The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-29
our PEACE COMMISSION.
The Men Appointed to settle the De-
tails of Peace With Spain.

his appointment as Secretary Shermans
first assistant on April %. 1897. Since then,
however, he has been one of the Presi-
dents strongest advisers and has cared
for the diplomatic phase Of this eountry's
history almost entirely alone.
He was born in Ravena, Ohio, April II,
lS49 and come from a distinguished line
of judges. He graduated from the Uni
versiiy of Michigan in 1870 and, after taxi
ing law school course in the same uni
versity, entered into the practice of law in
1872
In 1886 he was elected to the bench of
| the Common Pleas Court in Canton by
| Doth political parties, and in 1851 was APP
| pointed by President Harrison nudge of
the United States District Court for the
| Northern District of Ohio, but failing
health compelled him TO retire before en-
tering on his duties.
| After being appointed secretary of state
| TO succeed John Sherman, who resigned
| on April rs last, he conducted the import
ant and delicate negotiations that Were in
| trusted 20 him with an ability that elic-
tied the approval of the country
Whitelaw Reid has been prominent as
| an orator. politician, statesman, and jour
| nalst since the first nomination of Abra-
ham Lincoln for the Presidency.
| descended from early settlers in the
! western country, he was born in Xenia,
| ONO, Oct 2, 1887. He was prepared for
| college by his uncle, and was graduated
| from Miami University in his nineteeth
| year After his graduation he became
! principal of school at South Charleston.
| Ohio, and in one year had saved enough
| money to pay his father his college ex-
! penses and to purchase The Xenia News,
| This journal, outside of Illinois, was the
| nrst TO support Lincoln.
| In ola
! legislative correspondent for several Ohio
| dalles, and soon after became city editor
| on the Cincinnati Gazette, which position
he left to became war correspondent on
| NlcClellan's staff.
In 1867 he removed to New York city
and was appointed managing editor of the
| New York Tribune, under Horace Gree
| ley. He subsequently gained control of
| the Tribune and brought it out of fnan-
! clal embarrassment to a sound basis. Since
| that time, under his direction, the Tri-
! bune has supported all Republican candi-
dates. For journalistic support of the
| party, he was offered the position of min
| lster to Germany under Presidents Hayes
and Garfield, which he refused but ac-
| cepted from President Harrison the APP
polntment of minister to France. In this
| office he surprised the diplomatic world
by the elegance of his receptions He re-
| turned to New York in 1892, becoming the
candidate for Vice President of the Re
publican party on President Harrison
second nomination, but was defeated.
He was for several years the president
of the Lotus Club, and is also member
OF many prominent social organizations
Justice Edward Douglass White has
been in active public life since he was a
young man. He was born in Lafourche
La in 1S45, and is descended from a nota-
BILE line of barristers and judges.
When young man he entered Mount St
E7t,1P11 + tc1,t
afterward transferred to Georgetown Col
lege, being there at the commencement
OF the civil war. Leaving college, he
| entered the Confederate ranks as a pri-
Vate and served throughout the four
years, being a prisoner for part of the
| time.
In 1868 Mr.. White was admitted to the
bar in New Orleans, and in 1874 was elect
ed state senator, serving four years At
the close of his senatorial career he was
appointed associate justice of the Supreme
Court of louisiana, and served his posi-
ton two years, when a new court was
created.
After following his practice for several
years, he was elected United States sena-
tor in 1891 and served until he was APP
pointed associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court by President Cleve-
land.
He as the owner of extensive sugar plan
tations in Louisiana, and has the repufa-
ton of being the wealthiest member Of
the New Orleans bar.
Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis of Min
nesota, one of the first to be named for
the peace commission, has been in the
higher house since 1887.
He was born in Henderson, N. Y, June
16, 1888, and the same year his parents
moved to Wisconsin. He entered Carroll
college, at Waukesha, where he prepared
for the University of Michigan, from
which place he was graduated in 1857. In
1860 he began the practice of law, and two
years later enlisted in the Northern army
resigning in 1864 on account of i'll health.
IN 1866 he was elected TO the Minnesota
legislature having moved there after the
war, and in 1868 was appointed United
States district attorney, serving five years.
In 1878 he was elected Governor of Min
nesota by a majority of one vote and
twenty years afterward, by a strange coin
cidence, received the same majority for
the United States Senate.
BY a unanimous vote he was nominated
for United States Senator In 1887, and was
elected by large majority Soon after his
advent into the Senate he was appointed
chairman of the committee on pensions
and was also member of the committee
on military affairs. His second election to
the Senate was very narrow, one vote de-
Gliding it In his favor,
Since John Sherman's retirement from
the Senate Mr.. Davis has been chairman
of the committee on foreign relations
Senator William p. Frye was born in
Lewiston, Me, on Sept @ 1890 Gradual
ing from Bowdoin College In 1850, he soon
sprang into prominence, and in 1861 was
elected to the Maine House, serving three
terms. In 1864 he was a presidential cleo
tor, and in 1866 and 1867 was Mayor of
Lewiston. During the latter year he was
elected attorney general of the state and
during the three terms he administered the
duties Of that office he conducted several
cases and won a reputation not confined
to the limits of his own state
In 1871 he first took his seat in the Ma
tlonal House. and in 1883 was elected Unit
ed States senator to succeed Mr. Blaine.
and has been a member of the Senate ever
since.
John Bassett Moore, who has been Sc
leeted as Secretary to the peace commits
sion, has been Assistant Secretary Of State
since Mr.. Days promotion TO the Seer'e-
iar in In, Ia L.