Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-06-25

ton, when our instructors were perhaps rot
as much in touch with the boys as now, but
still no better men ever lived. Owing to the
of the association the instructors
do not seem to want much of us, but II we
can do little for them they can do much
for us, and together we can make for the law
department successful life.
Hon. F. W. Kingsbury of Waterbury and
Colonel w. B. Wooster of Birmingham then
made short speeches containing incidents of
the days when they attended the school, after
which Hon. Charles ]. Bonaparte of the
Baltimore bar, who was to- be the
speaker Of the afternoon at the Center church
exercises, was introduced and said: I was re-
quested to come on here for an uncertain
purpose, to speak at q certain time and for a
certain length of time, and know it Ia not
right to get double service for single con-
alteration. So after stating that there has
been 80 much said and 80 we'll said will not
take up your time further.
Professor William O. Robinson of the
faculty was then called upon by those pres.
emit and said: Twenty-one years ago we began
our work here, and since that time we have
had more children than. any other family,
and better looking set Of men than those
here to-day have never been turned out. Our
with MS to-day, and never again will we have
another alumne, 90 never again will he in
the charter of Yale mean she. will say
that next year we will have another collation.
which will be at your expense, and trust
that you will all come.
Hon. Dwight Loomis of Rockville was then
introduced, and said he was sorry that he had
not taken full course of study In the Yale
Law school, but he was not graduate. He
had derived great profit from his instruction
In this school, He said he had been pro-
foundry impressed with the high standard of
the legal profession. which now stood the
highest in all its history, and much
of this influence was due to the Yale
Law school. He referred to the ancient
time when only eleven attorneys were al
lowed in the state, and said that these faith
ers would have been very greatly surprised
could they have looked down upon the gath
ering. There was sense of Justice now and
1t was very rare that an attorney was capable
of doing mean act toward another. A ra-
pacious attorney occasionally crept into the
profession, but it was rare. The creation of
this institution would go long way toward
raising the standard of the profession in this
state.
General Kellogg of Waterbury then follow
Phelps adjourned the meeting that those
present might attend the other exercises of
the day.
Among those present were noticed:
Ex-Governor ingersoll, Hugh Daley. Her.
bert E. Benton, James Bishop, e. Edwin
Hall, Jonathan W. Chaplin, Lucius P.
Dsming of New Haven, Henry Barnard Of
Hartford, Seymour D. Hall of Wallingford
E. P. Arvine. John s. Fowler, Charles h
Fowler, II. D. Russell and g. B. Matthew
man of New Haven, Frank A. Robinson Of
Norwich, John G. Gallagher, Burton Mans
field Of New Haven, Morris futile of Bridge
port, Timothy F. Neville of New York, Viii
| liam G. Robinson and Fl. L. Hotchkiss Of
New Haven, Edward Downes. James P
Pigott, Joseph D. Plunketr, A. MeC. Mather
son of New Haven, William B. Wooster O.
Birmingham, Dwight Loomis of Rockville
Carl I. Drake of Austin, Tex; Richard E
Hall, Waterbury; Seymour D. Loomis, Al
bert Fl. Moulton, New Haven; N. Shipman
Hartford; John B. Ward, S. E. Baldwin
Dwight w. futile, William L. Green, New
Haven; q. l.. Cowles, Pennington; Wilbu
J. Booth, st. Paul, MINI; Henry J. Ryder
f 1m.1 5amSs Ja5oms ian
George 4. Tyler, New Haven; B. <
Payne, Rhinehead, NY; Frederick O. Peet
Bridgeport; e. L. Lindsley, Isaac Wolfe
William A. Wright, T. q. Russell, G. T
Drisooll, r. 8. Pickett, George D. Watrou
and Bruce Fem, New Haven; Edward Meek
an, Bridgesort; Prentice w. Chase, L. W
cleveland, Harry w. Asher, Georg
Lewis Sargent, Edward v; Reynold
asssss w. Ns% NY asSse
Waterbury; Henry F. Hall, Wallingford; G
X. Billiugs, Julius Twiss, William Il. Ken
yon, Timothy J. Fox, New Haven; John A
Slater, South Norwalk; w. N. Speer, New
York; D. McWilliams, Frank Baker
William L. Bennetto, New Haven; Franz
D. Parry and Murray Darlington
New York; Charles Kleiner, Joseph B
Morse and Walter Pond. New Haven; 8. G
Morehouss, Fairfield; Lyman 7. Tingier
Rockville; E. A. Randolph. Richmond, Va.
John T. Hubbard, Litchfeld; E. G. Ward
Brooklyn, N. Y; William L. Kingsbury
New Haven; John E. Tod. Houston, Tex.
F. J. Kingsbury, Waterbury; A. w. Paul
Hartford; f. E. Martin, New York; A.
Hyde, Hartford.
LAW SCHOOL COMMENCKMENT.
The Mastery Grafton OF Charles J
Bonapartc Upon Popular Govern
menS - John Bennetto Wins tn
Townsend Prize Grafton Degree
Conferred and Prizes Awarded.
The exercises celebrating the sixty-sixt
anniversary of the Yale Law school wer
held in Center church at $3.50 O'Clock yestel
day afternoon. President Dwight, Charlie
~. Bonsparte esq, of Baltimore, Nd, tn
orator of the occasion, Dean Francis Way
land, members of the Law school faoult
and other guests occupied seats upon tn
platform.
The exercises were opened with prayer b
President Dwight and Orlaud Sidney Isbe
of New Haven delivered the frst of Ii
orations for the Townsend prize. He spoil
upon John Bright. His Grafton was car
fully rendered and gave lucid account
the life of this great man and his infuen,
upon the men and institutions of his day.
, the courae Of his remarks he sal
He stands among the middle class as Its g.
ponsnt. He stands among British instit'
lions as q reformsr rather than Statesman
! For the cause of peace be gave up popular
| ty. He was conscious of right. He lives Z
|, to the limit of his capacity. There were I
brilliant, cratic patches of genius. Z
lived on to the full temper of mature mai
hood. His influence upon the men and II
situations of his day will not soon be forgo
ten or effaced.
The second speaker was John Bennetso
. this city. His Grafton upon "The Veto Powe
. was a mastery one. His treatment Of Il
subject was comprehensive and his elocutiG
was finished and unaffected. Among 9th
things he said:
Our government is greater than Magr
Charta. We, the people, hold the govern
ment. Indeed, We have been adopting 9th
checks to enforce the individual power Of Il
veto. Surely, the veto can never fall to hol
. It's own go long rs the legislative branch,
are defective and irresponsible. The execr
tive is a definite person against whom publ
opinion can always center. The people CO
deal more decisively and directly with OF
executive. The veto Is doing for governmel
what reflection does for the individual.
self-government our strength has been four
In recognition of the necessity of the vet
Some power must be delegated to someon
without this we may destroy our govern
| ment; We cannot administer IL.
John willard Keerans OF Statesville, NC
was the last speaker. He spoke upon "Tl
> Annexation Of Canada" The relation
, Canada and the United States is no ne
question, said he. 1t has ever been one {
] those dormant issues which may come to ii
front at any time. When in 1878 they b
came united under one government no sep
ration should have been permitted. II
American patriots entertained this viey
After one hundred years under British ru
, Canada's development and progress ha'
been slow. 1t has q population of scarce
four millions. The national debt has Ii
creased from seventy-fve to two hundre
: and twenty five millions. Many of Its poop
are migrating across the border to the Unite
| States Over half of it's commerce in wi,