The Irish standard., 1896-01-04
the COMMISSION
Names and Records Of Those Who vii

THE COMMISSION
Names and Records Of Those Who Will
Settle the Venezuelan Boundary.
President Cleveland on Wednesday an
nouneed the appointment of the Venezu-
elan commission as follows:
David j. Brewer, of Kansas, justice
United States supreme court.
Richard H. Alvey, OF Maryland, chief
| justice Of the court of appeals Of the
District of Columbia.
| Andrew D. White. of New York.
| Frederick r. C0udert, of New York.
| Daniel C. 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 public with
that confidence which the standing of the
members of the commission in the public
ever inspires
Justice Brewer is Republican in poll
! tics and about SO years of age. He is q
graduate of Yale and has spent consider
able time in the practice of his profession
| in Kansas, where he filled number of
/ judicial offices. In 1884 he was appointed
circuit court judge OF the United States
for the Eighth district.
/ Richard Fl. Alvey is Democrat in poll
! tics and man Of marked legal ability.
Ii was the great reputation he gained as
! judge In the Maryland courts which led
/! President Cleveland in the absence of
political influence on Judge Alvey's part
to appoint him to the position Of chief
! justice OF the court of appeals Of the Dis
| trict of Columbia He is about 60 years
of age.
Andrew D.. White is Republican in
! politics. He is one of the best known
men of letters in this country and per-
haps in the world is an author and his
torian, and has beeen the president OF
; Cornell University. Mr.. White was ap-
(; pointed minister to Russia by President
Harrison, and this position he held
| through Harrison's administration and
for year or more during Mr. Cleveland s
administration.
! Frederick r. Coudert is Democrat
and is one OF the best known members OF
the bar in New York. Mr.. Coudert was
one of the counsel for the United States
in the Bering Sea commission and in that
capacity was one of the most eloquent
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American contentious.
| The last named mamber Of the commits
sion, Daniel G.. Gilman president Of Johns
Hopkins University, is we'll known as al,
authority on international law He was
at one time president Of the University
| of California and was later called to take
up the work Of the organization of the
university of WHICH he is now at the head.
| One OF his principal acquisitions is his
mastery of the science of physical geog-
| raphy, he having studied in Germany
, under a prominent instructor, and in
this county under Guyot He is the a,1-
thor OF a life Of President Monroe. Mr..
! Gilman has never figured prominently
in politics. At the White House it Is
stated that he has no politics, but his
proclivities are understood to be Repub~
lican. The two great parties it will be
seen, are equally represented on the COM
| mission, with the fifth member having
no outspolsen politics.
All of the above named persons will ac-
cept the places to which they have been
appointed, and are expected to assemble
in Washington as soon as practicable
| with view to their entering upon their
! work. The appointments are made in
! compliance with resolution of congress
passed at the request OF President Cleve-
land, and the work of the commission will
be to collect and examine evidence with
view to determining the true divisional
line between Venezuela and British Gui-
ana. The conclusions reached by the
commission will be reported to the pres
ident for his information in connection
with any further representations and
communications that may be made by
this government to Great Britain in con-
nection with the boundary line dispute
between the latter country and Venezu-
ella.