The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-12-28
Chief Justice of the United States.

Illustrated Correspondence NetC NOrut- Vest.
the line of distinguished iurists who have
held the Chief Justiceship of the United
States He is descended of English ances-
try, and the family coat of arms bears the
date of 1912. In the old State documents of
England will be found the death warrant Of
Charles the II, signed by Thomas Wayte,
then member of Parliament. The family
removed 20 this country soon after the Res
toration. In the rural town of Lyme, Con.
necticut, the old house still stands in which
the subject of this sketch was born, on the
18th of November, lSlG. AT the age of sew
enteen he entered Yale College, from which
he gradua ed in 1885,, in the class which in'
cluded William NJ. Evarts. Edwards Pierre
pont, Prof Benjamin Silliman, and other
distinguished men. He began the study Of
law with his father, in Lyme, and concluded
his preparation for the bar in the office oil
Samue! NJ. Young, then prominent lawyer
in Maumee City, Ohio. He formed part
nership with MI Young shortly after being
admitted in 1889, and the year after he took
as his life partner n young lady of his native
ture in 1919, and the following year the firm
of Young x Waite removed to Toledo, Ohio
| where they built up very large and rrnu
nerative practice. \ younger brother of Mr.
Waite was admitted to the firm soon after
wards, and the partnership continued up to
his appointment to the high position he now
| occupies. His march toward his present
| eminence has been steady and rapid. His
professional career from the outset was sue
cessful, and the quiet and transformations
manner in which lie performed his work
| assisted in creating that confidence III bis
ability which the court and his fellow citi
| Zens have ever entertained. His assertion
| on any question was always accepted Is in
| disputable," says Il we'll known member Of
| the bar, who had long observed him in his
| legal practice. Politically, Mr.. Waite was q
| Wing until that party disbanded, aud since
then his SympathieS have been with the Re
| publican party. Although he has never been
| a jealous partiZau, he has always been posi-
| tive ia the expression of his political Convic
| tions. He reluctantly became a candidate
for Congress IN 1862, and later he was til,
| nominee Of the administration Party" bu
| his canvasSes were unsuccessful. Other nom
nations and various appointments Were ten.
dered him from time 10 time, all of which he
| Internationally refused to accept The first
| position in which his rare abilities attracted
| the attention of the whole country was tina
| of counsel for the United States in the tri
| bunal of arbitration which met at Geneva II
| 1872 He was associated in the matter will
the Hon. Caleb Cushing and William NJ
| Evarts, and their skill terminated the din
| Guilty arising out of the civil war between the
| United States and the United Kingdom
The year after his return home, in 1873, h,
| presided over the Constitutional Convention
| of Ohio. He was appointed to his present
position by President Grant, on the Dist o
January, 1874, as the successor of Chief Jus
tice Chase. His appointment was receive,
with general approval by the press and PEG
pie. Mr.. Waite resides at Washington. A.
Chief Justice he receives salary of tel
| thousand five hundred dollars year. TIL
Associate Judges each receive FIVE hundre.
dollars less than this amount.