Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-09
JUSTICE FULLER.
Installed in His High Office with
Appropriate Ceremonies.
JUDGE THURMAN PRESENT.
The, SUI. ,eme Court Room Crowded with
Distinguished People-The Oath of
Ofice-Greeted by His Associates.
His First Announcement.


States was installed in Office with appropriate
ceremonies. At IL o'clock the doors of the
supreme court room were thrown open, but q
number of the most available benches were
reserved for the family of the chief justice
and other important guests. The other seats
in the chamber were quickly filled, and soon
a crowd assembled which almost blockaded
the hallway without. Those who were to
occupy the reserved seats were taken through
the marshal's Office.
At IL 50 the court room being then almost
full, Judge Thurman entered through the
marshal's room. There was no seat avail
able and the marshal gave him one of the
seats at the crier's desk. When the crowd in
the court room caught sight of him there was
some slight applause which was quickly
hushed by the officers of the court. Judge
Thurman sat at the left of the justices seats.
In the front row of benches just behind him
sat Minister Mustsu, of the japanese legation,
his wife and secretary.
Behind them sat Mrs Fuller with six of
her daughters and her little boy Within the
bar OF the court and in the benches about it
were seated Senators Davis, Butler, Spooner,
Dolph, Farwell, George, Hampton and Nit
chell; Representative Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, and his family, Representatives
Wheeler, Herbert and Oates, of Alabama;
Solicitor General jerks, Patent Commits
sioner Hall, District Marshal Wilson and
Mrs Senator Cockrell.
A number of prominent members of the
Chicago bar were also present.
At few minutes before the noon hour,
the attorney general entered the court room.
At the same time in the conference room
without the senior associate justice, MIR. Mil
Ter, was administering to the new chief JUS
tice the oath of allegiance.
At the noon hour the crier opened the
court with the usual proclamation, begin
ming with "Oyez, oyez, oyez, and concluding
with ''God save the United States and its
honorable COURT The associate justices
then entered from the conference room, every
one in the court room rising and remaining
stsndiEg until they had taken their seats.
All of the justices were present except jus
tice Field and Justice Matthews.
The chief justice entered after the associate
justices and took seat at the clerks desk to
their right. He wore the black robes of his
office. When the associate justices had taken
their seats the senior associate justice, Mr..
Miller, announced to the bar that he had the
honor to inform them that since the last
meeting of the court a chief justice had been
appointed and had received his commission,
Office. He called ON the clerk to read the
commission During the reading the chief
justice remained seated At its conclusion
he arose and from slip which he held in his
hand read the oath of office:
II, Melville Weston Fuller, do solemnly
swear that will administer justice without
respect to persons, and do equal right to poor
and to the rich, and that will faithfully and
impartially discharge and perform all the
duties incumbent on me as chief justice of
the United States according to the best of
my abilities and understanding agreeably to
the Constitution and laws of the United
States. SO help me God.n
Mr.. Fuller's voice was clear and his manner
calm When he had read the oath he returned
to the clerk the Bible which he had held in
his hand, and retiring behind the pillars
which form the back ground to the justices
seats, appeared in the doorway in the middle
of the bench. Tho justices and the members
of the bar had remained standing through the
ceremony and until the appearance of the
chief justice in his official place. AS he
entered the doorway Justice Miller turned to
the left, and grasping his hand said:
81 welcome you as a member of this court
and as its chief Justice
The chief Justice bowed He then turned
to the left and bowed to the associate jus
tices seated there, and finally he bowed to the
members of the bar. Then he took his seat
and the associate justices and the members
of the bar seated themselves. The chief JUS
tice made his first announcement to the bar
1t was to the effect that, as was well known,
the court would transact no business that
day, but would receive applications for ad.
mittance to the bar.