Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 23 | Who's Huges?

WHO'S HUGHES HE STUDIED S T HOMER AND VIRGIL VIR GIL AT A T 5 WON HIGHEST HIGHES T HONORS H ON ORS AT A T LAW LA W SCHOOL SCHOOL- S CH 0 OL ROUTED INSURANCE THIEVES IN N. N Y REFUSED TO LISTEN TO THE BOSSES i Who IS Hughes anyhow What hat Is la his real record I What has he actually DON DONE E Can you name any of his ha accomplishments Heres Here's his whole strange history concisely chronologically concretely In special dispatches direct from the tho different theatres of war Learns to Read Before Age of Four GLENS GLENS FALLS N. N Y June June- An lOr-An infant prodigy was born here April It 1862 Charles Evans Hughes he lie was christened l Father ather an ill m paid Baptist Bap- Bap gist preacher of Welsh birth Mother a brilliant woman of Scotch Irish English and Dutch parentage A sickly child but at the age of 3 had learned to read omnivorously Kind Kindergarten garten Is Too Slow for Him Hum OSWEGO VEGO N. N Y 1867 Father Father had pastorate here Charles Evans Evans Paged aged 5 found kindergarten too slow He lie laid on n his fathers father's desk one one d dayS day y an ano o original Plan of Study Involving Herodotus Homer Virgil Mother taught him mathematics was master ot of fractions at age of 7 Enters High School at Age of Nine N NEWARK W ARK N. N J. J Entered Entered high school here her at age of ot 9 Had already anticipated the 1916 Shakespeare craze had craze craze read every single one of the bards bard's plays Christmas aged 8 received a bible in Greek and read a ap chapter cr before breakfast Was alrea already y an advanced student In theology Star Pupil of His Class at Thirteen NEW NEV YORK ORK 1873 Parents Parents moved here lare He completed high school wrote essays on The Evils of ot Light Literature and The Limitation of the Human Mind delivered the salutatory of his class and tried to enter Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Hamil Hamil- ton college X at the age of 13 Wins Famous Prize as College Student PROVIDENCE PROVIDENCE R R. I I. I 1876 Entered Entered Brown university here at at age o of 14 A. A In class of 1881 A timid immature almost friendless child Had reputation reputation tion of never studying His ills desk piled high with novels B But t graduated thi third In his class and won the famous Carpenter prize awarded to students showing most all round promise s V Teaches All Day Reads Most of Night v d r DELHI N. N Y 1881 Taught 1881 Taught Greek and mathematics l s In Del Delaware w eJi academy einy all day and read law most of the night Vins Honor Law School r- r Highest at 1 NEW Iw EW YORK 1882 Entered Entered Columbia law school Graduated 1884 with the highest honor a prize fellowship giving him a year for three years From 1884 to 1887 was law clerk by day and taught class at Columbia by Then discovered by Walter Valter S S. S Carter famous lawyer in 1888 and made partner In Carters Carter's firm Also discovered by Carters Carter's c Antoinette Antoinette- and made partner by her Marriage December 5 1888 Worked so hard for tor three years rears he had to take a vacation or collapse HU I Vacation VacationS Is Work as a Professor ITHACA N. N Y 1891 Took Took his vacation here here here-as as busy professor of ot commercial and contract law at Cornell university Fo Forms Bible Class at Rockefeller Church NEW r YORK YORE 1894 Back 1894 Back in active e legal profession Joined the Rockefeller Rocks Rocke feller church and formed the famous bible class which he gave over afler atter six months to John D D. Jr Picked as counsel In 1904 for Stevens legislative commIttee committee com corn that Investigated the price of gas Everybody ridiculed him at first first first- but put he forced the price of gas down from a dollar to 80 cents In 1905 was given Job of conducting insurance investigation Showed up graft grat favoritism and manipulation Forced George W. W Perkins to deliver dellver to him against his will the books of J. J T. T P. P Morgan Co and to admit that the New York life Ufe had paid to o the Republicans since 18 1896 6 Abolishes Backstairs to Governors Governor's Office ALBANY N. N Y 1906 Elected 1906 Elected governor In bitter fight against Willie Randolph Hearst Abolished bol shed the backstairs in the capitol and saw sawall all visitors in rt n. the front office Secured le legislation creating the public service commissions now copied all over United States Took the stump and forced through legislature bill abolishing race rac mc track gambling In face race of violent lobby Cleaned out the insurance department Fought for a direct nominations bill bin abolishing party conventions Freed the banking department from Wallstreet Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet street historical control Fought Foight for or conservation advanced treatment of criminals campaign Abolished boss Vetoed law reducing railroad fares from 3 S cents per mile to 2 cents Vetoed bill to give New Yorkers cent 5 fare to Coney Couey Island instead o of 01 a cent 10 fare a million a week is the total of visitors to Coney In summer andone andone and andone one cent 6 line was paying a a. profit Vetoed platoon bill which would have given New Yorks York's patrolmen an ei hour l t-h t ur day Vetoed law Jaw that would have given school teachers equal pay with men and elected In 1908 and In 1909 in hi special message to legislature urged defeat of United States constitutional amen amendment m authorizing the Income tax Amendment since ratified and tax in effect Appointed by Taft to the Supreme Court I WASHINGTON D. D C. C 1909 Appointed Appointed by President President- Taft to supreme court our to su succeed Justice Brewer Took seat in October r. r 1903 1902 Gained tion of being only man on the bench whose whoso voice was wa audible w while Ue delivering decision His opinions almost invariably on the reactionary corporation side of ot questions before the court Enunciated definitely in 1912 his policy which consisted In refusing to allow supreme co court rt to be dragged into politics under any conditions and DECLINING POSITIVELY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT