Evening journal., 1916-06-10
CHARLEs EvANS HUGHEs.


Hughes is the man who introduced |
the whisker into present-day politics. !
The former governor Of New York |
and present justice OF the Supreme |
Court is the cartoonist's delight.
Plenty Of foliage on any sort of a.
face indicates Hughes in cartoons.
The Hughes whiskers used to be six
shades darker in their burnt orange
color than the justly famed soup
strainers sported by Senator James
Hamilton Lewis. Of Illinois.
Hughes is also famous for his
silence.
When the former governor was ele
waited to the Supreme bench New York
lost one OF its best political fighters
in Republican ranks since the days
OF Roscoe COnklin He came by his
aggressive ability naturally. being OF
Welsh descent New York knew him
as a man who would just as soon
scrap as sing and he used TO do a
good deal Of the latter
Born in Glenn Falls. New York on
April II, 1862. his father was the
Rev. David Charles Hughes, direct
descendant OF a noted Welsh family,
while his mother. before her mar
riage, was Miss Catherine Connolly
The future justice studied at the pub
lie schools in OswegO while his father
was preaching there. and later in
Newark, n. j., and in New York city.
where he was a pupil in "Old 35." one
of the metropolis noted grammar
| schools. His liking for OratOry was
demonstrated early.
When only 13 he delivered the
salutatory address for his class
on graduation. His education was
completed at Madison. now Colgate
! University, and at Brown University,
at both of which institutions he was
popular with fellOw-students, even
though he was very much of a
| student.
After graduation Hughes essayed
schOolmastering. teaching Greek and
mathematics in Delaware Academy
Delhi n. Y He also studied law
at odd moments in the office of Judge
Gleason.
In 1882 he entered Columbia Law
School. New York. and further
studied Blackstone in the office oil
General Stewart l.. WoOdford then
United States District Attorney. Ho
was admitted to the bar in 1884, and
was just ordinarily successful until
1891. when, his health threatened by
overwOrk, he became professor OF
law at Cornell
In 1898 he went back % practic
ing. and soon became one Of the
universally recognized authorities
here on corporation law. His first
public service work was in 1905. as
special counsel for the legislative
commission investigating New York
city's gas and electric companies.
Hughes work in this investigation
was of so brilliant character that
when there was a general demand
that sPme year for a Legislative in
vestigation of the Equitable Insurance
scandal state Senator w. w. Arm
strong, appointed head of such
probing body. called on Hughes, theI
on a vacation in Switzerland. to re
turn and act as special counsel.
The disclosures of that investiga
tion are historic. They were respon
sible I'm the main for Hughes later be
ing elected twice as governor Of New
York. In the middle of the investga
tion he fatty refused a mayOraltl
nomination.
From the outset of his career a. gov
ernOr, Hughes was m trouble with ke
l publican party leaders. He develope
an aloofness from them, and compet
\ independence of thought and action tina
= finally eliminated in an open break be
tween him and William Barnes, Jr.
New Workers still remember speec
= by Hughes before the Albany newspapc
correspondents as one of the most arts
tic. vtriolic dressing downs" that wa
ever spoken. II simply took the hid
of Barnes. The upstate "boss' r.
spondcd by denouncing Hughes as
party migrate and traitor to the Stat
convention. Nevertheless Hughes wa
re-nominatcd and reelected.
The Hughes fight against the ra'
j track interests was probably the mos
spectacular of all his moves as COVE
nor Behind it lay a sentimental inte
y est. While practicing law Hughes wa
e thrown in contact with a stenograpn'
g. whose father had been imprisoned IL
g emhezzlement of money with which
o played the races"
When Hughes became Governor h