Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-16
Chief.J Justice Chase.

SALMON PORTLAND CHASE was born in
Cornish, N. H., january 10, 1903. At the
age of twelve his father died, and the boy
was sent to Ohio, where his education was
for time superintended by his uncle,
Bishop Philander Chase. He graduated
at Dartmouth College in 1926. For two or
three years he taught classical school IN
Washington, studying law meanwhile I'M
der William Writ and in 1929 was adj
mitted to the bar of the District. The
following year he removed to Cincinnati,
and ever since then has made that city his
home. There he then acquired lucra-
tive law practice, and was for some time
retained as solicitor for the Cincinnati
branch of Nick Biddle's bank. His first
public connection with the slavery ques-
ton was in 1887, when he ably defended
fugitive from the patriarchal institution. In
1916 he was associated with Mr.. Seward in
the Van Zandt case, in the Supreme Court
of the United States, holding then, as be-
fore, that there was no power in Congress
to legislate for the reclamation of fugitives,
and that, in fact, no fugitive could be re-
claimed at all unless proved to have escap-
ed from one of the original States. In
1910 Mr.. Chase supported Harrison Tor
the Presidency; and in~f643 was one OF
the leading members of the Liberty Party
convention held at Buffalo. -Four years
later he presided in the second National
Convention of the party, and participated
in the nomination of Martin Van Buren, as
the Free Soil candidate.
In the Ohio Legislature, in the winter
of 1885 three or four Freesoilers held
the balance of power, and uniting for that
purpose with the Democratic members,
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the United States Senate. In that body he
earnestly opposed the Clay compromise
measures of 1850; and in 1854 was fore
most in arousing the storm of popular in
dignation against the Kansas-Nebraska
bill and the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise. Nominated for Governor Of
Ohio, upon the issues then presented, he
was elected in 1866, and was prominently
named for the Presidential nomination in
the first National Convention of the Re
publican party in 1856. He was reelected
Governor in 1857. In the Chicago Con-
vention of 1860 he received 40 votes for
the Presidency, on the first ballot. Mr..
| Lincoln called him to the head OF the
Treasury Department in March of the
| following year, and he continued in charge
| of the financial affairs of the Government
| up to the Both of June, 1864, conducting
the operations of the department with
matchless skill throughout that most
| trying period. In October of the
same year he was appointed by
President Lincoln to the office
| of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
then just made vacant by the death of
Roger B. fancy. One Of the most notable
incidents of his judicial career was the or
ganization of the Senate as an impe2ch-
ment court Tin which he presided) for the
trial of President johnson. In 1868 he
narrowly escaped nomination for the
| Presidency from the New York Democrat
ic Convention, his sympathies having been
quite strongly with that party for some
time Two or three years ago he suffered Sc
verely from paralysis, and his life was at one
| time despaired of. He never fully re-
gained his health, and for a long time
took no part in the business of the court.
Latterly, he had recovered sufficiently to
resume the discharge of his official duties,
and was supposed to be gradually gain
ing strength. His death at this time,
therefore, was as unexpected as sudden,
and will excite feeling of profound re-
greet throughout the land.-Ch5cdgo E0er-
ing Post.