The National tribune., 1908-01-30
VETERANS IN THE CITY.

10. Comrade Wood, who served thru
the war in the Goth Ohio, held on to a
pair of CorporafS chevrons with grim
tenacity. After the war he took a deep
interest in the organization of the Ohio
Militia, became Captain and finally
achieved the title of Colonel, which he
still wears and says he cannot get rid
Of He has been for years a successful
lawyer in Newark, the firm being Wood
& Wood. His brother, who is his part
ner, was also in the army. He has TAX
en- deep interest In Grand Army af-
fairs from the first, is Past Commander
of his Post, and has held other offices
and has been Patriotic Instructor of
Ohio. He is naturally proud of his
beautiful little city of Newark, which
has increased in IL years from 5000 to
$4,000 inhabitants. 1t has become a
great manufacturing center and among
! its institutions is the Wherle Stove
Foundry, the largest stove foundry in
the world. There is also the Ohio Bot
ling Company. which is an extensive es-
Establishment and is one of the largest
bottling factories of the world. 1t has
the only machines for making bottles,
and nearly all the work is done by ma
chinery. Another great establishment
is the Kelsey Glass Company, which
manufactures tableware This estab-
lishment is growing rapidly, and is one
of the signal successes among the man.
ufactureS of the city. The Thomas
Foundry is a peculiar institution, be-
cause it manufactures peculiar steel
trouGhs used in the making of steel.
AS to politics he says: "Ohio is in the
throeS Of terrific conflict for suprem-
acy between Foraker and Taft fac
tons, the contest being principally to
secure delegates to the National Con-
vention. That controversy has extend
ed to local politics to such an extent
that it affects County organizations and
| threatens destruction to the party, at
any rate of the present organizations.
II is now certain that there can be no
reconciliation between these factions,
and already the leading conservative
/ elements of the Republican Party are
I considering the propriety of ignoring
! both factions as the only basis upon
which success can be attained in the
next election. The State Committee
resolution for a primary has been ig
nored in a number of Counties by the
I Taft element as well as in number
of Counties by the Foraker element.
which will result in carrying many con-
tests to the State Convention. the result
of which would be impossible for any
body to predict. Both sides are claim
! ing victory as sure to perch upon their
banner. In Licking County at the be-
ginning everything WAS claimed for
| for Foraker long before he had de-
clared himself to be a candidate. The
result of the controversy was that the
city of Newark nominated ticket upon
which all the candidates were pro-
nounced Taft men excepting three, who
are known to be Foraker men, and the
entire city ticket was defeated except
the Foraker candidates, which left 1t
in doubt. so there is going to be a con-
| test in that County for delegates. Our
Congressional District is Democratic,
and there is not much doubt but that
it will continue such. In the next dis
/ trict Comrade Brown, Past Command
er-in-Chief of the G.. A. r., is candi-
date, with q fair prospect Of nominal
ton and election. The soldier element
are very much interested in the Con-
gressmen all over the State, and they
will see to it that Congressman will
represent their interest or know the
reason why. We have at least $4,000
soldier voters in Ohio, all of whom have
sons, making perhaps twice that num-
Der OF voters, and they have come to
the conclusion that it is time for them
to speak for their interests. In addi-
ton, we have 10000 widows, who have
friends that sympathize with them, and
are very anxious and determined that
something shall be done in the way of
pension legislation to relieve the wild
OWS, OeHdnuinP at iedSt 3iS Ulofltll
pension for all widows and the repeal
of the limitation of 1890"
Hiram T. Peck, Co. a, 10th Conn,
New Haven, Conn, Comrade Peck,
J who has been "a bookkeeper ever since
the war, but is now retired, is on Wis
il to his daughter in the city. He be-
longed to Admiral Foote Post of New
} Haven. No. II, which is one of the
largest Posts in the country and has
now membership of between 500 and
500. 1t has had a membership of 900.
one of the creditable achievements of
Comrade Peck's life is the little book
called Campfire Jottings," which is a
personal history of his regiment with
it's experiences from Roanoke Island
to the end of the War. Comrade Peck
entered Richmond, April 3. 1865, while
the city was in flames. He was then
on detached service, and his regiment
was IL front of Petersburg. Comradc
Peck rot only wrote this interesting
little book. but he set the type with his
own hands during his leisure hours
and printed it on hand press. In
spite of its being the work of an anna
| teur, the work is a very good specimen
! of the typographical art and Is of much
{ interest from it's containing details and
: Incidents of army life not usually found
I in more pretentous publications. He
is also the author of handsome lit
tie booklet of verse written in his
, leisure hours,
Col. Ezra II. Ripple, Scranton Pa
Comrade Ripple, vino was in Wash
ington as a member Of the Committee
on Ex-Prisoners of War Legislation is
one of the foremost citizens of Scran-
ton, of which city he has been Mayor
, He is particularly interested in the sub
2 ject of patriotic education, and he and
l his Post have been doing much good
i work in this direction, of which they
. can already see the fruits. Their Coun-
ty has been filed up with laborer.
+ from italy, Hungary, Poland and other
L Slavic countries. There is little hope
of making the original emigrants
American citizens but their children
are gathered into schools and giveI
: patriotic instruction, to which the,
e take readily and are imbued with {
I genuine pride in this country and low,
:. for its institutions. Col. Ripple wht
; served in a Pennsylvania regiment ant
. had a period of confinement in Ander.
7 sonville, has been, In addition to hi.
: other public-spirited work, Colonel fol
g of the Pennsylvania National Guard
= and made it splendid organization o.
: tho utmost reliability to the commun
e ity.
= Joseph T. Devine, Waterford, Va
Comrade Devine belonged TO the Lou
doun Rangers. They were loyal citi
: zens of Loudoun County, Va, who's,
nrincipal dutv WAS tn encounter Mos