Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-21
THE sHARsWOOD BANQUEr.
Bench and Bar Unite In HOnoring tho R<
tiring Chief Justice.

Bench and Bar Unite in Honoring tho Re
tiring Chief Justice.
Philadelphia Times.
Three hundred Philadelphia lawyers
hurried home early yesterday afternoon to
put on a few extra touches of toilet and
don their black dress suits for the compli-
mentary dinner to retiring Chief Justice
Sharswood, which was to take place a
little later in the evening at tho Academy
of Music.
The preparations Lad been made on an
elaborate scale and every essential detail
had been attended to in advance. The
foyer or concert hall of the academy, on
the second floor, fine apartment, with
classical outlines and Corinthian pillars,
was selected as the scene of the banquet.
The large lobbies and corridors ap.
preaching it were wainscoted their entire
length with tropical plants. No foliage
was introduced in tho banquet hall except
four delicate and elegant palms, which
were placed in the four corners of the
room, on standards between double pill
lars. Tho table at which the guest and
other members of the bar sat was at the
head Of the room, extending across its
whole width, and was elevated few feet
above the three other tables, which were
ranged in the direction of the length of tho
room.
The space between the elevated table
and the table which adjoined it lower
down was filled up with rounded banks of
natural flowers, principally roses in full
bloom. In the middle of the centre table
was large figure of justice, with her
scales, clt in ice. Some twenty Or more
floral designs and pyramids of fruit were
placed at different points along the tables.
In front of each guest were six wine
glasses of various colors, several china
plates, small buttonhole bouquets and
decorated guest cards and menus.
A Toast to tho Retiring Judge.
The dinner was rendered to Chief JUS
tice Sha:swocd by the entire bar of Phila-
delphia as recognition of the eminent
qualities with which he has adorned the
highest judicial bench of the common
wealth, from which he is about to retire,
having served the full term allotted by
law. Eli K. Price, the Oldest member of
the Philadelphia bar in active practice,
sat beside him at the banquet. Mr.. Price
examined Judge Sharswood in 1881, when
the latter was admitted to the bar.
In the speech which he made Justice
Sharswood gracefully alluded to this fact
and complimented the "laborious, useful
and honorable career Of the venerable
counsellor and friend of his early days.
On the title page of the menu was
printed the principal toast of tho evening,
reading: "Our guest. Closing a judicial
life with legal learning and adorned with
the integrity of judicial virtue, we tender
our chief justice this tribute to character
istics which have ennobled the jurispru-
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AsJudge Sbarswood rose to respond to
tue toast, which was offered by Henry NJ.
Phillips, who presided, every ono stood up
and cheer upon cheer resounded, while
threw them into tho air. Judge Shars-
wood was apparently deeply affected by
the reception. Ho responded in an ad-
evoked round after round of applause.
cences of the change which had taken
entrance, and alluded particularly to the
Cured since it took him seventeen days to
reach Harrisburg by way of Reading and
thirteen days to get back again by way of
close of his remarks to say that he was sat-
lsfied that the supreme judges were over
worked, and to recommend that legisla-
tion be invoked to tighten their burdens.
He believed that tho seventy seven law
judges in the state were enough and,
therefore, without an increase of judiciary
suggested an intermediate court between
the common pleas and supreme bench.
GNrIhap TOnata omn SnAae
The other regular toasts of the evening
were: "The Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
vania," responded to by Justice Paxson
The Federal Judiciary" by Judge But
ler; "The Bench of Philadelphia" by
Judge Thayer, and" Our Bar" by William
Henry Rawle. ,. 1
Afterwards there was number of i'm
promptu addresses, among them one by
SERGEANT Ballantine, tho English barrister,
who was among the guests. Among the
other judges present besides those who
spoke were Judges Sterrett, Turnkey,
Biddle. Hare, Mitchell, Hanna, Ludlow,
Peirce, Allison, Fell, Finletter, Yerkes,
EicOck, Green, Ashman and Briggs. Be.
sides the judges, nearly every prominent
member of the bar in the city was present.
The credit for the successful arrangements
for the banquet is largely due to the COM
mittee having the matter IN charge and
to the labors of Thomas J.
Diehl. its chairman.
Marshal McAichael Confirmed.
The Senate yesterday confirmed Clayton
of Philapelphia, to bo marshal
of the District of Columbia j. G. Ban