The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-01-11
During Whic1 Time a Scene is Enact
ed w iich so Blends Pleasure
with Regret as to Cause
Those Present, to Long Remember
the Occasion.

| In the District Court on Monday morn
ine, promptly at the hour of 9 O'Clock, His
Honor Judge Ide took the bench and
opened court for the last time rs such
Judge, and the record of the closing pro-
ceedings under him was read and signed.
The official certificate OF election and
oath Of Office of the Hon. Robert Crozier,
Judge-elect, being presented, thereupon the
usual oath of Office was administered by
Judge Ide, and Judge Crozier was duly in
stalled in the chair Of Office, Judge Ide
welcoming him to the position and con-
graduating the bar and the public on the
fact that SO responsible a place would be
filled by man of so high legal ability, of
pure character, and of known experience in
the duties of the position.
Laying aside the cares Of of &c and re-
turning again to private lie, he would
carry with him pleasant recollections of
the difference and respect uniformly accord
| ed to him by the members OF the bar, dur
ing his long term of service, and felt happy
in the fact that be could part with attor-
neys and officers alike with feelings OF good
fellowship for all.
Judge Crozier having taken the bench,
assured His Hon. Judge Ide of the cordial
good feeling and respect Of the members of
the bar, that to many his leaving the bench
was q source of regret, and that he only
hoped that the close Of his term might find
him also in As high favor, and that his acts
might as entirely merit the verict Of "well
done, good and faithful servant"
H.. DENNIS,
E - IL
. question of privilege, and asked permits
sion to present Hypothetical case, of some
interest TO many parties, and it being =
matter in which the bar and offcen of The
Court were iitigants, he prefsc-d bis remarks
with a statement that with such q list OF
clients, being, first, attorneys, who are sup
posed TO know all law, and, second, officers
of the Curt, who, like other necessities,
know no la~, it was strange that he. should
be selected as advocate in the mater.
The Case was submitted on the agreed state
meDt of facts and Conclusions OF law some
what follow:
That in 1868 mis- honor, Judge Ide, hav-
ing been nominated by Republican con.
veution and el-ct.d TO the position of Judge, |
of the District Court for TIE county of
Leay-nworIh Kansas, was by The people |
pursuance OF said election, he on the llth |
OF January 1869, having been duly qualifi-
cd took u. on himself the judicial erfniDe"
and placed himself upon The wool sack as
Judge. Court at that time being held in |
thas palatiai temple of jus,ic-, the Old mar
set house, noted, principally, for it, mod,s-
~ II az pearance and excellent ventilation.
Befor, him was a mountain OF bushes, Lot
-. Lii. - a.
,Ions, bui III cUnglumerat- oi ield-spsr, gran
lie aud h"rr-bleud. That much Of TINS NOUN
ain OF busIness was ctmpo-ed Of old |
.'-usgs," on The trial of which foremen OF
juries grew round -houldered in bringing
~ special verdicts That on account OF
;he number OF cases brought, and the mum
Der then pending but about two-thirds OF
the Cases ut Issue could be called for rial,
at term, that by the persistan,
rosding Of the wheels of justice, by open
ing court early and holding LAKE, he was en-
abled, in short time, notwithstanding
one term tele' coped into another, 10 place
the docket in such situation. that all
cases, at Issue, Were called for trial ~ each
term. That, during the eight Y arS he has
been upon the bench he has carried some
400 cases to final ju6g ment, 10 say moth
U
IeIs, apple atoms aud - forth, which like
b,rnacles, attach themselves 10 III st Cases
That, in the decision of AL taese clses, and
the attendant, aud many times complex
question. involved, he HIS dIsp!a led the
wonderful facul (fpr il cannot be called
chance) of Diet rmining the exact law of
the matters in controversy; a. an evidence
Of which fact, reference will lie made 10 nu-
IL, A ii a.. Efb rat I
ume OF Kansas reports, showi uniform
attirmations by the Supreme Court to his
decisions. Horace has said he had erected,
unto himself, monument more endurir z
than bras g, but it required no brass TO say
that Judge Ide, in the nine volumes OF his
closely written proceedings, had erected
monument quite as enduring to himself (if
our fire proof vaults hold oat) which was
interesting TO the few ii not 10 the many.
During all this time, by reason of his
acknowledged legal ability, his exemplary
conduct, both upon the bench and else
where, his persistent adherence TO justice
at all times, lie mpered with mercy when
possible, his general courteous manner to-
ward ali with whom he had official rela-
tions, he has meri.ed. and today receives
the highest respect Of the bar, the wsrmest
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court and the public at large. As a con-
clusion of law, the speaker presented
handsome
GoLD-HEADED CANE,
which he maintained in intrensic
value, was entirely inadequate TO
satisfy the above conclusions Of the
fact, but that it was rendered not in
satisfaction at all of the debt owed, but
rather in spirit of compromise, and that
if the spirit in which it was given, was con-
sidered rather than the value Of the STEM
der" q nearer approach to a satisfaction
of proper judgment would be realized.
Turning to Judge Ide, he presented the
memento with the following:
"The bar of Leavenworth county and the
officers of the court, through me, present
you with this cane, with the hope, that "a
your journey through life, when you ehall
have reached the point Of its steep decline,
and your steps shall become shorter and
rrohably moro nocsrt,in than oow and |