CHAPTER XLIX.

REUNION OF THE "SHERMAN BRIGADE." Patriotic Address Delivered at Woodstock, Conn., On My Return from the Pacific Coast--Meeting of the Surviving Members of the Sherman Family at Mansfield--We Attend the Reunion of the "Sherman Brigade" at Odell's Lake--Addresses of General Sherman and Myself to the Old Soldiers and Others Present--Apathy of the Republican Party During the Summer of 1885--Contest Between Foraker and Hoadley for the Governorship--My Speech at Mt. Gilead Denounced as "Bitterly Partisan"--Governor Hoadley Accuses Me of "Waving the Bloody Shirt" --My Reply at Lebanon--Election of Foraker--Frauds in Cincinnati and Columbus--Speeches Made in Virginia.