We are, to say the least, not yet ready for his remedy. We may reach and remove the difficulty by changes in the laws regulating corporations, descents of property, wills, trusts, taxation, and a host of other important interests, not omitting lands and other property.[224]

Later life and death[edit]
Hayes in 1886
Hayes was greatly saddened by his wife's death in 1889.[225] When she died, he wrote, "the soul had left [Spiegel Grove]".[225] After Lucy's death, Hayes's daughter Fanny became his traveling companion, and he enjoyed visits from his grandchildren.[226] In 1890, he chaired the Lake Mohonk Conference on the Negro Question, a gathering of reformers that met in upstate New York to discuss racial issues.[227] Hayes died of complications of a heart attack at his home on January 17, 1893, at the age of 70.[228] His last words were "I know that I'm going where Lucy is."[228] President-elect Cleveland and Ohio Governor McKinley led the funeral procession that followed his body until Hayes was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.