Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-03

TO b supposed that their training In the
field Of research after truth would expand
tho feceptiyeness of their minds and
would in . case like that under consider
alton enable them to apply their minds to
the work OF ascertainiDg the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Ex- president Andrew Dixon White of
Cornell University has had other
training than that acquired aa the
had OF great university, train
ing which will enhance his use
fulness in the work be is now to- under
take. AS minister to Germany for three
years and as minister to Russia under
Harrison. he served with credit, ana this
circumstance will tend to lend weight to
his findings, in the eyes of foreign govern
ments. Mr.. White is also a writer of
note.
Not quite so familiar to the gen.
cral public is tho name of President
Daniel Colt Gilman of Johns Hopkins
University. The statement that ne has
no politics is not to his credit But the
fact that he has been called to the head of
that great university is in itself q recon-.
mendation, while the fact that he is q
recognized authority on international law
and has forbore to express any opinion of
this controversy is still greater recon-
mendatiOD, especially in view of the
number OF alleged authorities who have
"piped up from universities great
and small all over the land. He grad
uated from Yale in 1859, studied abroad,
and became an authority on physical and
political geography. From q professor
ship in Yale he went to California to
accept the first presidency of the Califor-
MIA University and remained in that posi-
ton until in 1875 when he was chosen
first president of Johns Hopkins. He
has written quite number of scientific
articles, which attracted attention, also
miscellaneous articles, among which,
curiously enough, was a memoir of James
Monroe for the American Statesmen"
series.
David Josiah Brewer was born in Asia
Minor in 1897, graduated from Yale Col
lege in 1856, studied law in the office of
his uncle, David Dudley Field in New
York City, and at the Albany law school
from which he graduated and was ad-
mitted to the New York bar. He passed
one year in farming at Stockbridge.
Mass, and then moved to Kansas where
he practised law. In 1864 he was U.
S. commissioner; 1925 judge of probate
and judge of the Leavenworth county
criminal court and from 1865 to 1869 was
Judge Of the first judicial court of the
state and at the same time superintendent
of city schools and city attorney. For
eleven years beginning with 1870 he was
Judge of the Kansas supreme court. He
also took great interest in the state educa-
tional matters. In 1884 he was appointed
U. S. judge for the eighth district and
President Harrison appointed him associ
ate justice OF the supreme court in 1889
| Brewer and White are the Republicans
on the commission while Frederic r.
Coudert and Richard H. Alvey are the
Democrats. Until further information is
received President Gilman may be looked
upon as having Mugwumpian tendencies.
Mr.. Coudert will be remembered as
one OF the counsel before the Behring sea
commission, and his speeches were among
the best delivered before that body. He
ranks high among the members of TIN
bar in New York and his name at ont
time was prominently mentioned as
likely to 60 before the Senate for con
firmation for position on the supreme
bench.
Richard H. Alvey is chief justice Of ths
court Of appeals I'M the District of Column
bia, being appointed to that position by
President Cleveland. He was regarded BY
Mr.. Cleveland as a man of marked legal
abilities and served with credit as judge
in the Maryland courts. Judge Alvey is
about 60 years Of age. While he CAD
scarcely bc said to have u national reputa
tion it is thought that his is a good sslec
tion.
When all the facts concerning that
boundary are known we believe 1t will be
found that England has for nearly q CEN
tnry been gradually taking from Vene
zuela territory that belonged to the latter
country and BY reason Of superior
strength has held of the little South
American government With one sham pre-
sext and another, such as she would
not dare to make to an equal power.
/ Believing this We hope that some means
Il@ honorable arbitration of the question
N NAY be decided upon before this commits
iAl0n ehAll have completed it, labors
II IHhers ~ many in Epgland who belisv.
II - ashitsation; there are many, if we may
Il ftud6e kom tho comments Of the English
Ibrcef Who fesl that Salisbury has been
Il TOO 6rhttz1ey. There arc not . few Eng
lishnsn. Who realise that the premier is .
nOtod jinRois6 and m0reovoe Is I. bully.