The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-09

nominee. elected governor of New
York, was born in Glens Falls, N. Y,
April 11,1S62, the son Of a Baptist
minister, who planned to educate him
for the pulpit. His parents removed
to Newark. N. j., when he was very
| young and he attended the public
schools of that city. In 1874 he enter
ed Madison-now Colgate university
at Hamilton, N. Y, where he remain
ed until 1878. Then he decided to
make Brown university his alma ma
ter and was graduated from that in
stitution in 1881. He could not, how
ever, accept his fathers suggestion
that he prepare himself for the min
istry, and decided that the law was
a profession that appealed both to his
intellectual temperament and his Zest
for an active life in the worlds af-
fairs
"a chance remark Of a schoolmate
when l was preparing our class phil
osophy," he once said, lied me to turn
to the law. 1 did not want to be a
burden on my father, so l taught
school in the daytime and studied law
at night l soon discovered that a
man cannot do two things at once
and do them well, so l determined to
come to New York and enter Column
bia Law school. 1 went through that
institution and on graduating was ap-
pointed to the prize fellowship for
three years. conducting quizzes dur
ing that time. 1 also had private
classes of students. In this way
gained a more thorough knowledge OF
the law than 1 should otherwise have
done.
81 was at that time clerk in the Of
flee of the later Walter S. Carter
After being admitted to the bar an6
practising for about seven years II
New York, 1 received an offer Of
professorship in Cornell university
Mr.. Carter advised me not to accept
it, but I foresaw a quiet, reposefu
life in a university town, with pleas
ant work and leisure to devote to those
branches Of the law in which I was
specializing. l lectured in the Cornell
Law school for two years on con-
tracts, evidence and other branches
but 1 soon discovered that the leis-
ure which attracted me was only g
dream and that the life of a professor
at Cornell was one of constant toll
So l resigned and returned to active
practise in New York City
Mr. Hughes possession, the
calm yet swift certainty with which
his mind works. has discounted
many a tricky witness. He is always
we'll balanced, always in perfect con-
troll of himself. To his friends he
breaches the gospel Of self-control
saying:
"Poise is essential to success. It Is
a quality in which too many Ameri-
cans are lacking. They rush and hur-
ry and get worried just at the time
when their coolest judgment is requ1r-
ed. I notice that the most success
full business men are those whose
minds are always cool; who no matter
bodies, are able to deliberate coolly
and to pronounce sober, calm judg-
ment. even under disturbing circum-
stances. 1t is not the man who reach
es the corner first VINO wins, but the
man who knows exactly what he is 60
ing to do when he turns the corner
Mr.. Hughes was the founder of the
Bible class which John D. Rockefeller
jr. afterward made famous. In speak
ing of his religious beliefs he says:
my views on religion are not what
most of my church friends would call
orthodox. In fact, 1 have rather free
views, but 1 recognize that we have
in the churches the greatest conserva-
tive force in our affairs. and, If fol
no other reason than this, I feel that
they should be supported. There Is
a lot of cant about them, but they
have a great power for good, whether
one agrees with the teachings OF tneli
ministers or not"
Offered MayoraIty Nomination.
Last fall Mr.. Hughes was oHereo the
republican nomination for mayor o.
New York city, but declined II. Inc
reason which he gave was character
istic of the mamie did not wish u
have the insurance investigation
which was then pending, dlscredltee
nv anv suggestion that it was INSPIRED
nv political ambition. He said to INT