Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-29

ence in the courtroom was 30 extremely
limited that 1t was a pure waste Of time
to read long opinions there. He would
give only In few words his conclusions
his opinion, always completely arranged.
Justice Brewer essentially was a west
ern man and his sympathies were always
with the west. He dealt largely with
railroad corporations and. indeed. with
corporations generally, and he will be
missed immensely, In the opinions of the
court. on the momentous questions con-
corning the Standard Oil and Tobacco
cases now under consideration.
Popular After-Dinner Speaker.
Justice Brewer was the one member of
tho Supreme Court who was in almost
constant demand as a lecturer and after
dinner speaker. He was an orator of
unusual ability. With a picturesque per-
son, rich, rotund voice and COM
mand Of strong and powerful English.
he always held his audience until the last
word of his oratory had died away He
expressed his opinions forcibly and clear
ly on any subject, unless for some reason
1t might affect a pending decision OF the
Supreme Court.
Born in Asia Minor.
David Josiah Brewer was born in
Smyrna Asia Minor, June 80. 1887. the
son OF Rev. Josiah and Amilia Field
Brewer He was a nephew of the late
Justice Stephen Field, and was gradu-
ated from Yale University in 1855 and
the Albany Law School in 1858. He re-
ceived the degree Of LII. d. from the
University Of Iowa. 1884; Washburn Col
lege, 1883: Yale. 1891: University OF Wis
consin, 1900: Wesleyan University. 1901 !;
University of Vermont. 1904; Bowdoin
College. 1905.
Justice Brewer was appointed to the
Supreme Court by President Harrison to
succeed Justice Stanley Matthews. taking
his seat Janulry 8. 1890.
He was brought by his parents to this
country from Asia Minor in the autumn
Rev David Dudley Field, and her broth
er, Stephen J. Field. accompanied her
husband to Turkey as a missionary in
1890
Career in Kansas.
After his graduation from the Albany,
n. Y, Law School. in 1853. following
studying law in the Office of his uncle.
David Dudley Field. in New York. he
entered the practice Of law in Leaven-
worth. Kan. There he progressed rap
idly in his profession. and was made
United States commissioner of the cir
Iuil Souit III ICUI. JuuSC Va tHc PiOOoto
and criminal courts of Leavenworth
county. 1S63-64. and Of the first district
of Kansas. 1S65-69: district attorney for
Leavenworth county. 1S69-7O, and judge
of the supreme court Of Kansas, 1904
He was appointed by President Arthur
Judge of the United States circuit court
for the eighth circuit In 1884, and served
five years. and following this service
President Harrison appointed him as as
sociate justice Of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
While on the supreme bench Of Kansas
Justice Brewer handed down the decision
that women were eligible to the Office Of
county superintendent Of public schools.
and another sustaining the right OF mar
ried women to money possessed by them
at the time of marriage, and to all money
earned by them thereafter. AZ United
States circuit Judge he entered the de-
cree sustaining the Maxwell land grant,
the largest private agent sustained in the
United States.