New-York tribune., 1888-03-24
cation from Justice Miller Of the Supreme Court
announcing the death Of the Chief JUSTICE


f. B. Taylor, Of Ohio, said:
It seems that the great once hat wss eeeupseo 49,
7ay by Mr.. Morrison X wsite In vseens 49,
second In dignity 70 none thss Knew o ~ -. v..,s
red world. II been occupied ~ eiA ~ 49,. 49,
NTH an ability: an industry. disposition ~
70 discharge his whole duty In such Wy - -, 80.
whole Nation 10 In mourning foF Ah osess@ ~. ~
the time Tor . suioGy. nos 10 net '' sas sss. ,s,
.,ss IN, "a, The ourposs Ayhihns The ma ths 'nas
Ho.. h,s rspscs Tor Ais memory; ask tha uonse 70
ADOPT the soIlowinR resoluupns.
Rs<o,ysd Ths the Hoass Of Representatives has hsAse
- re death Of Chief Justice wale Of the Supreme Coufs
:, ,h. united ststeA which occurred ths morning o.
,,s,och Win sssings Of desp and stnssss sesfsv'
nssolvsd That whla Nsian mourns the oss Of one
II It's nsssu and lust'iess sons nsuns snss sne
Vousa sspresrntns The people. express ~ osepess m'
s,hy with the miIy OF the dsossssd In shsn smcasn
Rsscived. That the Houss will attsnd. q oeoy' ths
funeral Of the ChiM Justice and the spesk" % ~
auesed to sppens com.te~ consisting Of nine members
70 with committees OF The sens~ 10 sny ooc'''>T
action relating 70 the funeral;
Resolved That % sdd;tona marx Of respect - ths
memory Of the dec~ssed the Hsuss % new sdjsarn
md the House adjourned until to-morrow
The Committee OF the Senate oonsistA OF 5SnssoH
Sherman, iIosr, Wilson, Of Iowa. pngh and Geofgs.
Nf Edmyuds had FIST been oss1nssiHicd c1Tiisd 70 az az.
cline ON account OF ill-hea!th.
The COMMITTEES appointed BY tho Speaker 70
represent the HOUSE consists Of ss nSo:
Vermont: Carlton. Of Georgia Cannon, OF Iui-
nois; Anderson, Of Iowa; and Russell. OF Coma
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED.
TIE PRESIDENT ~ INFORMED Ov rHE DEATH AND
ISSUES a PROCLAMATION
WAsu1NGxoN, March % tSpecisu.-The nevs OF
.hs death Of Chief Justice Waite spread rapidly
through the city this morning. ana
caused great shock In the COM
munity as it was entirely unexpected;
Tn, President was informed Of II by Colonel
Lamont, who WAS At his home preparing 70 go
to the White House when messenger arrived
with note from o. q. Waite, tho son OF the CHIEF
Justice, announcing that his father bad died. lie
requested Colonel Lamont in his note to announce
tbc death Of his father to the President. Colonel
Lamont went at once TO the White House. and
found the President in the library engaged ID 0pen-
ing his mail Although the President had been
aware that the Chief Justice was ID oaa nca'pn.
the news of bis death took him completely ny
surprise Quite an intimacy bad sprung up 90.
tween the President and the Chief Justice since
the to ths SSa
Of praise of tho Chief Justice; The President
at once wrote a letter to Mrs. Waite, expressing
bereaVamsnt aver lie then sent for Secretary Bayard,
and drew up tho following proclamation:
To tie people Of the United sntesi
The painful duty dsvolvss upon the President 70 an
nounce the DEATH early hour this morning ss hs
.edence In this city Of Morrison R. waiss Chief Justice
Of the United Smtes-which exalted once no had nnec
since March g. 1874, with honor 70 himself ana hRn use
fuiness 70 his country In testimony or respec 70 ne
memory honored dead 1t Is ordered that the rA
ecuye ocos In Washington be closed on the day oS the
funeral and Us draped In mourning TOR thirty Gays sna
that the National be displayed ct hall mast on n
public buildings and all National vessels ON We aas e
the funeral
sy the Preadent
Secretary Of stats.
Washington d. c.. March ca 1883.
In the chamber Of the Supreme Court 2 large
number OF spectators had gathered Inc cnair Oh
the late Chief Justice was draped with Grape. IN III
no other respect howeyeT aa Inc f sbe mounfui
mature of the occasion. The Honorable the A.,
sociste Justices OF the Supreme Court announced
amSs s S b. PrSs%DS 81 ss Tho s set e s a
seated @ Justice I Miller in low, broken voes said
painful duty e s snpCuss 1uat;se % a.ussd nae Ss nj.
M This morning al 10 O'Clock This y not tne 90
sssio% sss WITCH IL Ase viii I ~ done In due time The court WIN
adjourn until I2 O'Clock on Monday, April e.
Thcrcupon the court retired. In the different
courts Of the District suitable resolutions WE
offered and they all adjourned out OF reapect 70
the memory of thu dead Chief Justice
SKETCH OF THE CHIEF JUSTICES CAREER
The seventh Chief Justice Of the Supreme Couro
of the United States was descended from family
numerously and eminently represented In public
Hfe One of his earliest ldnsmen OF whom we
have record was Thomas Wayte. member OF
the British House Of Commons under Oliver Crom-
we'll lie was q thorough Roundhead,' and not
only sat as one Of the judges who condemned
Charles TO the block. but hesitated not TO sign
the death warrant OF the fallen King But others
OF the family were already conspicuous Puritan
leaders. In America kichsrd. Return and
Gapaiiel Waite were citizens o. no1.vn M w u;ta Sao
fnff fha aNaUtA
OF Maiden, WIS q member Of the General Cour. ot
Massachusetts from 666 70 Ss4, ana IN loeS
that colony and other branches Of the family
were known at Charlestown ana lpswlcp- ihe
branch 10 which the late Chief Justice belonged
Thomas Walt, jr., was born in 1877. and from
that place he removed TO Lyme, Conn. he weuaeu
in 7O4 Mary Bronson, granddaughter o. mattnew
Griswold, tie first American ancestor OF tne 0rls
void family. From Thomas and Mary WAN came
the members OF the family who bave oeen ocsO
known in later years. Their grandson, @arvihs
IoIasn MS, Tas parsons Of Revolutionary fame and rs
Governor of the Northwestern Territory. Marvin
Wait was one OF the Pr sidenta electors who voleo
for Washington was nineteen times chosea 10 the
General Assembly, and was tho founder OF Conneot:
cuts public school fund. He was the rather OF
John +. Wait Of Norwich, long = HepresentAtdve
"a Congress and one Of the leadins 0uAen' 0'
he State.
Another grandson Of Thomas Waie end oros9ss .
Of Marvin Wait, was Remick Wait q Lyme; ne e
welded Susan Mstson 0a fheiG
child was Henry Matson Waite, olassmste ss
college OF Governor w. w. Ellsworth icon Of the
Chief Justice of that name and ueury K StcrrA
the eminent NewYork lawyer. He rose 70 be
a leading lawyer Of the State, was frequently
chosen 70 the Legislature, became 9 !astlcs oI tne
years later was almost unanimously elected Chief
Justice Of tha. court Nc man. pro- ably ever hiIa
esteem n % and confidence Of tho bar and the public
Ills wife was Maria Seden, to whose family Judges
Samuel Lee Sclden and Henry r. Selden. OF New
York belong The eldest OF the eight cnlldien
Of this eminent Connecticut jurist was the United
States Chief Justice whose death the Nation now
laments
Morrison Remick Waite was born % Lyme.
entered Yale College and graduated IN the
notable class Of s37, among the members OF which
were William NJ. EvartA, Edwards Perrcpont