Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-01
HAYES AT HOME.
From the N, Y. Herald.l

IUm tuc W. htieitsJ
Gov. Hayes has Eve children living and
three dead. His eldest son. Buchard
Hayes, twenty-five years old. is studying
at Harvard Law School, but IL now
home on vacation. The next. Webb G.
Hayes.a fine, ingenious young fellow oil
twenty. is studying ut Cornell College
and ia captain Of the Cornell navy.
Rutherford p. Hayes, the third in point
OF nge, Is eighteen years and has been at
the State Agricultural College to some
purpose. The youngest Is Scott Rus.
sell Hayes, whom the family delight to
call by the pet name OF "Tuss." He
Is bright little fellow Of five years.
The only daughter is named Fannie and
is eight years old. She is the picture Of
her mother and has all her mothers art
less vivacity.
MRS. GOVERNOR HAYES.
Mrs. Hayes is q most attractive and
lovable woman. Like her husband. she
is wholly unaffected. and in manner has
all the natural and spontaneous gayety
of little girl. She is the life and soul
of every party, for her humor and cheer.
fulness never desert her. and her
popularity is very great in this portion
OF the State. For the mother Of 30 many
children she looks singularly youthful
in features. She has bright brown eyes,
regular nose, fair skin and dark hair
which she dresses In the fashion OF q
quarter century ago. Her lips wear q
natural and perennial smile, and as her
conversation Is brisk and animated 1t
may be imagined she is Q women of
much fascination. Mrs. Hayes went to
school at the University of Delaware. in
this State. and completed her education
at the Wesleyan Female College at Gin
cinnati. Incidentally I might relate that
when the commencement took place OF
this college last week on one OF the days
OF the Convention. the twenty nine girl
graduates wore Hayes badges out Of
compliment to former student. whose
husbands name was the choice of Ohio
for President. Mrs. Hayes is a native
OF Chillicothe, Ohio her maiden name
being Lucy Ware Webb, daughter Of
DR.. James Webb and Maria Cook, OF
Chillicothe. II was at her fathers
house she was staying when the news
arrived OF her husband. General Hayes,
being wounded at the battle OF South
Mountain. Within ten minutes after
she had started to find him. and after
many strange and perilous adventures.
after many long and dreary nights and
days OF travel she found him PROSTATE
and suffering in hospital at Middlesown
in Maryland. Mrs, Hayes, in case hel
husband should be 'inaugurated mex
President of the United States, is ad.
mirably adapted to discharge the duties
and inequalities Of the White House
Her uniailing good nature, ready vii
and gracious manners will do much to
make the White House and its occupants
popular over the land. The family live
In an exceedingly plain house opposit,
the State Capitol. OF course it is the
house provided lby the State; but it il
very old and diminutive by comparison
With the modern houses in its vicinity
Here any evening, when the cares OF ths
day are over, Mr.. Hayes may be found
chatting to O few neighbors, recalling
memories OF the war or perhaps playinI
with his little boy "Tuss" or his lttl
daughter Fannie, while Mrs. Hayes. eve
full OF life and merriment. makes tn,
house ring with her merry peals o
laughter.
Governor Hayes. without any pretenc
to be thought so. is one of the best tacti
clans that ever led party in a politica
campaign, and the way he laid out tn,
Democratic party last fall by the mos
unassuming skill has never been proper
ly known and appreciated.
| Few ara awara xuhaf al "
power Of speaking Hayes possesses. /
is not eloquence in the sense of rhetori
cal defamation, but it is eloquence il
the sense OF presenting an argumen
with so much simplicity that the mos
ordinary mind can feel it's force and az
plication. His speeches always mad
/ votes. He brought more converts to hi
side last fall than oil the other speaker
put together.
Another source OF his strength in
campaign il that while he is a faithful
partisan he acts with uncommon libel
aity to his opponents. He disarm
them by his courtesy, yet never shrink
an inch from his position or his prin
oiples. In short, he is the Sir Phil
Sidney of party politics. Again, no on
has ever found him rushing into print o
even on the stump replying to any ca
umny uttered against him. Here b
showed both wisdom and self poise. H
never sought an office in all his life, an
goes into the White House-that is,
he ever goes-entirely unpledged. II
believes. with Thomas Jefferson. that th
individual should not seek the Office, bu
rather. that the Office should seek the il
dividual. He made no effort OF an
kind whatever TO secure the nomination
be received. His friends advised hil
to look after the the thug and al
such contamination, but he steadil
declined to interfere, and down to h
last day Of the Convention he never, b
word or deed, acted in way that ind
Gated he sough the position.