The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-10-12

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a ave him one of the seats at the
scfaeE&desk. When the crowd. in the
:ssontt nom caught sight Of him there
s1lic hushed by the officers of the
Soiif Mrs Fuller, with six Of her
sdanghters, and her little boy, was pres
Within the bar of the court and
I'LL the benches about it were seated a
arsof senators and representatives
number of sprominent members of
the Ghicago bar was present. At a few
minutes before the noon hour, the at
torneygeneral entered the court room.
At the same time, in the conference
room without, the senior associate
Justice, Mr.. Miller, was administering to
ttessnew chief justice the oath of
allegiance. AT the noon hour the
8cmers opened the court :. with the
t1ssial proclamation beginning with
ss0yez, oyez, oyez,"= and concluding
with God save the United States, and
it's honorable court" The associate JUS
tfcea then entered from the conference
rooms every one in the room rising and
Remaining standing until they had taken
theiFseats. All of the justices were pres
nt;except Justice Field and Justice Mat
/ thews: 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
associate justices had taken their seats,
the senior associate justice, Mr.. Miller,
announced to the barr that he hads the
honor to inform them that since the last
meeting of the court a chief justice had
BEEN ppointed' and had received his
%Gotnmssion and that he was ready to re-
,seeiNatbe oath of Office. He called on
clerk to read the commission. Dur
ing thefea aiding chief the justice remained
3seated. Vat its clusion he arose and from
saslips which he held in his hand read the
L oath OfOmce. Mr.. Fuller,s voice was
clear and his manner calm. When he
hadSreadthe oath, he returned to the
clerk, the Bible which he had held in his
hand, and retiring behind the pillars
which form the back ground to. the JUS
ticesseats, appeared at the doorway in
\ heimi1dle Of the bench. The justices
and emembers of the bar had re-
misunderstanding throughout the cere-
smOny and until the appearance of the
chief Justice in his official place. AS he
entered the doorway, Justice Miller
turnedto the left and grasping his hand
satd IT welcome you as member of
this court and as it's chief justice"
Them he took his seat and the as
a5sociatasiu justices and the members of the
bar seated themselves The chief Justice
madehis first announcement TO the
bar 1t was to the effect that as was
wei l-known, the court would transAs4
mo business for the day, but would re-
sceiye applications for admittance to tho
& baI Attorney General Garland adj
dressed the court and proposed the nasas
Sofs Henry B. lIunn, Of. the District Of
Columbia, for ad1nittance to the ba1.
Hon. .W.C. Goudy proposed the nasaas
SofSsexeral members of the Chicago hr.
and these and large number q asIe
candidates We're taken. to the Clerks
desk and sworn in ~
When the installation of the new
members Of . the barsse had been COM
pleted the chief justice announced that
in accordance with h'ssimmemoria usage
tfieeDuIt would adjourn to give the
naenaberssan opportunity to pay thstf
respects to the president. The crier fhen
aiiiaSnMced the court had adjourned; !;
echief justice andi his associate. re-
hired tolthe conference room and in a
S9eN naoments tl,es court room WIS
sclearsd: The justices removed their
sfObes, and taking carriages, proceeded
the White House to call on the
president.