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

IN tat o1Ilce In tnoee Gays, IL was ecnoO
Mr.. Hay was constantly about Lincoln q
business From those days until the muir.
der Of Lincoln In 1865 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
manshio.
When Lincoln became President he
to the bar to Washington with him as an
assistant secretary with Mr.. Nicolay
Mr. 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 art for Mr.. Lincoln
at the front he was made an Assistant
Adjutant-G General with the rank Of Major.
He was also the. "adjutant Of the Com.
mander in Chief" In the field he served
He was breveted lieutenant Colonel.
All through the war he lived for. the most
part at the White House when he was in
Washington; and his hours Of duty followed
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 a general feeling at Washington, en-
tirely, without stimulation BY Mr.. Hay.
that his abilities ought not to be lost to the
The secretaryship OF q the legation '' at
Paris was offered to0 him and he accepted
1t with lively sense Of the opportunities,
public and personal. that 1t afforded. He
performed the duties OF the Minister with
distinction through several periods when
Mr.: Bigelow was away from France.
He went to Vienna as Charge q 'Ahaires
in 1883 From this post he resigned. Soon
after his return to the United States MIR.
Hay was sent to Spain as Secretary Of
Legation under Gen. Daniel R; sickles.
a m HON in "a told hia friopIc
that alt hough he had gained much by the
oppor uni,ies for travel and for the study
OF world policies and for literary observa-
ton and cultivation, he felt that he had
gone as far IN. the diplomatic service as he
could get without many years OF rather
barren service.
WRITER ON THE TRIBUNE
He sought t he, oPportun Of expression.
To this end he began writing for the New
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
$500 a year more than the Government
was paying Mr. Hay. At that time though,
Mr.. Hay was engrossed in work which
he felt that 1t would not be fair to turn over
to any one else and declined to resign
columns Of the tribune for oi five we years and
fully justified Mr.. Greeley's confid ence in
his abilities. In 1871 Jim Bludso" and
Little Brooches" were published, with a
quantity Of other verses. most Of which
under the title pike County Ballads
In the same year his sojourn in Spain was
reflected by the publication Of "Castilian
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 daughter of Amasa Stone of
Cleveland. Mr.. 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 az his own,
II not more so. He crowded gifts on his
son-in-law. who was soon in position to
follow his literary inclinationss 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 brief activity as presiding
officer Of the International Sanitary Con-
gress in 1881, Mr.. Hay 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
su Oh fugitive verses this sonnet is typical:
hSye; IN the SUMNER 9 night do ySv . recall e 1vn
Thick strewn with stars, when from the still lagoon
We glided noiseless to the dim canal'
sense OF some forgotten festival
Hung over us. and our own hearts beat In tune
~ s 9oms S snd ns s
We dreamed what ghosts OF byrone love made part
s1 s nse sa Rs.ea s
Those breezes warm With bygone lovers signs.
Il: s DEAD s o Hsei s my eyes
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-
ton, where he has made his home ever since.
History" work which is and
will remain the final authority on the history
Of this country between 1890 and 1865. The
same authors edited ~Lincoln's Complete
Works" The life of Lincoln occupied nearly
all Of Mr. Hays working time for fifteen
years.
NOVEL THAT MADE STIR.
.The Breadwinners, novel published
usly, made tremendous literary
stir on its publication in 1893, A score Of
more or less prominent, though not partcu-.
arly modest writer's came rorwara and
oiity for its authorship. Mr. Hay was not
lmong them, though it is now known that
he work was his, and formal announce
nent Of the fact from the publishers isnow
o be looked for.
Mr.. Hays literary papers and addresses
n this period, as all through the renewal
If his public life after 1897, have been marked
~ the distinction of their literary quality
md their freedom from tri ks Of phrase
md scholastic veneer Simplicity without
oughness, scholarship without pedagog-
SIN flowed evenly through all his writing,
md in his political and memorial addresses,
UGH for instance as the Grafton on Presi-
lent Mckinley, there came with his words
sense of warm feeling and depth Of
incere emotion which gave him a place
n the esteem Of the people which was far
ifferent from that Of the professional
of the land
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.
Mr.. Mckinley made Col. Hay the Amhassa-
or to England in 1897. To the peculiarly
ave come to regard as inevitable in an
.merican Ambassador Mr. Hay had to
id the abilities which were taxed by the
'ar with Spain. The friendly offices Of
reat Brit ain in that war were received