The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-26

Tansy, and with this view he
called upon him. He entered the
Office, took Z look ct the emaciatsd
form and graveyard air of the
great lawyer, and then turning on his heel
left the Office without Z word. "Give that
man my casef" he said to the first friend
he met, II would as soon think ct giving
il to corpse. He will die within two
months But Taney did not die. Jack
son made him chief justice of the United
States. and he sat on the bench for twenty
eight years
Among the other octogsnarians Of the
supreme court. was Chief Justice Jay, who
had the good sense to retire after he had pre-
sided over the court for six years, and lived
to be "a. Chief Justice Marshal lived to
be 50. and judge Swayne. of Ohio, died at
four score, and sat on the bench twenty
years, Judge Duval, Of Maryland, died
ct SO, and he WAS on the bench
twenty-five years I heard . funny story
about him the other night from one of the
old stagers Of Washington City. Said the
man: Gabriel Duval was one of the best
fellows a well - one of the most noted
men Of his time. He had to leave the SUI
preme court on account Of deafness. He
was member of congress when it was sit
ting in Philadelphia, and while there
boarded ct the house Of an old
lady named Gibbons, who had .
daughter who was neither young or
taciturn. There were Z number Of other
congressman ct the house, aud among
them . member from Virginia named
Giles. Giles and Duval became great
friends, but they lost sight Of each other
after they left Philadelphia, and it was
several years later that they met at the
races ct Washington City. By this time
Giles had been elected senator OF the
United States and Duval was comptroller
Of the treasury. They were enjoying them
selves and chatting about old times, and
had discussed number Of their friends,
when Senator Giles suddenly asked: by
the way, Duval, what has become of the
damned cackling old maid, Jennie Glib
bons? n s'She is Mrs. Duval, sir - was the
reply. Giles shut up like clam, and it
was several minutes before he could re-
cover himself enough to 60 on with the
conversation.
Justice Miller was the oldest judge on
the supreme bench in point of service. He
served twenty-eight years. and there have
been only eight justices in the past who
have served as long. Chief Justice Marshall
leads the list at thirty-four, and Judge
Story, of Massachusetts, was also on the
bench for thirty-four years. One Of the
youngest judges that the supreme court
ever had was Bushrod Washington, who
was appointed when he was So, while Gen.
eral Washington was still alive. He was
the favsrite nephew of General Washing
ton, and he inherited the estate Of Mount
Vernon. He sat on the supreme
bench for thirty-on years, and died
in 1929. Justice Mclean, Of Ohio, and
Justice Wayne. of George, served as JUS
tice Of the supreme court for thirty-two
years. and johnson, Of South Carolina,
served for thirty years. The man who
served the shortest term on the supreme
bench was John RutledRe, who had term
of two years just after Chief Justice Jay
opened the supreme court He was ap-
pointed by General Washington, and WASH
ington thought . good deal of him,
for when Jay resigned he nomi-
mated him as chief justice, but the Senate
refused to confirm him. and Oliver Ellis
worth, graduate of Princeton and one of
the signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, got the place. Rutledge became in
sane after his appointment, and it was on
this account that the Senate refused to con-
firm him.
Justice Miller was the only supreme
judge ever appointed from Iowa, and with
the exceptions of Field and Brewer, the
only one ever appointed west of the Mis-