Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-22
Hayes and Wheeler.

Rutherford Richard Hayes. the
Centennial Republican candidate for
President. was born in Delaware, O..
Oct. 4, 1892, and is consequently nealv
81 years of age. He graduated from
Kenyon College in 1912, aud after
reading law at Columbus entered the
Cambridge Law School, from which he
graduated in 1916, and entered the
practice of law at Cincinnati, where
he was City Solicitor in 1859. In
1861 he responded to the first call for
volunteers, and was commissioned Ma
jor Of the 23d Regiment Of Ohio Vol
untcers, and served in West Virginia.
In November, 1861. he was promoted
to Lieutenant Colonel, took command
Of the regiment, and gallently led it
until disabled by wounds at South
Mountain. In 1862 be was promoted
to Colonel, and in December of that
year was placed in command of the
First Brigade of the Kanawha Divis-
ion, where he remained until the bat
tie Of Winchester, when he led the di-
vision, and continued in command
through the arduous campaign until
October 10, 1864, when he was made
Bridadier General of Volunteers 'sfor
gallant and meritorious services at
Winchester, Fishers Hill, and Cedar
Greek. " In the spring of 1865, he
was placed in command of an expedi-
ton against Lynchburg, but while that
was in preparation the war closed.
He was in active service for four years
was wounded several times, once Sc
verely, and was brevetted Major Gen
eral foS his gallant services. He was
elected to Congress in 1864, while
sill in the army was re elected in
1866, but befor his second term had
fairly commenced he was nominated
for Governor of Ohio in 1867, resign
his seat in Congress, entered the can
vas, ard was elected dcfeared his
competitor, ALLEN G.. THUR
MAN. In 1869, he was reelected,
running against and defeating GEORGE
H. Pendleton. He declined another
election, and retired to private life, but
in 1875, yielded to the solicitation of
his friends, he again accepted the Re-
publican nomination of Governor, and
was triumphantly elected over Gov
WILLIAM ALLEN, who was the Dem
ocratic candidate for reelection. A
gallant soldier, sound legislator, and
a careful, able, and conservative exc
cutive officer, his nomination is one
eminently fit to be made.
WILLIAM A. WHEELER,
the nominee for Vice President, is per-
haps the best selection that could have
been made under any circumstances.
Mr. WHEELER was born at Malone.
New York, Jan 80, 1919, and is con-
sequently about 81 years of age, is in
full health, robust, and of excellent
habits. Among those who know him
ne is exceedingly popular. He receiv-
ed an academic education, was for
year or more student in the Universe
ty Of Vermont, class OF 1912. studied
and practiced law, and was District
Attorney of franklin County for sew
eral years, and was a member of the
New York House Of Assembly in
1901. In 1859 he was a member
of the New York Senate, and was
President pro tenn. Of that body. He
was a member Of the Thirty-seventh,
Forty-frst, Forty-second, and Forty
third Congress, and was reelected to
the Forty-fourth Congress by vote
of 1872 to 1888. In 1867 and
1868 he was President Of the New
York Constitutional Convention. For
many years, aside from his profession
as LAWYER, he was actively engaged
in the banking business, and was at
one time President of the Ogdensburg
& Rouse's Point Railroad Company.
In Congress he was for some years
Chairman Of the Pacific Railway Com
mittee, then one of the most important
Congressional committees. To the
country he is best known as the author
of the successful conciliatory measures
adopted in Louisiana, known as the
FWHEELER Compromise. Incorrupti-
bly, honest, capable, aud faithful to ev-
cry trust reposed in him, he will honor
the people as Vice President of the
United States.