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DeceHper D, l94o, and made his pub.
lie appearance at the funeral Serv.
ices of another Chief Justice, Harlan
Flske Stone, in April, 1916.
A marble bust of Mr.. Hughes
the first honoring a Chief Justic,
in the main entrance hall of tn,
Supreme Court Building-was erec
ted only last Wednesday.
With the former jurist at the tim.
of his death besides his son, wer,
two daughters, Mrs. William T. Cos.
sett of Bloomfield Hills, Mich, ans
Mrs. c. A. Waddell of Riverdale
N Y. Mrs. Gossett had accompan.
led her father here from Washing.
ton.
Private funeral services will b,
held in Riverside Church in New
York. The time will be announced
later.
Charles Evans Hughes was a sue.
cessful attorney for 20 years before
he found himself illumined se
sharply in the public spotlight thai
his services were demanded by the
Nation for most of the next IS years
The peak of that career came ir
the last II years of his public service
when he presided as Chief Justice
during the stormy days of the New
Deal and helped ward off Frank.
lin D. Roosevelts court reorganiza-
ton plan.
Before the days when his neatly
trimmed beard, white hair and alert
figure were to symbolic justice by
the highest tribunal, Mr.. Hughes
crowded these chapters into a busy
life:
1905-6-Investigated the life in
surance business in New York State
leading to model for State and ma.
tional legislation which exists today
1907-1910-As Governor Of New
York he declared war on race track
betting, forcing State tracks to close
down for two years and Gripping
them for years thereafter.
Defeated for Presidency.
191O-191c-Served as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, hav-
ing been appointed by President
Taft.
1916-Was defeated for the presi.
dency by Woodrow Wilson in one o1
the hottest elections in history. His
defeat by % electoral votes was
ascribed to his failure to meet Gov
Hiram johnson on a campaign swing
into California.
1921-1925-As Secretary Of State
in President Harding's cabinet, he
was author of the plan that pro-
duced the 5-5-3 naval treaty at the
Washington disarmament confer
ence. During his term he completed
more than so treaties.
While Mr.. Hughes will be remem.
bered most readily as Chief Justice
his hair-breadth defeat for the
presidency will stand out as the dra.
matte zenith.
Both in 1908 and 1912 he had re-
jected bids to enter the presidential
race. In 1908 hts boom died aborn.
irg when President Theodore Roose.
welt insisted that his Secretary o.
War, Mr.. Taft, succeed him. In 1917
he chose to wear judicial robes ovel
chance for the Republican nomi.
nation as a compromise between
the feuding Roosevelt and Taft.
Is Wage Vigorous Campaign
Z When he left the bench in 1915, az
the Republican standard bearer, Mr.
Hughes campaigned vigorously
against Mr.. Wilson's war attitude
Late in the campaign he visited
California, ostensibly to make po-
litical hay in a meeting with Gov
Johnson, who had been Mr.. Roose.
velt's running mate on the Bull
Moose" slate four years earlier.
The two never met. There is 8
difference of opinion as to whethe,
Mr.. Hughes, standing on his dignity
as party leader, waited for a cal
that never came, or that Mr.. John.
son deliberately evaded the candi.
date.
In either event, their failure tt
get together was blamed for Mr.
Hughes defeat that November. Tht
voting was so close that on election
night both candidates retired be.
lieving they had won. But the East
was convinced Mr.. Hughes was the
victor, and many Wilson supporters
conceded.
Not until several days later, when
the Western vote kept piling up fol
Mr.. Wilson and CALIFORNIA; official
vote was tabulated, was Mr.. Wilson
declared the winner, 277 electora.
votes to 254.
After his setback, Mr.. Hughes re.
turned to private law practice, but
as ever, found the call to public
service too strident to resist. During
the war he headed the draft appeals
board in New York City.
Answered Wilson's Call.
Following the war there were
rumors of fraud in Army contracts
and President Wilson asked his re-
cent opponent to direct a sweeping
unrestricted investigation. He knew
the public had complete confidence
in the thoroughness and judicial
character of any investigation Mr.
Hughes might conduct.
MIR. Hughes delved deeply into the
subject and gave the administration
clean bill of health, which effec.
lively stifled graft rumors.
When Presidc-t Harding made
him Secretary Of State in 1921, hi
was known as favoring the League
(of Nations, with reservations. But
he guided program of American
cooperation with the league
that made Senate irreconcilables'
writhe.
He. became the chairman and the
genius of the Washington disarma.
ment conference of 1921. He startled
the delegates at the opening address
by proposing the scrapping of 81
capital ships, including 80 belong.
ing to the United States.
This later was modified to a 5-5-:
ratio for the great sea powers, Grea,
Britain the United States anf