The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21

met with adequate financial return for
his effort. Most Of tn ecarlier Pres
idents had tough, their financial bat
ties before going to the White House.,
and went up to receive their supreme
honors as Victors.
1t is fact that at the time of his
nrSt election to the presidency, Lin
coin was only. Just beginning To emergs
from the slough OF nnancial uncere
tainty which had threatened to 'ongulf
him ever since he entered the racon
Ills energy had been tremendous. his.
lchors hcrculean, but lie had little TO
snow for ii all. 1t was only at the
beginning OF his second term. when
the war was over and the fearful
StrHin which had bowed him with pre-
mature age had relaxed that he could
say to his Wife: Mary, we have had
a hard time OF 1t since We came 10
Washington: but now tho war Is over
ana " tn Gods blessing we may hope
Tor four years OF pcac eand happiness,
and then we Will go back to Illinois
and pass the rest of our days In quiet.
We have laid BY some money. and
during this torn we will try and save
up more. But We shall not have
enough to support US. We will go
back 70 Illinois, and I Will open q.
law office in Springfield or Chicago.
and practice law. and n; least do
enough to help give us livelihood"
AT the time of his coming into the
presidency. Andrew Johnson was prac-
t'cally IN Easy Street." although his
pIopcllS III tennessee n2d suffered
somewhat from the Civil War AS d.
brchdwinncr he hud passed from the
condition of absolute poverty-he had
begun active life as n tailor's APP
rrentice.to one OF financial independ-
ence. and solely through his own abll-
ity TO turn mother wit and executive
readiness into dollars and cents. That
he was brcadwlnner OF the most ag-
gressive sort Is made evident by the
fact that he outstripped In the race
many OF his contemporaries who had
been born III wealth and nurturcd In
kindly atmospheres and equipped with
every social and educational advan-
tagc,, in all of which tho man who did
not learn TO read until his manhood
was so markedly DEFICIENT.
As brcndwinner, General Grant.
was n conspicuous failure. When he
left the army, in 1854. after serving
with distinction in the Mexican War.
he tried farming in small way near
his wife's home In Missouri, but was
! undertaking. Nor was his brief en-
per ment with mercantile life, Mt
Galcna. Ill.,, in company with his
brother. productive of encouraging re-
suits. Never spcndthrift. his subse-
quent exalted position as chief execu-
tive demanding the maintenance of ap-
propriate state, he was never able to
save from his salary enough to Insure
freedom from worry over the future.
Ills was trying position. albeit so
envinble. and II would have been pitt
full had not the great soldiers friends
| gone to his financial rescue. IT Is n
fact that while he was doing his last
work-wrltinG his book of recollcc-
! tions--General Grant was living on
| borrowed money.
Rutherford d. Hayes never knew the
struggle and grind OF poverty. In his
climb upward he never had to baltic
| against privation. and to cmnncipate
himself from the memory Of actual
| suffering. After his graduation at
! Kenyon College. Gambler. O.. he studied
! law and began his activity as a bread
I winner in Cincinnati. =
| Theodore Roosevelt has never been
La brcadwinner from necessity. having
inherited an estate sufficient to relieve
him from all financial worry. After
ahis graduation at Harvard. he studied
| law at Columbia, but became 30 inter-
estcd In politics that he lost interest
! in tho law. and Is content to be known
as publicist.
hrcadwinner in his profession OF the
; law before he entered public life.
| Copyright. 1911. by the Associated
| Literary PressN
! Title of next weeks article: "Our
' Presidents IA Fighters.''