The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, July 14, 1905, Page 5, Image 5
THE NORFOLK NHWS FRIDAYJULY 14 1905 , DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF MAN WHO ROSE FROM RANKS. A POET , BUT MAN OF AFFAIRS State Papers That Have Made History. A Life of Accomplishment and Hon or Personal Side of a Great Man. ' Author of Ballads. HAY has often hecn called JOHN greatest secretary of state. " High praise that , when It Is re membered that the premiership of the American cabinet has been held by some of the most distinguished men lu our political history. Thomas Jeffer- Bon , Edmund Randolph , John Mar shall , Jamee Madison , James Monroe , John Qulncy Adams , Henry Clay , Mnrtln Van Htiren , Daniel Webster , John 0. Calhoun , James Huchanan , Kd \vnrd Everett , Lewis Cass , William H. Bevfard. Ellhu U. Washburn , William M. Evartu , .latni'H O Ululue. Thomas P. Bayard , Walter Q. Grcilmm , Ulch- In peculiarly clone and tntlmnto re- lntloui ( with the great emancipator. Bevns the fnvorfto editorial writer of Borneo Oreeloy on the New York Trib une. He WAN the author of jiooins auil prone sketches nnd histories rniul wltli lutercRt and delight on two continents , To gain confidential Information for Abraham Lincoln hi- was adjutant Ken cral to two or three commanders In the civil war. hpliiR promoted to the rank of colonel. In addition to all Ills other Accomplishments he was nn orator of power and scholarly flultih , two of his most noteworthy efforts having been ntujdilresj onWalter _ Scott and the me morial oration on the death of William McKlnloy , delivered In the hall of rep resentatlves In Washington. The Ohio noeloty of New York once gnve Hay a dinner , for anioiiR hU other titles of distinction the great secretary lived several years In Ohio. In that talk he bewailed the fact that he was a man without a state. " 1 was born In In diana. " he said , "I grew up In Illinois , 1 was educated In Rhode Island , and It IK no blame to that scholarly com munity that I know so little. I learned my law In SprltiKtleld and my politics In Washington , my diplomacy In Ku- rope , Asia and Africa I have a farm TUB LAT13 .JOHN II VY nrtl Olney , John Sheiman and others almost as Illustrious have shone In tlil-i place. Giant of Giants In Statecraft. To nay that a man Is the greatest of such a list IH to make him a giant of giants. Yet , measured by actual accomplish ments In world politics , the late John Hay measures with any of them , uud it Is perhaps not extravapaut praise to aay that he goes to the he.id of the list Certain It Is that he made the United States the diplomatic center of the world , that he maintained the Integrity of China , that he opened the diplomatic door for the building of the isthmian canal , that he united the Anglo-Saxon world and made America Its head , and that he Introduced to all nations a new and more direct sort of diplomacy. Even a greater distinction probably belongs to him , though this is not gen erally known , as the moves made in International politics are mostly In th ? dark. Thou , too , it is hard to say what would or would not have happened If certain steps had not been taken. Yet despite the veil of secrecy enough IB known to have created'the general be lief that John Hay prevented a general European war from growing out of tha conflict In the far east. Leading up to this culminating role on the stage of statecraft were many minor positions In the diplomatic serv ice. These began shortly after the civ il war , nnd the first period ended In 1870. But In these few years three Ira f portnnt places were heldbecretary of legation at Paris , secretary of legation and charge d'affaires at Vienna and secretary of legation at Madrid. The second period began lu 1871) , when Hay was made first assistant secretary of state , which place was held until 11 change of administration In 1SS1. In Uiat year the young diplomat held the Important and honorable position of president of the International sanitary conference. The third period began In 1807 , when one of the first acts of President McKlnley was to nominate Mr Hay as ambassador to Great Hrlt- nln , from which position he was called n little over a year later to go to the head of the state department , where he remained till his death , a few days ngo. While at London such a com- paratlvelj short time , Hay remains both In the American and English public mind as the most conspicuous of the long list of brilliant men who Lave held the position of ambassador Bt the court of St. James. Friend of Lincoln. Diplomacy , however , was not the only field In which John Hay shone. Politics , war , Journalism and litera ture each furnished nomc of the lau rels Interwoven lu the wreath of hlu famo. He wan one of the private sec- foUrl 8 of president Lincoln and wan In New Hampshire and desk room In the District of Columbia. When I look to the springs from which my blood descends the flrwt ancestors I over heard of were a Scotchman who was half English and a German woman who was half French. Of my Immedi ate progenitors my mother was from New England and my father was from the south. In this bewilderment of origin and experience I can only put on an aspect of deep humility In any gathering of favorite sons and confess that I am nothing but an American. " Washed His Mother's Dishes. At the pleasant little Hoosler city of Salem John Hay was born lu 18118. Ills father was a doctor In moderate circumstances , so that the boy was protected from the rough corners of poverty that have knocked greatness Into or out of no many of onr public men. While the future statesman was very young the Hiiys moved to Illinois , and It wan In the common schools of Unit state that he began his education. John was'a priza Sunday school schol ar and always took the prizes for memorizing \ eraes. This created envy In the breasts of the other boys , and they decided to humiliate the Sunday school teacher's pet. Hearing that be washed dishes for his mother and that he wore a ! arse sleeved apron In doing o , they decided to take around some glrli of whom John was rather fond nnd surprise him in the dish washing operation. He promptly appeared with a large pan full of dirty water in his hands and ta promptly threw the con tents over liM tormenters. After that he was permitted to wash his mother's dishes In peace. The education was pursued at an academy In Springfield and tin foiled at 1 Brown university at the age of twenty. Mr. Hay afterward took a degree of A. M. and was given LL. D.'H from va rious Institutions all over the country. It Is hard for a man of fame to escape the LL. D.-Ing process. A Popular Boy In College. One of HUJ'H college mates de scribes him as a rosy cheeked young fater , the best writer and most popular boy In the unl\ci > lty , usually sunshiny , but occasionally attacked by the blues , when he handed out verbal vitriol to friend and foe alike. Even then his caustic wit was In evidence , and the other boys learned to leave him alone on his oft days , which fortunately were not frequent. Ho had n prodigious memory , a fact of which he wan not proud. lie was prowl of his cssayx , however , and memorized nearly all of them. He wrote verse then , but not of the "Jim niudno" variety. That came later. Returning to Springfield , young IIa.\ studied law and was admitted to the bar. In the campaign of 1800 hr stumped the state for Lincoln. Upon his election the great war president made liny his assistant private nerrn tary. It was during the dark days of the conflict that the young man wrote his famous poem , "Kittle Breeches , " an effort that he did not appreciate at tlir time and which he has never rated at Its true worth nlnce. To cheer the preM Ident In one of the blackest hours of the war Hay wrote the verses to him and Lincoln Ilk in 1 It HO well that he In slHted on UK publication. AH a consequence quence the assistant private secrelarj awoke one morning , like Byron , to find himself famous. The Advent of "Jm | Dludso. " It wan not until 1871 , however , that "Pike County Ballads , " containing "Little Breeches , " 'Jim Dludso , " "Bun ty Tim" and other famous dialect po ems , appeared. In later Ufa Hay tried to forget that he had written these , but the public would not have It. Others delighted to remember these rough verses , so full of human nature , hu tnor and pathos , even though their au thor did not. A dlstlngulnhed English man once said that "Jim Blud.so , " he who would "hold her nozzle ag'ln the bank till the last galoot'fl ashore , " was one of thi ) most popular poems In King land. It was also In 1871 that "Castllhn Dii s" came out , which Horace ( ! reu ley declared the best book of travel he had ever read. A your later appeared Hay's translation of "Cantelar'8 1H > mocracy In Europe. " It was not till 18HO , however , that Hay's most fa moils book , "Abraham Lincoln ; a His tory , " was published , and the Biuue year came a later edition of his po < > ms John G Nlcolay , Lincoln's other nerro tary , collaborated with Hay In the lift- of their gr it chief , N'lcolay gathering the material and Hay writing the bonk. Editor of the New York Trihiine. It was In 1870 that Mr. Hay heeatno an editorial writer on the Tribune , a place he held for many years. It uus hero he began his lifelong friendship with Whltelaw Held. This two men have many points In common , not the least of which Is that both married rlc-h wives. While lU'ld was In Europit for several months Hay wna editor In chief of the Tribune. John Itussel ! Young described that time and xnld that \\lillo Hold had used whips on his political enemies Hay used scorpions , so that there was a nigh of relief In cer tain circles when Held returned "and the young lion ( Hay ) was vouchsafed the joyful manumission of the Inn gles " It was Held who Introduced Hay Inlo New York society , and ono of the match makers of the metropolln de elded that the young author and dlplo mat -Hay was then thirty-six was too eligible a bachelor to go unmarried , HO I she introduced him to Clam Stone , the daughter of a rievelaml millionaire , whom he married In 1874. Colonel Hay's house In Washington | has a rather modest appearance on the outside , but within it IH artistic and beautiful. The gtent diplomat's chief fad was to gather cartoons made of himself , anil one of the rooms of his home Is plastered with them. One of the choicest parts of hU collection con sists of the cartoons made by the fa mous Du Mnurier , the author of "Tril by. " In manner Secretary Hay was suave , polished and courtly. He never lacked in vigor , however , and often startled the diplomats of Europe by the orig- MH. IIAT'B OOUKTBT HOME AT , X. H. , WHEUE UK DIED. tnallty of his moves. He did not be lieve in the Indirect methods of old time diplomacy and pushed matters tea a conclusion. He spoke many lan guages , and his grasp of affairs was truly world Tilde. J. A. EDQEKTON. A Hriirded Frrnk. One of the earliest of the American bearded freaks was Louis Jasper , who lived In southern Virginia at a'lout the time of the close of the Revolutionary war. Ills beard was nine and a half feet long and correspondingly thick and heavy. He could take his mus tache between his fingers and extend his arms to their full length , and still the ends of the mustache were over a foot beyond bin finger tips. Impiirlniil Qu < > ntloii , The wasp was buzzing languidly Sronnd the house cat. "You needn't come any nearer , " said the cat. "I won't hurt you , " said the wasp. "I'm half Hick today , anyhow. " "Which half ? " linked the cat , backIng - Ing off. Chicago Tribune. Too Henry Hyde You ought to be In the workhoiiHo. Heelless Hufus I know It , boss , but I Jest can't bear de Idea ! Henry Hyde You Bhouldn't bo so proud. UoofleHS Hufus--'Taint pride , boss ; H'H the name o1 de place I can't stand , Cleveland Leader. Most people would rather preach half a day than practice half an Montreal Btar. POEMS BY JOHN HAY. KovorUrii Written lir I > l flftorrinrr of NtNtu , .Ilm llliuUu of tlir I'rnlrlc ItolU. WitAl , not 1 cnn't tell wlmr li live * , licence lie don't llvn , you , LcilltWAVH , ) ) ' H < ) | DUt ( if tlld Illlblt Of llvln' Ilko you nnd m Whnr lmv i you boon for the ( nut three year Tlml ion hnvon't ht-nrd folk * toll lto\v Jimmy lllmlno punted In liln chock * Tli * nlKht of the 1'rn I r In ItallcT Hu wet ( in'l no nUit- them aiiRlnitm \ nil iirotty much ullkn Out- wife In Niilrhitr.-l'iulrr-thn-lllll Ami nnollirr CHIP her * In I'lka A kcc'ili'H.i man In hln InlU WMK Jim And mi nukwnril liiuitl In n row. Uul ho novcr flimlipd , it nil hn ncvur llnl I reckon hn nrv r UnowrJ how. And this wit * nil thn religion ho hmll To tirnl hlH imliiK well. Novel1 In' punned on ( lie i Ivor , To mind Ilm pilot1 * lirll , And If evvt thn 1'iulrlu Hello took ( Ire A thniiKiinil tlmt'M IIH mxore llc'd huld lior noithi UK In thn Imnli Till thu liiHt noul not imlior * All liont. " him their duy on tha Mln l li > , And hoi day como at hut - The MoviiHlnr WHH n lielttu liont , llllt Dip Helle , nlu > wouldn't bo punxed ; And Hn Hhe come teiirln along tluit nlclit- Thu oldont niift on the linn - With u nlKKt'i ' minat on her mifely vulvn And her furnuco rininincd.rtmln nnd | ilno The tlii hunt out IIH nlin cl'iired ( he bur And burnt u hole In the nlitht. And ( julrk an a llnxh vhe tinned nnd miidu For Unit wilier bunk on the iliht TliriH xvnn runnln' and cumin' , but Jim jelled out Oxer nil the Infeinnl roiu : "I'll bold her m > r/.l < ' nK'ln the bank Till the Init jrnloot'H nMiorel" ThrmiKh tint hot , blnrli brenth of thn burn- In' boot Jim Ulndso'H voice \\-nn henrd , And they all hnd In * t In bin cinoediienii And know'd huM nld keep hl word And , mire'i > ou'ie Innn. they nil sot off Afor thu Htnokcst ickn fell , And IHudso'B uluixt went up iiloria In the nmoUn of the Pnilrlo lUlln He weren't no Kiilnt , but nt JrdKinent I'd tun mv cbunc'ti with Jim 'LonK * < ldu of Home pious imntlomen That wouldn't Hbooli handi with him. HP Keen hl duty , a dead nure thills' , And w nt foi It thin and then , And Clirlut ain't n-Koln' to bo too hard On u ninn that died for men I.IMIc llr > rt < h . I don't KO much on irllylcm 1 never ain't Iniil no nlio\v nut I'vo KOI a mlddlln' tlvht crip , lr , On the handful o' thlngn 1 know. I don't pun out on the ptophet * And free ulll and that nut of thine , fiut I b'lleve In God and the Kver aence on nluht last I comn Into town with tiomu turnip * , And my little Cube cnme nloiiK No four-year-old In the county Could bent him for pretty mid ntronc , Penrt nnd chippy and uimsy , Always rendy to nwenr nnd flRht , And I'd Inrnt him. to chaw terbacksr Jot to keep bis milk teeth whit * . The Know eome down like a blanket A. " I pained by TnKKurl'v eloroj I went In for a JIIK of molnnneH And left the team nt the door They nonred nt MmiethliiK and t rt d I henrd on little miunll. And hell to npllt ovui th prnirlu Went team , Little Hit'eche * and nil. Hell to Kllt | ) user the pialilo1 I wan nlmoht froze with kkeer , Dut we rounti'd up Mime loichoi And Borched for 'em fat and nnar. At la t \\u xtriick IIOHMIH nnd wagon Bnowcd under a fofl whltu mound , Up.-ot , dcnd bent- but of llttlo Qab No hide nor hair wao found. And her * nil hopen ooured on ma , Of my fellow crltter'K nld I Jpwt flopped down on m > marrowbone. * Ciotch deep In the Know nnd prnywd. Dy this the torcbeH uns played out , And me nnd iHrul Parr Wont off for Nome wood to n Khwcpfold That he mild wan iiomvwhnr tbnr We found It nt luHt nnd u little nhed Where they shut up the lamb * at night. W looked In and neen them huddled thar , Bo warm and uleepy and white And thar not Little Itrfecheu nnd chirped , AH pert nn ever you wee , "I want u chaw of terbacker , And thnt'H what the mntter of m . " How did he Bit thiir ? He could never bavo wnlkodln thatatorm. They Jem utooped down and toted him To whar It was pnfe und wurm And I think that aavlnrr u little child And fetching him to hlH own I * a durned slKht better biiHlnex * Than loaflna around the throne. Danly Tim. I reckop I Kit your drift , Rent * You 'low the boy nhan't Htny. This In n white mun'n country ; You're DlmooratH , you my And wherean nnd Hecln' and wherefore The times bcln' all out o' J'lnl , The nljrger hint KOI to money From the limits o' Spunky P'lntl La's renxon the thing n minute , I'm nn old fnnhloncd Dlmocrnt , too , ThoiiKh I laid my polttlcn out o' the way For to keep till the war was through Hut I coma back here nllowln' To vote an I nucd to do , ThoiiKh ItKravelB me like the devil to truln Along o' slnh fool * n * you. Now , dog my cats ef I ktn e , In all the light of duy. What you're got to do with the question ICf Tim xhall go or Htny And , furder than that , I give notice Ef one of you leches the boy He kin check hln trunk * to a warmer clime Thun he'll nnd In Illanoy. Why , blame your heart * . Jest hear me ! You know that ungodly day When our left atruck Vlckiburg Height * , how ripped And torn nnd tattered we lay. When the rent retrcatod I stayed behind Fur reasons aufllclcnt to me With a rib caved In and n leg on strike I rprnwled on that damned glacee. Ixird. how hot the sun went fpr u * And br lied nnd bllHtered and burned1 How the rebel bullet.1) whizzed round u * When u cuts In his de.ith grip turned ! Till along toward dusk 1 h < ? en a thing I couldn't bdline for u npcll That nlSKcr that Tim win n-crawlln' to me Through that fireproof , Kilt edged hell ! The rebels veen him as quick a * me , And the bulletH buzzed like bee * , But ho jumped for me and ihouMered me , Though a * hot brought him once to hi * knee * . But he staggered up and packed roe off , With a dozen fitumbl E andfaUfc. Till * afe In our line he dropped u * both , HI * black hide riddled with ball * . Bo , my gentle a-accllen , thar'a my aniwer , And here * taya Banty Tim He trumped Denth'e ace for me that day , And I'm not goln' baok on him ) You may recoloot till the cow * come home. 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