Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-08

lite village of Orange, about twelve
miles from Cleveland, Nov. 10, 1881 the
youngest of four sons From his earl
lest years he was anxious to obtain a
good education, but the conviction was
implanted early in his life that what
ever he accomplished in life must be by
his own eXertions and gave to him an
earnestness of character and resolution
of purpose that characterized his
whole life. AS he drove the mules on
the townath of an Ohio canal. his
mind was active with thought for the
future Through great vicissitudes he
graduated from Williams College
with honors. When but 26 years of
age he was made President of Hiram
College, an institution belonging to the
Disciple church, of which he was an
active member. In 1869 he was elected
to the State Senate. where he was a
leader. Upon the breaking out of the
war, he organized company mainly
recruited from the students of Hiram
College. This company formed the
nusleus for the AID Ohio regiment, of
which he was appointed Lieutenant
Colonel by Governor Dennison. His
army career was a memorable one, but
in 1862 he was elected to Congress and
returned p number of times His
speeches were the strongest on all sub
jects. He was ever found upon the
side of right and honor.
In 1880 Garfield attended the Nat
ional Convention at Chicago as lead
er of the Ohio delegation. The strug-
gle was between Grant and Blaine
| Garfield in a most eloquent and i'm
pressive appeal for his candidate, nom
mated Sherman. l cannot follow the
working of that wonderful convention,
where brother took sides against
/ brother and friend against friend, and
| in an unaccountable manner Garfield
was nominated for President. it being
entirely unsought bv him. But the
convention bad seen fit to nominate
him in sDite of his reluctance. and it
| gave the utmost satisfaction through
out the countrv. He was the dark
horse" He received a majority of the
votes in the electoral college. On Fri
day, March 4. the Inauguration cere-
monies took place upon scale of un-
usual maenificence. l am sure we all
recall the torchin" manner in which
he turned, after all the honors done
him, end kissed his mother, little
woman with snow white hair. The
bond between the two had been most
deep. Her cheek flushed as her ewes
rested fondly upon her son, when his
manly utterances were cheered to the
echo.
In the history of our country three
mothers onl.' have lived to see their
sons inauourated President of the
United States. and the sturdy pioneer
blood has made it possible that these
proud women should be Ohio mothers.
! We remember only too well the as
I
rible summer, his death on Sept. 10Th,
at Elberon. From all the civilized
world came messages of the tenderest
coincidence. Among them Queen Vic.
toria always so ready with her word:
of genuine sympathy. How true that
one touch of sorrow nature makes nc
all akin, His name will live a bright
example to all the world and one
of the proudest possessions of the great
/ people for whom he died. His life,
while wrapped like dream in romance
had its shadows. its sacrifices and its
ma agnifcent successes AS | rapidly re-
/ call the lesser lights, fear your heads
will whirl with the panorama of Ohios
greatness: Peter Hitchcock, father of
/ the constitution of Ohio, Judge of the
Supreme Court and Chief Justice of the
| State; Judge Barnet, jurist and author
| of the first constitution of Ohio, Edwin
NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War and At
| torney General under Lincoln; Joshua
K. Giddings, Consul General to Beith
| y. A., and leader of Anti-Slayery agi-
tation; Benjamin Wade, acting Vice
President under Johnson; Morrison p.
Waite. Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court; Benjamin
Enochs, born in Noble county, member
of Congress many times Ben Butter
worth, member of Congress, defeated
by Milton Sayler, the idol of Democ-
racy in Hamilton county Commissioner
of Patents under Arthur and Hayes.
Abraham Taft, Secretary of War with
Arthur, Attorney General, Minister to
Austria and Denmark. All of his des-
cendants have been prominent in the
politics of the state, his son being
Commissioners to the Philippines. Bel
lamy Storer. member of Congress and
ambassador to Paris. Robert Schenck,
Minister to the Court of st. James and