The National tribune., 1905-10-26
"COMRADE" PATTIsON.

State with campaign leaflet In red,
white and BLUE colors with the picture
of "Comrade cPattison" and this ap-
peal:
II Comrades. stand by the men that
stood by the guns in 81 and '65.
They only are in sympathy with
the veterans of the war. Such q
man is Comrada John Pattison. He
Is pledged to enforce the laws as he
finds Them Here is one of them
= for our own interest. viii you not
vote for him for Governor" .
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An examination of the records shows
that "Comrade Pattison" has the same
sort of blood-stained, battle-shattered
record as "Comrade Evans" late of the
Pension Bureau. That is, they both
belonged to the 100 days service. but
Evans has the advantage of Pattison
inasmuch as Evans served 121 days.
while Pattison served Ill days. That
is. Evans leads Pattison by 10 days
more service given to the country. 1t
is true that the ordinary veteran does
not think 10 days of serious import
ance. but it is great deal when a man
has only some 100 days in the army to
boast of. "Comrade Evans served i'm
the 41st Wis, where "Comrade Patti
son" served in the 1884 Ohio. He has
this additional similarity to "Comrade
Evans" that though they were both
far older than tens of thousands of
boys who did good work in the Union
army, they were quite content with con-
tributing their dole of 100 days to the
salvation of the country, and the dire
need of men to wind up the rebellion,
the urgent appeals of resident Lincoln
and Gen. Grant for reinfOrcaments to
give the rebellion it's final stroke fell
unheeded and uninviting upon their
cold ears. There were tens of thou
sands of boys who went out in the 1O0-
days service who re-enlisted in other
organizations because they felt the need
of the country for men, and fought
valiantly in the closing battles Of the
war Not SO either "Comrade Evans
or "Comrade Pattison"; 100 days of
easy guard duty along the Baltimore &,
Ohio r. r. was all that "Comrade Pat
endangered country, and then he re-
turned to his home to embrace the
many opportunities for money-making
presented because the other active
young men of his age were at the front
fighting the battles of Cedar Creek,
Franklin, Nashville and Petersburg. He
would get where he could gather the
plentiful harvest of profits from the
crushing blows against the rebellion in
and at Appomattox. AS a result of this
"COmrade Pattison" is one of the
wealthiest men in the State. and it is
significant in This day of startling de-
velopments regarding the insurance
business that very much of his we;AHl
mas come from the insurance business
and from his successful management of
unfriendly Legislatures.
Much is now made of "Comrade Pat
tison's" connection with the Grand
Army, but it is singular that his rela-
ton to our noble Order has to be dis
covered at this late day. The Depart
ment of Ohio, GAR, is a grand one,
and 1t has all the time been engaged In
good works which required it's highest
efforts and the active aid Of every man
in the Order. 1t is singular that at no
time or place or i'm any emergency has
the name Of "Comrade Pattison" ap-
peared as being valuable or helpful. The
Inference is fair, therefore, that it is
only, when he wants office that "Com-
rade Pattison" comes to the front as a
Grand Army man.
The candidate on the Republican
ticket against "Comrade Pattison' is
too young to have been i'm the army,
having been born only in 1854.
The candidate for Lieutenant-Gover-
nor, Gen. Andrew L. Harris, was one of
OhiO's faithful, long serving, gallant
soldiers. who instead of paltry Ill
days to his credit, has over four years
from the firing on Fort Sumter to APP
pomattox-1,460 days. or IA times as
much service, besides two severe
wounds.