he ought to; leave - on the thresh in which it occurred.; If he 'were, hold every feeling and thought but indeed, the father of the House ac- what was connected with the pub- cording to the figure used by Mr. Randolph , he says he "would ad- vise its members to avoid the crumbs of office from the executive to look to ; the people, only, to whom they owed their ; appoint- ments, ?. as the -i source i of ; honor, etc," ; '; " " The resolution of enquiry would be laughed at by the present mem- bers of Congress, and a . debate which occurred some . weeks later will appear more amusing.; : , -' j On : page 1127 of the House Journal Mr. Johnson a member from Kentucky, introduced a proposi- tion to change the salary of mem- bers of ?, congress -from six; dollars per day to $1, 500 per annum This was none other than Colonel R. M. Jonson of 'Tecumseh' ' fame. The proposition caused a lively . debate, I in which John Randolph, , of ginia,,Richard Stanford, of North Carolina and- Daniel Webster of New Hsmpshire, participated. The latter was serving his first term in I Congress. The following is recorded. . dolph held Stanford continued un l4Mr. Stanford rose to .enter , his tii the Matter's death and it; was protest against any, increase of the compensation of members of Con- gress; against offering such : emolu menu a wumu iuuuc men 01 z 3 r 1 abilities to prefer offices and stations under the . general government, to those under the State govern- ments. He would diminish rather than increase ; the compensation of the members ? of this House. He , I was wiiung to cnange tne moae 01 compensation, but not in any way so as lo increase it. The deprecia- tion of money was, he said, a great and just complaint; but any change contemplating an increase essen- tially to the mischief of principle. He was willing to change the mode of compensation; because an such a change i theirmight be both econ- omy and advantage. , - Mr Randolph again rose. He said that whenever he differed from he gentlemans last up, he doubted the correctness of 1 his own ;j udge- ment; so great reliance -had he on that of that honyrable gentleman The4 resolution before the House did not speak of increase at all, but of -a change in the mode of cpmpenT sation. And he asked ought it not to be changed? Was it not an al- legation every day :( presented to their in the public prints that the session of Congress was "protracted forthe convenience of some mem- bers who save four dollars a day out of six. ; " - . - . Mr. Webster says the resolution say he treated you, or his not stay rcf4tp tio ouestions but that of irig-'at vour' house while : in Balti- inquiry in that .view he should con r"-" .-:x . cur in it.: There was, he said, something , radically, defective ""in the present; system of legislation. No legislation in the-world, he be lieved,' however various its concerns or extensive its sphere, sat as long as this, notwithstanding that its sphere of operation was so greatly contracted by ' the intervention -, of eighteen distinct legislatures. The system does not compel,- on the part of ihembers, . that ; atten tion which the nature of their pub- i; t,cinp fenuires. - He referred to the letters and papers on the desks of ; the; members; everyday. They ought to have none ofthem. When a man came into this House lie service.' Private letters 'and private conversation ought not to he -nermitted to encroach on the unity of his object. If, in: any way, the attention of the House could be fixed on the speaker; Mr. Webster said there wpitld be an end to loner speeches: for he defied anv man toaddress any assembly of this sort and address them long if that attention was fixed on him. . . Mr. Stanford said he had no idea of opposing this motion for inquiry when up before, but had merely risen to protest against an increase of compensation The inquiry he thought proper. He7 believed such a chanere mieht be devised as would economize both the time 'and funds of the nation. If the great New England states- man would look in ' upon : Congress Vir-lsonie day now when in session, and see the evils he complained of increased arid aggravated as they are; he would be shocked ' beyond measure. ' The high esteem in; which , Ran- the only lifelong friendship between the eccentric statesmen and any 1 of his" colleagues for as highly as: he . . . - 1 regarded Macon, wno; appointed him chairman of the , committee of ways and mean., while speaker, he Randolph became estranged from Macon and roundly denounced him on several occasions; : A com- bination was formed , to beat Ran ; dolph in his district wnicn was successful, but during his tempore ary retirement from Congress he wrote Jregulary to Stanford, but not to any other member, Macon felt keenly the.lossof Randolphs friendship as extracts from the following' lettef will show. It was written.1 by, Macon to Nicholson, formerly a. member of Congress, from Maryland Feb- ruary 1, ,1815; and is found in Henry Adams' biography, of Ran- dolph i page 252.: " ' . Jonathan did not , love, David more than I have Randolph", and I still have 'that same1 feeling to- wards him, but somehow .or i other I am constrained from saying any- thing about it .to him, unless now arid then- to defend him against false accusations, or what I believe to be such; There is hardly any evil that afnicts me more than the loss of a" friend; especially when 1 not conscious of having given any cause for it. -1 .cannot . account for the coldness with f which, y ou 1 - - . more. Stanford x now - arid then comes to where ! sit in"' the house,, and shows me a letter from - R : to him; which is all I see. from him. He has notwrote to me" since he left Congress, nor i! but once 'to him.,r c - ' -' - '7 Stanford was a member v of ; Con gress froin 1796 to 181 61 having been ' elected ten terms consecutive ly, and : was unquestionably one of the, most influential, members of the body the latter part, of his long service, for he was - appointed chairman of the committee on rules by Speaker Henry Clay at the be ginning of ;the Fourteenth Con gress. , ') " v He died April 9, 1816, and was buried in the ' Con gressional Cem etery r of Washington, . his ; ; grave being covered with a granite mon ument. ' It is . near that of Vice President Klbridge T. Gerry, C a son of Henry Clay., ; r r"" . . SAMUEL L. ADAMS. -Elon College, N.' C, June 22 1901. - . . , - Landslide and Flood. ; . . : ' Lacoma, Wash. ,j July 8. Canton advices by the steamer Braemer give details of the loss of three hun dred lives by landslide and , flood, occurring at IyUng Xeng in June; The landslide was caused' by a tre mendous earthquake,' : There were many crashes resembling ; thunder. Nativeaccounts state that a - great flood of water poured out of the mountains carrying Everything be fore it. Two hundred houses were swept away and, : the- fields ewept bare of crops,. Several great land slides occurred carrying a large por tion of Lung Keng into - the bay. wnat appearea nice a tiaai wave followed, '; . making it impossible for v anywho were carried into tlie water to escape, f. ; ; Robbers iri Wang Tung . province are kidnapping, ;peoplev to: realize moriey. , Dozens I of; women and children have ' been . abducted. , A Buddhist nun convicted, of harbor- ingrkMniappers-irlbeinjB: publicly exhibited in a cage at Canton. Six kidnapped woineni were found 'in a convent. ' i - Great Oil Company " Houston, Texas, July 5. .Char ters were today filed -at Austin for the Houston Oil Company with capitalization of 7$36,ooo,ooo and the Kirby Lumber : Company, capitalized at $10,000,000. The first named has been 4 organized ' to handle oil produced in the Texas field and is - primarily, intended as a competitor of the Standard Oil Company, first in Texas and after ward in the domestic export trade. Its - articles embrace provisions for 'owning lands, 1 prospecting- for and marketing oil operating pipe lines arid steamships. The lumber company will take: , over - the; hold ings of John H . . Kirby, embracing riiore than one million acres, com prising the larger part of the stand ing timber in East Texas. v: , . John L. To Box Mitchell. New York, July: 7:. "A little order, please, ;gents." John f. Sul livan is going into the, ririg; . once more. The greatest warrior that ever hit a punch is going - to box four, rounds on the lever with Char lie Mitchell, boxing champion of England. . V , -v-,; John L. told the news last : even ing to a North . American reporter who saw him in his, establishriient in west Forty-second street. Man ager "Bob V. Adams, of New Lon: don, Conn., made the match, f He has gone to Buffalo to hire the big gest hall in the town, and in it '..the old-time warriors will meet within ihree weeks.. , - Congressman Stokes Dead. . Columbia, S. C, July" 6. Dr. J. M.- Stokes, Congressman from the. Third South Carolina district, died today, at his home' in 'Orange burg, after a -long illness. , I - Rev. Moses Hunt DIeo. Greensboro, C, July 6. -Rev. I Moses J. Hunt, of , Burlington, one of the oldest Methodist preachers in North Carolina, died at the home of his son in Greensboro this after noon . ' . He will be buried at Bur-, lington tomorrow. : afternoon. Mr. Hunt was 77 years , old. For al most half a century he had been a member of the North Carolina con ference. He' is survived by a widow and ten chilnren.. . " Crops Are Poor." A gentleman who has been travelling over North Carolina - for fourteen vears savs that he has never, seen such poor crops in the State. In sdmesectios of the State, where mnrh x&heat raicrl fh ' crops are almost a f ailurei. The "ri and cotton " are very : small and'the tobacco was almost ruined by the hail;. - T 400 Barrels of QU an Hour. j Beaumont, Texas July 5.' Gusher rib. 2 Hey wood Oil Com-' pany, was turned into a tank' this , morning and flowed at; the rate, of 4,ooo,barrels ;per hour. The State charters the Nantahala company, of Highlands, . Macon county, capital $100,000, ' H. Rare nel and others stockholders. The ; ' charter gives extensive privileges of miUing, manufacturing and m!n - A Raca War; tj.'l ' ySnoxvilfeTen r J ajj A jtbcs. riot has broken out in Uhe motm tains - of- Campbell' county between colored and whitft minpra noor. T.n ' " W V VU4 JJ FolletteJ ; At a dance the negroes opened fire on the town ' marshal and his posse. ' , ' ? ' , The officer and ; his assistants re turned the fire. , : ; ! . Twenty persons were killed, most of them negroes, and' a large nu m -ber-are reported -wounded. .... Conquer the Earth. - .Boston, July 5. Captain Bich- . mond P. Hobson told the people in ' his J nly 4th,orationthat he believed he would live tc,4ee the time when Indepericlance Day would be cele brated in every, na&ra on earth : Speaking of the navy he said: , "I claim it should be the immediate aim of ithe;' people and their repre sentatives to.? start upon, a program of naval constructiou that will per mit us : to realize our inalienable obligation vto the people of the world, f '' . --v - ' , , - V The Editor's Mrrriage. : . JFor the first time .we were mar- ried Wednesday. Have contemplated this step for a long time but lack o f fun ds has al ways prevented, until we , final I77 decided to get married and trust to providence for the rest The subsciption rates of the. Kecord will remain at the same price. Only the immediate relatives I were pres ent at the ceremony. Our vie wg' oh the money question will remain the same only" we need nore of it. Will - A 1- ' 1 ? . Il' 11 go 10 uuuse jieepiug in ine Asquitn home, in Second street. Miiscctah Kan. Eecord. .The Gazette jsays: PA - colored woman namea Mary Jiliiier, wife or Sam Miller, while under iho influence of cholorof orm died sud denly in Dr. E. P; Glenn's dental chair late Tuesday afternoon. : The incident was the immediate ccca::3H of no little commotion amonj tlio colored people and excitement zzZ2 the white. U
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