Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-11
WHITELAW REID.
A Sketch Of the Life Of the Candidate for
the Vice Presidency.

A Sketch of the Life of the Candidate for
the Vice Presidency.
Miami University can boast the honor of be-
ing the alma mater Of both the republican can
didates, as Whitelaw Reid who was chosen as
candidate for the vice presidency last night,
graduated from Miami, with the honors Of his
class, less than ten years after Benjamin Harri-
son left the university. Mr.. Reid was born in
Xenia, Ohio, October, 1887.
His paternal. grandfather was one Of the
earliest settlers in the township of Xenia At
the age Of fifteen years young Whitelaw entered
Miami as a sophomore, with Latinist rank
equal to that of scholars in the upper classes
This was in 1853, and in 1856 he was graduated
with the scientific honors, the classical honors
having by his own request been yielded to q
classmate. Just after graduation he was made
principal Of the graded schools in South
Charleston, Ohio, his immediate pupils being
generally older than himself. Here he taught
French, Latin and the higher mathematics.
During this period be repaid his father the ex-
pense OF his senior year in college, and return
ing home at the age Of twenty, he bought the
Xenia Ne,cs and for two years led the life of q
country editor.
Directly after leaving college Mr.. Reid had
identified himself with the then new republican
party and took the stump for John G. Fremont.
AZ suO S"auPoAkh VI 1oOo no ac4uhc0 u 6ttSc
reputation by his speeches and editorial writings
in behalf of Abraham Lincoln
While at Columbus legislative CORE
spondent he did some work for the Cincinnati
Gazette which attracted attention and he re-
ceived an offer from the Gazette to be its CITY
editor. At the breaking out Of the rebellion he
became its war correspondent, in which position
he won q national reputation. He was at the
front in the two Virginia campaigns with
Mcclellan and Rosecrans.
In 1862 Horace Greeley sought to obtain Mr..
Reids services for the New York Tribune, but
as Mr.. Reid's interest in the Gazette had be-
come Of a proprietary nature 1t was too valu-
able to be sacrificed. At the close of the i'm
parchment proceedings against President John
son Mr.. Reid severed his connection with the
Gazette and went to the Tribune He was
shortly. afterward appointed managing editor,
with supreme authority, and the fact was then
recognized that Mr.. Greeley had named his
own successor.
When Mr.. Greeley became a candidate for
the presidency he resigned the editorship Of the
Tribune and Mr.. Reid at once succeeded him.
Mr.. Greeley, after his political failure, never
attempted to do much serious work. Mr.. Reid
reorganized the paper. obtained control Of the
majority OF the capital stock and entered upon
career Of management. The paper soon re-
covered from the disastrous political blow
which 1t had received in the Greeley campaign.
In 1881, when he was forty-two years Of age,
Mr.. Reid met Miss Elizabeth Mills, . daughter
Of d. o. Mills, and their engagement and mar
riage followed shortly. Mr.. Reid il approach
ing his fifty-third birthday.
In personal appearance Mr.. Reid b tall and
straight; the outlines Of his face are bold, his