The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-05


Our Ticket and the Soldiers Upon 1t.
The Democrats who, in their hypocritical
professions of love for the soldier, attempt to
make point against the Republicans because
the latter placed no soldiers on their city and
county ticket, are careful to say nothing of
the fact that there are four Colonels, who did
good service in the war; on the Republican
legislative ticket of this city. Looking over
the entire tickets of both parties, we find that
the Democrats have nominated only three
soldiers, while the Republicans have nomi-
mated four for important offices. These are:-
Colonel Charles Kleckner, of the Sixth Dis
trict; Colonel Elisha W. Davis, of the Tenth
District; Colonel Marshall G. Hong, of the Six
teenth District; and Colonel John Clark, of the
Seventeenth District. These are gentlemen
who are well qualified as civilians for the posi-
tions to which they will be elected and they
have proved themselves true and gallant
soldiers in the war for the Union, besides.
Colonel Kleckner, who originally enlisted in
the 48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
and afterwards became Colonel of the 172d,
Volunteers, was with the Army of the Poto-
mac during the whole war, and participated in
nearly all of the hardest-fought battles of that
army. His military record has already been
published and commented upon in compli-
mentary manner in the Sunday Dispatch and
other journals of this city, and we notice that
the Snyder county Tribune, the Pottsville
Miners Journal, the Williamsburg Telegraph, and
many other papers in the interior of the State,
have noticed the fact of Colonel Kleckner's
nomination, and have spoken of his military
services and his high character as man in
terms of warmest praise. Colonel Kleckner's
opponent, Mr.. Barney McNally, is also some
thing of warrior, but his battles have generally
been fought under roof. In the present cam
paign, he has received several wounds at and
by the hands of his own constituents.
Colonel Z. w. Davis, of the Tenth District,
was Lieutenant Colonel of the 12lst Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Chapman
Biddle, in which capacity he did good service
He was engaged in a number of hard-fOught
battles, and acquitted himself with honor to
his State.
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is we'll known. He enlisted as a private in
the 95th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and was soon promoted to Captaincy for his
bravery and soldierly qualifications. He was
in many of the bloodiest battles of the war,
and came out of them all with credit.
Colonel John Clark has first-class military
record in connection with the Third Pennsyl-
vania Reserves. He did his whole duty as a
| soldier.
Such are the four Colonels on the Republi-
can ticket. With these we have, among other
candidates for the Legislature, such we'll
known and sterling citizens as Edmund s.
Yard, James Holgate, George 7. Thorn, David
Foy, and others, constituting altogether one Of
the most respectable Legislative tickets ever
placed before the people of this city by any
| party.
The Republican ticket, city, county, and
legislative, is one that we may we'll feel salts
fed with, and we have the fullest confidence
that all soldiers as well as civilians who have
due regard for the honor of the city will vote
| the whole Republican ticket.
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