The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-01-20
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

He was always present at the annual
meetings of the board of trustees of the
Peabody fund, of which all x-presidents
are members. But beyond these modest
functions Mr.. Hayes remained in abso-
lutte retirement at his home in Fremont,
o., up to the time of his death. > Mr..
Hayes career furnishes one of the most
interesting chapters in the political his
tory of the United States
He was born in Delaware, o., Oct. 4,
1929, his father having died the preced-
ing July. He was graduated with honor
from Kenyon college, Ohio, in August,
1912, attended Harvard law school for
little over year, and was admitted to
the bar in 1915. In November, lS4S, his
= health being somewhat impaired, he
went to Texas for the winter, and after
period of unsettlement located in Gin
innati the next winter. In civil cases
his practice was not very large, hut he
won considerable reputation as a prose
cutor in criminal cases and gained the
friendship of such men as Saln> N P.
Chase, Thomas Ewing, Thomas Corwin,
Moncure D. Conway and Stanley Matth-
ews.
On Dec. 80, 1862, he married Miss
Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of DR..
James Webb, physician of high social
standing in Chillicothe. Of their eight
children four sons and one daughter
reached maturity. Mrs. Hayes was
noted for her devotion to sick and
wounded soldiers during the war, and
to temperance and public charities in
peace. Her refusal to have wine served
In the White House during her sway
there gave her world wide fame, and
for st action she received many testi-
monials of esteem both from Europe
and America.
Under the first call for troops by
President Lincoln the literary club of
which Mr.. Hayes was member organ
lied company, and he was elected cap
tain, and on the 18th of June following
the governor of Ohio commissioned him
major of the Twenty-third regiment
Ohio infantry.
He was Judge advocate for a short
time, was commissioned lieutenant
colonel Oct. "a, 1851, and greatly dis
tinguished himself at the battle of South
Mountain, Oct. IA, 1862, where he was
severely wounded. Soon after he be-
came colonel of the regiment, and as
such particularly distinguished himself
In many movements and battles. He
led desperate charge on Cloyd noun
tain, and at tie first battle of Winches-
ter won the applause of the whole army.
But it was at the second battle of Win
chester, Sept. 10, 1854, that he won i'm
mortal honors.
There ne led an assault across a
morass, and his horse having mil ed
he charged on foot, and though but
forty or fifty men followed SO close
as to keep up with him this squa6Caps.
tured battery which had been deemed
perfectly secure. Again at Fishers Hill
and Cedar Creek he performed prodigies
of Valor. His commission as brlgadier
general soon arrived, and on March Is,
1866 ne was made brevet brigadier gen.
eraI flor gallant and distinguished serv-
ices" In the meantime he h ad been
elected to congress from a Cincinnati
district.
In 1875 he was nominated by the Re-
publicans for governor of Ohio and was
elected. No election of that era excited
more establishments. The state had long
:. been overwhelmingly Republican. the
majorities ranging above 10000 for
some years, yet at the first election after
the soldiers came home, with phenom-
enally large vote, the highly honored
general had less than 5000 majority
over Allen Ct. Thurman, and the legis-
iature was carried by the Democrats.
That body chose Judge Thurman for the
United States senate.
Governor Hayes wasre-elected in 1869,
this time by over 7,0t'O majority. He
had now become the exponent of adj
vanced hard money" views, and on the
platform of prompt resumption he made
his third campaign for governor in 1875,
receiving about $500 majority after
= campaign of almost unprecedented
: yigor On both sides, In the meantime
he had run for congress in 1872 and been
defeated by; some 1900 majority, and
had in 1873 retired from public life and
settled at Fremont, o. Soon after he
came into possession of the large estate
Of his uncle, Silas Birchard, which fur
Their confirmed him in his resolution to
lead a DrivaUe life, and he only yielded
IN 1875 to the most earnest solicitations
Of the Republicans.
OF his presidential campaign in 1875
little need be SAID. His usual s'luck OF
getting there by very harrow marginsH
followed him.