The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-02-07
TIE Chief JusT1cEsH1P.
Sketch of Hon. Morrison r. Waite,
President Grants Latest Nominee.

Morrison r. Waite, M. A. LII. D., is an
Eastern man, though he has pursued the
practice of his profession in Ohio since
1889. He is in his fifty-eigth year, having
been born on the Goth of November, 1916,
at Lyme, Conn. His father was Chief JUS
tice of that State. Judge Waite entered
Yale College with the class which gradua-
ted in 1887, and it is noteworthy fact that
among his classmates were two other dis
tinguished lawyers, whose names have been
associated with the high office to which he
has beennominated. These two gentlemen
are VIM. M. Evarts and Edward
Pierrepont. Having graduated, Judge
Waite continued the study of law for some
time with his father in Lyme. He removed
to Maumee City, Ohio, in 1889, and prae-
ticed his profession there until 1850. He
then removed to Toledo, where he now re-
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Judge Waite was elected as Speaker Of
the House of Representatives in the Ohio
Legislature for the sessions of 1S49 and
1850. He is known to the Bar of Ohio as
sound lawyer and an honorable member of
of his friends and those acquainted with his
qualifications, he was in 1871 appointed as
counsel for the United States, with Mr..
Evarts and Mr.. Gushing, before the Geneva
Board of Arbitration. There he performed
the trying duties devolving upon him in
perfect harmony with his associates, and
by at least one Of them he was allowed to
have rendered valuable and able services.
Throughout Europe the argument for the
United States has received unstinted praise
as mastery vindication Of our rights.
Mr.. Waite enjoys the title of Judge by
courtesy, never having occupied a judicial
position. He received the degree of LII.
D. from Yale College i'll 1872, and in 1873
was chosen as President of the State Con-
stitutional Convention. Mr.. Waite is
Republican in politics, but is not an active
partisan. 1t was discovered, OH looking at
the Supreme Court record, that year ago
Mr.. Waite was, on motion Of Mr.. Caleb
Cushing, admitted to the bar of the court
as an attorney.
His person is an exponent of his mind
compact, solid, vigorous and healthful He
is of medium stature, stout, but not over
large, erect, of bilious temperament, dark
complexion, eyes and hair, and the picture
of health and vigor. His face is strongly
marked, and expressive of good-nature and
firmness. There is nothing stiff or forbid
ding in his manners; on the contrary, his
dignity is of that unconscious, imposing
sort which is the very antipode of assump-
ton.
Those who know him best describe him
as man of great legal learning, severely
logical mind and vigorous thinker, though
not what is called a vigorous man. His
mind is one of the kind that never leaves
off developing while life lasts. His busi-
ness habits, they say, are extremely system
attic, but he himself gives all the credit of
ner in the law " s Sm nf9teF e weh neH l9r e Rss
That of hard worker, but not an over
worker, is another characteristic his ac-
Quaintances attribute him. By recreations,
which are chiefly social, he has kept his
mind elastic and his body strong AS q
man of sterling integrity, spotless moral
life, an intelligent conscientiousness, which
is carried into all the acts of his life, he en-
joys reputation to be coveted. Well bal
anoed il saind and temper, he has the most
perfect self-control and a rare facility in
winning and holding friends. Mr.. Waite
and his wife are members of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. He has two sons and a
daughter.