The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-27

confirmed in the military career.
The sons of President Hayes are all
engaged in the law business. Webb
c., who attained brief prominence as
Volunteer captain in the Spanish
War, is located in Cleveland; r. b.
Hayes is a citizen of Asheville, N. c.;
Burchard is in Toledo, and Scott A.
is in Pittsburg. Neither Alan Ar
thur nor Russell B. Harrison has ever
essayed to shine in public life.
Sons of IL Martyred President.
Two of Gartield's sons have made
good, and there is time for the other
two to forge to the front. Henry
Abram Garfield, the eldest, is now
professor of politics at Princeton,
where he succeeded John H. Finley,
the first incumbent. Although it is
an honorable thing to be professor of
politics at a great university, his ac-
ceptance of the chair was surprise
to many of his friends and admirers,
for he had had many opportunities to
enter public life, and had made both
reputation and wealth at the practice
of his profession, the law, and as a
banker, being president of a big trust
company and connected with several
other financial institutions in Cleve-
land.
In 1902 he was offered place as
National Civil Service Commissioner
by President Roosevelt, but declined it;
the post was then given to his brother
James Rudolph Garfield, who still
holds it. This young mamie is still
under 40-seems to have inherited the
political tendencies of his father. He
has been a senator in the Ohio Legis-
lature and was the author of a par
ticularly stringent election law, which
possibly was the cause of his defeat
when he sought the nomination for
Congress from his fathers old district.
He still cherishes the ambition to
serve the district in the House as his
father did before him. He is now
Commissioner of Corporations in the
Department of Labor and Commerce.
Irwin Mcdowell Garfield, the third
son, is a lawyer in Boston. Abram,
the fourth son, "the baby of the
White House." when his father was
President, is of scientific and practi-
cal turn Of mind. He was educated
at the Boston School of Technology,
and may be heard from by and by.
Practically all of the Presidents
sons who have grown to a mans es-
tate. then. have been good citizens;
their lives have been clean, whole
some and credit alike TO their parent
age and their country, while ten of the
twenty have won unusual distinction.
Sons of Congressman.
1t would be hard to find any other
class of prominent Americans whose
sons have done as well as those of the
Presidents. Certainly, no such proper
ton of the Sous of eminent Senators
and representatives in Congress have
won distinction.
Simon Cameron's son, Don Cameron,
succeeded his father as the political
primate of Pennsylvania. Blaine's son,
Walker, would have made noteworthy
place for himself probably If he had
lived. Senator Hearst's son has won
great prominence In the newspaper
world, is a congressman. and has had
the distinction of being a candidate be-
fore the convention for the nomination
to presidential honors.
The first Bayard to sit In the Senate
from Delaware, James W., was sue
ceeded by his sons, James A. and Rich
ard II. The latter's grandson, Norman
f.. was also a senator for many years
The Stockton family of New Jersey
furnished five senators, the term OF the
first, Richard. who was one of the
"signers," being preceded by service
I'm the Continental Congress, and the
term OF the last. John p, concluding
in 1875. The Frelinghuysens, also Of
New jersey, gave three senators TO the
country; the Colquitts OF Georgia as
many, and members of all four of these
families have served the country in
other ways with distinction, though no
member of any OF them Is now I'm pub
lice service. The son OF the late Speak
err Crisp has done better than any
father in Congress. Uncle Joe Cannon
has no son; neither has Thomas Brack-
EFT Reed. Colonel HendersOn's son has
not made an appearance I'm public life.
OF the captains of transportation
who created Americas great lines OF
rail In the second half OF the nineteenth
century. Jay Gould and Commodore
Vanderbilt only left sons who have
been able TO hold up their end. Wheth-
err William II. Vanderbilt, son OF
Commodore" Cornelius the founder of
the family, would have shown force
enough TO make his way unaided by his
fathers money ls a moot question:: His
father appeared 10 have little faith IN
him, and, for years after William II.
was a full-grown man, kept him on the
now famous Staten Island farm. Yet
when the Commodore died, and Will
liam H.. then IS years old. was left In
charge OF the property, he speedily
made good. He had only nine years Of
control for he died AZ "a IN 1895. but I'm
the nine years he increased the Van
derbilt fortunes from 500. 900 10 az
least double that vast sum.
Vanderbilt sons.
II was while william ~. and his
family were living on the Staten ~
land farm that Cornelius the Second
showed what stun he was made o.
Though hia grandfather WAS one Of
the very richest men in the country.
young Cornelius, stlll in hls teens.
knew that h's father Was. short ~
funds - one day be crossed the fer
~ from Staten Island ~ Manhattan