The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24

confidence. His real life work began with
| that event.. He became a man with
metive. IF before this he had been list
| less he was so no longer. He seemed
under her influence to form q determi-
nation to be something and to do some
| thing for the good Of his fellow men.
Lucy Webb was one Of the most
| beautiful characters l have been per-
mtted to know" said DR.. McCabe.
l want to speak of General Hayes as
a soldier and statesman, as a citizen,
| man and Christian. Each one of
| these themes presents topic more than
sufficient for the present opportunity and
| yet an address on President Hayes
| would not be complete without touch
| ing upon each one of these aspects of
| his character.
! Grant was great general, Lincoln
| was a great statesman. Garfield was
| great orator. but Hayes was a great
| man. He was symmetrical man. well
rounded. not weak at any point, great
in all. His character had a broad sub
| stantial foundation: it was laid in his
| early childhood. l may say it was laid
! in his ancestors. in the generations
| preceding him, and coming from
parents who We're great, he laid the
foundation of a liberal and thorough
education, so that he was able to enter
I the active career of life without embar-
easements and with reserve force all
ways at hand to draw from. General
Hayes was pre-emnently a soldier.
| General was the title he liked the best.
| His interest in the Grand Army, he
Loyal Legion. the Union Veterans
| Union, and all other organizations as
ISOLATED with the army, proves this. He
iVSt nf
President Lincoln and was not mustered
out until the war was over. He enlisted
as a captain; he retired as a major gem
eral. He was engaged in many battles.
| Four times was he wounded. Once at
i South mountain, so severely that he fell
upon the field: but the disorder of his
men and the danger of defeat brought
him to his feet again, and he would not
! suffer himself to be removed from the
field until commander arrived to take
his place. He led charmed life upon
the field of battle. His bravery was re-
markable. He led his soldiers in the
fight and on to victory. The old soldie>
had no better friend than General Hayes.
No one ever suffered if he could relieve
him. The soldier was always welcome
in his home, and at ease in his presence
He loved the G. A. r. 1 believe he felt
almost as much joy in being president
of the Loyal Legion as of the United
! States.
But President Hayes was no less 4
statesman than soldier. His great
learning. his thorough knowledge of the
country and the times and his patriotic
principles emnently fitted him for
craftsmanship. A lawyer by profession,
twice member of congress. three times
- &l1a ,r
ident of the United States. AS lawyer
he was successful: as congressman he
was popular; as governor he revealed
the statesman. Always the heavier the
responsibility the more grandly appeared
the man.
1t was during President Hayes admin
| istration that civil service reform was
revived and became a fixed fact, and
| was SO recognized by the people. 1t was
during his administration that the re-
sumption of specie payment took place.
and when the faith of his great seere-
tary grew weak and he faltered and ex-
| pressed the doubt of accomplishing the
task, it was President Hayes who said
to John Sherman, ''Set day to resume
and we will resume We owe to this
man largely for the honest money We
have today.
1t is not strange that Hayes found the
country in the condition it was when he
entered upon his term president.
| Lincoln, SO noble, so true and so we'll
beloved, had been foully murdered by a
traitor. Johnson had shamed the nation
by his reasonable term, and all the good
people were Disguised. Grant, the great
military chieftain, had occupied the
chair of chief magistrate for eight years.
/
and myriads sucking the teats of the ma
ton. Grant could not change the condi-
ton of affairs, and woe! for the time
to the man who did.
But Hayes did it as PRESIDENT He
exemplfied the dignity of the citizen
after having retired from the highest
office a man can fill in this country. In
an address delivered to the people of
Fremont after his return from Washing
ton, said:
THE question is often heard. What
is to become of the man, what is he 20
do, who, having been chief magistrate
Of the republic, retires al the end OF his
official term to private life?' It seems
to me the reply is near at hand, and
sufficient. Let him, like any other good
American citizen, be willing and prompt
to bear his part in the very useful work
that will promote the welfare and hap
piness of his family, his town, his state
and his country. With this disposition
he will have work enough to do, and
that love of work that yields more in
dividual contentment and qualification
than belong to the more conspicuous enl-
ployment of the life from which he has
retired"
Remarkable words, these, and they
were exemplified in the life of EXPRESS
dent Hayes from that day till the day he
left us.
General Hayes was philanthropist,
an educator and model citizen after mis-
term of office expired as president of the
United States. Philanthropy speaks its