Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-29
be seen TIL men cease to be fallible injuds-

70 seen till men cease to be fallible injudg- +:
nent. sl=fs sGe@ASi
Again the legal profession is conservs-
i've force, on account of it's power; for
'urely nowhere else has the bar as pro-
'ession been given such power a. In this
country; and no other profession has been
yiven such power here. The speaker then
proceeded to show how many positions of
prominence and power were occupied by
lawyers.
no provision which can protect !
us from all possible evils. Unwise legis-
lation, though not expressly authorized, is |
forbidden, and it is not uncom-
mon either in the national congress or the |
state legislatures. But the constitution
does insure to us the enjoyment of those
great rights and privileges with whose ex-
istence injustice Of any kind, even by
legislative acts ia incompatible. But our
constitution and our system of jurispru-
dence rest upon foundations somewhat
less transitory than popular passion, and
they have hitherto been interpreted In
such q spirit as to command the respect
and approval of all classes of our people.
Judges are human and their minds reach
conclusions in the same process as other
we'll trained minds. When the law is not
clear and settled decisions will undoubt-
eddy be affected by other considerations.
Chief Justice Mansfield was undoubtedly
one of the noblest men and one of the
ablest judges that ever adorned the kings
bench in England; and yet it is said of him
that he was "eminently sound and just in
his decisions when his political connections
we're not involved" Believing that the con-
stitution intended to create and did create
a national government, and having decided
notions, Is to what such a government
must be able to do, he was subject to
powerful, though insensible influence, to
find the existence of the required abilities
in the government.
But if judges are not free from party
feeling, and are liable to be Influenced by
It, what can we do to provide remedy
Not very much, certainly. But this at
least can be done and should be done. The
terms of Office of judges should be made
dependent as little as possible on party
support.
The duty which the legal profession
owes to the country is not fully discharged
by it's services in the courts. Laws are
often imperfect. Those who best know
the laws best know what is needed to make
them better.
There is in this country altogether too
character; and against this the legal pro-
fession ought to set its face as a fint-not
merely against what is technically consti-
tutional, but against what is unfair and
wrong.
It would be great mistake, however, to
suppose that any considerable number of
our people desire to subvert our institu-
tions. The power of the people under our
system of government to change our laws
and our institions alike, without any vio-
lent revolution, is unquestionable.
We are destined, gentlemen, even in
| your day to see more serious social COM
plications than we have yet experienced;
| complications to meet which will require a
more advanced and nobler political science
than we have yet learned, and am watch
| ing to see whether in the coming crisis the
| patriotism of the country will again rise
above party, as it did in '61, and will deal
| with those matters in such a way as will
| promote the prosperity and happiness of
our entire people, and preserve to coming
| generations the government established by
our fathers as a government "of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the people"
Yale's New Gymnasium-Visitc by
Hundreds.
The doors of the new gymnasium were
thrown open between and 6 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and the building was
thronged with friends of Yale on tour Of
inspection. Although not fully completed
enough has been accomplished to show the
great beauty and magnitude Of the struc
ture. The spacious hall on the top floor il
finished throughout in ash and cypress
and filed and finished in the natura
| wood. It is reached by a marble stairway
fully twelve feet in width and also by two
winding iron stsirwsys. In the basement
are the huge swimming and rowing tanks
all ready to be filled. Professors Eugene
Seaver showed the visitors about thu
building and pointed out the various
places of interest. The visitors were sur
prised at the magnitude of the work anc
enjoyed their visit immensely. The build
ing will be completed and ready for us,
when college opens in September, and it il
safe to say that there is nothing of its kline
in the world to equal it. The mason worl
was performed by Charles Kinney, the
joiner work by James A. Church, the
painting and interior finishing by B. F
Brockett-all of this city. The marble
work was performed by New York CON
| tractors.
The Corporation.
The polls were opened at the Chittendel
library yesterday morning at II o'clocl
for the election of the new members of tn
Yale corporation, and the voting contin
ued until 1 p. m. Although the result
have not yet been officially announced
there seems to be but little 70 ON for doub
but that Judge Rowland "a, of New York
; was elected. .l-
The Glass Banquets.
| '89's TRIENNIAL AND CLASS CUP PREsENTA
About eighty mem bers of 80 were pref
emit at their banquet in Harmonic hall las
night. The event of the evening was tn
presentation of the class cup to the elias
,, boy. Sheriff., the great Splinter, who wa
! intercollegiate champion in the 100-yard
: dash and the 220 when he was in college
presided and made the speech. 1t wa
, ridiculously funny. After getting Of
gibes on his classmates he turned to Mrf
, | Hubert Wells, the mother of the class boy
|. who was sitting near with her husban
and the little cherib, Cotton Wetmor
Wells, the cause of all the hubbub, thanh
), ed her for grazing the occasion with he
!, presence. Then he spoke of Wells manage
I ment of the Yale Lit. We might appl
the dogerel to Cotton ''since it ia boy
j., sir, we'll dress it up in blue and it sha
! wax the Harvards as its daddy use
to do" only his daddy neve