Evarts,
Secretary of State; John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury;
Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior; David M. Key, Postmaster-
General; Richard M. Thompson, of Indiana, Secretary of the
Navy.
President Hayes was a simple-hearted, sincere, strong and
wise man. He is the only President of the United States who
promised, when he was a candidate for office, not to be a
candidate again, who kept his pledge. He carried out the
principles of Civil Service Reform more faithfully than any
other President before or since down to the accession of President
Roosevelt. General Grant in his "Memoirs" praises the soldierly
quality of President Hayes very highly. He was made Brigadier-
General on the recommendation of Sheridan, and brevetted Major-
General for gallant and distinguished services. He wrote,
after the Presidential election, to John Sherman, as follows:
"You feel, I am sure, as I do about this whole business. A
fair election would have given us about forty electoral votes
at the South, at least that many; but we must not allow our
friends to defeat one outrage by another.
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