The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-22
What One Who Knows Him
Thinks OF Him.
A GREAT POLITICAL TACTICIAN.
The Style Of Oratory That Makes
Converts.
MRS. HAYES AND CHILDREN

during these summer days the Governors reception
the State Capitol cool and pheasant place
10 Sit down and while away the sultry hours may Be
found anywhere The chamber 10 broad and spacious,
and the granite walls shut the heat well
the noise Of the busy city close at hand. There
easy chairs and lounges soft Brussels carpets and the
eye looks through tho heavily recessed windows
wide green lawns and waving foliage while in the
distance the tide Of busy nfe like pan Drama
along the broad avenue OF High street; but within
these granite walls ts murmurs silent to the
II was here sat this morning talking Captain Alfred
T. Lee, and the Subject Of our conversation was Gov
ernor Hayes the republican candidate Tor President Of
the United States. The Captain showed me lengthy
skc,ch oil the Governors life which had
been very recently printed dealt entirely with the
OF the Governor In the and his subsequent
political career. but wan'cd something else waited
TO know something Of manner OF the man and
whom he married and how he lived and how many
children he had, &c. was speaking to
ONE WHO HIN,
saying goes, like book and learned that Gov
crnor Hayes, without any pretence to be thought SO.
Is one OF the tactcians that ever led party 10
political campaign and the way he laid the demo-
cratic party last fall by the unassumng skill has
never been properly known and, appreciated. 1t was
tact of the highest kind, and only Ane student OF
politics could have made the display. In his
three campaigns as Governor he invariably mapped
out the plans and pointed out the policy be pursued
His victories are called accidental and the result Of
blind luck, but 10 any one who has studied the part
hayes played there another way of accounting for
them. Few aware what
PERsuAsIvR POWER OF SPEAKING
Hayes possesses II is eloquence in tho sense Of
rhetorical defamation, but It 10 eoquence the
OF presenting argument with so much simplicity
that the most ordinary mind feel force ap
plication. His speeches always made votes He
brought 70 his side last fall than all the
other speakers put together He is not declaimer.
He tries the ordinary claptrap Of the stump.
His method appears to to concentrate all bis facu.
ties few points, Just you might take burning
glass and concentrate the SUMS rays given object
He wanders away from the subject in hand like
the majority OF speakers He makes use OF fine
language, but on the contrary adheres to the home
lest English Another source of his strength in =
campaign is that while he Is faithful partisan he
with uncommon hberality to his opponents He dis
them by his courtesy yet shrinks an inch
from his position or his principles
rHE AVERAGE PARTY ORATOR
cannot his nfe resist the temptation to have
fling at his opponent or the opposing party. This Omen
Of lack Of IDEAS and abuse substituted for
argument Hayes never does that He is the most
ch,valrous Of campaign speakers SEQ how kindly and
generously he speaks or Thurman and Hendricks and
Bayard and Tilden, and he has offensive cphets to
level at the South The word rebel he seldom uses In
short, he Is the Sir Philip Sidney OF party
politics Again, has ever found
him rushing into print even on tho stump
replying TO any calumny uttered against
him. Here he showed both wisdom aud self po,se.
How many taken OF their guard and made
ridiculous in replying by letter the bascess SANDERS
OF some unprincipled schemer. To whatever d,spar-
aging things said against him in his three cam
paigns for Governor he never responded
A PEW POINTS
He never sought once IN his life and goes into
the White House-that is II he ever soes-entirey un-
pledged. He believes. with Thomas Jefferson. hat
the ind vidual should seek the once but rather
that tho Office should seek the Individual He made
effort Of any kind whatever TO the nomlna-
he has received Hundreds OF letters wore writ
ten HIM Offering him support in the Convention 70
secure him tho nomination. and he declined to
them. In making up the Ohio delegation It was ap
pretended that men in favor Of Blaine or Morton
would get and manipulate It that he tHayes)
would be left out In the cold His friends advised him
TO look after the thing and prevent such consumma-
ton, but steadily declined interfere, 70
hs last Gay o. the Convention he never ey word Or
sought the position
He went into tho army private, an event
which happened IN this way:--staniey Mathews, OF
Cincinnati, aud Hayes were old schooIfeows and
when the war broke out they agreed q rcgi-
ment between them Men enough offered to form two
regiments but when they picked their number and
brought them here 10 Columbus 10 offer their SER
vices 10 Governor Deunison they found there was
jealousy among the officers at having two lawyers put
their heads 50 in spirit VI patriotism and har-
mony both men went In as privates
tux GOVERNORS FAMILY.
Governor Hayes has i've children living and three dead
His eldest SOU Burchard Hayes twenty-five years old
Is studying II Harvard Law school, but now home
vacation The next, Webb z. Hayes, fine Ingenious
young fellow Of twenty, IS studying at Cornell College
and Is captain Of the Cornell navy. Rutherford r.
Hayes che third point OF age. eighteen years
has been at the State Agricultural College pur-
pose The youngest Is Scott Russell Hayes whom the
family delight % call By Tho pct name OF fuss" do
Is bright little fellow Of i've years. The only daughter
is named Fannie and 10 eight years old. She is the
picture OF her mother and has all her mothers aress
viyacity.
MRS GOVERNOR HAYES
Mrs. Hayes Is most attractive and lovabe woman
Like her husband. she Is wholly unaffected, aud in
manner has all the natural and spontaneous gayoly OF
little girl She is the lie and soul Of every party
for her humor and chcerIuness desert her and
her popularity Is very great IN this portion Of the
state. For the mother OF go many children she looks
sngularly youthful IN features She has bright brown
eyes regullr nose. fair kin and dark hair which
she dresses the fashion of quarter century ago
Her lips natural and perennial SMILE and az ner
conversation - brisk and animated II may be imagined
she - a woman Of mucn fascination. Mrs. Hayes
TO school NJ the Univ rsity OF Delaware. tins state
and completed her education at the Wesleyan Female
Iollege In Jtnclnnatl INCIDENTALLY might relate
that when tho commencement took place at tins
college last week OF the days OF the Convention
the tweniy-n girl graduates wore Hayes badges
OF compliment 10 former student, whose husbands
was the choice OF Ohio for President Mrs
Hayes Is a native of chicothe Ohio, her maiden name
being Lucy Ware Webb, daughter Of DR.. James Webb
and Maria Cook, OF Chillicotne II her iathers
house she was staying whom the arrived Of her
husband, General Hayes, being wounded the battle
OF South Mountain. Within minutes after she had
started to ind him. and after many strange peril
Gus adventures alter many long aud dreary nlghs aud
days Of travel she found him and suffering IN
hospital at Middle,own, in Maryland Mrs. Hayes,
in case her husband should be nauguratcd next
President OF the United States admirably adapted to
discharge the duties and hosptaitirs Of the White
House Her uniaing good nature, ready vii aud
gracious manners will do much TO make the White
House and IT'S occupants popular over the land Ths
iamy live IN an exceedingly pain house opposite the
state Capitol OF course u l. the house provided by
the state; but II IL very old and dimlnutive by CON-
parIson with the modern houses 10 It's vicinity.
Here any evening" when the cares OF tho day over
Mr. Hayes may be found chatting TO few ncighbors,
recalling memories of the perhaps playing
his little boy "Tuss" or his little daughter Fannie
while Mrs. Hayes, ever fu oil life and merrIment
makes the house ring with her merry peals OF laughter