The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-15
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had added $50 Democratic votes to
the district by new apportionment.
| In 1860 he was appointed chairman
Of the Republican state central COM
mittee. In that campaign he made for
the first time in the state a thorough
organization in every county township
and precinct, and in the national con-
vention he carried the state for Lin
coin by winning over the delegates
who had been instructed for Simon
Cameron At the outbreak of the re-
beliion Mr.. Mcclure was in the sen
ate, and he was made chairman of
the committee on military affairs
Two years later he was solicited by
President Lincoln and Secretary Stan
ton to make the draft in Pennsylvania,
and. with two clerks, he had the state
enrolled, credits adjusted, draft made
and seventeen regiments in the field
In sixty days. To give to him the mill
tary authority to make the draft he
was commissioned assistant adjutant
general of the United States, an Office
which he resigned as soon as the work
was finished
After the defeat of his party in 1863
Colonel Mcclure, at the special request
of President Lincoln, went to Philadel-
phia to aid in organizing and perfect
! ing the organization for the presiden-
tial election in the following Novem-
Der. The same year Lees army, in it's
invasion of Pennsylvania, destroyed
all his property, near Chambersburg,
valued at $4,000 To do this it even
went out of its way, as if with intent
to leave him homeless as a punishment
for his ardent support of the Union
cause
He was a delegate to the convention
which nominated General Grant in
1865, and after that campaign he set
tied in Philadelphia for the practice Of
law. In 1879, with his old friend, Mr..
Curtin, he Joined the Greeley move
ment, and ever since then he was more
or less independent in politics.
He was reelected to the senate, and
in 1878 he was nominated for mayor Of
Philadelphia against William S. Stok-
ley and made a vigorous campaign, but
he was defeated in this contest and
never again appeared as a candidate
for Office
Colonel A. X. Mcclure has stood on
many platforms, has addressed assem-
blies large and small, political, social
Ind religious He was noted for his
self command under any circum-
stances but on one occasion he was
distinctly embarrassed and i'll at ease
an this occasion Colonel Mcclure
was the chief speaker at large as
sembly, the audience being made up
mainly of farmers or other persons
who had driven to the place of meet
ing. In the midst of an eloquent
speech it began to rain. One after an
I other of his hearers jumped up and
hurried out until the speaker was left
with an array of empty benches be-
| fore him.
Colonel McClure's face flushed Grim
son. He had said not a word that
could give offense, and he naturally
failed to understand the sudden leave
taking, but his embarrassment was
quickly changed to amusement when
the chairman arose and said:
TITS all right, colonel; they're only
going out to look after the horses.
They'll be back pretty SOON"
! The orator sat down until the farm
ers returned and then resumed his
speech.
In 1876 Colonel Mcclure, with Frank
Mclaughlin. founded the Philadelphia
Times and remained its editor in chief
until 1901, when he withdrew from
| active Journalism and devoted himself
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