The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-08
LIEF HISTORY OF
/. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
cd to Come His Way without
Effort.
PRoBED INSURANCE GRAFT
Would Not Resign ONCE OF Prosecute
ing Attorney to Become Mayor of
New York City Because He Wanted
to See Work Well Done.

New York. Nov. 7.--Charles Evans
Hughes has been prominent in the
official life of tibet milton in spite OF
himself.
OF him it may truly be said he was
never a seeker after office. His atti-
tude of noncommittal silence during
the recent Chicago Republican con-
vention was only typical OF his whole
career.
He was offered the nomination for
Mayor of New York at q time when
1t seemed certain he would be elected
and refused the honor because he
wanted to complete his valuable work
investigating the life insurance COM
panies.
He accepted the summons to be his
party's nominee for Governor of the
Empire State only because he believed
duty called him to the place.
BELIEVED CAREER ROUNDED
OUT WHEN NAMED JUSTICE
When he became associate justice
of the United States Supreme Court
his life's ambition was realized and
he believed his career had been round
ed out But the events of the last
two years in American life moved him
deeply and when the Republicans.
without any move OF hts hand, select
ed him as their standard bearer last
June he again considered II his duty
to accept and run the best race he
was capable of for the greatest honor
which can be granted by the Ameri-
can people.
Equally with official places, Mr..
Hughes has ignored the path to
wealth While he was Governor and
was considering the offer to enter the
Supreme bench, his friends pointed
out to him that with his recognized
ability and immense prestige, he
could re-enter law practice at the
close OF his term in Albany and soon
amass a great fortune. This argu-
ment did not appeal to him. He had
enough money to support him and his
family well and did not greatly care
for more.
MIR. Hughes was born in Glens Falls,
New York. April IL, 1852. and Is
therefore. now fifty-four years old,
His father was a Baptist clergyman,
the Rev. David Charles Hughes, OF
Welsh descent. His mother before
her marriage was Miss Catherine Con-
nelly.
Mr.. Hughes got his first education
from his talented mother. He attend
ed public school in Oswego. N. Y,
Newark, n. j., and New York City,
where in June. 1875. he delivered the
No. 80 at the age of thirteen.
When fourteen years old he entered
Madison (now Colgate) College, at
Hamilton, n. Y. and two years later
changed to Brown University, in
Providence. r. l, Here he won the
Dunn premium for the best work OF
his class in English literature and was
member of the editorial staff of the
Brunonian.
Mr.. Hughes was graduated from
Brown at the age of nineteen in the
! class Of 1881, standing third in schol-
arship and delivering the class ora
ton He also took one of the two
Carpenter premiums. assigned to the
two members of the senior class who
shall in the Judgment of the faculty
| unite in the highest degree the three
most important elements of success in
life--ability, character and attain
ment." The other prize went to
! Charles c. Mumford, later associate
Justice of the Superior Court of Rhode
, Island.
PROMPTLY CORRECTS LACK
OF FACIAL FOLIAGE
For some months young Hughes
taught Greek and mathematics in
Tla1a Honor Dalhi a