" 526 New Toek at the Woeld's Columbian Exposition. 



for the making of an award, the jury would act as a whole and deter- 

 mine the question of award by a majority vote. From that decision 

 there was no appeal upon the merits of the judgment, but if any 

 exhibitor complained that injustice had been done to his exhibit by 

 reason of fraud, or irregularities, or clerical mistakes, it was compe- 

 tent for him to appeal to the Executive Committee on Awards, who 

 were thereupon required to appoint an independent court of appeals to 

 hear and determine the justice of his complaint. 



The executive committee sought to obtain, both at home and abroad, 

 the best men in each class of exhibits who were not only upright and 

 competent, but were generally recognized by the world to possess both 

 qualifications. At the request of the committee the foreign nations 

 submitted lists of judges to be appointed upon their behalf, and nearly 

 all were highly distinguished for their learning and position in their 

 several countries. A similar tribute can be paid to the American 

 judges. While in a general body of judges there might be occa- 

 sionally appointments of questionable strength, it was impossible for 

 an incompetent judge to perform duty for any continuous period with- 

 out developing that fact. The necessity for his submitting written 

 reports to his departmental jury would necessarily disclose his deficien- 

 cies and compel the discontinuance of his services. In the aggregate 

 there were 852 judges appointed. Of that number not to exceed six 

 cases of incompetency were developed amongst the judges appointed, 

 and only one case of doubtful integrity. 



New York State furnished fifty of the total number of judges, dis- 

 tributed through the various departments as f ollovrs : 



List of Judges feom the State of New Yoek, and the Depaet- 



MENTS AND GeOUPS IN WHICH THEY SeeVED. 

 Name. Department. Group. 



Atwater, K. M Manufactures 94 and 95. 



Benjamin, Marcus Manufactures and lib- 

 eral arts 87, 148. 



Bicknell, J. Y Live stock 34. 



Blackall, R. C Transportation 



Breneman, A. A Agriculture 10. 



Brown, J. G Fine arts 140, 141, 142 and 



144. 

 Carpenter, E. C Machinery and trans- 

 portation 69. 



Chandler C. F Manufactures 87. 



Chase, Wm. M Fine arts 140, 141, 142 and 



144. 



Coe, R. E Live stock 31. 



Colne, Charles Manufactures 90, 94, 95 and 96. 



Conger, Mrs. C. de Cosse . . Fine arts 140, 141, 142 and 



144. 



Davis, John P Fine arts 143. 



Dielman, Frederick Fine arts 143. 



