Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-09-30

principles Of law applicable TO any
given state of facts Then remark
ing on the many legal questions
argued by him in the Appellate
Court, the Justice proceeds TO say:
1T is always pleasure TO peruse his
brief And he adds: His varied
and extensive learning, his great re-
search, his tendency to study sub
ject until he masters it, and his pow
ers of condensed statement serve to
place him in the front ranks as an
author. He is, in short, lawyer OF
great professional requirements, a
writer OF unusual literary accom-
plishments, and gentleman of honor
and integrity We have said enough
to let the reader understand that the
case here submitted is from COM
petent pen, and embodies in advance
the argument that will be submitted
to the arbitrator, and it is therefore
of high interest"
Besides being an able lawyer Mr..
Simonds has acquired considerable
reputation as man Of letters. He
has written with great ability on con-
stitutional and social questions, and
has contributed two valuable books
to the literature OF his profession.
one being an admirable philosophical
monograph on Common Law and
Code Pleading Contrasted, and the
other a useful work for the practic.ng
lawyer entitled 1.-THE Produce EX-
change; Legal Principles Applied to
It's Methods" besides articles in
Vulnerable on legal subjects in the
journals of the profession. Inter
ested in political philosophy, social
science, and criminology, he trav-
eled as student of these subjects in
1877 and 1878 very extensively, visit
ing Mexico, Central America, and
South America, and all parts of the
United States. In 1891 and 1892 he
made a tour Of Europe, studying at
the great libraries of London, Paris,
Madrid, and Vienna. Accompanied
by his wife, he journeyed through
the most picturesque and his
torically interesting countries of
the old world He began writing
for publications in 1870, and has
been a constant contributor to
periodical literature since that
time. He is the author of a
volume of essays entitled studies in
Comparative Politics." and of an
earnest and valuable work called
"The History of the Manual Laborer, y
in which he has traced the use and
progress of the common people from
slavery and degradation to compare
tive peace and happiness. He pos
sesses the power of swift and accur-
ate generalization, and his literary
productions are marked by calm and
d spassionate Judgment and luminous
reasoning. He writes with elegance
of diction, and with a clearnesS OF
statement that is at once pleasing tC
the taste and convincing to the judg-
, ment of his readers. His varied and
extensive learning, his indefatigable
and wide research, and his thorough
, mastery of every subject which be
: has undertaken to study, have
, combined to secure for him {
solid reputation in the literary
craft He is in short, lawyer o
great professional requirements, ;
, writer Of unusual literary accomplish
\ ments, and gentleman of honor anC
r integrity; and as such he holds ;
\ high and respected place in the com
Z munity, and especially among tn,
: members Of his own profession. Ill
Q has always been an ardent Democrat
Q and keenly interested in practica
politics. During his residence in tn
n State OF New York he was active il
/. party work. After his removal {
+ Illinois, he was Chairman of IT,
+ Democratic Central Committee 0
g Boone County, and also Chairman 0
n the Senatorial and Congressional Dis
r trict Committees Of the Fifth Dis
- trict OF Illinois at the same time
d lie has contributed many interesting
# and effective brochures to campaig
l. literature, among them conspicuous
n being his pamphlets on politics in
IS Nutshell, and Tariff Taxes. >"
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