The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-22


 at reasonable selection. The classes of | l774 to IT'S supplied five judges, two of whom were chief justices, to the su- preme court of Vermont The list of Judges in Connecticut reads like a Yale catalogue From 17S4 to 1874, except
 Tor about eighteen years, i'll the aggre-
 gate, the chief justice was always q
 Yale graduate, Huntington, Law, Dyer,
 Mitchell, Swift, Hosmer Daggett and
 others making up the list In New
 York the name of Chancellor Kent
 heads the list, which is long one.
 The high reputation of the superior
 court of New York city was so largely
 due to Yale men as to demand special
 mention. It was established ir 1S2S,
 and it's first chief justice was Samuel
 Jones' of the class of 1709 (previously
 chancellor} who continued in office for
 nineteen years and then became
 judge of the supreme court, and "of
 whonl," says Benjamin D. Silliman,
 we all spoke. not irreverently, as the
 old chief than whom, perhaps, no more learned judge or able lawyer, save Chancellor Kent, could be named at the
 bar" Another of the three original judges of the superior court was Thom- as J. Oakley of the class of 1901, one of the leaders of the bar, who continued in that court until 1857, in 1S4S becoming it's chief justice. Other Yale men who became judges of that court were Lew is B. Woodruff, who later was United States circuit judge in New York, Ed wards Pierreport, who was attorney general of the United States, and Charles r. Sanford Mention might be made also of Alexander s. Johnson, judge of the supreme court and of, the court of appeals and of the Unted States Circuit court, of Douglas Board man, of the supreme court( at his death dean of the Law school of CornelD, of Judges Hobart, Hogeboom and many others In the Massachusetts supreme court Yale was first represented by Simeon Strong of the class of 1T56, and later by Theodore Sedgwick, and later still by Dwight Foster. Through Chief Justices Meigs and Hitchcock, Yale has presided over the supreme court of Ohio, and through chancellor Runyon over the court of chancery in New Jer- sey. These are but a few names out of the long list of Yale judges.
 The roll of successful advocates is not easy to make up. The work of the ad- vocate is but little recorded. A few leave memories that endure for time, but most of them are lost, to fame soon after their voices cease to be heard in the courts. You will recall many of them among the graduates of Yale, | with whatever locality you may be fla miliar The list is long and selection would be difficult. There is, however, | one graduate of Yale whose name must occur to all, one who enjoyed unique | and in them won unusual distinction and rendered unusual ser vice. I need hardly say that refer to William M. Evatts
 When England and the United States | resolved to employ arbitration for the | first time in dispute of large import | and of much difficulty, and the issues | between these two nations were brought before the Geneva tribunal, | me of the three who appeared as coun- gel for our government was MT. Evarts, with him being associated his class nate. Mir. Waite, afterwards chief jus ice. A large share of the duties of the .hree fell to Mir. Evarts. MT. Evarts vas the leading counsel on one side be- ore the electoral commission in 1876, in which his efforts were directed against he interests of his classmate Samuel J rilden.
 It seems to be the rule, as to such occasions as this that the word of ,raisa shall be spoken only as to those whose work here Is ended. This can lot prevent us however, from noting hat many Yale men are busy in the aw to-day if we avoid both praise and riticism.
 Note, first, how many of them are udges. Chief Justice Peters of Maine ,as withdrawn from the bench which le has honored for so many years, but is judicial influence still continues In he supreme court of Massachusetts Is judge Knowlton, and Judge Colt is 1nited States circuit judge for the First circuit covering Maine, New Massachusetts and Rhode sland Tn Connecticut, if you go to he federal court you will find Judge ,hipman or Judge Townsend, or if you @ to the supreme court, Judge Bald- yin and Judge Prentice. Judge Vann 5 in the court of appeals in New York, n the federal courts there are Judges hipman and Thomas. and in the state upreme court are Judges Andrews, TacLean and Jenks Go to New Jer- ey and you find Judge Adams in the ourt of errors and appeals. Judge archibald is United States district ldge in Pennsylvania. In Delaware here is Chancellor Nicholson. Tn the Illinois supreme court is Judge Magru- CT. Judge Shiras has long been Uni ad States district judge in Iowa and udge Adams holds like position in Issouri In Montana Yale is repre- anted in the supreme court by Judge Iilburn. And there are many others. his list is only suggestive. Let us end
 with those we find in the United :. tates supreme court. There are Jus ces Shiras, Brewer and Brown in the lree corners of opinion on the insular ases, holding positions covering the hole field, ready whichever way the edge comes to carry the ball behind - le goal posts and score for Yale.
 It would hardly do to mention names , mong the living advocates and coun- ,llars. Enough has been said to sug- est to how great an extent Yale men re busy in the varied work of the law Il over the land.
 Nor are they confined to this country