The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . n the National Asylumto vote was restored; the students privilege of votingwhile attending college was given back, and the papers were purchased and letters and manu-scrip
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . n the National Asylumto vote was restored; the students privilege of votingwhile attending college was given back, and the papers were purchased and letters and manu-scripts relating to pioneer history were collected. Inhis inaugurals he urged upon the legislature suchmeasures as the passage of registration laws to se-cure the purity of elections, and of laws to punishmalfeasance in office; the desirability of taxation inproportion to the actual value pf property, and suchchanges in penal laws and prison discipline as wouldtend to promote the moral reformation of the cul-prit. At the end of his second term the Democratsappointed a committee to investigate the administra-tion of officers under him. The report was that sofar as elective officers and their subordinates are con-cerned, very commendable honesty and fidelity havebeen observed, and in the official conduct of nopublic office, whether elective or appointive, has cor-ruption been disclosed. In January, 1873, at the ex-. piration of his term, the Republican members of thelegislature, who were opposed to the election ofJohn Sherman to the U. S. senate, urged Hayes to betheir candidate, assuring him of the support of theDemocratic members; but he declined. In his wishes, he was renominated for congress inthe 2d district of Cincinnati,his opponent on the Dem-ocratic ticket being Gen. Henry B. Banning, and,having accepted, made civil service reform and anhonest financial policy the chief subjects of his cam-paign speeches. Though he ran 1,000 votes aheadof his ticket, he was
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