Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-19
CHARLES SUMNER.

Charles sumner QeluailuS more tudH
the brief mention made of the pass
ing away Of ordinary men. During
the last decade Mr.. Sumner has
been in prominence second to no
man in the nation, and though at
times advocating measures which
his admirers could not endorse, has
ever held the confidence and esteem
of the entire nation. The following
sketch of his life we excerpt from All
exchange:
Charles Sumner was born ia Bos-
ton, Mass, on the 9th Of January,
1911, 50 that at his death he had
but recently completed his sixty
third year. He was the SON Of
Charles Pickney Sumner, High Sher-
if of the county of Suffolk, a soldier,
a lawyer, and a man Of no mean lit
erary attainments. In 1880, Charles
Sumner, at the age OF 10, graduated
with high honors, at Harvard Col
lege, after which he became a pupil
of Judge Storey, in the law school
at Cambridge. He became attached
to Mr.. Justice Storey, then q MEM
Der of the Supreme Court of the
United States, who, Notwithstanding
the disparity in their ages, became
a devoted friend Of the young man.,
in whom he saw promise of future
greatness. 1t was by his advice
that Mr.. Sumner engaged in the
study of law under Justice Storey,
who used every endeavor to develop
those qualities of mind that have
since rendered Mr. Sumner conspic-
uous in the history of the nation.
In 1884, he was admitted to the
Bar in Massachusetts practiced
law in Boston, and was appointed IA
reporter in the Circuit Court of the
United States. During that year
he paid his first visit to Washington.
Young Sumner had come to attend
the Supreme Court, and it was then,
for the first time, upon the stage
road between Baltimore and the
Capital, that he oeheld slave.
In the course of the next three
years he published three volumes oI
Massachusetts Circuit Court Reports
containing the decisions OF Judge
Storey. He was also the editor OF
the quarterly journal called the
.Iuertcu,s Juriyt. During several
winters, while judge Storey was alb
sent at Washington, Mr.. Sumner
took his place as lecturer in the
Law School, and also, in the occas-
ional absence of Mr.. Greenlcaf, had
sole charge Of the school. tn 1886
he declined protessorship III the
Law School, and the next year visit
tied Europe, where he spent three
years. During his stay there, he
resided Ill Italy, Germany, aud
France, giving an entire year to
England. In this tour he laid the
foundation of that intimate &C
guaintance with foreign courts and
customs which, in the brilliant years
of his after career, gave him such
power with our foreign relations
lie resumed his law practice on his
return, and III lS4l-6 edited IN edi.
ton of "Nessey's Reports in twenty
volumes. He had, up to 1915, taken
no part in politics. Ia that year he
delivered an Grafton on the 4th OF
July on the "1rue Grandeur OF
Nations in which he denounced
war as n means of arbitrament of III
telnational controversies, and insist
ed that, "a peaceful appeals to civil
tribunals had taken the place of the
wager of battle between individuals,
so peaceful arbitration should be
substituted for war in the detemniu-
alton Of international matters. The
Grafton was finished literary pyo-
duction, and his facts, and the sub
iect Of the discourse itself. attracted
TO il great attention in this country
and Europe. As an orator, he was
soon in demand, aud other public
addresses followed IN rapid success
sion.
In 1915, after the election of MFR.
Polk to the Presidency, the mncNa-
ton became a part Of the defined
policy OF the Democratic party. IL