The National tribune., 1903-07-30
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
| Hon. Clarke Wacgoner. who for much
/ more than a half Il century had been a
| leading journalist in northwestern Ohio.
died at his home in Toledo, July 8. He
| was editor of the Toledo Blade when
| the war broke out. and made it a strong
\ power for loyalty and National Sovereign
| ty during the struggle. He was man
( of high character, of fearless convictions
| 4 forceful writer, and consequently
strong influence in molding public opinion
! through great many years of useful ac-
! tivity.
! Dr. Donald MacLean. one of the most
| noted surgeons in Michigan. died in De-
troit, July "A. He was born in Canada
and practiced medicine there until 1868,
when he received an appointment in the
! United States army and served one year.
| lie afterward became Professor of Sur
gerry in the University of Michigan, was
Chief Surgeon of the Michigan Central
and Grand Trunk Railroads. and in 1894
President of the American Medical Asso-
| citation.
Word has been received that the ven.
cradle Gen. J. Hobart Ward. Specia,
| Term Clerk of the Supreme Court of New
| FORK. was killed by being run over by an
| Erie Railroad train. somewhere in Mon
roe County y. Y. Gen. Ward. who was
| so years old. was Sergeant-MajOr of the
18th L. S. from April 1911. to April 1917,
during which time he participated in the
| Mexican War. Al the outbreak of the re-
bellion he raised the 3Sth \. Y, and be-
came its Colonel. and was promoted to
! Brigadier- General in 1862. He command
ed the Second Brigade of the First Divi-
| sion of the Third Corps at Gettysburg
! and after the wOunding of Gen. SickleS
| acceded TO the command of the Division.
| He was appointed a clerk in the Supreme
| Court in 1896. and when killed was away
on his vacation.
The commission of Commodore Charles
s. Gay. as Postmaster at Saranac Lake.
! y. V, expired in March last and he is an
applicant for reappointment. Just why he
| has not been promptly reappOnted by the
| President is Il mystery to the patrons of
| that Office. Comrade Gay has 4 most ex-
cellent record. and his administration of
| the affairs of that office has been entirely
| satisfactory. He has long been Quarter
master of his Post. and has the endorse
nent of every one of its members in addi-
| tion to that of the most influential citi-
zens of Saranac Lake. President Roose
| welt has repeatedly declared that where 4
civil war veteran has faithfully discharged
| the duties of his Office he would consider
it his duty and his pleasure to retain him
! in his position. Ccmradc Gay is one of
| The National Tribune prize winners and
n picture and sketch of him appeared in
| The National Tribune of June II, 1908.
We hope the President will not disappoint
the hopes of the Grand Army men of Sar-
anac Lake.
Comrades are watching with much in
| terest the appointment of Il successor to
the late VIM. 'Leary. Postmaster of Dal-
| las, Tex. There are u or 10 applicants
| for the position. and among them two conf
rades both men of unqueSti0Hed ability
and fitness for the place. They are both
Past Post Commanders. and have held
various positions in the National and De-
partmental G.. A. r. One Of these. Com
rade Baker. is in the United States Inter-
nal Revenue Service, and is strongly in-
dorSed by Il number of Comrades and his
Superi0rs and associates in the service.
The other cOmrade is \. Rockhold. who
has been for many years in the postal SER
vice and is popular in the community. Tie
Republican party of Dallas County is
split up into factions. These factions are
indOrSing other candidates for the posi-
ton. and it is hoped that the President
will take the matter into his own hands
and disregard the factonal claims and
appoint one of the comrades.
The preliminary canter of Judge Parker,
of New York, around the Presidential
resulted in frost There is even less
possibilities of enthusiasm about him than
about ID. Il. Hill. and the private adyices
from Alabama are to the effect that the
impression he left there was very chilly.
This is not Judge Parker's fault, because
he does all in his power TO be genial and
pleasant. without effect. He is simply 4
cold intellectual man. and a fine jurist,
who adorns the bench, but has no more
personal magnetism than an icicle. This
does not suit the Southern people. who
are warm-hearted ard impulSive, and Ike
men of that character. The Atlanta PEG,
pie were very h0Spitable to Judge Fsrser,
but his presence was like q breath from
the northwest. Judge Parktr's friends say
that his cOldness is Simply reserve. and
that lie is at hhirt as genial and magnetic
as any Otker man. but there is grave
question as to whether this can wear off
III time for the campaign.
Brig.-Gen. Jas. T. Wade, who succeeds
Gen. Davis in command of the military
forces in the Philippines. is son Of
Bluff Old Ben Wade,' the ruling power
in the United States Senate during the
war, and the Chairman of the Committee
on the Conduct of the War, which was
the Nations inquistion into the conduct
of its officers. and the stern tribunal by
which regulations were made and unmade.
DESPITE his power and influence, Senator
Wade contented himself with securing
for his sen merely commission as First
Lieutenant in the 9th U. S. Cav. a new
regiment, organized at the beginning OF
the war The son, however. was ambi-
tious. and passing an examination for
officers of coored troops, became Lieuten-
ant-Colone and finally Colonel. of the
9th u S. Colored Cav. and commanded
a brigade in the operations in GA and 60
in East Tennessee and southwestern Nir-
cinia. He was thorough solder. and
showed great enterprise and capacity for
command. At the close of the war he re-
turned to the rank of Captain i'll his rcsi-
ment. and became Colonel of the 9th L. =.
Cav. in 1887. He was made Major
General of Volunteers at the outbreak OF
the Spanish war and Br.gadier-Geneia. IL
the Regular Army.