The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-09

JamaR r, Lowell IL succeeded aa En-
VOy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni
DOientiary TO Great Britain. by Edward
j. Phelps, OF Vermont. The ex'Mlnlster
N much beloved In the old cOuntry. He
has been called the most popular man
IN England, From all that we can learn
Div successor also possesses the quallii'
aAtlOns which will endear him 10 the
yrOpe 10 whom no Ia sent. A leading
New England newspaper aaya OF him
that he has little sympathy with our
manners and methods IN such things
taa politica), often declaring that no pre-.
iera the Engliah syetem," He IL gen.
ieman OF distinguished appearance, q
polished speaker and learned lawyer,
and wit Of the drawing room type.
His tastes are exclusive, and no Will
probably be mere at home In arlst0Cratlc
circles In England than az q lonesome
Democrat In the Green Mountain State
Edward j, Phelps was born at Middle
bury, Vermont, aixty.0ne years ago. lie
ga aon Of the late Samuel s. Phelps,
Who was n paymAsteT In the war Of 1919,
Judge OF the Supreme Court Of YER
mont, and United States Senator,
After receiving careful preparation, Mr..
Phelps became student AZ Mddlebury
College, where he was graduated, lie
then read law and was admitted 10 the
Bar. His earliest practice was In New
York City, frcm whence he removed, In
1866, 10 Burlington, Vermont, and began
business IN that city. He soon built
upa large practice, and was recognized
~ one Of the leading lawyers In hla
State His professional successes include
engagements IN other con mouwealtha
than Vermont, and frequent appearance
before the United states Supreme Court.
He N now Counsel for the Panama Rail-
road Company. For twl successive terms
he was President Of the American Rar
Association. In 1881 hR was elected
Kent Professor 0f Law In Yale College,
and thus assumed, that whith no man
could better appreciate, an Influential
pOaitlon In the academic and social cir.
clea Of New Haven. His duties NJ Yale
comprise, additional TO obstruction given
In the Law School, lectures before the
TheologcalDeplrtment upon legal topics
Of interest 10 the ministry, and TO the
academic students upOn international
and municipal law. He IN exceedingly
popular IN Che College, and his reGlgna-
lion, which will be presented at the
next meeting OF the corporation OF that |
nstitutiOn, Ia deeply deplored.
During twenty llye years Mr. Phelps !
las been one OF the leading representa-
dives OF the Democracy IN u S ate which
In overwhelmingly Republican In III
pOlltical sentiment, He was a pro. |
slavery and antl.wlr Democrat when |
such views were vastly repugnant to |
The most majority OF his nelghbors |
IN the campaign Of 1876. no was |
promised by Mr., Tilden the position |
he has just accepted, In tho event Of |
Democratic success, In June, 1880, |
Mr, Phelps was nominated for Cover
nor Of Vermont by the largest State |
Democratic Convention ever held In that |
commonwealth. Every vote caat wa,
FOR the man who would certainly bring
ont the largest poaaible Democratic vote.
As n matter OF course, he was defeated |
In the ensuing campaign,
Physically Mr. Phelps ~ man Of lne
presence, I've feet eight inches In
height, aud weighing about one hun
dred and seventy pounds, In complexion
no ls very dark; his eyes and hair are
black aud his complexion, n clear, dark
olive. Mrs, Phelps shares hia fondOeas
Tor society, hut their erjpyment Of lts
recreatlons has been chorked recently
by the death Of an only son. They have
one daughter, now their sole issue, who
Ia married aud lives In New York. OF
Mira, Phelps II Ia aald that ahe won ID
make the best possible Minister 10 Eng.
lhnd, next 10 Mr., Phelps himself She
" very handsome woman, n little
above medium height Her fortune OF
thirty thousand dollars was paid 10 her
by one Of her husbands clients, who,
knowing Mr., Phelps habit Of spending
money perhaps too generously for the
interests Of the family, procured leaye
from the gentleman most concerned In
tho transaction, TO pay tho large foo In
dicated TO the moro prudent member In
the c0nnu6lal partnership.
Senator Edmundp, Of Vermont, In
numbered among Mr.. phelps' most In
timate friends. Az an Instance Of the
new Minister'S ataunch loyalty TO Dem
ocratic principles, II may be recalled
that no worked and voted for Charles
0'COn0r rather than Horace Greeley, In
the campaign OF 1872.