Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-02-12
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The New Chief Justice.
From the 81. Lous Democrat.
In the selection of Morrison X. Waite. of
ohio. for the Oilbc of Chief Justice, Prcsi-
dent Grant has hit the white. MIR. Waite is
fitted in every particular for the high position
10 which he has been advanced. tie Is a
lawyer who has reached the loftcst walks IN
an arduous profession by devotins thirty
wears of the best part of his life to close
study and laborious practice. The riyinh
amos IucruJationrS. which were regarded in
England as essential to the asprant for high
judicial honOrs, have becn more than fulfill
cd in Mr. Waite. He was young man when
he began the practice at Toledo. Forum
ately for him and for all ambitious young
lawyers Of that State, its bar has ever been
able to boast that its leading members have
been men of commanding talents. Ohio was
a Young State when John Mclean, Jacob
Burnc,. Thomas Morris. Peter Hitchcock,
and Joseph Bcnham gave lustrc to the legal
profession. and the brilliant careers OF Ihos.
Ewing, Henry Stanbcrry. Edwin Santon,
Hooking Hunter. and the still later successes
of VIM. :. Groesbcck, Stanley Mathews and
George 4. Pugh. and their associates have
added to that luStrc Pursuing his studies
and practice in the light of these examples.
and compelled to cope in intellectual conflict
with such men. MIR. Waite has had that c\-
rrcSc and discipline which have given to \
mind naturally acute that breadth and
strength which Is of SO much value in Il
Judge.
lie il $50 r,,ll,ician: hc l. ntn favorite
with the politicians. Recently. when there
was ali election for delegates to the Ohio
State Constitutional Convention, Mr.. Waite $
Sip I'm T.
cd him to represent them in that body, and
when he presented himself there, his high
character and great learning marked him rs
the fittcSt man t0 preside over its dclibcra-
tion>. and he was chosen its President. The
announcement of his nomination to the Chief
.IusticeShip found him presiding over that
Convention at Cincinnati.
Perhaps the most brilliant part of Mr.
Waitc's career will be found in his labors as
one Of the United States Counsel before the
Geneva Board Of Arbitration. 1t is stated
that he was selected as the associate OF Mr.
Cushing and Mr.. Evarts in that important
business at the suggestion of MIR. Evarts, and
there was not n little snceeing among East
crn lawyers ut the appointment OF Western
attorney rs counsel in Il controversy about
important rules Of International law, which
was to he decided by such learned men as
Count Sclopis. of Italy: Jacob Staemptl, of
Switzerland: Baron de TUBA. of Brazil !:
Chief Justice Cockburn. of England, and
Charles Francis Adams. Mr.. Waite associ-
atcS have borne cheerful testimony to the
value Of his learning and labOrs during the
Arbitration, and the arbitratOrs themselves
made special mention of the familiarity he
manifested with the settled principles of in
iernational law and the historical prcccdcnts
bearing on the case. Upon his return to this
country, leading Eastern journal frankly
stated that. Of all the Americans engaged III
The case. Mr. Waite bore off the highest
hunOrS.
MIR. Waite is of proper age Not much
over fifiv. his mind has matu: cd sufficiently
to Give i; strength and stability. But he il
still Young in his sympathcs. lie Is a ma.
Of the new era. lie is in profound sympathy
with those essential principles OF justice
which unticrlic our re reconstructed CniOn lie
believes i'm the amendments 10 the COnstltu-
ton. not because they are such de .tdrfo, nor
rs a poi,ician who accepts the situation, but
rs u patriot who regards them AS embodying
the sacred principles Of justice and equality
And while the Prcsiden, may have found a
more brilliant lawyer, or more deserving
partisan. he would have searched in vain Tor
one against whom So few valid objections
can hr urged.
EsOy Lost.
The following description of Il lost boy
recently appeared in Salt Lake paper:
Missing from ahou, the third of next
month. iS,3 tail-complcNioncd young man
about five feet six inches of age. height 3"'
vcar-: had on when last seen pair ot swal-
ow-tailcd Sealskin trowscrs with sausage
stripes fashionable nuiton-chop waistcoat
with clSt-iron trimmings, douhle-barreled
trocls Goa, with tripc collar and tobacco
lining. wa,cr,ish, canvass boots with patent
feather tops laced up at the sole: is deaf and
dumb of one eye and hard of hearing with
the other is slightly pockmarke, ut the back
Of his head, sioops upright when he walks
crooked, has slight impediment In his Jock,
and wears grasshopper wigglc on his upper
lip: whskers cut off short inside; was carry
ing an empty csrpet-box in each hand and
wooden bag in the other, containing screw
steamers. railway tunnels, and backing; was
born tefore his younger brother his mother
being present on the occasion