Show m i a William R Day a Judge Who Comes From Two families of L J JL g 24 I i F C ever Individuals nt at Ii i x y birth seem to be pre predestined preG G 0 destined for tor certain i r careers William 11 R nIi Ii r Day was ono one of ot these a Anti And that tho the finger of ot g destiny pointed relent r il l lowly to tho the l profession sion slon of ot law with ultimate Judicial pre preferment 11 J ferment termon Is la equally true truo Ills His father Jj Luther Day Dar served two terms term on the tho supreme bench of ot Ohio his hll maternal 1 grandfather on one side I 1 Itt wua also a II member of ot the su supreme f tt n preme court ot or Ohio his hll ma mar maternal 11 Zephaniah Swift A was chief of oC the court of ot and all the author of ot Swifts tea t and OVen even when wh 1 Mr Day roar mar married t a l ried hi ho chIli chee ns nil n a II life lICe partner I Schaefer daughter of ot Louts Louis OVi on one of or the most mOil prominent and success successful ful lawyers In Ida his section of oC Ohio It Is In iI not surprising that Mr tr Ir Day toti should have turned turn to the law as ns th the Moslem Mo toward Mecca or that two to of ot I Ij j hit his four tour sons should have followed In 1 his hla footsteps to hi Iii William It H D Days ys most mOlt bitter biller political rn enemy would could trot not have the tho temerity to toi iJ allege lo i that thill he Is IH nn RI J hl have i hail had ns hard hand a tt time finding ending him as ns the average man usually has lino In finding It Ri the o of III iro eD Once he WAS WAil elected ft n Judge f of ot tho common pleas plena court He Ire served 1 awhile and then finding that he could if not 1101 afford to 10 continue In the olilee ho he gave It up Then President Ihu appointed him a II Judge of ot the United States Staten district court This Thin Is III n a lira po position but the unusual Mr Day J ay did IUd not nol even eveh eve i permit to be Le sworn In fearing that his bin hl health never no r too loo good would suffer HUffer When President ley loy invited him to become assistant sec HC secretory s c of ot state stale at the time limp when the tho Jute luto John manifest Infirmities s nit had almost t unfitted It el him hlll for the th arduous ous oun duties conner ted 1 with tin tho secreta I of ot state stale Mr tr had hu great grent In Inducing him to 10 accept der de despite spite the tho fact tROt that unknown coun country try lawyer r r l fully tully that the orr r meant that he would be he the premier of ot tho the nation A As AM soon goon ns os the Spanish H war was Wall over Mr Day went to Purl Pearls nn nB chairman of ot th to ar arrange arrange arrange range the terms term of at peare and then hen lI n nV why V h thin thin Inexplicable man went Hill quietly Lack hack to 10 his little HUll law In Canton 0 and began the weary grind of ot hying l aside out of his Ida earning a n little lUll competence for lor hll hie family ra mil y lInt Hut lInthe he lie was wn not long to be h allowed d to 10 KO go along In Canton for tor Mr very err moon loon appointed him to t a n United State circuit judg ship Strange to w sa pa lir r Pay DRY not only ar ear this hut huh h has hall H held It up UI to dAte lute Mr rr had hill long IOn had Mr Day DRY picked out for tor a n place piece on Oil the I supreme bench of ot the United Hinte lilote for Cor forthe forthe I Ithe the lute late president believed I ly Iy In the tho ability of ot his M old friend und and 1 neighbor ai na he ho believed bell ed In few men In hit his opinion Mr rr Day wes WOI we one Olle of lit the tw themo mo most t thorough and analytical lawyers of at the lints with a n faculty for tor sifting the wheat from frum the shaft chaff mid and getting down to rock ruck hot bot bottom tom lour When Wilen President Ile lt recent recently re ent ly Iy Mr Day the place on the na national bench tench soon noon to 10 be vacate vacated ed by b Judge Shiran Shiras he hI noted acted not only upon ullon his hilt own high regard for tor the man who o conduct of or the complicated ques questions flU lions arising out mart of ot the trouble with had hat won his hll u mum II dud admira admiration admiration tion but hut alto also upon UI the opinion of ot his late chief To o Judge from tram his hi career carer ono one would muM be lie warranted In assuming that Hint William WI III II U Day Is I diffident to tl the point pl of ot roil rell reticence cence Bence That Is la not nol however the CBS case Its JIls disinclination i to s slice public of or orlice lice lion haR been dUe primarily to ref then of ot the tho nit fact that It U In necessary to 10 provide n fund to enable him him r I I iF t ii l E Ei 1 t rl Al AlI i I t 1 lr Iy v vr i r JUDGE WILLIAM R DAY to properly launch hU hIs children In bust buil nose nelIA to say a nothing of ot the necessity of ot providing for tor the tho needs of at old ohl age Hut But HutIn ButIn In Us its it last analysts analysis Mr Days Day preference for tor a Q quiet t life lito In to Canton Can Ion proceeds pro from hie of at study and tho the opportunity he I there has for tor gratifying his pas lon without the tho Inevitable Interruptions which must InuIt come to n a II man occupying a prominent position po In Washington for tor while lo he In I ono aria of at the most approach approachable able men living and likes liken A a n social chat with r t friend he ha dreads the ordeal of ot formal functions function Most rosl persons persona per ons In Canton Can Ion would almost I as n soon noon have the opinion of ot Judge Day upon an nn abstruse legal problem ns as that hat of ut tho the supreme bench of at the tho state Atal and It ItIs Itc I II Is 1111 a n f tact fact that ho ha h has lont Ius t very VCr e r tell few e civil civilI c I cases clues In which he advised fiction Action and nn I It 11 Is he said Mill that no lawyer In Ohio has I had more favorable r rable decisions on an appeal u uIt It might bl pi Inferred that with his Ills somewhat peculiar Idols of ot life Mr Air Day D would tou not be lie popular at horns home In Jn real reality reali i ity It he Is the lilt most popular man In ht Can Cam Camton Canton Canton ton he lens has for nearly n quarter of ol n a century When M h ran for tor forthe the tho of ot jud a J of ot the of ot com coma common comi herb chance ot off hl his i mon man plea I h Inert lher was wall no tIO being I defeated for tor ho he was the candi candidate candidate date of ot both tho the Democratic anti ond lie Ito publican partita p s 8 lUt tact not of Ir Itself speaks volumes for tor the character and popularity of the th wan man With the possible pl exception of ot the tho late Into Chief Justl Justice o Waite of ot the United States Staten supreme court it Is probable that no man mun ailed suddenly to high alike from an In this country has hils overawed n a greater sur surprise surprise prise than Ihan Jul goDny II y When ley made mudo him lint secretary of at state he was sneeringly referred to ai as nn obscure obscuro country layer lawyer a 11 pollee police court attorney and an nil Insignificant local I practitioner who through th lb pugh ugh the accident ot of personal nc with the tho ho president was WOR about to be foisted upon the tho country countr In tho the position which everyone every Hory ono one understood If It not nol nally tho the of or state Day demonstrated his lda ability but the public did dill not realize reallie that what was done was his hla work HO su 10 that when a II year or so no noan later inter Secretary Sherman an retired and Mr Day became of ot state the tho sneers continued lI trey did nut not last lung long Ion It soon Joon evident that thai while the tho new man at the tho head of at tho the state stale department was In no souse sense a n t grand stand stant player ho lio was In every oer sense S a n worker and a deep thinker as ns aswell liSwell well wall Applicants for tor fret first learned this unpleasant fact and later on ou the tho fellows ellos with vilh Jobs johs found out that tho the country lawyer cl was more than 1101 n a match for Cor their high salaried legal lobbyists ls In appearance Mr Ir Day Va Is not hn Im Impressive Although ti 6 feet teet 8 Inch ne h pounds He Is wn I J I t 1 d e w nn t I II l y yearn earn him II I 11 a 11 T Ull ill he face ls Is homely i i wt 4 iiI e turns ope by on ont lI 1 th thIt it Is 19 r i i t nei I It II up It ItI cye cr m i t I pr prof of ot They rite 1 t oj B direct ric I I I loyalty Spartan I t I u ij right t and wrong M 1 i I i v n qt on Y lew Ie what t th till thod 1 I od OJ man though 1 rt tl It ual who sr M i 1 1 3 object t thuu h 1 lb Ii path es HO Ile II in uI n Ii n i II ti I lien hat 1111 born been for in w c of wheel o in Ii fully In III I v toes taken so yea H that i if I n his Itla viry vt ry frail li I y q cum cunil to time the g lit anti ivi has bom b II I r r P l q t lety loty to 10 Ills his small I b It 11 lm Va l u 0 April 17 I t j tt public schools h x t varsity of A taw few months month i In t with William A j Lynch and Davil l i I i ito IA IAto I ta tato to hll II I I ri t a L mth K 8 Day 11 I I Imo t most mo t famous in ho i i y 1 It man mun who n i ra J work Ho lie was Wll H If e Jurors for the i n 11 dom dam handled u a 11 i j i ti believe and ho hr b it d a pressing the tho y 1 I is isn j with his faith n l til e As 8 n 1 result or nr i L i r e Mss Miss Schaefer tit Ih a atit t tIt her It tit least of ot Ihl It while Ili tho 1 mo carters ors 1 trot not yet been deem dl a awAt n r i 4 f 4 wAt W I Ii i |