The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-29
A LAST INTERVIEW
Carpenters Talk With Ex-
President Hayes.
lis BEAUTIFUL HOME. LIFE.
interesting "reminiscences - Daniel
Webster and Henry CIay-How
Tom C0rwin Died.
Correspondence Of THE MoRNrSe CALL.

Correspondence Of THE MORNING CALL
Two weeks sgo THE CALL published the
first part of my interview with President
Hayes and to-day 1 give you the remainder.
Il was the only long interview that was
ever held with MIN as eX-PTesident, and it
contains the last words which he has given
TO the public When met him ut his home
in Fremont, Ohio. few weeks ago Pres
ideut Hayes had the best OF prospects for
outljying the century. lie walked from his
house down 10 The hotel, distance Of more
than mile. and his step was brisk and he
came into the hotel looking fresh as a daisy.
IL was a biting cold day and his cheeks,
rosy with the cold, shone out against the
silver Of MS hair and whiskers and his blue
eyes fairly sparkled with life. During my
STAY with him l was again aud again sur
pTsed at his wonderful intellectual and
physical health, and / could not realize
that lie was 20 years Of age. While | was at
Suegel Grove my photographer took sew
eTai photographs OF him and these are an
dou0tedly the last photographs taat were
ever made Of General Hayes. He gave me
license to photograph everything in his
house from attic to cellar and l
took pictures Of his library, his
;
rooms. Before ! left he gave ne photo
graph, which he said he liked better than
any other. Il was taken about i've years
ago, but he aged so slowly that II is good
likeness of him st the time Of his death.
Much of my time at the house was spent in
sitting with the President in his sanctum
sauciorum, the bedroom which he sud Mrs.
HAYES occupied Il was here l think that
lie died. and here he spent great part OF
his leisure hours. The room has many pOT-
II =
bureaus contained thousands of photo
graphs. a number OF which represented
groups in which was Mrs. HAYES. He
seemed 10 like 70 speak Of his departed wife.
and he referred 20 her again and again dur
ing my STAY. He told me that he had 10
keep busy and to Oh his life full Of work 10
prevent himself from bToOdng upon her
loss and found. through my talk with him
and with his Ohio friends. that he was one
Of the busiest men of tue country.
President Hayes was by far the most re-
spectacle IF all orr eX-Presidents His life
as l found it AZ Fremont was an ideal one,
aud Il did honor 10 the great Office which he
lad held. He never allowed him self TO
drop into being an existing nOneutity and
lis DAYS were spent IN doing good. He was
connected with nearly all the great reforms
of the race and OF the country He spoke
O nee Of his prison work aud he talked en-
thus rs icaily Of the mosemenC for giving
Industrial. education to the colored children
Of the South. | found his mode of living
perfectly simple aud transformations. There
was no red tape about Spiegel Grove, and be
told ms he answered every letter he re-
celyed. he did good IN a hundred ways
lIch | cannot mention here, aud lie had
the highest ideals Of life and duty
/ was charmed with his relations to his
family and with bis ideas as to the value of
lis tine in comparison with the value Of
money. He was worth many hundreds of
thousands Of dollars. and his estate was
oDe Of tie great ones OF Ohio. Still, he did
Lot allow his time 10 be eaten up by It's
cares and when / asked him some question
q hlch related 10 mOuey-maklBg ne said:
i DO not allow matters Of that kind to
bother me- I have given all my business
over 60 my Boys, and / call upon them
whenever l am out OF funds Tomorrow
/ expect 10 make trip 20 Baltimore, and
ia She morning just before I start viii get
dOau 10 the bank ana ask Rud for some
mcney. I will probably say o him: 'Rud.
I sm going TO Baltimore, and think | had
better have about $500 for the Trip and
jgst as ike as not Rud viii answer:
Father, that's too much; ! dent think you
need more than $3.50 And suppose l viii
take il. That's the way / used To do with
aim, and that's the way he does with me
now
Aud with this the millionaire ex-Presi-
dent laughed. and the conversation turned
% other matters.
spent some time with Rutherford B
HAYES Jr-, or "Rud" Hayes during my
stay. he is cashier in one of the banks or
Fremont and IS a manly young fellow Of, l
Judge about 80 Like the rest Of the Hayes
boys he IS a good business man, and /
found that President Hayes WAS proud Of
his children.
They are all Of more than ordinary ability
aud every one OF them seems to be pos
sessed Of practical common sense. Webb
HAYES IS a very successful lawyer in To-
l-d0, aad Webb's boy, Sherman Hayes is
as bright little fouT-veaT-O old as you viii
find in the country. he grabbed his grand
father around his knees when he came into
the house during my stay. and President
HAYES told me little Sherman was the best
oil al the things he had TO show me. Another
Of tie Hayes boys is connected with large
factory Ia Fremont which manufactures the
carbODs which are used in electric lights ali
over Tie country. and the youngest son
promises to be a bright, energetic business
man. Miss Fannie Hayes. the Presidents
only daughter, is the head OF the household
At Fremont. She is now a charming young
lady, and the fact that she played in the
~ hite House when her father was Pres-
dent has not affected her manners. She is
well educated aud accomplished, is a sDlen-
did h0uSekeeper, and she has kept the large
establishment al Spiegel Grove for years in
apple-Die order.
Speaking Of Miss Fannie Hayes recalls a
CURIOUS conversation which l had with
President Hayes as we sat together with
the family at luncheon. The lunch was
served in the diniBg-rOom. Miss Fannie