New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
IN HONOR OF DEAD JUSTICES.
MEMORIAL MEETING OF THE BAR OF THI
. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.


MEMORIAL MEETING OF THE BAR OF THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
Washington, April 6.The meeting of the Bar of the
United States Supreme Court to-day to take action
upon the death of Justice Stanley Matthews was In
tefered with by probably the worst storm Of tho
season, and in consequence she attendance small
Among those present we're Senators Edmunds and
Evarts, ex-senator Mcdonald, General II. d. Musssy
Ex-Governor Hoadly ex-Solicitor- General Goode, So
lictorGeneral jerks, General Eppa Hupton Assistant
Attorney General Maury. j. A J. Cresswell W. c. P.
Breckenridge, George TIcknor Curtis, W. S. Flippen.
William Pinckney Whyte, Judge Stevenson Burke and
J. W. Ashton.
Senator Evarts, chairman of the preliminary meet
ing held few days ago, called the meeting to order,
and Senator Edmunds, from the committee appointed
at that time, submitted tho following resolutions for
consideration:
Resolved, That the Bar OF the Supreme Court OF
late Mr. Justice Matt6eSs Whereby the country has
lost an always patriotic and respected ehen r.. bar
one of its time leaders conspicuous as an ex-
ample of the best relations of our profession with
9 member fitted By character, temperament learning
and industry to the place he bed In the highest
rightly enrolled among those honored by their country
Resolved. That the Bar presents to the family Of
the departed Justice Its sincere sympathy and con-
Pesolyed That the Ntorney General be requested
to present these resolutions to the court for such
Resolved, That tho chairman be requested TO
transmit copy hereof 10 Mrs. Matthews
senator ESmnnds spoke at some length Ho opened
with poetic anson to the effect Of the storm upon
the deceased man was at the time Of his appearance
before the Electoral Commission in the room whore
at that time was first and foremost Of strictly legal
s and nnd p5s5 a ac might IN Rse
ment Of those to whom 1t was addressed.
Mr. ni Matthews efeSF brought ehais6or Capacity
Earning Tr pste 1SSsa st sassr and Ss a.
iustSsisd kindness, generosity faith peculiarly
characteristic of him, and It these characteristics
tho caismny sought to be attached to his name by
the newspaper press, had is foundation. From that
TO place OF the bench of this court. with other
senators, The speaker said, he did not consider II
at S him o o S upon S
confirmed and entered upon the discharge Of his
as judge, justified The President in Insisting upon
his nomination and showed that The opposition
Dfsste S S odS f oo we Speaking from
close personal knowledge and friendship Of more
tosethsr in the ofcs Of sslmon p chaSs Speeches
EsrS also made By General T. d a1ssey
and Senator Eyarts
kx-senstor Mcdonald said that two alusons made
induced him to say word or two. Senator Ed
memory of Justice Matthews. It Is my fortune to
bsseIeSs and false that caiumny was As Is weil
known the result Of the election in 1875 turned upon
the vote of three States. Louisiana South Carolina, and
Mr.. Matthews went TO Louisiana TO observe what
s aSse ssS We arrived there the same dsv saw
much of each other while there. and left for our
cannot know all that occurred, ] know enough TO
know that the charges made against Mr. Matthews
without foundation The Chairman Of the Committee
on Resolutions has not too strongly characterized the
baselegsness Of tho camny against the good name OF
the deceased On every occasion whom opportunity
offered have borne this witness And II has seemed
proper at this solemn time to repeat, It: for
probably shall never moro hear Of these charges
The resolutions were adopted and tho meeting
when the hour of Q O'Clock arrived. the time set
for the meeting Of the BSs II S 20 sSs 81 hs
morning had diminished pereeptbly. There were,
howeyer present ae0st dozen ms%se , 81 TIE
assistant Attorney General marry, GeorSs TicEnor
called TO the chair and Mr. Murray arose and resd
resolutions. Enlogfstic addresses WIRE then deuv;
Fdmunds. and Mr.. Curtis. IN which the speakers ex:
torlcd at length H." high judicial attainTens an
Of senator Fdrnpnds the Bar denared from rs custom
OF hearing addresses from members oniy sna ps,ens1
~ Christ church. Baiimore o. whioh Justice Csmp-
bell was a commandment a. tho 'ifue Of ms nenh.
Tho resolntions were then adopted ana the n'eeu"p
adjourned
NEW RAILWAY MAIL SUPERINTENDENT.
washington, Arri CIV. r. McGinnis, OF Ohio. has
hcen appointed Assistant Superintendent OF the Railway
Man Service and assigned to duty I'm tho once OF inc
second Assistant PnstmasterG General
Llewsiiyn @. Estes, Of North Carolina has been
appointed an Assistant Superintendent of the Railway
Man Service and assigned TO duty IN the ocs OF the
First Assistant Postmaster General
FouRTH.cIAss PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
wasblngt0n. April 8.--The Postmaster-oenerai has
appointed the following fourthclsss postmasters;
Edward Il Goodyear North Haven. Conn.,. Charles
Michaels Yslesyillc Conn. Amos A. Wilcox, west
brook, Conn.,; william @. jump, Hoilandvile. Del ;
Cyrus Holt MiiiyIiie Del Charles T. Drew. Edding.
ton Me-: NJ L. Hussey. Guilf0rd Me- George w.
Scott. bloomsbury. N. j.. N. W. Fraser oeorgeiown'
MI: Elias Tcraberry. High Bridge. N. j.; Joe VAIN
wright, Jacobstown, N. J.; Jordan r. Fox. Little YORK.
n j.; George W. Bowiby New-Hampton N j. John
P, van Quskertown. N. j.; A, y. Williamson. Ger.
esanfs. n g.; II. d. Mason, stockton, ~ j.; Simeon
n smith valley n j.. y. Finley, wf4ghtstown, n. J.;
John r Bull, clrcisville. N. Y; Heber T. wheeler,
East bloomfield station. n. r.; James p Ansiey Flint
Crock NJ ": Henry T.. Breeze. Garrattsylle, y. u;
wtlhm T. fshoades. Hubbardsyille n. r.; q. Cooley,
Whits Madison n. r.: A.. L. Knapp Manchester
n. r.: Marshall Plat Maple Grove \. H., -. :.