The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-01
BIOGRAPHY OF COL. SANDS
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer ]

It was with sincere sorrow that
many of the older citizens of Gin
cinnati and other parts of Ohio
learned through yesterdays En-
quirer of the death of Colonel A.
G Sands, which occurred at Logan,
Ohio, at 2 a. m. from uraemic pois-
oning, after several weeks illness.
The death of Colonel Sands re-
moves figure that was powerful
in polilics-state and nationalist
years ago, and for over n decade
he was the real head and front of
the local Republican organization.
With-his wife's uncle, Benjamin
Eggleston, be published the Chron-
icle, and at the death of C. W.
Starbuck they purchased the Times
which under his management be-
came an influence in state and ma
tionsl politics,
| Colonel Sands was identified with
the big politicians of the country,
and it is said that he could tell
better than any one else the inside
history of the national convention
in Cincinnati at which Hayes was
nominated for President. 1t will
be remembered that at the conven-
tion the nomination of Blaine was
a foregone conclusion. The matter
came down to vote at a night ses-
sion. when suddenly the lights
went out. The result was a de-
moralization of the Blaine forces
and on the morrow the tide for
Hayes set in and he was nominated.
WAS DUE TO SANDS
Hayes at that time was not
character of political prominence.
He had been a leading lawyer in
Cincinnati and under the political
leadership of Colonel Sands had
been elected to congress twice
from this district, and it was
mainly the fight which the Times
made for him that nominated
Hayes for Governor in 1876.
Hayes really owed his nomina-
tiou. for President to Sands. In
the troublous times that followed
the election of 1876, in which Gov
ernor Noyes took such prominent
part. Colonel Sands was one of the
leading figures in the background,
and he was one of the chief promo
ters of the plan that secured for
Hayes the Electoral votes of Flor
ida and Louisiana.
Colonel Sands was at the zenith
of his political power at that time,
and continued to be a prominent
factor in the politics of Ohio, as
we'll as the United States for a long
time. His influence was much
sought after by interests that had
measures at stake in Columbus and
Washington, and in consequence
Colonel Sands was a familiar figure
in the legislative halls of the state
and nation. s-
In 1860 he was delegate to the
Chicago convention which nominat-
ed Lincoln. subsequently he toured
the state during the Presidential
campaign which followed. and he
became fast and loyal friend of
the first martyred President.
Mrs Lincoln became greatly at
tached to Colonel Sands during
that tour of Abrsham Lincoln, and |
to her he owed his first political
appointment. Mrs. Lincoln became |
violently i'll at Dayton, where her
distinguished husband was to make |
a speech. Colonel Sands attended
her every want. summoning physi-
clans and doing everything in his
power to alleviate her sufferlngs.
He accompanied the Lincoln party
to their home in Springfield, ILL.,,
and his card at the White House,
after Lincoln was elected, was an
open seasame.
MADE MARSHAL BY LINCOLN.
He received the appointment of
United States Marshal for the
Southern Ohio District from Pres
ident Lincoln in 1861, when he
moved to Cincinnati, where he lived
for 80 years. He held the United
States Marshalship during the en-
tire war until Andrew Johnston |
became president.
He was Superintendent of the
Muskingum River improvement and
President of the Second National
Bank of Hamilton.
When Hayes became President
the appointment of Postmaster was
offered him at Cincinnati, but was
rejected. He was elected member
of the School Board from the old
Ninth Ward during the late seven
ties, and was president of the
board five or six years.
Immediately upon locating in
Cincinnati in 1851 Sands took o
hand in local politics, and two
years later became Chairman of the
Republican Executive Committee,
which he held until 1875, when he
was succeeded by Amor Smith, Jr.
Those were times of spectacular
political parades, and the largest
torchlight procession in the history
of the county was under the direc-
tion of Colonel Sands. When the
head of the column had reached
Cincinnati the rear was still in
Carthage. In the Hayes campaign
of 1876 Sands attracted attention
by riding an elephant in parade.
He left Cincinnati in 1891, to
become receiver of bank at Lo-
gan, Ohio, and made his home
there from that time.
On account of his clerical ap-
pearance Colonel Sands was called
"The Archbishop" and Jack Aug,
the Democratic leader in this city,