SELDEN, HENRY R. 



h'can National Convention at Chicago in 1860, 

 and worked earnestly to secure the nomination 

 of Seward for the presidency ; but he acqui- 

 esced cheerfully in the nomination of Lincoln, 

 though he was then considered the representa- 

 tive of a less advanced type of Republicanism 

 than that which prevailed in the East. In July, 

 1862, Mr. Selden was appointed Judge of the 

 Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the resignation of his brother; and he was 

 afterward elected to the office for a full term, 

 but resigned at the close of 1864. In the au- 

 tumn of that year he was elected to the Assem- 

 bly from the Rochester district. After travel- 

 ing in Europe for his health, he returned in 

 1867 and resumed practice. In the election of 

 1870, held to choose a Court of Appeals, under 

 the provisions of the new judiciary article of 

 the Constitution, he became the Republican 

 candidate for the chief judgeship, but was 

 defeated. Indeed, he accepted the nomina- 

 tion with no expectation of success. In 1872 

 he attended the Cincinnati Convention that 

 nominated Horace Greeley for the presidency, 

 and, though dissatisfied with the result of its 

 action, supported the candidate, and never 

 afterward returned to the Republican organi- 

 zation. His explanation of his course was 

 that he had been a Democrat in early life and 

 became a Republican on the slavery issue, and 

 therefore it was natural that he should re- 

 vert to Democracy after the settlement of the 

 slavery question. At the autumn election in 

 Rochester in 1872, Susan B. Anthony and 

 other women succeeded in getting their names 

 put upon the registry lists and swearing in their 

 votes. In the prosecution of Miss Anthony 

 that rose out of this action Mr. Selden was 

 her counsel, and, though the notoriety incident 

 to such a case was disagreeable to him, he did 

 what earnest sympathy and large learning 

 could do for his client. He retired from the 

 practice of law in 1879. Mr. Selden was one 

 of the leading lawyers of the State, though 

 never a man of much oratorical ability, and at 

 one time hardly able to speak above a whisper 

 on account of a throat affection. His strength 

 lay in the keenness of his sense of justice, in 

 his great legal learning, in the honesty of his 

 purpose, and in the candor of his methods. 

 He seemed to have a sympathetic and impulsive 

 nature, disciplined into habits of reticence and 

 self-restraint, but liable to break the barriers 

 occasionally under the influence of strong feel- 

 ing ; so that when he gave expression to indig- 

 nation in court the impression produced was 

 striking, because, though the expression of 

 feeling might be moderate, it was clear that it 

 had to be powerful to find any expression at 

 all. He was distinctively a conscientious and 

 high-minded man ; but his character was so 

 marked by simplicity, sincerity, and lack of 

 pretense, that he never seemed to know that 

 he was in any way peculiar for conscientious- 

 ness and high-mindedness. He was singularly 

 generous in his estimates of others, and open 



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to tho solicitations of those who were in trou- 

 ble. Though often a candidate for public office, 

 he was without political ambition and unversed 

 in the arts of tho politician. 



SERVIA, a kingdom in eastern Europe. 

 Complete independence was recognized in the 

 Treaty of Berlin. The Constitution of 1809 

 reaffirmed succession in the family of Obreno- 

 vich, declared the responsibility of the minis- 

 ters to the Assembly, and vested the legislative 

 power in the Sknptsehina, jointly with the 

 sovereign. The Senate was transformed into 

 a Council of State, charged with the elabo- 

 ration of laws. The Skuptschina, which is 

 elected for three years, consists of 178 mem- 

 bers, of whom three fourths are elected by 

 the people, every tax payer having a vote, and 

 one fourth are appointed by the King. A Great 

 National Assembly, composed of four times 

 the number of the ordinary, is elected to de- 

 cide on constitutional questions. 



The King, Milan I, is the fourth of the dy- 

 nasty. He was born in August, 1854, and suc- 

 ceeded his cousin, Prince Michail, assassinat- 

 ed June 10, 1868. He was proclaimed King 

 March 6, 1882. The Cabinet is composed ol 

 the following members: President of the 

 Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Min- 

 ister of Finance, M. Garaschanin ; Minister of 

 the Interior, D. Marinkovich ; Minister of Pub- 

 lic Works, K. Protich ; Minister of War, Col. 

 Petrovich ; Minister of Justice, G. Pavlovich ; 

 Minister of Public Instruction and Worship, 

 E. Popovich ; Minister of Agriculture and 

 Commerce, D. Raiovich ; Minister of Finance, 

 V. Petrovich. 



Area and Population. The area of the king- 

 dom is 48,582 square kilometres, or about 

 18,700 square miles. The population, accord- 

 ing to the preliminary returns of the census 

 of December, 1884, is 1,902,419, having in- 

 creased from 1,667,159 in 1874. Belgrade, the 

 capital, has 35,471 inhabitants; Nish, 16,178; 

 Leskovitz, 10,807. 



Finances. The revenue is derived mainly 

 from direct imposts, including a capitation- 

 tax classified according to rank, occupation, 

 and amount of income. In 1883-'84 the re- 

 ceipts of the treasury amounted to 37,365,000, 

 and the expenditures to 37,291,159 dinar;:. 

 The receipts are estimated, in the budget 

 for 1884-'85, at 46,000,000 dinars; the ex- 

 penditures at 44,236,562. The national debt 

 amounted, in the beginning of 1885, to more 

 than 200,000,000 dinars. 



Commerce. The largest part of the commerce 

 is with Austria-Hungary. The total value of 

 imports in 1884 was 51,087,148 dinars or 

 francs, the value of exports 38,742,916 dinars. 

 There were imports from the United States of 

 the value of 2,376,000 dinars. 



The Army. After the war with Turkey in 

 1876, the Servian militia was transformed into 

 a regular army. The reorganization was com- 

 pleted in 1876. It consists of a field army, 

 depot troops, and a reserve army. A corps of 



