The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-01-07
The Fifth Member Not Out
ALL ACCEPT THE PLACES
spoken in Politics.

Washington, January President
Cleveland tonight announced the APP
pointment of the Venezuelan boun-
Diary commission as follows:
David j. Brewer, of Kansas, Justice
of the United States Supreme Court.
Richard H. Alvey, of Maryland,
Chief Justice ofthe Court of Appeals
of the Districto Columbia.
sAndrew ID. White, of New York.
Frederick r. Coudert of New
York.
Daniel G, Gilman, of Maryland.
The commission is regarded here
among those who had an opportunity
to see the list OF names after they were
made public as very satisfactory
one, whose opinions and conclusions
will be received by the American pub
lie with confidence justified by the
standing OF the members of the COM
mission.
Justice Brewer is Republican in
politics and about tifty-cight years of
age, He is graduate of Yale, and
has spent considerable time in the
practice of his profession in Kansas,
where he filled a number of judicial
offices. Inl1SSi he was appointed
Circuit Court Judge of the United
States for the Eighth district, and was
appointed Associate Justice of the SUI
preme Court in December, 1889, by
President Harrison
Richard Ii. Alvey is Democrat in
politics and a man of marked legal
ability. It was the reputation he
gained as Judge in the Maryland
courts which led President Cleveland
in the absence Of political influence on
Alvey's part to Appoint him to the po-
sition OF Chief Jlstice of the Court of
/ Appeals Of this district. lie is about
sixty years of ags.
andrew d. White ss Republican
in politics. He is one OF the best
known men of l4ters in this country,
is an author and historian and has
been the Presidat of Cornell Univer-
sity. Mr.. Whit was appointed Min
lister to Russia bl President Harrison
and this position be held through Har-
rison's Administati and for year
or more during fr. Cleveland's Ad-
ministration
Frederick r. 9udert is a Demo-
crat in politics a d is one of the best
known mem oers b the bar in New
!. York. Mr.. Coulert was one of the
counsel for the Qnited States in the
Boring Sea Combission, aud in that
capacity made on of the most elo.
quent and effecii% speeches delivered
i'll behalf OF the American contentious
The last named hember of the com.
mission, Daniel q Gilman, President
/ of Johns HopkiniUniversity, is vel
known as an autPrity on Information.
al law He waslt one time Presi.
dent of the Univdsity of California
/ and was later call I'D 10 take up the
work OF organization of the Universi.
ty of which Ae is how, at the head
One of HE Principal acquisitions i:
the mastery the science of physica
geography, de haY ing studied in Ger
many uudsr a p3minent instructor
and in thP country under Guyot. lie
Is The author of Life of Presiden
Monroe.1
Mr. Gilman ha never figured
. prominently IN politics, but his pro
,cIivities re understood to be Repubii
can. Tlh two great parties, it will
be seem ne equally represented OH tn,
comnislon, with The fifth membe
having D outspoken politics.
S All OF I've above mentioned will &C
ceps The pieces to. which they hav'
been appoi9sd and are expected i
Z assemble inWashington as soon a
a practicable Eith view 10 their swear
i Ing i'll and atering upon their work
9 The app, - nents are in compliance
!. with a re tion adopted in Congress
at the RED Of President Cleveland
n and tho Of the commissioner
If win be Z anime and collect evi
y ience wi view Of determining tn
d true div III line between Yenezue
% Ia aud 4 b Guiana. The conclu
by the commission vii