The Washington times., 1927-04-08
BRIDE IS GIVEN
STEPHENS job
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TO get snsw blcoda into the office.
The Corporation Counsers office
has been the butt Of Congressional
ridiculo and criticism for several
4 years. The climax came In the
last session when an appropriation
was inserted In the District appro-
priation bill Tor 1880 for q Cor.
porAtion Counsel appointed by the
.Presidena.a !
Power GlV6a Co1nmRauionsrs
This WAS changed later TO give
the appcintivA power to the Com
lEnisgioners, with IN understanding
between the District Committees
and the commissioners that Steph-
ems was to be removed.
Brides acceptance Of the appoint.
nAent was announced by the Com
nlissioners today with considerable
citation. They were frank to admit
they considered the District fortu-
nate In securing his services.
Following the announcement,
Commissioner Sidney r. Taliaferro,
under whom the Corporation Coun-
sells office comes, issued . state
Yuent In which he said:
THE business of the District of
Columbia has increased very rapidly
I'm the last few years The Com
k1nissioners desire and intend to
meet that development by such
changes as may be necessary to
conduct the public business in the
most efficient and satisfactory man
ners
Bride to Close Ofiice
''ThA Commissioners have this
day. appointed as Corporation Coun-
eel, effective July L. 1927, William
W. Bride, native of Washington.
\ His appointment is made now in
order that he may have reasonable
time to close his law office, which
he Intends to do, and also that he
may, before assuming the duties OF
the office, to some extent familil
arize himself with the work which
he will take, over. consider the
District Government exceedingly
fortunate in being able to. an
noilnce the appointment Of Mr..
Bride.
FRANCIS IA. stephens, who has
for many years performed faithful
and valuable service for the District
81 Columbia. will, am glad to state;
continue upon the staff Of that Of
flee"
Acts In Public Service
Commissioner Taliaferrn declared
that Bride Is not accepting the job
for the salary involved; that he is
independent financially. and hasbeen
persuaded to take the post as a pub
lie service. He will probably only
serve for two or three years, or long
enough to straighten out the Corpo-
ration Counsers office and speed up
the prosecution of the Districts con.
dennnation cases and bring the Police
Court jury trial cases up to date.
The new Corporation Counsel has
had distinguished and varied ca.
reer. ;''s
He was born here September 8,
1881, the son Of Cotter r. and
Louise Henrietta Bride. He at
tended st, Johns College and grad
uated with an A. B. degree in
1899. Later he received an LIB.
degree from Georgetown University.
He was also postgraduate sLu-
dent at George Washington Uni.
versity and the University Of Me-
Went To Honduras
Mr.. Bride entered practice here
IN September, 1905. with offices in
the Columbian Building. His first
legal experience was before the
courts Of the District. the Court Of
Claims, and the Supreme Court. !
His first international experience
was IN 1908 when he was sent to
Honduras for negotiations with the
government there. In 1913 Score
tary Of the Navy George Won l..
Meyer sent him on q special mis-
sion to Panama involving certain
naval operations -
The following year he was ap-
pointed one o. counsel for the
United States in the American
British pecuniafy arbitration and
later became counsel in charge of
THE arbitration.
When the war ended the arbitrA.
kion, Mr.. Bride was made counsel
ito the Foreign trade advisors OF the
Department Of State. resigning this
position in 1915 to negotiate with
the allied governments in behalf Of
80 American Importers whose ship.
nleilts were blockaded in European
ports, succeeding in having millions
of dollars worth of importations re-
leased and transferred to America.
During the war Mr.. Bride was .
captain In the military intelligence
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