New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-29

tcnce that correct Daughter these arc tho
very kind of sentences that wish to escape In
inviting member of tho club to occupy seat OF honor
am glad to that this club IL turning over new
leaf It has taken departuro 1t has, so to speak
put on clean shirt U.aughtor) In the heroic past
time the lion hunter OF the club has thrown out drag
net all Europe, occasionally reaching even 10
Australia. II has invited here statesmen, warriors
and divines. 1t has had at It's table everybody rom
the wearers OF crowned heads down to tho writer's oil
prize tales. (LaughterD It has had many a distn-
guished man sitting at yonder chair " has had a
gentleman able to address you In I'VE foreign Tongues
and not able to hold his own. (Iaughterl. While
many Of those distinguished gentlemen had received
the garter OF knahthood tho rod ribbon OF honor IL
they have not been decorated with thesLotos hover
their lives end only In failure. Why should not tno
Judge Of the Supreme Court DO taken from the
Lotos Clnb7 II we want good men In this city why
should all the officers DO selected rom the Loos
Club Laughtcr member OF the Iotos Club carries
around with him an atmosphere which IS eNhiarant
with intellectual vitality tLaugherl When ne comes
to feast his place Is at the head OF the table ana
when he attends meeting his seat should be up on
the roof II he goes into the orchestra he should DO
given one OF the big fddles to play.
1t IA a good thing to invite good judge to dinner
II is always well put yourself on good terms with
Judge. Qaughter). We have known Judge U bren
from his youth, period from which he has not yet
entirely recovered Q.sughter). We have known him
whom no was q lawyer, and also a. was said OF an
English solicitor, when he was working ike morse
drawing conveyanccs Q-aughter)
Now he has stepped up to the bench ana
hen ceferth his particular attention VIII be de-
vo ed to Justice; his particular figure VIII ne nsh -
tho female figure with tho sore ewes l,susnieri
and have doubt that he will express his ihtenuon'
the bench with all the visor Of q new jhdRe III Ne
vada II surrounded by the same Stage prspertes
When this Nevada Judge stepped upon inc
bench he reached for his hip pocket and pniiei out
revolver drew out knife from behind his back ana
laying both weapons before him and elarng at the o.
pie said want II DO understood that while am
runans th: court am aI s0 laughter
and applaussL
There is one subject on which cannot congratulate
the in going upon the bsnch-t is me IoregsNg
LAWYERS fees daughter have been a client and |
sneak feslrgly upsn subject Ihave been In Ger
psratsns which had TO devote their DIVIDENDS 70 paying
LAWYERS fees We can't got along without them'
ar course these have to be paid. IL you gs no
fsre the Judges about 1t they will stand py
the lawyers because they have been lawyers
tbsmselvsA Yen cant eaeat lawyer Ihcy
brought thIs question up in New-Jsrsey oeoatisg
society "Is II wrosg cheat lawyrrT After Wig
.rous and acrimonious debate thejudgss decided Not
wrong but too difficult to pay for the trouble
[Laughter
with his breach Of promise eases. but that he will rown
with proper judicial severity upon the too frequent use
OF " HIS" and ks" in courtsnip lLangater no
n case that will last him COED whis se'isc
him to get telephone before him. lLaughterI IL
would last him the whole Of his term. lLaugnter J
After many more good-naturcd hits at the legal
profession, General POrterS Oratory took some
what serious turn. lie referred to the time not
remote, when some judges held their once Tor
revenue only" lie contrasted the present con
dition of judicial purity with those days; re-
ioiced that the Newly York judiciary stood so hlgh
and said of Judge OBrien that in his hand the
scales OF Justice would always be held IN even
balance.
JUSTICE BARRETTS RESPONSE
Judge Barrett who introduced as the
iudge who had tried cases which had excited pub
lie interest more widely than any Others tried III
New-York had done in years, said in substance
think that no man has commenced Judicial ca
reer under suspicious circumstances than our
brother. O'Brrn Applause lie Is not io'eu TOT me
enemies he has made Applause lie Is man ,"' 90
for hi,usslf alone tAppiauSe.l whether ne wiz Do
loved yet for ene.ss that be will make the future
asne can etermas applauss and we hspe that he NAV
vet he loved fer the enemies he will make II the enc
mics that he makes are should he the enemies
Of all good and hsnsst men lApplauseI HIS
friends have dane everything to prepare MIN ior
judicial career commencing with imparing MS
Indigestion. (Laughtsr.l We have got him
now in condition to meet the VENT
latter of the courthouse ard the sewerage system
Of the CITY Hall [much lsughterb and That Il
about IN. hest thing that could hea him. because it is
popuar dsnson suppose that life is SHORTENED In that
way uaughterl | remember some years 20 that
q LAWYER who is new decreased, who was very
eminent at the bar dear old Mr. Grard sat to ME at
dinner He was about eishty-tour years OF age
and asked him the usual trlte
and stupid questions how he came to be 50 Oh
SAID {: Foul air, boy Foul air, anu
plenty OF it, tLaughter There Is my
gees down TO Long Brhnch ana g"'S inc "o"""''
while I 20 into O horse-car with twelve men
I'm it and have all the doors shut Fsui
air keeps US alive. That is the reasos
we have second terms. Much laughterl 80 yen Will
find that fourteen years from new. wren you erA si
health our friend will have oe out all right from the
foul air OF the court house. Applause
We have on many occasions had tho opportunity
of welcoming him among US love o mn or s
everything which hope and believe goes 10 marc
good judge applause nave I sd has ' made for
he has made none bn, II will be quite Impossible
for him if he be good Judge. deciding AWAY; agd
enemes so at the end of his career hope we may
say that love him for the true friends he mas maze
and and IN iS 'AyaS Gssr 'O"'0 TO '
| r ms FROM THE OTHER SPEECHES.
| Ex-Judge Hilton followed witha neat little
| speech, in which he made humorous
hit at Chauncey NJ. Depew, and an
other at Mayor Hewitt. He said that
he had first gone to see Chauncey NJ Depew
about subject on which to speak, because he
thought Mr.. Depew had plenty lying by him
| But Mr. Depew first proposed speech on chris
| tening-that would not do. Next was one on
the laying of the cornerstone oil ch4rcn1th Sn
! he called on Mayor Hewitt tlaugbterl ana the
| Mayor said he had not speech exactly TO SUIT,
but would give him a letter Much laugnter,.l
Ex-Judqe Hilton concluded with some highly
complimentary remarks about Judge OBrien
| and his future. ,, ,5
| IX-udgc Brady Nhuc u WHY .
ing several stories He eloquent1y denied that
| he had become hack" at afterdinner speaking
while he ms eloouently disciamed the honor attrib-
uteI to him by a newspaper after the dinner to
| Mr.. Wallack, that he was " the comedian OF the
| OCCASION" . ~.
| The Iairman now expressed the opinion that,
| inasmuch as the bench had until now monopolizea
the rhetoric II was time for them TO call on rep
| reseutatIye % the bar. Rem 'rKs were Therefore
solicited from Colonel Edward G. James The
| colonel said:
When the Loos Club gathered In homer OF Lester wal
lack, steele Mackays sad that thls ciuo Vpnso ar,
| AVID literature. The expression was gr Il ying 10
| me and I think IL has boon indor'ed by the
| sorit shown here this evenisg. desire to express
the conviction that both bench and bar are honored
in rendering honor him whs has been elevated to his
prrsest position. In locking over my personal az
perience with members Of the bar, ! find II most
gratifying fact, that spen 10 all Is
the opp.rtuuity to rise mater hsw poor may bave
been their beginning ta great credit to us TO hsnsr