The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-03

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Those stories about .5rcugh,' said
the Doctor, reminded me of others
Going one day to consult the Cover
nor, / met lady prominent in society
and in good work for the soldiers COM
ing from an interview with BrOugh
She was excited and furious. She in.
sisted that the Governor had treated
her without consideration and almost
insolently. Her grievance was that all
through the interview the Governor
had chewed tobacco and had used the
cuspidor as freely as if he had been
in a barroom or saloon. She had been
Brough's friend all through his stormy
administration, and she wished heart
lily she had never seen what she called
his barroOm manners.
Il knew the Governor was free
user of tobacco, but had never no.
ticed anything offensive in his way of
using it. In fact, l didn't care any
thing about his tobacco or his way Of
using it. When l went to his office
he always talked of big things, and his
strength was so apparent in handling
the great questions of the day that l
had no place in my mind for trifes.
told the lady this and assured her that
she must be mistaken as to any slight
on the Governors part. 1 went into
Brough's office, however, and there sat
the Governor of Ohio with a huge Gus
pidor at his side, sputtering and spit
ting like gunboat under fire.
There was trouble of the gravest
import, and Brough had forgotten him
self and the amenities of his office in
rounding out plan to help the nation
al administration. He did help Presi-
dent Lincoln then and on other occa-
siOns, and without thought of himself
or his political prospects: When the
Governor had cooled down told him
of my conversation with the lady who
had been disappointed in him, and in
my hearing he dictated note of apOl-
ogy as graceful as it was sincere. He
said he did not want to be misunder-
stood by one who had done so much
to help him and the soldiers in the
field, and asked her for suggestions
as to the controversy with the sanitary
and Christian commissions in which
he had become involved through the
desire of the Ohio soldiers aid socie-
ties to send their contributions direct
to Ohio soldiers in the field.
"In this controversy the women of
the aid societies We're with the Gov
ernOr, although he was misunderstood
in other States and was represented
as seeking a quarrel with the Chris
tian commission. l happen to know
that the lady who was so disappointed
over Brough using tobacco did much
to clear up the misunderstanding and
to show that In his intructiors to the
State agents the Governor insisted the
agents should avoid controversy and
strife and yet do their full duty in
looking after the sick. wounded and
other soldiers of the State.
.'Brough, it is true, was harsh in Ian
guage and Judgment, and his quarrels
with officers We're fought to the end
with the bitterness of the time But
often he got as good as he sent. In
several cases the officers under criti-
cism wrote the GovernoS warning him
to mind his own business, and i'm other
cases his letters were returned with
dignitied but severe comment. Colonel
Dan McCook wrote Brough letter
which the Governor regarded as in
solent, and he wrote in reply a sting
ing rebuke, which Colonel Dan was
smarting under when he led the as
sault at Kenesaw mountain. Brough
probably regretted the letter, but Nc
Cooks friends never forgot it.
"Brough was a master i'm war af-
fairs. 1t was on his suggestion that
the Governors of Illinois, Indiana.
Ohio and Iowa offered the government
the 1OO-days men in 1864. And Brough.
1t must be remembered, had 10000
National Guards, as he called them,
in the field in sixteen days. His plan
was that these short-term men should
take the places of older troops guard
Ing cities and railways. and that
veteran army at full strength should
be hurled against Lee, and so end the
war in a hundred days"
Il knew several of the war COVER
nors," said the Major, "and they all
were fighters. Tod went into the Gov
ernor's office in Ohio in 1862. when the
clouds Of war We're very dark. and he
was naturally impatient. At the time
Of the Kirby Smith raid toward Gin
cinnati he hurried raw troops pell-men
into Kentucky, and after asking for
tents for them three times telsgraphed
Stanton at Washington to the effect
that he didn't know who was to blame
for not sending the tents, but he could
whip the fellow, whoever he was.
Again he .telegraphed Washington.
For Gods sake furnish Ohio troops
now in Kentucky with canteens' All
these things were irregular. but they
made friends for Tod among soldiers
everywhere.
"He was n wonderful mobilizer of
troops. When Cincinnati was In dan
ger in 1862 he ordered the farmers of
certain counties to provide themselves
with quilts or blankets, squirrel rifles
and ammunition, and. after organiza-
ton into companies, take the trains
for Cincinnati. The farmers, old and
young, did as requested. and in less
than a week 1900 men who knew
how to shoot were at Cincinnati or In
Kentucky ready to shoot. These were
the famous squirrel hunters AMI Gov
ernor Tod always believed that they
md their squirrel rifles scared Kirby
Smith and led to his retreat Certain
" the squirrel hunters of Ohio in
their ready response to thu Governors
appeal demonstrated that Tod knew
of the men who had voted
lim into Office
Governor Tod" said the Colonel,
organized rs many new regiments i'll
MS two years of office as any other
State executive. He contributed great
Y to the good of the service by ap-
pointing TO the new regiments officers