Morris tribune., 1888-10-10


shal 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. Mrs. Fuller, with six Of her
daughters. and her little boy, was pres
ent. Within the bar of the court and
in the benches about it were seated a
number of senators and representatives.
A number of prominent members of
the Chicago bar was present. At few
minutes before the noon hour, the at
torney-general entered the court room.
AT the same time, in the conference
room without, the senior associate
Justice, Mr. Miller, was administering to
the new chief justice the oath of
allegiance. At the noon hour the
crier opened the court with the
usual proclamation beginning with
"OyeZ. oyez, oyez," and concluding
with God save the United States, and
its honorable court" The associate JUS
tices then entered from the conference
room. every one in the room rising and
remaining standing until they had taken
their seats. All of the justices were pres
ent except Justice Field and Justice Mat
thews. 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, MIR. Miller,
announced to the bar that he had the
honor to inform them that since the last
meeting of the court chief justice had
been appointed and had received his
commission and that he was ready to re-
ceive the oath of office. He called on
the clerk to read the commission. Dur
ing the reading chief the justice remained
seated. At it's conclusion he arose and from
a slip which he held in his hand read the
oath of office. 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 background to the JUS
tice seats, appeared at the doorway in
the middle of the bench. The justices
and the members of the bar had re-
manned standing throughout the cere-
mony 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: II welcome you as member OF
this court and as it's chief Justice.
Then he took his seat and the as
sociate justices and the members of the
bar seated themselves. The chief justice
made his first announcement to the
bar. Is was to the effect that as was
well-known, the court would transact
no business for the day, but would re-
ceive applications for admittance to the
bar. Attorney General Garland adj
dressed the court and proposed the mama
of Henry B. Mum, of the District of
Columbia, for admittance to the bar.
Hon. w. C. Goudy proposed the names
of several members of the Chicago bar,
and these and large number of other
candidates were taken to the clerks
desk and sworn in.
When the installation of the new
members of the bar had been COM
pleted, the chief Justice announced that
In accordance with immemorial usage
the court would adjourn to give the
members an opportunity to pay their
respects to the president. The crier then
announced the court had adjourned;
the chief justice and his associates re-
tired to the conference room and in a
few moments the court room was
cleared. The justices removed their
robes, and taking carriages, proceeded
to the White House to call on the
president.