The Forrest City times., 1888-05-05
The Nominee.

CHICAGO, lLL.. May line nOlnllld- ton of Melville W. Fuller of Chicago, as Chief Justice of the United States IS regarded here with unbounded satisfac- ton by the leading men of both rar- ties. MT. Fuller is in every respect l. ted to fill the high office to which ae has been nominated. Melville Weston Fuller was born in Augusta, Me, on February Il, 1883. His father was Frederick A. Fuller; his mother, Cath erine Martin, daughter of Chief Jus tice Nathan Wilson. Melville W. fit ted for college in Augusta, and gradn- ated at Bowdoin ill the class of l655, his classmate being E. J. Phelps, our minister to England. MT. Fuller, after leaving college began the study of law at Bangor. After attending lectures i'll the Law Department of Harvard Chi
 versity, he began to practice his p1o- fession in Augusta i'll 1856. While waiting for clients he acted as editor of the Age, and won his spurs in journal ism. Feeling that his true field of work was the law. and realizing that his native city did not afford that scope for effort which he stood in need of, MT. Fuller came West and selected Chi cago. Here he did not have to wait long for practice, His ability was speedily recognized and properly re- warded. For thirty years he has en- ioyed lucrative practice and has won distinction among the foremost lawyers at this bar. In 1881 he was elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention. In 1862 he was chosen to the Legislature, and although a Demo crat, running each time in a strong Re- publican district he was victorious by large majorities. He was delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1864. 1872, 1876 and 1880. In 1860 he was selected by the citizens to deliver the address of welcome to stephen A. Douglas. In 1858 Mir. Fuller married Calista o. Reynolds, and after her de- cease, Mary Ellen, daughter of the dis tinguished banker, Wm. F. Coolbaugh. He has eight daughters. In his prac- tice in the Supreme Court of the United States MT. Fuller has repeatedly come in contact, both as colleague and as an opponent, with Messrs. Edmunds, Thurman, Hoadley, Ingersoll and other admittedly great lawyers, and has never failed to hold his own against the great est of them. He is familiar with the decisions of that court and well in formed on the history of our country, and especially on constitutional queS- tions. Not content with the vast amount of reading and writing which of necessity results from the active practice of his profession. MT. Fuller does an immense amount of miscellan- eous reading and considerable writing by way of recreation. He is an omniv- orous reader. resembles Macaulay i'll his liking for good novel, as well in the swiftness with which he grasps the contents of book and the tenacity with which his memory clings to it.. MT. Fuller was dining with some friends at the Iroquois Club, when found by an Associated Press reporter. He had no intimation whatever of the nomination and was so overcome at the announcement that for some moments he could utter nothing more than an exclamation of surprise. He requested that he be not pressed for an extended interview, saying that he was not in condition to talk on the subject, as the nomination had come so unexpectedly. He, however, stated that he would not decline the nomination.