The Washington times., 1894-12-29
HISTORIANS WORK DONE.
They Like the City So Well That The,
Will Come Again Next Year.

They Like the City So Well That They
Will Come Again Next Year.
The concluding meeting OF the American
Historical Association, which has been in
decennal session in this city since Wednes-
day. was held last evening at Columbian Uni
versity, at which several bright and interest
ing papers were read, reports OF committees
were received and the election Of officers oc-
cured.
Four papers we're read. the first on 'Moun-
tains and history" by Prof. Edmund X. Al
den. of Packer Institute, Brooklyn. which
was a valuable contribution, treating the
themein bright and entertaining way.
Prof Arson d. Morse of Amherst College,
discussed the causes and consequences of the
party revolution in 1900. going into the de-.
tails of individual and party opinion in the
early days Of the republic.
Cutie an entertaining address was an ex-
temporaneous presentation of "Oxford school
history" by Prof. Morse Stephens lately
elected professor of history at Cornell Uni
versity, an Oxford alumnus. He traced the
efforts of Bishop Stubbs, Prof. Freeman and
others for the upbnilding of the institution.
interspersing his remarks with flashes Of
humor that obtained the applause of his
auditors.
Prof. A.. Howard Clark, of the National
Museum, read the concluding paper. r is
theme was, What the United States has
done for history He sail no government
had done as much as the United States for
the preservation and PRONUNCIATION of his
torical data. and showed by quotation of
figures what had been expended and what
accomplished.
Tho resolutions committee reported. ex-
pressing the thanks OF the association to the
authorities of Columbian University, the
National Museum. and 10 the managers of the
Cosmos Club for courtesies, and separate
resolution expressing TO the university a
sense of loss in the death of its late president,
James C. yelling, who for SO many years
represented its faculty in its hospitality to the
association.
The officers elected are as follows; Presi-
dent, Hon. George It. Hoar, of Worcester,
Mass; vice presidents, Rev. DIR. Richard S.
Storrs, of Brooklyn. and James S. Schedules,
Ph. D., LII. D.; assistant secretary and
curator,.A. Howard Clark. OF National Mu-
scum, and treasurer. Clarence Winthrop
Bowen. Ph D., OF New York.
The executive council election was filed MS
follows: DR.. G. Brown Goode, of the Smith
sonian Institution; Hon. J. L. NJ. Curry. OF
Washington; Prof. George b. Adams, OF Yale
University.
The committee on time and place of next
meeting reported in favor of Washington and
Thursday. December 26. 1895, which was rat
flied by tho association unan mously.
Eight papers were on the morning pro-
gramme OF yesterday. The first was by Prof.
d. Hazel;ine. of Brown University. on ZAP
peals from Rhode Island courts 10 the King
in council The English privy council was
referred to as the predecessor of our Supreme
Court. and in Rhode Island under the char
ter of 1917 tho general court was the supreme
colonial tribunal. The decision of the supe-
rior court was by the act OF l747 declared to
be final, save an appeal to England. The
history OF tie judicial system of the colony
WAS given With ininuteness of detail.
Prof. Frank Greene Bates. OF Cornell Uni
yersity. read a paper Gn Rhode Island and
the impost of 1881" and Prot. Arthur May
Mowry presented the important points Of the
constitutional controversy in Rhode Island
in lS41.
Pennsylvania WAS next in the list for con-
sideration and Prof Samuel B. Harding. OF
Harvard. read paper on Party struggles
over the Pennsylvania constitution, 1775-
1799" The conflict was between the aristo-
cratic and democratic wings Of the Whig
! party over the form of government TO be
maintained in the province. In 1890 the
I features Objectionable TO the aristocratic ele-
ment were stricken ont.
/ S. NJ. Sener, of Lancaster, discussed al
/ length ''Ihe language, manners, and history
I OF the Pennsylvania Germans.
/ Prof. James A. Wi,gus. OF the OHIO State
! University. contribut I'd very complete paper
on 1.-The evolution of township government in
/ Ohio and Prof. A. c. Mclaughlin. of the
| University of Michigan. spoke of "1he re-
/ tention of the Western posts by the British
! after 1853"
! William E. Curtis, of this city read an in
/ teresting paper on Existing autographs o
/ Christopher Columbus