The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-08-15
OUR CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.

OF the pIOCCSullbS VI wv SN"b
Convention which met in Massillon last
week, and which upon the one hundred
and forty,second ballot nominated Gems
eral Aauila Wiley, of Wooster. Gen.
WILEY was not candidate before the
convention, and when his name was
proposed, declined the honor, and when
at last he was nominated he arose and
| asked that the convention reconsider its
action and put some one else in nomlnaN
ton for the place, stating that he already
held an office given to him by the people
of Wayne county, and that he preferred
TO serve them in that humble capacity.
But his requests were not granted and
when one by one the candidates before
the convention arose and urged him to
accept the honors sought to be thrust
upon him by the Democracy OF the SIX
teenth District, he at last yielded, and in
a modest but appropriate speech accep>
ted the nomination. Hewas greeted with
applause such as few men receive in
these days of ours.
Gen. Wiley has been lifelong DemHc
ocrat, and has served both his party and
his country with fervency and zeal. In
1872 he headed the Democratic State
ticket, being the candidate for Secretary
of State, and made gallant fight. Three
wears ago he was elected Probate Judge
of Wayne county, and has discharged
the duties of the office most acceptabIy
10 the people, He is an able, honest and
trustworthy gentleman, and will make
one Of the strongest candidates that could
have been found in the district; and his
sterling worth, acknowledged ability and
unyielding integrity will insure his cleo
ton in October,
In 1861, when the first call for three
wears volunteers was made, Gen, Wiley
entered the service, and was commission.
ed as Captain of company in the 4Ist
Regiment, o. V. l. From this rank he
steadily arose until he was made Colonel
of his regiment, and served in this capac'
ity until he was honorably discharged,
Tune 18th, 1864. He was twice wounded
during his service, losing limb at the
battle of Mission Ridge. He was brave
and gallant, and led several noted
charges. In Whitelaw Reid's "Ohio in
the war, on pages 263 and 264, in speak
ing of the attack upon the rebel forces
below Chattanooga, the following tribute
was paid to the gallantry of Gen Wiley
on that occasion:
"At noon on the 23d Of November
the brigade was ordered to fall in for a
reconnaissance. The brigade advanced
briskly, driving the enemy,s skirmishers
into a dense underground on small
ridge between Chattanooga and Mission
Ridge. The line followed and received
heavy fire. Nothing could be seen,
but it was too hot fire to bear quietly,
Colonel Wiley ordered the regiment to
charge, and orders from Hazen at the
same time directed the taking of the line
on the hill. The Forty>First delivered
a volley trusting to fortune for its effect,
then dashed forward through the thicket,
through the balls, up to the Rebel works,
and into the Rebel works, captured the
colors of the Twenty-Eighth Alabama
Regiment. In this, its severest engage
ment, the Forty-First was associated
with the Ninety>Third Ohio, which shar-
ed fully the danger and honor of the
fight The position was held without
trouble, and was known as Orchard
Knob. Soon after the fight, Generals
Grant, Thomas, and others passed along
the new line, when Thomas, looking at
the ground within fifty PAGES ofthe Rebel
works, where the fight had been fercest,
and where lay the horses Of Colonel Wi.
ley and Lieutenant-Colonel Kimberly,
called for the officers of the regiment,
and said to Colonel Wiley; Colonel,
want you to express to your men my
thanks for their splendid conduct this
afternoon. 1t was gallant thing, Colo.
nel-a Very gallant thing" That from
General Thomas was better than an hours
speech from any other man.-AShIaHa
Press.
General AquiIa Wiley, the Democrat
ic nominee for Congress in the Stark
Portage District, is a gentleman who
will not fail to reflect great credit upon
his constituents while in Washington,
after he is elected, as he will surely be.
He served in the late war with gallant
ry that intitles him to the sobriquet Of
brave man and excellent officer. He lost
a leg at Mission Ridge. In 1872 he made
a splendid canvass as a Democratic
for Secretary of State, and he
is at present Probate Judge of Wayne
He did not seek the nominal
ton given phim on the 18th inst, but
against the use of his name
before the convention. The proprietor
of this paper was a companion in arms
of General Wiley up to the time the
received his wound, incapacitating him
for active service, and we personally
know him to be man of sterling worth
and high ability. 1t was nomination
fit to be made, and we antici-
pate his election by rousing majority.
C Ca7ytor6 Co. Forum.
Gen. Aquila Wiley, of Wooster, was
nominated for Congress on the 18th, by
the Democracy of the 10th District.
One hundred and forty,two ballots were
.aken, and Wiley was entered as the
dark horse. General Wiley was the
Democratic candidate for Secretary of
State in 1872. He lost leg in the
army.-Martetta Times.
The Congressional Convention in the
10Th district was a kind of Kilkenny
cat fight. McGregor, Eshelman, Cool
man and Warwick went in red,hot and
chewed each other up, and General
Wiley was forced to carry off the laurels.
Whatever might have been said for any
Or all of those who sought the nomination,
It will be readily conceded by almost
everybody that the convention made
an excellent nomination. General Wiley
is a man of very decided ability, and is
very popular with the voting people, and
MS personal popularity is not to be
1espised in district where political
parties are so evenly balanced as in
.he 10. We predict the election of Gen,
Wiley by handsome majority, and that