Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-06-24
degree of doctor Of medicine, magma cum

In the afternoon the annual meeting of
the alumni society of the Yale medical
school was held in room 8, medical school,
President James 81. Curry, N D. Peekskill,
N. Y, presiding. The following are
the officers elected for the ensuing year:
presidents Robert Lander, Bridgeport,
Conn, vice-presidents; DR.. 81. L. Swain,
Or. Sigismund Waterman, DR.. Robert
Crane, DR.. n. 9. White and DR.. ]. Seaver
all ct New Haven; corresponding SECRETARY
DR.. A. A. Crane, New Haven, recording
secretary; DR.. James a. McSweeny, Wor-
cester, Mass, treasurer; DIR. q. L. Fleish-
ner, New Haven, chairman of the xpruden-
tial committee; DR.. O. T. Osborn, New
Haven. Last evening a reception was Civ
en- to the graduating class and the Alumni
by DR.. O. A. Lindsey at his house on Elm
banquet was held, about thirty members
being present. This morning at the Cen
ter church at quarter past eleven the diplo-
mas will be presented to the graduates
whose names have already been published.
The Law school Exercises.
AT CENTER cHURcH-oRATIoNs FOR THE
TOWNSEND PRIzE-JUsucE BREWERS
ADDREss-THE AWARD OF PRIZES.
Center church was comfortably filed
yesterday afternoon at the commencement
exercises of the law department of Yale
university. President Dwight presided
| while the following gentlemen occupied
seats on the large platform: Governor
Morgan g. Buckley, Lieutenant Governor
S. E. Merwin, Rev. DR.. Newman Smyth,
| dean of the faculty, Francis Wayland, ex
Chief Justice Park of Norwich, Judge
LOOMS, Judge Prentice, Supreme Court
Justice Brown Of Detroit, Professor Simeon
| E. Baldwin and others.
| After prayer by the president, the audi
ence listened to the speaking by the con-
| testants for the Townsend prize.
The first orator was Paul Robinson JAR
| Doe of San Francisco, CAL, whose subject
was "The Influence of Corporations on
American Legislation" His address very
ably treated the subject.
The next speaker was George Edwin
Hill, B. A., of Stamford, Conn, whose
topic was "The Secret Ballot" His dis
course showed familiarity with the man
ner of voting by both the secret ballot
and the farmer system. The difficulty of
purchasing votes was illustrated by the
speaker as follows: "No man will rely on
| a mans honor in transaction which is of
itself dishonorable." Mr.. Hill continued
| as follows: GAS there is now SO much I'M
Certainty regarding what candidates men
vote for, the men who formerly manipula-
ted the election with money will now turn
their attention to caucuses and candi-
dates"
The last speaker for the prize was
Charles Hitchcock Sheriff., jr., B. A., of
Washington, D. c., whose subject was
'sThe Future of the House of Lords" His
address was excellent and showed valuable
information regarding the governing power
| of England.
The address to the graduating class was
by Justice David J. Brewer, LII. D., of the
United States supreme court. His subject
| was 'Protection of Private Property from
Public Attack" Following is synopsis
of his lecture:
"sWe hold these truths to be self-evi.
dent, that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their creator with
certain unalienable rights, that among
these are life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness. This was the natal cry of 8
new nation. It is the Illuminating and
interpreting voice of the constitution. The
inspired apostle said and now abidetl
, faith, hope, charity-these three; but the
greatest of these is charity. But substract
from Christianity all that it implies, and
what is left is as barren the sands Of
3 Sahara. The declaration passes beyond
nothns DOMAIN Il appeals 9p l0ss to the ia
buttons of every true man: and
has received the commentator of jurists
f statesmen and commentators as placing
: the just principles of the common law OF
that subject beyond the power of ordinar,
I legislation to change or control them, i
sl. i be held that, if the government re
4 Trains from the absolute conversion of rea
| property to the uses of the public, it cal
). destroy it's value entirely, can inf1ict IRE
# parable and permanent injury to any ex
g tent, can, in effect, subject it to total de
q struction without making any compenss
l. ton, because, in the narrowest sense of tn
y word, it is not taken for the public use
9 Such a construction would pervert tn
d constitutional provision into restriction
: upon the rights of the citizen, as thos
rights stood at the common law, instea
n of the government, and make it an author
: ity for invasion of private rights unde
,. | the pretext Of public good, which had n
y warrant in the laws or practices of our al
cestors."
Is In the case of Mum VS.. Illinois-N .
4 S., 141, Justice Field used this language:
8 "All that is beneficial in property arise
y from it's use and the fruits of that use; an
- whatever deprives him of all that is de
= sirable or valuable in the title of posses
sion, and allows a deprivation of use an
the fruits of that use, it does not meri
the encomiums it has received
a But surely authority is not needed for
g proposition so clear. If one of you own
= tract of land disable only for farm pu,
- poses, and the fiat of sovereign power fol
% % bids its use for such purposes, of wha
:, . value is the naked title! No profit or &C
u vantage comes to you from the possessio
g of that which you cannot use; and no on
u will buy that which in like manner he car
! not use. So whether the thing be take
Il or its use stopped, the individual loses
>. he is deprived of his property, and if thi
~ is done in the exercise of the police power
because the public health, morals or we
:. fare demands, his property is sacrifice
!, that the public may gain. When built
IL ing is destroyed that fire may not sprea
y the individuals property is sacrificed fc
g the general good. When the use of hi
u property is forbidden because the publ
! health or morals require such prohibition
l, the public gains, while he loses. ECU,
Il considerations Of natural justice deman
>, that he who is thus despoiled for the pull
70 lie good should not bear alone the burden
but that the public, which is benefited
y should share with him the loss.
u "When the great state of Kansas
= whose past glory, and in whose future
.s believe, proclaimed by the voice of its pee
=. | pie EnrOuSn c0nSG1tuI1Onal amenumen|
3 that the manufacture and sale of intox
eating liquors as beverage should ceas
>. within its borders, humanity rejoiced; an
~ I am glad to have written the opinion Q
. the supreme court of that state, affirmin
- the validity and righteousness of wha
q q was done. regret to be compelled
= add, that in the glory of success and tn
% furtherance of good cause, the state fol
got to be just. There were four Or fiv
breweries worth few thousand dollars
a "a mere bagatelle in comparison with tn
y wealth of the state, built up under tn
- sanction of the law, owned by citizen
4 | whose convictions were different fror
those of the majority, and who believe
= that tie manufacture and sale of beer wa
- right and wise. AS good citizens, it wa
y fitting that they yield to the judgment c
= the majority. AS honest men, it was fl
y ting for the majority to not destroy with
~ out compensation; and to share with th
:. few the burden of that change in publ
sentiment, evidenced by the constitutions
amendment. It will be said hereafter t
the glory of that state, that she pioneers
>, the way of temperance-to it's shame; tha
= at the same time she forgot to be homes
~ % and just, and was willing to be temporal
n at the expense of the individual. Had thi
question come to the courts along othe