The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02

| the young man In the law. There was no
time Tor the study or the practise Of law
for the practical study Of national politics
Mr., Hay was constantly about Lincolns
business From those days until the MUIR
dor OF Lincoln in 1895 Mr.. Hay was always
at his side and the closest in his confidence
He learned to know the attitude of mind
OF Mr.; Lincoln toward all problems Of states
! manship.
When Lincoln became President he
took Mr.. Hay, who had just been admitted
to the bar to Washington with him as an
M Hays duties were far, broader than
those which are now associated with the
post which he occupied.
SERVICE AT THE FRONT.
In order that he might act for Mr. Lincoln
at the front he was made an Assistant
Adjutant-G General with tho rank of Major.
mander in Chief" In the field he served
under Gems. Hunter and Gilmore
He was breveted Lieutenant-C Colonel.
All through the war he lived for the most
part, at the White House when he was in
the clock through its rounds; he caught
sleep and food when he might.
When the Administration household was
torn to pieces by the assassination there
was, general feeling at Washington, en-
that his abilities ought not to be lost to the
Government. He was but 20 years old.
The secretaryship Of the Legation at
Paris was offered TOD him and he accepted
it with lively sense Of the opportunities,
performed the duties of the Minister with
distinction through several periods when
Mr.: Bigeow was away from France;
He went to Vienna as Char . q Affaires
after his return to the United States Mr..
Hay was sent to Spain as Secretary. of
Legation under Gen. Daniel r. Sickles.
He came home In 1870. He told his friends
that although he had gained much by The
opportunities for travel and for the study
tion and cultivation, he felt that he had
gone as far in the diplomatic service as he
coAld get without many years OF rather
barren service.
WRITER ON THE 'TR1BuNE.'
He. sought the opportunity of expression.
York Tribune. Horace Greeley had long
had his eye on Mr.. Hay and had once tried
to get him away from his post at Madrid
by the offer of 5000 year, which was
$500 year more than the Government
was paying Mr.. Hey. AT hat time though,
Mr.. Hay was engrossed In work which
he felt that it would not be fair to turn over
to any one else and declined to resign.
Mr.. Hay was writer for the editorial
columns OF the Tribune for five years and
his abilities. In 1871 Jim Bludso". and
Little Breeches' were published. with
quantity of OF her verses. most of which
were produced in Mr.. Hays Gays at college.
under the title Pike County Ballads.
In the same year his sojourn in Spain was
reflected by the publication of "Cas,iian
Days"
HIS MARRIAGE TO CLARA STONE.
While Mr.. Hay was still in the employ
of the Tribune, in 1874 he married Miss Clara
L. Stone, the dau shter Of Anlasa Stone OF
Cleveland. MIR. Stone was a very rich man.
whose rugged simplicity had made Mr..
Lincoln very fond OF him. 1t was through
President Lincoln that Mr.. Hay met Mr..
Stone who became fond Of the young man
for the same qualities which had impressed
themselves on the President.
Mr. Stone was ca ger to have his dau ghter's
household as full Of comfort as his own,
IL not more so. He crowded gifts on his
son-in-law. who was soon in position to
follow his literary inclnations without
any thought Of the income to be gained
from them.
In 1875 Mr.. Hay moved to Cleveland.
Except for two years in Washington AS
Assistant Secretary of State under. Mr..
Hayes and a brief activity as presiding
gress in 1881, Mr.sHay almost dropped out
Of public life.
SONNET OF LOVE AND VENICE.
He contributed constantly to the periodi-
calls: his verse was by no means of the Bret
Harte school. Out of great number. OF
such fugitive verses this sonnet is typical:
n the Vs,, n sHd as yG c
Thick strewn with stars when from the stlll lagoon
We gided noise'ess to the dim canal
Hung over US. and our own hearts beat In tune
Yin % ca Gos and %9 s S@S moo"
We dreamed what ghosts Of hEsone love made part
2. ma in hoss @ FIX s ses sES AZ
Those oreeles warm Win bysorne lovers, signs
SI the dead H.S u loves 81 Venice in my heart,
Mr.. Hay translated Emilio Castelar's
Treatise on the Republican Movement in
Europe" and the work was published here
in 1875. In 1881 Mr.. Hay, moved toWashing-
He then began, with Mr.. Nicolay,. Abra ham
Lincoln. History" work which ia ard
will remain the raj authority on the history
of this country between 1880 and 1895, The
Works" The life of Lincoln occupied nearly
all Of Mr.. Hays working time FOR fifteen
wears.
NOVEL THAT MADE A STIR.
The Breadwinners," novel published
anonymously mace tremendous literary
stir on its publication in 1893 A score OF
more or less prominent, though not particu-.
larly modest writer's came forward and
va gueiv aclnow lodged some RESPONSE
bi!ity for its authorship. Mr.. Hay was not
among them, though 1t is now known that
the work was his, and a formal announce
ment Of the fact from the publishers is now
ia he looked for.
Mr.. Hays literary papers and addresses
in this period, as all through the renewal
of his puh!ic, life after 1897, have been marked
by rhc distinction of their literary quality
and their freedom from tri ks of phrase
and scholastic veneer Simplicity withou,
ism flowed evenly through all his writing,
and in his politica! and memorial addresses,
such for instance as the Grafton on Presi-
dent Mckinley, there came with his words
a sense of warm feeling and a depth of
sincere emotion which gave him a place
in the esteem of the people which was far
different from that of the professional
OF the land
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.
Mr.. Mckinley made Col. Hay the Ambassa-
dor to England in 1897. To the peculiarly
fine attributes which the English people
have come to regard as inevitable in an
American Ambassador Mr., Hay had to
add the abilities which were taxed by the
war with Spain. The friendly Offices OF
n roat RITA in that war were received |