The morning news., 1899-01-01
WILLIAM r. DAY.
INTIMATE Personal SKETCH OF
The QUIET LAWYER.

Willingly Unknown Yesterday
Judge Day Rose to Meet Crisis.
Long Line of Lawyer Ancestors
Before Hini-His Keen wit as
hoy and His Early Forensic Train
highways "A stud d,ut OF DipIOz-
acy-EarIy successes-RuBning for
Judge-Frfendship for Mckinley.
Canton. o.. Dec. 2S-A Madrid newspa-
per. commenting in the personality Of the
members Of the American peace commits
sion. said of its president:
He is a provincial lawyer, without
knowledge Of diplomacy"
A witty writer in the London Mail re-
ferred to this remark in these words:
"Tney cannot understand him; he means
what he says"
one of the most prominent judges Of
Canton. o.. where the president Of this
peace commission has lived nearly all MS
life. said 70 me:
He is a genius at uuth-telling. when
he states case he does il so clearly and
honestly that the jury cannot help be
lieviug him"
All three of these remarks, although ia
uo, from s,,.b ,,.iI.l, l,frarept sources
are tIuthIul expressions oI Iuuse LAY
character.
Diplomacy has been defined as the gen
tie are Of lying; Judge Day hasn't ii, end
his success in the peace negotiations Of
Paris was a tribute 10 sterling YET tact
fuI American truthfulness. Old World
l;,t,.,+ oo,,sto,,aa "a ,,erbal FONTS
ana parrles Wouid not understand ths
qulet' determined American VINO sa4u
"hat ne meant lhe ntst 'liile anu stu1h
10 H. By raising sinuusS OF aIsuuneH'
around the language OF the pro'oeol thsy
eApectSa 10 confuse ne mann '9aue' ou,
inns NlHase lawyer u Odlltoh' accus'o'lI'"
to the clear statement OF cases peiore
beloSSed jury sa" sllaIsht through theii
arts ana argued Wen LOT MS mlshty chsh''
the American nation.
Thought Mckinley Made Mistake.
Many people thought that President Nc
Kinlev made a grave mistake in calling an
iinlnoyyn lawyer who was not a politician
TO a seat at the head Of his cabinet. and
i'm appointing a man who was not versed
in din1omacv to he the president of a
neaca commission that was TO decide the
destiny of nations Before he went 10
Paris. Judge Day had never before been
outside of his native country. He could
not speak French nor Spanish nor any
other foreign language. He had Travelled
in his own country far less than most
men He had never even been west of the
Mississippi river and never into the far
south He was without vigorous party
aailiatiops. the only time he ran for pub
lie office his name appeared on both the
Renublican and Democratic tickets. The
ONLY time he received political appoint
ment-as iudge of the United States Dis
trict Court-he resigned at once to go back
ia his ouiet business in Canton. Appar-
emily he had no interests nor ambitions
outside of his legal career. and that in a
village where he could not expect to plead
such cases as come within the sphere of
a metropolitan lawyer.
Gen. Grant was clerklns al count,
store az lhe ou'pfeaA ol tle war A'ilGoln i
was slhail la"yer WHen ne Wa9 ef1l-eu
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