The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-07
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT,
Appointment of Salmon p. Chase as
Chief Justice.


Salmon Z. Chase, Of Ohio, Chief Justice; salary
$1,000.
Nathan Clifford, Of Maine, Assoc ate Justice
salary $4,000.
Samuel Nelson, Of NLaw York 4 ggoCiatp Tug-
tice; salary $1,000.
Robert c. Grier, Of Pcnnsy lyau'a, Associate
Justice; salary $1,000.
James NJ. Wayne, of Georgia, Associate Jus.
David Davis, OF Illinois, Asso ate Justice
salary $4,000.
John Catron, Of Tennessee, Associate Justice
Noah H. swayno, Of Ohio, Associate Justice
samuel +. Miller, of Iowa, Associate Justice;
salary $4,000.
Stephen J. Field, of California, Associate jas
ticei salary SG00O
The Court meets on the first Monday in Dsccm.
Der OF each year at Washington. IL IS nov in
session.
sKErCH OF THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.
The appointment and confirmation OF Mr..
Chase to the Chief Justceship of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, to fiji tho vacancy
Occasioned by the death Of Chief Justice Roge
b. Taney, is now fact. The prominence of Mr.
Chase, Of late years, in the politics Of his adopted
State, and subsequently in various offices of the
General Government, both by The selection of
the people OF OHIO and of the Chief Magistrate of
the nation, has rendered the events Of his career
somewhat familiar to the country, and not ar
exception to the usual criticisms and ventilations
OF the press and the people. We de not, in the
present instance, propose to discuss any of Mr..
Chase's public acts, but simply Intend TO narrate
those aegrees OF advancement by which he has
risen 10 bis present conspicuous position in the
eyes Of the country and the world.
Salmon Portland Chase was born in Cornish,
New Hampshire, on the 18th of January, IS )S.
When he attained the age of seven years, he
accompanied his parents TO keene, whittier the
family removed. At the age Of twelve years his
father being dead, the young mau was sent to
WorthingtOn, Ohio, and placed under the tut.
ton Of his uncle, PnilaRder Chase, at that time
Bishop of Ohio. He subsequently entered Gin
cnnati College, then under the Presidency of his
uncle.
While here the young man advanced 80 rapidly
in his studies that he was admitted to the sOphO-
more class in advance of the usual order of time.
He continued In Cincinnati College for q year
when he returned TO his home in New Hamp-
shire. He Immediately entered the junior class
or Dartmouth College, and graduated from that
institution in 1929. Soon after, Mr.. Chase re-
moved to Washington and open,d classical
school for boys. Before the close Of 1929 he was
admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia.
In his legal studies he was under the direction of
William Writ.
In the earlier part OF the year 1890 Mr. Chase
removed TO Cincinnati, and at once commenced
the practice of law. UP to the year 1Stl he con-
hned himself exclusively to the prosecution of
his profession, and during that time was engaged
upon several cases OF more than local interest.
argument before the Supreme Court of Ohio, in
defense of James G. Birney, prosecuted under
Stale law for harboring a slave, aud also 10 a
newspaper ventilation of the rcporJ Of the Judi
ciary Committee of the Safe Of ONO, against the
trial of alleged slaves Dy jury.
In 1884 he was appointed Solicitor of the Bank
of the United States in Cincinnati, and soon after
of one of the city banks. In lS4l Mr.. Chase took
q bold stand in politics. Hitherto he sided with
the party holding views approximating his own
upon the subject OF slavery, which we're opposed
70 the encroachments OF the institution and in
favor Of some action controlling its extension.
Accordingly, in the year mentioned, he Joined in
q call for convention ofthe opponents of slavery
and of its extension. The cOnytn alton met at
COLUMBUS, Ohio, in that year. An address, of
which Mr.. Chase was the author was issued, aud
unanimously adopted by the convention. The
address at the same time was promulgated to the
people, and defined the views aud purposes Of
the convention. This was the first harmonious
and regularly planned action against slavery.
few ears later Mr.. Chase was a member of
the Committee on Resolutions of the National
Liberty Convention at Buffalo. In the came year
he prepared an address or behalf of the friends
of liberty, Ireland and repeal in Cincinnati, to
the Loyal National Repeal Association in Ire
land, in reply to a letter from Daniel O'Conuell.
In June, lS45, in a convention held In Ciucin-
natl, nc figured as chairman of the committee,
and prepared an address, in which he advocated
the formation of party unequivocally resolved
upon the Standardization and destruction of the
slave power. In l8i7 Mr.. Chase vas a member
of the second National Liberty Convention. In
lS4S he prepared call for Free Territory State
Convention at Columbus, and was supported by
three thousand signers.
Out of this convention sprang one Of a national
character, which met in Buffalo the following
August. Mr.. Chase was President at the National
Convention, and also member of It's committeeon
resolutions. The convention adopted platform
The prominent part which Mr.. Chase had taken
in the progressive measures of ne day pointed
him out for a more enlarged sphere of duty. On
the 22d of February, 1910, he was chosen Senator
OF the United States from OHIO. receiving the
unanimous vote Of the Dem crdt,c members Of
the State Legislature and those trco-soil members
who favored Democratic views. AZ this time the
Democratic party OF Ohio had arrlyed itself in
antagonism to slavery by declaring 1t an evil.
Mr.. Chase, upon the acceptance IF the senator
ship, canddly stated his determin alton TO stand
up TO the views he had always entertained upon
the sui iect of slavery, and ii his party withdrew
from its position he would sever uis connection
with it. Subsequently disappearing Of the
action of the Baltimore ConyeutOn of 1852, he
withdrew from the party and advocated, in a
letter 10 Mr.. b. f. Butler, the creation of an in
dependent Democratic party. He prepared a
platform which was adopted by the PittSburg
independent Democratic Convention of 1852
The acts of Mr.. Chase IN his sentsorial Office are
not forgotten. In 1854 he opposed the repeal of
the Nebraska Kansas bill. He endeavored to
show the necessity of alternating the Government
from its intimacy with the slave power.
He favored Government aid IN the great work
of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by
means of a railroad. He also favored free home
steads to be granted out Of the public lands to
actual settlers not possessed Of other lands. In
numerous other matters he took the same con-
spicuous position. In July, 1855, Mr.. Chase was
nominated by the opponents of the Nebraska bill
and the Pierce administration for Governor OF
Ohio,and was elected. In his Gubernatorial Office
he was particularly useful in establishing the
finances of the State of Ohio upon a firm basis.
AZ the expiration of his first term, Governor
Chase desired to retire from office, but in obedi-
ence to the most determined wishes Of the Re
pubicans he was renominated and reelected.
During his second term he submitted an eabo-
rate investigation of the finances and resources of
Ohio, and suggested measures for the better secu-
rity Of the State Treasury. All these met the
Of IhA SLata Ianialatnrn lanl