The Dickinson press., 1888-10-13

shal gave Elm unc ri the seats al tho
cricr desk. When the crowd in the
court room caught sight nf him there
was sotnr Slight applause. which vas
uur!,l5' hll,hrd by III" officers OF the
court Mis-. Fuller. with >ix of her
daughters. and her little hoy. was pres.
ent Within the bar of the court and
in the benches about II were seated Il
number Of senators and representatives.
y nlmiier oi prominent members of
til" Ihica go lar was present. At n few
tornev-ecneral entered the court room.
At the same time. in the conference
/, oi.l Without, the scm!tr associate
Justice. M. Miller. was administering to
ihr rcw chief Justice the cath OF
allcgnnur AT the boon hour the
ipr olrMoi the court with the
usual proclamation beginning with
"ONcl. nycX ovel, and concluding
with God sasr tie United Statvs. and
lis honorable court. lhe associate IT'S
tices then entered from the conference
room, every one in tn" room rising and
remaining standing IN tl they had taken
their seats. All OF the justices We're pres
rnt except Justice l'iciL and Justice Matt
tlicws The chiet justice entered after the
associate justices and took a seat Il, the
clerks desk 10 their right He wore
the black robes oi his office. When the
associate ,i ticp> had taken their seats.
,i!c senior associate justice. Mr.. Miller,
anmu;.llccd ,o the bar that he had the
honor In inform them that since tho last
meeting of the court chief justice had
been appointed and had received his
commission alll that he WAS rcatirto rc-
ceivr til, oath ut office. He called on
Al, "A ~ IVA,
ns the reading chief the justice remained
y slip which he held in his hand read the
oath of office. Mr. Fuler.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 hehind the pillars
which form the back ground to the us
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. .N> he
entered the doorway. Justice Miller
turned to the left and grtsping his hand
said: Il welcome you as II member of
this court and as il chief Justice
Then lie took his seat and the as
sociatc justices and the members of the
bar seated themselves. The chief justice
made his first announcement to the
bar. 1t was to the effect that as was
well-linown, the court would transact
no business for the day. but would re-
/ ceive applications for admittanee to the
bar. Attorney General Garland adj
! dressed the court and proposed the name
Of Henry B. Mum, oil the District of
Columbia. for admittancc to the bar.
Hon. W. {. Goudy proposed the names
/ Of several members of the Chicago ban,
and these and Il large number Of other
candidates We're taken to the clerks
desk and sworn in.
When the installation of the new
members of the bar had been COM
plct"d, the chief justice announced that
ii, accordance with immemoral usage
the court would adjourn to give the
members an opportunity to pay their
respects to the president. The cricr then
announced the court had adjourned;
the chief justice and his associates re-
tired To the conference room and i'll a
few moments the court room was
cleared. The justices removed their
robes. and taking carriages, proceeded
to the White House 10 call on the
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