The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30

Hughes orga nized a private quiz Of his
own and carried both of them on at the
same time, while he was getting started in
a law Office.
HIS START IN Law.
He had a desk FIRST in the Office OF Gen.
Stewart L.. Woodford, who was then United
States District Attorney. Mr.. Hughes had
no standing in the Office but was simply
allowed by the General to Use the place TO
Garry on his studies. Hughes knew no
lawyers in town and he was just about
beginning to despair OF getting started
when a friend Of his father suggested that
he go down and talk with members of the
d rim Of Chamberlain, Carter a Hornblower.
Armed with a letter of Introduction,
Hughes presented himself to Walter s..
Carter, one OF the well known lawyers of
the city. Mr.. Carter liked young men and
it was his hobby to interest himself in them.
He turned the applicant Hughes inside out
in regard to his ambitions and quail ications
and then suddenly branched on on the sub
ject Of German universities. He insisted
that Hughes was foolish to think OF going
into the law then; that he ought TO take a
course abroad. Hughes listened for some
time, thinking good and hard about those
four nights a week which he was putting in
in the quiz room, then he remarked to
Mr.. Carter:
We'll, Mr.. Carter, il | had the good for
tune to be your son | might think about a
course at a German University, but mas
much as a living is the principal thing
which l want now | am obliged TO remind
you that I should like to enter your office"
Little did Hughes think at that time that
he would in reality be a son Of Mr.. Carter
within a few years. He married the lawyers
younger daughter, Antoinette.
Mr.. Carter took Hughes in at first merely
to give him nm opportunity to study. but
shortly afterward he made him a clerk
in the Office with a salary. Among the other
lawyers in the Office at that time we're LLOYD
W. Bowles, who is o general counsel
for the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
road; James Byrne, who is now a partner
Of William b. Hornblower; Robert Grier
Monroe and Paul ID. Cravath. ? Henry W.
Taft had left the Office only a short time
before Hughes entered.
The first case which Mr.. Hughes had was
not Of the sort which he has cared TO touch
In recent years. There wasn't much money
in IL for the young lawyer, but there was
q lot Of practice. IL involved a good deal
Of scandal and was fought in the courts
for more than a year. Mr.. Hughes was
nightly interested and Mr.. Carter and
the other lawyers in the Office sat back and
laughed TO see him working his head Oh,
but they were ready 10 congratulate him
when he got a favorable decision after more
than twelve months Of work go % s
MADE A PANTHER.
;; In 1888 the Arm was changed to Carter,
HornbIOwcr a Byrne. and Hughes still
continued on salary. A year later MFR. Horn
blower and Mr.. Byrne withdrew and Hughes
was admitted to the firm. IL was then known
as Carter. Hughes q Crayath. In 1890 Cra-
vath left the firm. Mr.. Hughes had by that
time made a reputation for himself among
lawyers Of his acquaintance az a thoroughly
capable man. His work was mostly con-
hned to drawing briefs and passing on
legal questions which arose in the once,
HN had worked hard f6r several years
and hfs heaith had'run down. He had never
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