The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-01
Per.onneI or she Tribunal.

The grand committee which Is to settle
kaII dsputedspUfnts and declare who has been
Elected Prcafdent ofsthe United States is
now made up and the public know who
Etheyeail are except the fifth Judge, and he is
fsupposed to be Justice Bradley. Every
fthing relatingito the members Of this inn
portant commission is now OF great interest,
and brief sketches OF them are not alniss.
Justice Stephen j. Field is member OF a
distinguished family he Is q brother OF
David Dudley, Gyruss w :, and Rev. DR..
Henry III. Field, and a. son OF Rev. David
Dudley Field, who was pastor OF churches
at Haddam, Conn.,, and Stockbridge, Mass.
he is sixty years Of age; was educated at
Williams College, and after his admission to
| the bar and practicing for some time in the
East, he went to California in 1849. In 1850
he was elected first Alcalde OF Marysyille,
and later In the same year he was elected to
the Legislature. He was on the Bench IN
California as Chief Justice in 1850, and in
1853 he was appointed by President Lin
coin one OF the Associate Justices OF the
United States Supreme Court. He is the
Judge sof the Ninth Circuit, which en-
| braces the States Of California, Nevada, and
! Oregon. 1t. 4tsl. "a ~. ,,
Justice Samuel F. Miller is native Of
Kentucky, and is ALSO sixty years OF age.
| He was educated at Fransylvanla Uniyer-
sity, and was. first physician, and after
wards went to the bar. He went to Iowa in
! 1850, where he becameyery successful as
LAWYER. He declined all offers Of public Of
flee until 1862, When President Lincoln ap-
pointed him to the Supreme Bench. He is
assigned to the Eighth circuit, which enl-
braces the States OF Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas. Arkansas, and Nebraska.
Justice Nathan Clifford was born in New
| Hampshire, and is nearly seyenty-four years
OF age. He .mcved to Name in 1927, dis
trict of which State he represented in Con-
gress from 1889 to 1S43. He was Attorney
General in 1s46-'4T, and was subsequently
Minister to Mexico, and in 1858 President
Buchanan appointed him to the Supreme
Bench. He is the author OF two volumes OF
| United States Circuit Court Reports. He is
assigned to the First judicial circuit, which
embraces the States Of Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Justice William Strong was born in Con-
neeticut, and is the son Of q distinguished
Presbyterian clergyman, Of which Church
the Judge is a prominent member. He is
sixty-nine years OF age, and q graduate OF
Yale College OF the class Of 1928, and Of
the Yale Law School in 1882. In 1882 he
removed to Pennsylvania, and located at
Reading. He was Democrat Of the old
school, and was frequently elected to local
offices. he was member OF Congress in
1916, and again in 1S4S. In 1857 he was
elected to the Supreme Court OF Pcnnsyl-
vania, but he resigned in 1853 and returned
to the practice OF his profession. In 1870
President Grant appointed him to his pre-
sent position. He is assigned to the Third
circuit, which embraces the States OF New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
" THE SENATE MEMBERS.
Senator George F. Edmunds heads the
| list of senator's on the tribunal. He is ma
tive of Vermont, and forty-nine years of
age: He has served in the State Legisla-
ture, and is the successor of Solomon Fort
in the Senate. hlr. Edmunds has the repu-
tation OF being an intense partisan, but he
seems to have risen above itfor the purpose
Of settling the great presidential question,
and no one doubts that he will act with all
solute fairness. He is chairman of the Ju-
dietary Committee, and member OF the
Committee on Private Land Claims and
Library. @'n.. : ...o Ea
Oliver ?. Morton is q native of Indiana,
and is iity-four years of age, and has been
| in the Senate since 1867. He is chairman
of the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions, and is member Of the Committees
on Foreign Relations and Education and
Labor. The public are familiar with the
earnestness with which he opposed the bill
creating the tribunal, and it remains to be
seen how far he will carry out the views
then expressed as member OF the tribunal.
All the world understands that Morton is
intensely partisan, but, like his colleagues,
it is believed he will rise above party and
act as a righteous Judge in this contest.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, OF New Jer-
sey, is q native of the State be represents,
and nearly sixty years Of age. He has been
in the Senate since 1867, having previously
held important State offices. He is chair
man of the Committee on Agriculture, and
is member of the Committees on Foreign
Relations, Finance, and Judiciary. He is,
and always has been, pronounced Repub-
| lican. .........
Mr.. Allen G. Thurman is Virgirian by
birth, and is sixty-four years Of age. He
has been citizen Of Ohio since 1919. He
has been q representative in Congress and
Judge of the Supreme Court Of his State,
and ever since he has been in the Senate he
has occupied 4 leading position, for he is a
man of undisputed ability, and one of the
soundest lawyers in the Senate. He is
chairman of the Committee on Private Land
Claims and mersber Of the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr.. Thomas F. Bayard represents little
State, but he is unquestionably very great
man. He is forty-eight years OF age, and
no man on the tribunal will bring clearer
mind to the consideration Of the important
questions to be presented, nor will any one
decide with more exact justice. He is chair
man Of the Committee on .Engrossed Bills,
| and member OF the Committee OH Finance
and Private Land Claims.
THE HOUSE MEMBERS.
Mr.. Henry B. Payne is native Of New
York, and is nearly siXty-seyen years OF
age. Having graduated at Hamilton College
and studied law, he went to Cleveland,
Ohio, at the early age Of twenty-four years,
and has since resided there, practicing his
profession and taking an interest in railroad
and manufacturing enterprises. He has al
WAYS been Democrat was member OF
the State Senate in 1S49-'50; was preSi-
Dental elector in .1S49; and has been the
candidate OF the Democracy Of Ohio
for United States senator and for Gov
ernor, and for the latter office was de-
feated by Salmon P. Chase. He represented
his people in the Democratic National Con-