Huntsville gazette., 1888-10-13
Ct,iEF-JUSTlCE FULLER.

Melville w. Fuller. Chicf-Justice of the
supreme Court of the United States For
maIiy lnducted Into Office in the Pres
enee OF a Distinguished Assemblage-
ihe Court Pays Its Respects to the Pres
iGcnt.
ASuINGToN, Oct. S.-The new Chief
justice of the Supreme Court of the
STATES was installed in office to-day with
appropriate ceremonies. AT eleven
O'Clock the doors of the Supreme Court
room were thrown open, but a number of
the most available benches were reserved
for the family of the Chief Justice and
other important guests. The other seats
III the chamber were quickly filled, and
soon crowd assembled which almost
blockaded the hallway without. Those
who were to occupy the reserved seats
were taken through the marshals office.
A il 10 a. m, the court room being then
almost full, Judge Thurman entered
through the marshal's room. There was no
seat available, 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 soma 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 Min
lister Mutsu, 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 on the benches about it were
seated Senators Davis, Butler, Spooner,
Dolph, Farwell George, Hampton
and Mitchell; Representative Brecken-
ridge, of Kentucky, and his family, Rep
resentative Wheeler, Herbert and Oates,
Solicitor General jerks, Patent Com
missioner Hall, District Marshal Wilson,
and Mrs. Senator Cockrell.
A number of prominent members of
the Chicago bar were al 20 present. among
them Hon. VIM. c. Goudy Adlai I. Ew-
ing, Holdridge O. Collins, w. J. Man
ming and Frank j. Smith.
At few minutes before the noon hour,
the Attorney General entered the court
room. At the same time, in the confer
ence without, the Senior Associate
Justice, Mr.. Miller, was administer
ing 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 Justices then entered
from the conference room, every one in
the courtroom rising and remaining
standing until they had taken their seats.
All of the Justices were present except
Justice Field and stice Matthews. The
Chief Justice entered after the Associate
Justices and took a seat at the clerk
desk to their right. He wore the black
robes of his Office. When the AS
sociate 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 O new Chief
Justice had been appointed and had re-
ceived his commission and was ready to
re celve the oath of office. He called on
the clerk to read the commission. During
the reading the Chief-Justice renamed
seated. At its conclusion he arose and
from slip which he held in his hand
read the oath Of Office:
l. Melville Weston Fuller, dc solemnly swear
that will administer justice without respect
to persons and do equal right to the poor and to
the rich, and that Will faithfully and impair
TALLY discharge and perform all the duties in
cumbent upon me as Chief-Justice of the United
States according to the best of my abilities
and understanding, agrceably to the Constitu-
ton and laws Of the United States, so help me
God
Mr.. Fulier's voice was clear and his
manner calm. When he had read the
oath he returned to the clerk the bible
which ne had held in his hand, and retir-
ing behind the pillars which form the
background to the Justices seats, ap-
peared at the doorway in the middle Of
the bench. The Justices and the men,
bers of the bar had remained standing
throughout the ceremony and until the
appearance of the Ch1ef-Justice in his Of
fetal place. As he entered the doorway
Justice Miller turned TO the left and
grasping his hand said:" | welcome
you as member Of this court
and as its Chief Justice" The
Chief Justice bowed. He then turned to
the left and bowed to the Associate
Justices 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 them-
selves. The Chief-Justice made his first
announcement to the bar 1t was to the
effect that, as was we'll known, the court
would transact no business to-day, but
would receive applications for admittance
to the bar. Attorney General Garland ad-
dressed the court and proposed the name Of
Henry B. Mum, of the District Of Colum-
bia, for admittance to the bar. Hon w.
G. Goudy proposed the names of several
members of the Chicago bar, and these
and a large number of other candidates
were taken to the clerks desk and sworn
in. During this ceremony there was some
noise near the door of the court room
and Justice Miller raped on his desk and
called for order
When the installation Of new members
of the bar had been completed, the Chief
Justice announced that all motions set
for to-day would stand over until to-
morrow, when the court would proceed
with the docket. He said that in ac-
cordance 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 a l.
journed. The Chief Justice and his aso-
ciates retired to the conference room,
and in a few moments the courtroom
was cleared. The justices removed their
robes, and, taking carriages, proceeded
to the White House to call on the Presi-
dent.
Shortly before one O'Clock the members
of the Supreme Court, with the exception
4 Id At1ar-