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WILLIAM HAYWARD SECRETARY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
Erief Accotct of the Busy Life of a Nebraska Boy Who Eaa Wca Eia Way to tis Very Frcct ia National Politics by Dint of Hard Work and Active Ability.
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FROM the cradle to the second higiest portion la the manage-
meat of ;i great political party la tlirty-one year.
That Is the unparalleled word oC a Home grown Ne
braska boy; bora here; educated here; discovered herf. As
private dtlaea. soldier, lawyer, eouaty otflcial aad manager
of a political party he baa made rood.
Mr. Hay-ward attended bis Erst political convention aa a delegate
ia 133 at the age of 13 years, aad slaee that time he baa been a
delegate to every republieaa state convention beid la Nebraska. Hj
pleadld success aad rapid rise to position is due primarily to bis
ability, a broad miad, a $ en Lai disposition aad bis faculty for making
frieads, ratber tbaa to aa.ApulL He baa beea la tie pubiic eye siacs
a boy aa a college toot bail player, a college base biul manner, fra
ternity mas. official, soldier aad lawyer, and with bis years there baa
com to blm mors friends and more power. Not oace la bis short
bnt very public life baa be failed to measure up to tbat very high
sfaadard set for blm by a critical people.
Whea tie aews of bis appointment as secr-tary of the national
republican committee was received at Nebraska City, tie universal
comment of bis boms folks was tils:
"It's a big Job, but E1U win make food."
Aad tbat Has about tells tie whole story of Will Haywarl b
eaa make food at aaytaiag be undertakes. He Is lust a true sou of
Nebraska, broadeaed by experience, but as enthusiastic over thinga
be ts iaterestad la as a school boy. He n ambitious to make tie
most of tie poeltioa be fills.
Tie new secretary was bora la Nebraska City. April 23. 1377.
He was tie second aad youagest son of tie lata United States Seaator
Monroe Lelaad Hayward. Senator- Hayward came to Nebraska la
1S from Wisconsin, thouga be was originally from New York, aad
bis ability soon placed aim among tie prominent figures of tie state.
He served ta a New York regimeut during tie civil war. Ia 1333 he
was elected United States senator, tut died tie following December
without having atteaded a sessioa af congress. Will Hayward was
his father's secretary aad bis very close aad confidential friend dar
ing the last few years of tie lator's life, aad possibly from him tie
young aiaa Inherited bis love for politics aad political contest.
Married & Neighbor's Daughter
air. Eaywarl vu married to Miaa Coe Louisa Ireland, March
25, 1301. Mrs. Hayward was tie daughter of tie late FraaJc P.
Ireland, one of the leading citizens of the state aad a very prominent
democrat. She resided at Nebraska City, where she was bora aad
grew up aa neighbor to Will Hayward. They have one child, a
4-year-old boy. named for bis grandfather, Monroe Lelaad Hayward.
Mrs. Eaywarl aad tie son are now traveling la Europe, duriag tie
temporary absence from home of Mr. Hayward. whose duties aa
chairman of the republieaa state committee require bis presence la
T imWti Tie Haywards have a magnificent name la Nebraska City,
built on the ground which, tie elder Hayward selected for his own
home. The bouse ever looks the Missouri river aad commands a
view tor forty miles up aad down tiia stream aad tweaty miles across
Into tie bluffs la Iowa. Surrounding tie house la a park of aiaa
acres.
Mr. Hayward la a great lover af all kinds of outdoor sports, aad
he is the owner of a motor boat, which, awing to his good nature aad
generous disposition, he has aot beea an. for more tbaa two years.
Ia fact. It has beea ta. constant use by a bunch of fishermen, hunters
aad trappers ever since tie new secretary made a memorable trip
to St. Louis ia It. a. dispute arose in Nebraska City over tie speed
that could be obtained by Will Hayward's boat or aa automobile.
Hayward was willing to admit for tie sake cf argument that on a
abort run aad a down hill pull tie automobile could bat him. but
on a long trip be maintained tie motor boat would maka tie auto
mobile look like a mad hale. It was finally arranged to make a
race from Omaha to St. Louis. The affair was widely advertised,
and en the day af the start hundreds of people were gathered at the
river front to see tie racers off. Hayward was there with his little
motor boat, about the size et a soap bubble, bobbing up and down
on the miaatur waves. But no automobile showed up. Finally a
message eame that the auto lovers had given up tie fight. Not so
with. Hayward. He wanted to satisfy himself tiat he was right.
"I'll go anyhow, he said.
And he did. It took him something like a month to make tha
trip. Frequently three postal cards would be received by his friends,
mailed ta the same town cn different days, where the vailaat sailor
man had been tied up for repairs. These postals are still kept la
Nebraska City as souvenirs aad a wonderful history of a great stunt.
Hayward returned to Nebraska City la a parlor car aad his boat rode
quietly on top of a fiat car.
It is uat aa IKustratloa of what Hayward's friends say of him,
He never starts anything be doesn't Caisa."
The day before election ia 1307. Hayward was called up over
the telephone from Nebraska City.
"We are going to lose the county aad It Is your fault." said the
voice at the otier end of the wire. That from home was pretty bad
news tor the state chairman.
Then came the upiaaationr
"About half tie voters in your ward are on tiat dam motor
boat of yours fishing aad hunting tweaty miles up tie river. How
are we going to get them back here?"
The rest of the talk was a condemnation of motor boats in gen
eral and Will Hayward's la particular.
Hayward sent a good friend on horseback aad overhauled the
boat. Though, the fishlag and hunting were good, every man aboard
that boat came home aad cast his vote for Hayward's favorite candi
dates. Taey did It for Will Hayward.
Service- in tha Army
As a soldier la tie Spaaiah-Amerrcaa war. Will Hayward is re
membered by tie members of tie Second Nebraska regiment and
particularly by the members of company C. of which he was captaia.
aa a careful, humane, energetic officer. He was mustered lata the
service In llf I. aad remained at Chickamaugua until September. Hi
was mustered ut la October aad then a short tne later elected
colonel of tie Second regiment
Whea Hayward became a captaia la the army of his country
he was 11 years old aad had lust left schooL He was given more
responsible duties to perform tiaa is usually placed upon the shoul
ders of a captain. Ia going from Nebraska to Chlckamaugua he was
given charge of a battalloa and It was a part of bis duties to look
after the commissary aad order food by telegraph to be rvd thd
soldiers at tie various stations along tie way. His willingness to
work was aot overlooked by his superior officers, aad the members
ef his regiment say he did all tiat was required of him aad more.
Before the regiment came back to Fart Omaha a sick train was
made up aad sent on ahead. Haywarl and Major Tracey weat over
to Lytle, a short distance from Chickamaogua. where the sick were
being cared for. and worked day aad night getung their comrades
comfortably fixed aboard the ears. Then Hayward went as far as
Chattanooga with the train. As aa tndii'anon of bow well he made
good a a soldier. It la only necessary to point out tiat three differ
ent governors offered him the poet of sdjutant general of tie state.
" These governors were Dietrich. Micksy aad the preaeat governor.
George L. ShaUoa. Xacb. offer was declined.
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university ta IS 37, whea Supreme Judge Reese was deaa of the law
school.
"Hayward had a bright mind whea in school." said Judge Raese.
"He never had ta dig like some of the other students, but he seemed
to be able to master his studies without apparent effort."
After his graduation. Hayward opened his law office la Nebraska
City, aad la 1301 formed a partnership with W. H. Plfcser. Except
for the time he served aa county Judge, one term, and the time he
served la tie army, he has applied himself closly to his law buaiaess.
It Is said of tie law firm of Pltaer A- Hayward that Its buaiaess ex
ceeds that of aay otier firm la tie soutieru part of tie state. In
fact, a resident of Nebraska City said the name of Fltzer & Hayward
Burdens That Are Borne by Turks
NETV TORS, Aug. 13. "The dra
matic rapidity with which a
bloodless revolution brought a
constitution ta Turkey la hardly
the western Idea of aa Oriental
coup," said one of tie Young Turk party who
came as aa exile to America. "The people
of the east you think are ail fatalists and
move with, leisure through devious courses
and with sanguinary results.
"Yet after all tie procedure is not Iacoa
sisteat with the qualities that those who have
studied the Turk ascribe to him. Soma peo
ple wander that from the 'unspeakable Turk'
there should come men of such patriotism
and worth as tie revolutionary party has de
veloped. All classes of Turkey, net alone
the official class with which the foreigner has
come most In contact, have formed part of
this movement, and some of the qualities of
my countrymen hae appeared that might
not have been suspected.
"There has not been much encourage
ment in the put to study the Turk at home
aad most foreigners'who have attempted an
opinion seem to have gone about it merely
as If they would eonfirm themselves In one
that they had already formed. Your practi
cal man of business flndd s country wbers
reads and bridges Invite disaster, where the
principal towns are undrained and unlighted
and where people seem to take a curious de
light In sitting perfectly still. Persons in
fluenced by their sentiments pereeive qnly
the division betweea Moslem aad Christian
and are interested la the former principally
bt cause they consider them inferior beings
aad deserving of pity; these folks get a Jolt
when they discover that the Mubammedaa
has aa absolute contempt for the Chr.atiaa
and caa And no better term for them than
giaour.
"The Turk Is really a mass of Incongrui
ties, and when you taas this into considers--tiou
you will find that tie working out at tie
bloodless revolution without any apparent
leader, yet swiftly and surely, is not so much
of aa Oriental mystery. His country has
teen the scene cf ever recurring anarchy, yet
he has aa inborn sense of discipline, wherein
lies his great military strength.
" 'As laay as a Turk' is a byword, yet In
all the world there la no more Industrious
peasant tiaa some cf tie Turkish peasants,
aad there are no more painstaking and pa
tient soldiers. The Turk ia recognised as
the greatest persecutor that tie Chmuaa
has to co a teal with, yet tus religious Ur
stincu are all for tolerance.
"The world has credited him. aad only
recently, too, with excesses of barbarism, yet
he is hospitable to strangers and kind to aai
mals aad children. He will calmly sit smok
ing his chibouk to the last whiff and then get
up and cut a Christian's throat or go to his
masque. So while the Turk may be guilty
of some things charged agaiaut him, he may
at the same time be patriotic aad deserving
of a better government tiaa he has had."
The propaganda that won tie rscant vic
tory is Interesting. The Turk, tionga the
dominant race la the empire, is aot the most
numerous; he scarcely numbers one to four
of the others. Yet be either won them all
ever or kept them slleat, while he plotted In
the moat despotically-ruled country la tie
world, a country overrun with spies aad offi
cial sycophants.
According to tie beat laformatioa avail
able a few weeks ago. the young Turk party
ccaaisted of merely a haadful of studeat3,
exiles aad Europeaaized and Americanized
Moslems, without money, organisation or in
fluence. Thea all of a suddea tie wioie
etiuatry becomes ablaze, the auitaa, after his
tiirty-tw-j years of" virtual tmprtaoament ia
hia pace, meets a delegation of the revalu-Cf-nistj.
tails them tiat his "greatest object
is tie prosperity aad salvatioa of my subjects
wto are no other tbaa my owa childrea."
takes out of the closet the constitution cf
117 and promulgates it throughout tie em
pire. It reads like the trick of a magician.
"The land was merely ready for revolu
tion," said tie young Turk, "when tie Turk
lab soldier found out from tie troops of
other nations that had been sent dawn ta
police Macedonia tiat their governments
paid them regularly and that they were ex
pected to serve only the legal time of their
conscription, he got to thinking.
"He. poor devil, had perhaps nvr had
a pay day and he served aa a soldier aa long
aa he could be kept In the field. When he
went home at last he found tiat the Chna
Can peasant neignbora of his own age had
settled down to a modest degree of prosper
ity; while at the end of his long term ef
service he was penniless, his parents' farm
had rua down la b.s absence, and he was
forced to work tt w'.th the most primitive
Implements and without profit.
"Ia tie towns he found that the Jews sad
the Armenians had monopolised the trade.
A home and wife In his poverty-stricken
ccaditibA ware Lspouubia aad from uu of
traiaing he was uaprepared to compete with
other races ta tie struggles of modem life.
"He might become a tax collector or a
civil official, but the latter was seldom "paid,
aad of the former's extortions, after he had
settled with the maa higher up, there re
mained only a mite. Aa the ruling, domi
nant race he might confiscate hia more suc
cessful Christian neighbor's property, but
this kind of reprisal had created such aa up
roar of recent years la Europe tiat it was
ao longer worth the while.
"The positioa of tie officers was no bet
ter. There was no system of promotion for
merit and most ef tie anaps at Constantino
ple, as well as many of to high positions,
were given in reward for efficient spy service.
I have ofVa known old officers to pawn med
als woa for gallantry la tie Russo-Tarkiab
war la order to get food far their wives aad
cJlildrea.
"The discontent has beea increased by
tie incapacity showa by the government la
the management of the home aaairs and by
tne necessity that has so often arise, to lielr
humiliation ior tie interference of foreign
powers. The censorship regulations had
grown so oppressive tiat about the c.aly boo a
a maa could safely have la his poasxtfaioc
was the Kjr&a. Shakespeare u;.'. Daara
were interdicted because somewher la their
writings there was found some reference u
the prophet that might be considered deroga
tory. "The newspapers were strong on the boil
weevil la Madagascar or tie culture of
pruaes ia Kamchatka, but there must not be
a mention of public policy ta Turkey or a
reference to political events la Europe. ' The
murder of the king of Portugal was reported
as an attack of heart disease and tie assassi
nation of President McKlnley was rep
rtaented as a death due to natural causes.
"The revival of Turkish literature that
showed so much promise a decade or so ago
was crushed and the works of a new school
of native authors In which the educated Turk
tock much pride could be read only in
stealth. Most modem inventions were pro
hibited. Electricity appears to have come
in for the special aversion of the sultaa.
"There are only three or four buildings
ia Constantinople tiat are Ughied wtta it.
At one time when the sultan was going to
the mosque he saw that It would be neces
sary far him to pass under a telegraph
wire. He oriered the wire to be cut be
i Contin led oa Page Three.,
appesrs on one side or the otier ef "practically every case on the
pr-seut docket of tie Third judicial district. i
In accepting the place as secretary of the actional committee
Will Haywarl is making a fmaaciar sacrifice. H.s law practice
which now reaches five figures annually, la constantly growing. He
Is considered one of the ablest and most brilliant lawyers la Ne
braska. Mr. Hayward Is a aplendid speaker and on several occasions he
has appeared before state gatherings aad recently was one of the
orators at the annual banquet of tie Young Men's Republican club
of Liacola. This club prids itself on the good speakers It has se
cured, and Hayward's speech will gr dowa ta the history of the club
as one of the very beat that has beea delivered oa these occasions.
His Lots for Politics
TbDugh the positioa of secretary of tie national committee will
mean a finaaciai loss to htm. Hayward loved politics and a is party
too much to refuse the offer. Since a boy be has been actively en
gaged in local aad state contests. Slace 130 2 be has beea a member
of the state committee, aad while he has worked hard for the success
cf others, it cannot be said that be himself is very ambitious polit
ically. He was elected and served one term as county Judg if Otoe
county In 1301, but he declined a second nomination. Thrwe year
ago he was a candidate for th republican nomination for congress
from the First district to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Elmer J. Burktt, who had been. elected to the senate. Hay
ward misse-l the nomination by two votes. A year ago Hayward
was a delegate tn the conference ca!ld by Governor Cummins of
Iowa, looking towarl the election of United States senators by direct
vote.
When Governor Sheldon was eiectedfle first offered Hayward
the position of adjutant general, which was dcllned. He tien In
sisted upon bim taking the place as private secretary. Th's also -vas
declined by Hayward. because he said he could not afford to sacri
fice his law-practice. This place pays 12.000 a year. Yet Hayward
accepted the chairmanship of the republican state committee, wbicii
pays him the munificent sum of nothing.
His record aa chairman of the state committee Is frosh in the
minds of the people of Nebraska. He elected Judge Reese by the
largest majority ever given a candidate for supreme judge in tie
state. As chairman he ws aot only energetic, resourrefui aad am
bitious, but original as well." He originated a campaign document
which attracted attention all over the country. It was the now
famous pledge slate.
Previous to the election of the legislature In 1307, The Omaha
Bee published the republican party pledges. Candidates for the lei;iu
Iature signed these and the page of pledges and facsimile of the
signatares was published. When the legislature convened, the pac
was reprinted under the heading: "Th promise now for perfirm
aace." Governor Sheldon pasted the psge oa his office wall and as the
pledges In the form of bills were passed by the legislature and
brought to him. he crossed out that particular pledge. At the close
af the session every pledge bad beea crossed out. Ia the fall Will
Hayward weat to the office of the governor aad dug up that page of
The Bee with the governor's marks oa It. Hayward had the page
photographed and cuts made of It and used It as a campaign docu
ment. It was one of the moat original documents ever used la a
Nebraska campaiga aad the result showed It proved very efjctiv.
Business Methods Apply
Hayward ut aot the originator af tie card Index system, which,
first used In this state, haai been adopted by tie national committee,
and neltier does he claim to be, but during his term as state chair
man he has brought the system up to date aad perfected It. He la a
careful orgaaizer aad a great maa for detaila. While chairman he
did not stop at tie end of tie campaign and lock up tie headquarters,
but kept tie headquarters open all during the summer months and
kept tn touch with the county chairmen. Hia men have worked la
tie headquarters every day since the closing of the polls last Novem
ber, aad the result Is tie republieaa jsrty baa entered tie fight this
fall la better condition tiaa ever before. He has so simplified the
work that his successor caa continue tt without a Jar.
Hayward was Importuned by his friends to permit tie use of
his name as a candidate for delegate to tie national convention, but
he refused.
"I'm going to the convention anyhow," he said. "Elect someone
who would not go otherwise. '
He could have been a delegate fmn the First district without
a contest had he consented, but he would not.
He attended the convention at Chicago- and there met Frank
Hitchcock, manager of Secretary Taft's campaign for the nomination.
When the national chairman called his meeting of western chairmen
and committeemen to be held In Colorado Springs, Chairm.ia Hay
ward attended and explained the card system to the visiting officials.
Hitchcock Invited Hayward to meet with tie eastern chairmen In
Chicago, and at this meeting he again explained the card system.
That he made a favorable- impression at botls, meetings all report
Indicated. His election as secretary ef the national committee, while
a surprise to the great majority of tie people In Nebraska, was not
wholly unexpected. Rumors had been current for several days that
Nebraska was to lose Hayward. because Hitchcock wanted him ta
some capacity.
The day fallowing his selection a largw floral horseshoe was
sent to tie headquarters of tie republican state committee from tie
home folks of Nebraska City, wishing the new secretary good luck.
With the horseshoe was a card bearing tie following inscription:
A Good Luck Wish
k From tie home folks at Nebraska City
to
William Hayward
la bis new field of labor oa tie I
Republican National Committer.
Having mad good as school boy aad student,
soldier, lawyer. Judge
aad party manager. x
Your old friends doubt not that yoa.
will help
"Make Taff
Th rnbuts from Nebraska City home folks eame very nesr
unhorsing tie new secretary. They are tie people tiat know aim.
They kaew him when he was a 14-year-old bmy and taught a Sunday
school class in the Baptist Suaday school. Ia those days tier were
a lot of colored people llvlag la tie First ward la Nebraska City,
waere tie Haywards lived. Many of them were old slaves and they
ail wanted to know how to read and writ. Young Haywarl took
it oa h.mseif to teach them. Every Suaday afternoon for two years
he conducted a Suaday school class, and ta addition taught reading
and writing. Years later, when Hayward raa for eouaty Judge,
though his ward was always democratic ta politics, he received all
but eight votes ta the ward. Mr. Hayward Is a member of tha
Baptist church aad for many years he has beea a trust la his home
church.
Will Hayward Is wen qualified by experience aad education for
the poeltioa of secretary of tie national committee. He has traveled
extensively, not only ta hia own eonatry, but after completing h:s
law course at tie university, he traveled abroad for a number of
months. He knows how to meet people. He knows how to make
people glad. He Is the sam ta everybody all the time.
Will Hayward Is good-looking. He ta aU feet and en tech la
height; has dark hair and fair eomplexioa. He ta built like aa ata
lete aad ia aa athlete. H.t ia a worthy arm of his father.
lacldeataHy tie date tie newspaper carried the aews of Mr
Haywiri'i aeiectloa as aecretary was Just tea years to a day frim the
time his father received tie republieaa, aomiaatiou for governor of
Nebr.sk. H. H. P. .