St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-25

lOOkcu uOWu upon Illc NCHCl oUiO Siioi
man at his side, and the company rose
to their feet and, with handkerchlefs
flying and tumultuous voice, testified
their respect for the old Judge who, for
so many years, presided in the United
States court in this city. Judge Drum
mond was affected to tears by the DEM
Onstration. Mr.. Fuller said:
profoundly appreciate the manifestation
OF kindly feeling towards me personally
which accompanies this tribute to the ex,
alted Office to which have been called. l
can conceive OF no reward OF human en-,
deavor, no qualification in the attainment
of the objects of human ambition, whlch
can be compared to this affeetionate
commendation of the friends, associates and
fellow laborers of years. Centuries ago
friendship was declared to be the only thing
were agreed. Many despised riches, many
shunned great office, many disregarded
what most thought worthy OF admlra,
ton, but all found friendship essential
TO endurable existence, rendering adversely
more supportable, and prosperity more
brilliant. So, at the close of more than
thirty-two years of professional exert1on
and daily companionship, this assurance
OF regard Of my ola;stt, brethren tef,1S ana
1t eliminates remembrance Of the past
and brightens anticipations of the future. IN
that thirty-two years the circle, enlarging as
they passed, has known many loosened
hand, many missing face, yet the, ties OF
youth and Of advancing age remained IN Ell,
feet unbroken, holding the past present ana
future in an indissoluble bond. When
LEAVING THE WHISPERING PINES
and hundred harbored shores of my state,
] cast my lot with the busy denizens OF the
rising city of the imperial West, the mem
bers of the supreme court of Illinois, where
Scales and Skinner (speedlly followed Dy
Breeze and W Walker) and Cation Cation, the Nes-
tor of the Chicago bar who has noty yet ceased
to enjoy the glandsome light OF that ]urls-
prudence whose foundation he did SO much
to lay deep and broad for the building OF
posterity. Treat had shortly before. trans
ferred his distinguished services for the
state to a federal court; and Trumoull,
whom we welcome here in the full
tide of successful practice, had but just
entered upon his great career in the natlonal
senate, having for his colleague Stephen A.
Douglas, whose remarkable qualities had al
ready made his name household WORD.
Manniere who died all too early for his
fame, graced the circuit bench, and the as, as
tute and logical John M. Wilson adorned
the court of common pleas, while
Payne Freer discharged to the entire satis-
faction of the duties OF sole master In chan-
Gerry in Cook county. Mr.. Justice Mclean,
who had been postmaster general under
Monroe, and was appointed to the supreme
court by jackson, was our circuit justice, ana
our beloved friend who has honored US
by presiding on this occasion. Drummond
had for several years been informing the
country, through the decisions OF the United I5e!
States court for the northern district OF Hi
nois, that judicial capacity was not confined
to that part of the country east Of the Allie
gheny mountains.
LONG MAY HE BE SPARED
in his well-earned retirement to find that "as
the evening twilight fades away, the sky Is
filed with stars invisable by day." In our
thn 1fXy
such accomplished lawyers as Abraham Lin
coin, Archibald Williams, Orville II. Brown
ing, James +. Noy, N. III. Purple, Charles
Lawrence, Leouard SWEET and b os
of others, while our local bar was repre-
sented by such men as Beckwith and Arnold.
Blodgett and McAllister and Hitchcock and
Tom Hoyne and Sam Fuller and Kales and
Walker and Dexter and Tuley and Anthony
and McCagg and little later JeWett and Ar
lington and Goudy and Aver and, but
embrace eane go substantially Sn the s' s s1tiTe
roll of the bar, for fighting was hot and every
man seemed to me little corporal. For
learning, accuracy Of thought, knowledge of
men, eloquence, industry and skill, the bench
and bar of that day were the equals of those
of older communities, as indeed need not
say, since victories are still won and
prizes of victory awarded by many of
the veteran field marshals who put squadrons
in the field i'll that old and far-off time. If
modo, it was fully made up by fortiter in re-
If there wa sometimes a little neglect
of literary culture, the exigenc1es of the
time did not seem to demand abso-
lutte elegance OF dlctlon IN all cases.
Law was their schoolmaster, and familiarity
with it's precepts led to knowledge and ap-
plication of its principles and strength in
their expression. And there was above all
an esprit du corps which made them band
of brothers, disagreeing only by agreement,
oil INT Al Huo n
and jealously alive to the preser-
vation of the integrity and honor
of the profession. In the lapse
of these years, Chicago has multiplied many
times in wealth and population, and more in
power passing from an overgroWn town to
city, and though baptism of fire from
city to a world in itself, a cosmopolitan cen
ter of great peoples, and as litigation has in
creased and new questions have arisen the
bench and bar, reinforced by
STEADY TIDE OF FRESH BLOOD,
flowing in from every seat of learning and
every quarter whose confines honorable am
bition found too narrow for expression, have
kept steadily abreast of the progress of man.
kind. Nc. problem in any branch of law but
has received adequate treatment and ac-
curate solution at their hands, while, as
of yore, the spirit Of fraternity
infused through every member of the mass
has peryaded, sustained and actuated the
whole. And it has come to pass that as the
fixed and resplendent above the glorious
valley of the Mississippi, a member of that
bar citizen of Chicago, has been
designated to the headship of the
mightiest tribunal upon earth. of that
tribunal, or the grave and weighty response
bility of that office, it does not become me
now to speak; nor conld l. were it otherwise
appropriate, Tor l am oppressed with the
sadness, inevitable where one, after long
years Of battle, puts his armOr off
aud
comrades Whatever have been the
vicissitudes of these thirty-two years
they never have been marred by personal es
trangement from my brethren, and they
bilious, 1 have not thought myself selfish in
indulging my preference for the sweet habit
of life rather than the struggle involved in a
prominent position. | always have been
deeply impressed with the truth of
the words of one of wisest of mankind
servants of the sovereign or state, servants of
fame, and servants of business, so that they
have no freedom, neither i'll their persons,
nor in their actions, nor in their times;' but
also know, of course. that performance Of
duty is the
TRUE END OF LIFE,
and find consolation i'll the thought that
though in the effort to prove worthy of the
confidence of great and common country L
must tread the wine-press alone. l shall be
good will Of those with whom 1 have dwelt
so long, and my affection for whom
no office, however exalted, no eminence,
however great, can impede or diminish.
and now. gentlemen, wishing you and invok-
ing for myself that blessing without which
nothing can prosper, l trust as you accom-
pany me to the ship, we need not sorrow as
those who shall see each others faces no
more, but that we part in reasonable expec-
tation that there win be many returns to the
home port from the haven for which the bid
ding of public duty compels me to embark.
Judge Walter Q. Gresham, who was
to speak next after Mr.. Fuller, was
greeted with rOusing cheers upon aris-
ing to address the assemblage. The
display was one of unusual enthusiasm.
Judge Gresham said:
Mr., Chairman and Gentlemen: Society
cannot be maintained without tribunals
authorized TO hear and determine coutrover-
sizes arising between individuals in their man.