Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-06
SKETCH OF HIS BUSY LIFE
The High Place of Senator the Only
Important Office Which Hay
ward Ever Held.

Monroe Leland Hayward achieved his prin-
cipal prominence before the people as re-
publican candidate for governor at the cleo
tion in 1898. AS head of the republican state
ticket he bore the brunt of the fight that
reduced the majority Of the fusion candi-
date for governor from $4,000 in 1896 to 5000
in 1898 and finally won him the senatorship.
Judge Hayward, as he was more often
called, traced his American ancestry back
to the beginning of the republic. His grand
father, David Hayward, removed from his
native state. New Jersey. to New York in
the early years of the present century. His
father was William Hayward and the late
senator was born in Willsboro, Essex county,
New York, December %, 1910. He was,
therefore, nearly so years old at the time of
his death.
At the outbreak of the war young Hay
ward, who had been educated in the district
schools of Essex county, responded to the
call for volunteers enlisting in Company
of the Twenty New York infantry
He was afterwards transferred to the Fifth
cavalry and served until December, 1862,
when he was discharged, owing to disability
caused by sickness. During his brief term of
military service he had taken part in the
several actions up the Shenandoah Valley
under Banks and Pope and had seen other
active engagements. Returning home he
entered in the spring Of 1868 the Fort Ed
ward College institute, graduating there in
1866.
In the meanwhile his father, William Hay
ward, had removed to Whitewater, Wis,
in 1865, whittier young Hayward went to join
his family after his graduation. At White
water he read law for one year and was ad-
mtted to the bar. He came to Nebraska
City in 1857 and formed a partnership
for the practice OF law with T. b. Steven
son, which continued until December, 1875
since which time he continued in general
legal practice by himself. Always a shrewd
business man he amassed comfortable for
tune, which is invested in farm lands in
Otoe county, Nebraska, and in Kansas. and
he was himself personally interested in sew
eral farming and stock raising enterprises.
Although for long time prominent in re-
publican politics Judge Hayward never
held public office until he was elected United
States senator except for the brief period
of year in 1886, when he was appointed to
fill vacancy upon the district bench and
served out the unexpired term, which ex-
pired in 1897 He was a member OF the
state constitutional convention in 1875,
which framed the present state constitution
OF Nebraska and he was delegate to fire.
quent state conventions, being selected to
preside as chairman over at least three of
them.
Senator Hayward was actively identified
with the State Board Of Agriculture and
the State Historical society and took a
prominent part in various public movements
for the advancement Of his home town, Ne
braska City. Immediately after the cleo
tion returns disclosed the fact that the leg
islature would be republican, although the
state ticket had been defeated, Judge Hay
ward announced his candidacy for the United
States senate, His canvass was made chiefly
upon the ground OF the popular demand for
his election, which had been voiced through
out the state by resolutions OF various or
ganizations by petitions and letters 10 the
legislators. From the beginning OF the con-
test Judge Hayward was the strong man.
leading all other republican candidates, and
from the first voiced his readiness to trans
fer his cause to the determination Of the
party caucus.
The late senator's family consists OF his
wife, formerly Miss Jenie Peton OF Putnam
county, New York, to whom he was married
June IA. 1870, and three children Mrs.
Hayward is a devout member OF the Baptist
church OF Nebraska City and his daughter,
Miss Matte Hayward. is a popular young
woman still living at home OF the two
soEs Edwin =. Hayward Is a surgeon in the
&Inlted states army, while william II. Hay
ward is an attorney at law and recently eap-'
tain OF Company c Of the Second Nebraska
volunteers. The Hayward homestead In Ne
braska City is one of the most substantial
there.