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Show Ohio's War Governor. mU "John Brough," snld nn old soldlor jH recently, "wns ono of tho strongest mm characters In Wostorn politics. His H best friends never excused many mWM things Unit he did, but they stood by mW him. Ho wns honest beyond question, nnd courageous to a fault. Ho wns H nggtcsslve nnd morclloss In his aggros- M slvcnoss, but so was Stanton, mid, by OH tho way, I remember that In 18C5, H when Ilrough declined to bo n candl- H date for re-election, It wns u Jo -stood H among tho public men In Ohio that tho H governor who had dono so much for jH Lincoln, who had been thu strong arm jH of tho war department, was to sue M cccd Mr. Stanton as sccrotnry of war. H But events that were epoch-making In H tholr Influcnco followed ono another H rapidly. Lincoln was assasnlnatcd, H Brough sickened and died, and lUanton H remained secretary of war. "I remember tho first week lit April, H 18G5, when all Columbus was oxclUd H over Grant's pursuit of Leo. On Sun- H day, April 9, four or five of us wont H over to tho state house hoping to hoar H nows of Leo's army. All tho offices H woro closed. Wo rapped at tho door of H tho governor's office, but received no H answer, nnd we started out dlsap- jH pointed. In tho hall wo surprised Gov. H Brough, who had slipped out fom tho H Adjutant General's ofllcc, and was aim jH ing to get quietly away. H "Wo surrounded him and asked for H nows. Ho looked at us coolly, and H then said: 'Gentlemen, I have a dis- H patch from Gen. Grant, but It Is conft- H dontlnl. You understand that.' Wo H all Bald wo did. Then ho said: 'Ocn. H Leo has surrendered.' Wo dropped H our hats and started, yelling llko In- H dlanB, nt a full run for tho street. I H looked back, and Brough wns laughing H laughing with tears In his eyes, and H with his head uncovered. That night H I saw him stand In tho rain and talk M ta tho rejoicing peoplo as I nover H heard man talk before." sH |