The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-12-06
PERSONAL.

Col. Dick writes to the Chairman of the
Republican Committee that he is not n
candidate for Senator from Ohio, but is
earnestly in favor of continuing both Sena-
tors Foraker and Hanna in the Senate,
until they shall be called upon to receive
higher honors."
II Comrade Geo. X. Nash, Governor of
Ohio, desires n denomination, he can have
it. His administration has been clean,
able and very satisfactory, but so far he
has declined to say whether he wanted
another term or not. The story goes that
the President will, at the first vacancy,
appoint ex-Secretary Day to the Supreme
Court, and that Gov. Nash would like TO
succeed him as Justice of the United
States Court of Appeals.
John j. LentZ, James A. Norton and
James Kilbourne are in the race for the
Democratic nomination for Governor of
Ohio. John II. Mclean and Tom l.. John
son will be candidates for the Senate to
succeed Foraker in case the Legislature
should be Democratic. Mr.. Lentz, while
too young to have been a soldier, has been
an active and reliable friend of the veter-
ans ever since his entry into Congress.
Jas. A. Norton has a fine war record, en-
listing in the 101st Ohio in August, 1862,
becoming q Sergeant and then receiving a
commission as First Lieutenant and Adju-
tant of the 123d U. s. G.. T., in which he
served till the close of the rebellion. He
has always been counted upon to vote
right on all legislation affecting the vet
Grams. Col. Jas. Kilbourne has never been
in Congress, though he has been for years
recognized as one of the leading Demo
Gratis of the State. 1t was expected that
he would be nominated for Governor last
year. He is an extensive manufacturer
of GAINESVILLE. o. He served through the
war in the Goth Ohio, coming home Cap
tain.
Charles r. HernIey. Of Indiana, is work
ing among Ohio Republicans already in
the interest Of the candidacy of Senator
Fairbanks for the Presidential nomination
in 1904. He is soliciting the support of
the anti-Hanna Republicans, chiefly on the
ground that Hanna is to be the Ohio can
didate then.
Col. Jas. ID. Brady, Collector of Internal
Revenue, died at his home, i'll Petersburg
Va, Noy. 30, after long illness from
heart disease. He was native Of Ports
mouth, Va, but was living in New York
at the outbreak of the war. He entered
the army as a private in the 63d y. Y,
and came out as Colonel of his regiment
He was badly wounded FIVE times. After
the war he returned Ia Virginia and was
Clerk of the Court at Portsmouth. Presi-
dent Hayes made him Collector of Internal
Revenue, and he WAS appointed to the
same position by Presidents Arthur, Har-
rison and Mckinley. The Colonel WAS
Member of Congress from the Fourth Dis
trict about II years ago. He has been Il
Delegate to every National Convention
since the war. He leaves widow and
four children.
Dec. /, VIM. +. Stewart. known as the
Father of the Pennsylvania House Of
Representatives" died ut his home in Phil
adclphia. He was born ut WiliamSpOrt
Pa. in 1899, but was working in the office
of the Philadelphia Ledger when he enlist
ed in the 10Th Pa Later he became
Sergeant in the 213th Pa. At the concln-
sion of the war he returned to the Ledger
office, and eventually became superintcnd-
ent of its mechanical department. He was
first elected TO the Legislature in 1880 and
continuously reelected ever after from the
10th District which consists of two Wards
in the northeast of Philadelphia. He was
one of the most valued and esteemed mem
bers of the Legislature
After the hardest fight ever known in
the Second Congressional District of Ohio,
Hon. J. II. Cromwell was reelected by
fair majority. The veterans stood Up sol
idly for him and pulled him through
Rear Admiral Frederick G. McNair, the
senior officer of the Navy, next to Admiral
Dewey. died at his home, 1161 . street,
Nov. 2S. of apopleXy. He had been in poor
health for many months. He was born in
Pennsylvania i'll 1889. graduated from the.
Naval Academy i'll 1897, and was a Lieu
tenant in Earragut's fleet at the time of
the passage Of the forts and the capture
of New Orleans. lie rendered conspicu-
Gus service ut the destruction Of the rebel
ram Arkansas and in both attacks on Fort
Fisher. Since the war he had been Com
mandant of Naval Cadets, Superintendent
of the Naval Observatory, and was in com
mand of the Asiatic Station until relieved
by Admiral Dewey. lie became n Rear
Admiral July 3, 1898.
Miss Eugenia Washington, great-grand
niece of the First President, and one of
the honorary VicePresidents- General of
the Daughters of the Revolution, died Dec
], of hemorrhage, at her residence in
Washington. She had been for many years
a clerk in the Post Office Department.