The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05

connection, the information was CLEANED
| from another source that similar feet
ing existed between the chief Justice ana
his predecessor, Justice Waite, whose
, first experience on the supreme court
bench was the hearing of an able argu-
ment OF the former.
rs it true that you find some Of your
asked.
Il meet college mates here" he replied,
but not classmates. There was a mem
Der of our class here. Mr. W. a. Wheel
er, the author Of such books as Noted
Names In Fiction" but he Is dead"
The interviewer ventured the inquiry as
10 whether Chief Justice Fuller had done
anything In connection with the law con
, ventiOn In Troy.
NO" was the response, that has no
interest to me-"
This was not encouraging for propounf-
Ing the question frequently asked as to
his non-attendance at the last Harvard
law school dinner and It was sufficient
70 learn from the record that he had q
hlial as well as personal reason for fealty
to that institution, as his father also was
a graduate of the law school there.
You really cannot interview me-" said
the chief justice at this point; II am not
a good subject for an interview"
The interviewer, gathering the Impress
ion that the chief justice would prefer
some topic connected win ms own pro
fession, asked his ideas on the new In
detcrminate sentence law about to go
into effect in Massachusetts and his own
state, Illinois.
indicating a wish to have the matter put
more definitely, the new system was
mentioned with reference TO It's features
in Massachusetts, by which, after the
new year, the power Of determining how
long a convicted person shall serve VIII
be taken from the judges, and In large
part be put into the hands OF the prison
commissioners.
The chief Justice listened very closely,
but at the end said, with some manifesto
ton of firmness you cannot expect
a man in my position to give an opinion
on that question"
No greater success was met in further
attempts to cross-question on such vital
subjects the man VINO comes or three
generations OF astute lawyers, and who
headed the bar of Illinois during third
of a century.
he had no special matters Of social or
other. nature to attend to in Boston be-
fore leaving.
While he was speaking the interviewer
was enabled to note mentally the charac-
teristics Of this noted jurist who has
during seven years filled the loftiest judi
cial place in the United States, and to APP
preciate the fund Of character and sturdy
individuality by which he rose to II.
There was something about his physlc-
al frame and his large, impressive head
that suggested the great man with whom
he was in friendly cooperation in the days
of Lincoln-Stephen A. Douglass.
With strongly lined features. keen eve.
and mellow, yet penetrating voice. there
was found the index to that COMPOSITE,
brain which yibrates at pleasure between
the decisions of the supreme bench In
Washington and the classic poetry ana
literature Of the three languages that ne
learned to love as bay down among the
pines At the old college in Brunswick.
where before him had studied such congo
thorne.
Il am going to New York" he said. land
will stay Their short time to attend some
meetings." and a cordial Good after
noon" rounded out the interview.