The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-20
NIB. GEORGE HAZARD.
Sketch Of the Leading Demo-
cratic Candidate for Congress.
WOUNDED VETERAN OF THE WAR
Banker, Legislator. reisssefsn srd .
Nsn of wssfonal Fams-Ones Very
Prsminsas in Indiana

gentleman IN tbs city perfectly fataa44@t
with Mr.. Hazards career fer the past
thirty years. makes the folloxlng state
n EMIT
'.Gsorrs Hazard is 50 years old. ma
tive OF NsweAstis, Henry county. lad,
where his ancestors for three generations
are hurisd. whsTe be married his wife,
where all OF has children we're born, and
where q large majority % his living reis-
tives now reside. He had his home con-
tinuousiy in his native town for thirty
seven years.
ct once enlisted e. q private ia Company
G, Thtrty-sixth regiment. Indians voinn-
feers and uith h.s regiment participated
in the battle Of Shiloh, tho siege Of
Corinsh, the battles Of Round Mountain,
Perryvilis and Stone River. at which lsst
battle. In December fsss2 he Was severely
wounded In the left hip joint which Is the
cause Of his larnensss. He Jet has the Lead
IN his body never having been able 20 have
any part thereof extracted. He vas dis
charged from the army In May. 1853, and
from that date 20 the present time be has
constantly drawn q pension oil 80 per
month from the indianapolis agency.
Immediately after leaving the army Mr..
Hazard devoted himself TO bis studies and
finally went 20 New Haven, Conn. where.
In the Office OF Henry Dutton. ex-governor
and ex-chief justice of the supreme court
OF that state. ne read law, his o-siudents
being Junius 0rlnneli, who achieved fame
by prosecuting the anarchists IN Chicago,
was afterward judge Of the superior court
there and is nov attorney on salary OF
$4,000 year for the South side railway
system Of Chicago, and III. &. Bannard.
the present tuuior partner In the house Of
Franklin MeNeigh Il Co. Chicago. Mr..
Hazard, however, never gave much at
tention 10 the practice Of the Law, be-
cause. when in bis 2ist year, before
his majority, he was nominated for
treasurer of Henry county. Indiana. then
the sixth county in the state IN point of
population and wealth. lie was elected
In the fail, after his majority. and assumed
the duties of the Office. In his native
county in Indiana he has been treasurer,
member Of the lower house OF representa-
tives for one term of two years. and MEM
Der Of the state senate for one term OF
four years. In both OF these bodies he sat
as q fellow member with the late Judge
Calkins. of this city, who sat as member
from Porter county.
AFTER Mr.. Hax sard gave MP his duties
Ne county treasurer he turned his attention
10 banking. and for ten years following
1858 hs organized and controlled, by own
ing . majority Of the stock in each, or By
his ind aenoe, the following banks: Citizens
State bank and First National bank, New
castles Farmers bank. Middietown: Mad
ison County bank, Anderson; First
National bank, Crown Point; and the First
National bank, of Auburn. ali ia Indiana,
and the Adams county bank, now The
First National bank. Of Hastings, Neb. IL
10 fact, too, that every one Of these banks
IL yet In operation aud that all are pros
porous Institutions. which have always
paid 100 cents on the dollar. and that st
the 'front.' door. Mr.. Haxxard was presi-
dent OF the Citizens State bank &C New
castle, which 10 today the largest aud most
-. -. l.. -
of Indianapolis. and the frat bank organ
iced In that state under its banking Law, of
which Ms. Hasxard was the sole and un-
issputed author, and which 10 commonly
known In Indiana a. the "Hsxxard act.
there being now ssventy-three commercial
and more than dozen savings banks or
CANNED unGer IL and In operation.
I'm IsTa soon after Gov. Hendricks was
inaugurstsd. Mr.. Hazard, upon the nom
ination Of State Auditor Wtldman, aud by
the confirmation Of Gov. Hendricks and at
his special request, assumed the duties.
which he discharged for two years, OF
bank examiner In that state. Up to this
point Mr.. Haxxard Was q Republican in
politics. and two Of his closest political
allies in Indians were Gov. Isaac Z. Gray.
then also Republican, now Democratic
mtntster 10 Mexico, aud Augustus Z. Bar
rstt, president Of the First National bank
OF Puyaliup, then, as now. an active Re-
from this county TO the Republican state
convention al Spokane. Mr.. Barrett lived
for quarter Of . century near Mr.. Hsz-
kard An Henry county, and II per-
fecgly familiar With his entire career.
Everything HsxxArd touched Ia those days
turned 10 gold. lie soon had an Office
at Ne. 7 Wall street, New York and was q
member Of the stock exchange and an
Office At No. - Chamber of Commerce.
Chicago, a. . member of the produce ex-
change in that city. About this time De
became interested IN the construction of
the bridge across the Missouri river az St
Joseph. Mo-. aud later in the building Of
what vas then known as the So Joseph &
Denver City railroad. now the ST. Joseph
& Grand Island branch of the linton
Pacific railroad. and interested himself in
laying out the towns along that line in
Nebraska, all of which are named alpha
betieally. beginning with Alexadia aud
ending with Hastings, which place IL was
proposed to name HaEKArdNille. after the
subject OF this sketeh, whereapon he OBJ
,ecsed aud IL was called Hastings, after a
railroad contractor, and Is now the third
city In that state.
"HaErard had so immense line OF credit,
and IS great line OF obligations strung
out all the way between New York city
and Cheyenne. Wye. In the immense
shrinkage Of values and general suspen-
sion OF credit for Two years preceding the
resumption Of specie payments HsESaFd
was caught between seed time Aad bar
vest. and in his effort 90 protect and Pay
lis home and Indiana creditors he filed a
petition ia bankruptcy la Judge 0rvsham's
court IN Indianapolis. and this proved 90
be his complete downfall IL Is claimed
ky creditors aud others along Haxsxr4's
entire line 20 operations that ne bad made
unlawful and illegal preferences and done
sundEy other things that we're unlawful
and illegal. and the upsAot Of the Whole
matter was hell ia two volumes, both
bound in morocco for between New YORK
city ani Cheyenne. IN dlsfereat states.
principally ia Indiana. he Vas indicted
aud arrested on eikhty-SUo separate and
distinct felony charges, every one Of which
be successfully rBet, icing aeqnitteA in
every instance ~ ths hands Of jury tried
aud true
Finally. these Who bad been prosecus-
Ing HaxssFc, aud others holding rs obi.
rattons, had him indicted IN The United
States district eoart 81 Indianapolis ca
ths charge Of having tmpropsT.Y scEe3-
ulsd ais assets In his bankruptcy petition.
and on this charge. the tnost ssimsy 81
Ell thai we're brought agatnst him. ha
~as, before Judge siFvsaasa. tFsed aud eoa-
vietsa aud suffered taere.or lmpFisanaaent
Ter short tine. when be YES psreone4
Internationally BY President Rather
ford r. Hayes. Al tie instance and
request Il $50 wels-knowa Ia
diana lawyers, named BENJAMIN HsF-
rison aud Thomas A. Hendricks, and
% the complications crossing oaS 81 Has
sAr4's case. when at ene sine threatened
20 convalse TIE entsTe statss can sse traced
1srectsY shs vel kaesn sEoaoss nas
existing bekween TIE psNseut secretary 81
state and ex-pressdsat nArFgson. Ia al
tAis unparalleled ts2ll0n. civil aud
criminal, AaEa2ra zrseut. through ia eAaef