The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
HUGHES PUBLIC
CAREER sKETCHED
He Works Hard and Enjoys Out
door Recreation.
TAUGHT LAW AT UNIVERSITY
Dishonest Gas Trust Rout and Life
Insurance Scandal First Put Can
didate in Limelight and
Party Favor.

The Republican candidate for presi-
dent of the United States made him
self famous by investigating and
breaking up the scandalous gas COM
bine in New York. Next he tackled
the crooked insurance people and
drove a dozen or more big" ~tinanciers
into exile. AS governor of the Empire
state he made an excellent record for
the cause Of honest government by
honest people. The politicians and
gamblers and rascals knew him for an
enemy that never forgot and never
rested.
Hughes comes Of good stock. His
father, Rev. David c. Hughes, who
was a Baptist minister, and his moth
er, whose maiden name was Mary C..
Connolly, were of more than usual cul.
ture and shaped the boys early educa-
tion with the object Of preparing him
for the ministry.
Charles was born at Glens Falls, n.
Y, April II, 1862. but when he was
very young his parents removed to
Newark, N. J.. Here the boy attended
the public schools, from which he was
graduated in 1873. Toe youthful to
enter college, his father tutored him
for a year, the intention being that
Charles should enter the College OF
the City of New York when old
enough.
Has Fine Education.
He matriculated at Madison univer-
sity Of Hamilton, N. Y. the school
which is now known as Colgate uni
versity. Remaining here until 1878.
he decided that the curriculum Of
Brown university would suit him bet
ter. and there he entered and was
graduated In 1881. His degree of A.
M. came In 1884, the same year In
which he was graduated from the Co
lumbia law school.
At the close of his college days
Hughes vas Of extremely frail appear
ance and of delicate physique. His in
clination was to enter the educational
field, but he found difficulty in obtain
ing employment.
In 1884 Mr.. Hughes was admitted
W III u Ia Y "a i'm
until 1891. In his time he was prize
fellow Of the Columbia law school and
for a year of his term was a student
in the Office of Stewart L. Woodford,
United States district attorney. In
1883 he became a clerk in the Offices
of Chamberlain, Carter & Hornblower.
On December 5, 1883. he married in
n-.zI1-~ MIA, A,t;-o4to r,r%o- thn
daughter of Walter S. Carter. a mem
Der of the firm.
His tendency to teach was still
strong within him, and despite the
protests Of his fath~er-in-law, who
wished him to continue with the firm,
he accepted a chair in Cornell univer-
sity law school.
To Oregon for RondhoIders.
Soon after Mr.. Hughes resumption
of the duties of active practice he was
sent to Oregon as the representative
of the bondholders of an unsuccessful
railway property. He spent sever
months in the West arranging affairs,
and when he returned he became the
court member of the new firm of Car
ter, Hughes & Dwight. From 1893 I'M
til 1895 he retained his interests in
Cornell law school, where he frequent
ly appeared as special lecturer.
Three years ago when Edward
r. Dwight died. the title of the
law firm was changed to Carter,
Hughes, Rounds & Shurman. The
death of Mr.. Carter caused another
change, and the firm became Hughes.
Rounds & Shurman. with Offices at SO
Broadway.
Gas investigation Stirs.
This brings Mr.. Hughes career
down to the beginning Of the gas in
ve~stigation in New York-an investi-
cation that stirred the metropolis as
nothing had stirred it since the Tweed
ring exposure.
Probably no one single investigation
ever produced such ~far-reaching re-
suits as the insurance probe. 1t drove
Henry Hazen Hyde. chief owner of the
Equitable Life Assurance society, into
exile in Europe and it's president. John
II. Alexander. into oblivion. It drove
Mccall into his grave. 1t exiled
Richard H. McCurdy. It exposed
Andrew Hamilton. the insurance
lobbyist. It exposed the graft in
the printing contracts manipulated by
Andy" Field. 1t broke up the insur-
ance lobby at Albany. 1t stopped the
practice of great corporations making
gifts of money to political campaign
funds. 1t stopped the jugglery of trust
funds between insurance companies
and banks
Charles Evans Hughes Is the man
responsible for stopping this crooked
ness. Even the gas and insurance
crowds admitted that.
IL Strong and Earnest.
In appearance Mr.. Hughes is not ro-
bust. He is about five feet ten inches
IN height, OF slight but well proper
itioned figure. His hair is brown and
is becoming thin on top; he wears a
full beard, streaked with gray The
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