Simon Sterne. 

 1839-1901. 



Simon Sterne, a non-resident member of the Washington 

 Academy, died in New York City, September 22, 1901. Mr. 

 Sterne was born in Philadelphia, June 23, 1839. ^^ ^^59 ^e 

 graduated from the law department of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, and after admission to the bar in i860, he entered 

 upon the practice of his profession in New York City. Qiiite 

 early in his career he became interested in political economy, 

 and in 1863 and 1865 gave lectures upon that subject in the 

 Cooper Union. In 1864 he aided in organizing the American 

 Free-Trade League, and became its secretary. He was also 

 secretary of the Committee of Seventy'- during its fight against 

 the Tweed regime, and took an active part in securing proper 

 legislation during that period. In 1875 he was made one of 

 the commissioners to devise a plan for the government of cities 

 in the State of New York. In 1895 he was a member of the 

 commission to recommend changes in methods of municipal 

 administration. In 1896 he visited Europe to report on the 

 relations between governments and railroads. His career 

 throughout was one of public activity and usefulness. 



Mr. Sterne was a writer of much force and effectiveness upon 

 political and economic questions. In 1865 he published the 

 Social Science Rcviciv. His principal works were, " Our 

 Representative Government and Personal Representation " 

 (1871), "Suffrage in Cities" (1878), "Hindrances to Pros- 

 perity " (1879), ^'^^ ^ "Constitutional History and Political 

 Development of the United States " (1882). 



F. W. Clarke. 



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