It Is an amazing recital. �and no duplicate can be found in the annals of any other nation. Only in democratic America. whose portals have never known bolt or padlock. would such a career be possible. WIL lIAM HUGHES belonged to that very notable and everincreasing class of citizens who. though foreign born. attain positions of great distinction in America. So many similar instances are encountered in the annals of our people that. as a rule. we no longer think it sufficiently noteworthy to comllent upon it. .f Though probably of Welsh lineage. as his surname suggests. lie was a native of Ireland. having been born there April 3. 1872. He was only 8 years of age when the initial steps in the Alnericanization of WILLIAM HUGHES took place. lie having accoi.panie his father to this country in the year 1880. He was then a brighteyed. impulsive lad and was possessed of an inquiring. acquiring mentality. No emigrant ever landed upon our shores whose perceptions were keener or who was animated by a livelier sense of inquisitiveness. Event at that early age. while utterly unconscious of the full possibilities which destiny had in store for him in the New World. yet lie seemed to sense the opportunity for a life with -whichi he was previously totally unacquainted. Thus. after the fathers establishment In his new environment. the boy entered the public school. and there were laid the foundations of his equipment for the duties which afterwards devolved upon him and for the honors which subsequently were his portion.
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