Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-17
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
FOR PRESInENr

nor Rutherford b. Hayes, Of Ohio, was
nominated IS the Republican candidate
for tie Presidency, and Hon. Wiliisul
A. Wheeler, cf New York, for Vice
President. From sn extended sketch ol
Governor Hayes, In the New Yolk
World of recent date, we learn that he
Is q native Of Ohio, and re.
ceived his scsdemIesi education with
in the limits OF the State, commanded
an O1io regiment during the war, and
has passf d his entire professional life al
the bsr Of the State. He is now fifty
four yeArs old, having bssn born at Del
aware, Ohio, October 4, 1872. He grab
usied az Kenyon college, Gambler,
O1io, and obtained his professional edu-
cation at the Cambridge law school
The practice OF his profession began In
Cincinnati in his thirty-fourth year
when he received his first Official posi-
lion as city solicitor, which he held till
tf;e war broke out in 1851. Very nesl
its OF, sning he enlisted in the Twenty.
third 0 10 volunteers, and served with
the regiment TIL he received the
command Of q brigade In 1854. His frat
appointment was as major, bis first
uromCtFoa came within less than year
and in September OF 1852 he held
comm msssion as lieutensnt-colonei, and
was in command of his regiment, which
he led into the battle Of South Mountain
The TgeDty-thlrd regiment formed al
tie time a part Of General Rsno's d.
yision-ifs command devolving upon
General Cox, who afterward preceded
General Hayes ss governor, after the
death Of General Reno in sctiOn-Ope'
rating ss the right wing Of the Army o.
tbe Potomac. During the action Colonel
HAYES received q severe wound in the
arm. but remained with his Tegi'
ment to the last, aud was the first
officer whose comhoand established
positjep of South Mountain. Two
years later he had bscoll,e Brlgs'
dieT-Ge0eTal Hayes, when he TeGeiVeo
the Republican nomination in the sec
ond Ohio district, & part OF Hamilton
county, and received, home and army
vote together, three thousand and nine
- -ieht mai lritY over John G. Butler,
the D5mOcratic candidate. The ONO
sleleg alton 10 the thirty-ninth congress,
ia which General Hayes took his seat
December, 1865, was remarkable for its
ability, and the extent and variety o.
the talent by which Mr.. Hayes was sur
rounded, doubtless had much to do with
the obscurty in which his term was
passed He served on the committee
on private land claims and on the
library COMMITTEES, and passed through
the important reconstruction lsgis
Iation OF the session with nC
greater distinction than vote given
uniformly and on all occasions for hi
party, and upon the most liberal OF tho
measures which was presented IN thE
c3ygress by Mr.. Stevens resolution
relating to attorney test oaths-Mr
Hsyes's vote wss recorded in the mega
dive. Ia the fall Of 1865 Mr.. Hayes ws'
a second time DominSted for congress
and. running against Theodore Co k
was elected by somewhat smaller ma
jority than two years before. The fortl'
eth congress had, however, held but on'
session when Mr.. Hayes was nominate'
IS governor by the Republican party
and. accepting the candidatufe
was elected over Allen 6. Thurman by
majority of two thousand nine hundred
aud eighty -thres, ia total vote OF lou
hundred and eighty-thTee Thousand,
close aud narrow escape from defeat
which Mr. Hayes successfully repeated
last fall. Mr.. Hayes was a candidate
for re-ejsctlon at the close OF his term
o.qiee. but another nominee was pre-
fsrrac. aud it wss not until 1869 that h'
,yas seo,, I'd time placed at the head 0
tba Ranubl,os, ticket in Ohio. He en-
tered the campaig.r = with strong odds II
his favor. General H. r=ecrAns was noin
mated by the Democratic c'hNen'ion
which met in July OF that ys,'i' anu .
which Mr.. Pend!etOn's name
peremptorily Withdrawn; the expecte>
candidate refused the nomination
however, and at late date Mr.Psndie'
ton was Induced to take tiae Democratic
nomination. Success was scarcely pcs
sible under the circumstances, and Gen
eral Hayes carried the State by ma
iorlty Of seven thousand five hundred
and eighteen, or about One-third that
The year before on the State ticket. TIT
next appearance Of Mr.. Hayes as a can
didste was last fall, when he wss nomi
mated on toe public schools platform
after s sharp contest with Judge TAFT
Mr.. Hayes became a candidate, sccept
ing the nomination by telegraph thu
same day. In the litter and hsrd-fough
canvass which followed, Mr.. Hayes wa
success sful, receiving q msj0Fity OF nv
thousand five hundred and forty
four over MIR. Allen. The dutle
OF the third term to which MI
Hayes was :hus raised on an anti
shird-term platform, like the two term
shat preceded if, have been SO far sue
cessfuiIy executed by Governor Hayes
without gff0rding the slightest groun
for comment, for observation or for re
riec;iOa, and Mr.. Hayes enters the Pres
idential contest the best tigurehes
which the party could furnish. 1t wi
la seen that Governor Hayes is moi
strong man-indeed, not 80 strong SIS Ia
usrty in Ohio; for, although three time
elected governor and twice to congress
he has never carried either S ate OF dli
iriet by his party majority. In resPec
abiIity Governor Hayes is an improve
ment Oh Blaine, but he will bs defeate
by Samuel J. Tilden.
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Versailles, June Is: NJ. Waddingtoi
minister Of public instruction, hiss II
a.