Smyrna times., 1876-06-21

VINO ARE HAYES AND WHEELER?-The
following is a short sketch of the two
Republican candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States. We
copy from the Phila. Lec(ger:
General Rutherford b. Hayes Governor
of Ohio is in his fifty-fourth year. lie is
native of Delaware, Ohio, born 4th Octo-
Der, lS22 He is a lawyer by profession,
trained regularly by legal preceptor and
by course of study at the Law School Of
Harvard University, where he was gradua-
ted with honor. After admission to the
bar he soon acquired fair practice in the
city of Cincinnati, and being man of
winning manners, good capabilities, a pop
ular speaker, and Of excellent professional
and private reputation, he soon became a
man of mark and was made City Solicitor
The outbreak of the war in 1861 found him
engaged at his profession. He volunteered
however, at very carly date for military
service; was made Major of the Twenty
third Ohio June 7th, 1861; was Judge
Advocate to General Rosecrans during the
summer and fall; was made Lieutenant
Colonel of his regiment November 4th, of
the same year; took command of it during
the West Virginia campaign, in the spring
of 1862, and continued in command until
wounded at South Mountain, under Nc
Clellan, i'll September. lie was promoted
to the ColOnelcy October Is, and on Christ
mas day, of the same year, took command
of a brigade in the Kanawha Division, and
continued in that command until Sheri-
dams decisive battle at Winchester in Sep.
tember, 1864, in which Col. Hayes won
great distinction by his brilliant conduct in
! leading a charge across morass under a
very severe fire. lie got his brigadier's
commission dating from October 10Th, 1864
for gallant services in the battles of Win
chester, Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek. AT
the time Of these battles he was in com.
mand of the Kanawha Division He was
engaged in many battles, had three horses
shot under him, was wounded four times
served until the close Of the war, and was
brevetted Major General. Just before
the close of the war (lSG4) he was elected
to Congress from the Second Cincinnati
Ohio District, and was reelected in 1866
serving until he was elected Governor oil
Ohio in 1867 and again in 1869, serving in
the latter Office from January |, 1868, until
January /, 1872. The recent canvass in
Ohio October 1879, in which he was again
elected Governor, defeating the then Gov
ernor William Allen, is well remembered
as one of the most important contests fol
many years. His supporters claim for him
the prestige of success, and that his reputa
ton is above the reach of calumny.
William A. Wheeler, the nominee fol
the Vice Presidency, is now in Congress
representing the Saint Lawrence and
Franklin District, of New York State, resi-
ding at the frontier town of Malone, whert
he was born June Both, 1919. He was frs
elected to Congress in 1860, served ont
term, was again elected in 1868, and hai
represented his district by reelection eve
since. He was q student at the Universit,
of Vermont in the Glass of 1912; did no
remain to graduate; studied law and wen
into practice; was District Attorney fo
Franklin county for several years; served
in both Houses of tho New York Legisla
ture; has been in the banking business
and President of the Ogdensburg ant
Rouse's Point Railroad Company, and wai
President Of the New York State Constitli
tional Convention in 1867. He was
"War Democrat" and is man Of libera
views in politics.