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Now the battle royal began. Mr. Tobias Smith next obtained the floor and
nominated Mr. Wallace Stackpole.
"In presenting this nomination, Mister Moderator, I do it out of justice
to an old soldier who served the country faithfully, and who lost the
election a year ago on account of an untrue statement that was widely
circulated and which could not be refuted in time to affect the question
of his election. I hold in my hand three documents. The first one is a
certified copy of the war record of Wallace Stackpole, who entered one
of our regiments of Volunteers as a private, served throughout the war,
and was honorably discharged with the rank of captain. This record shows
that during his four years of service he was three times wounded; in one
instance so badly that for weeks his life hung by a thread, and it was
only by the most careful treatment that amputation of his right arm was
avoided. I hold here also the war record of the present incumbent of the
office. From it I learn that he entered the army as a private and was
discharged at the end of two years still holding the rank of private,
and sent home as an invalid.
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