Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-02-05
CENTENNIAL BANQUET.
A DISTINGUISHED GATHER.
ING OF JUDGES.
The Unitcd seasss Supreme Court En-
tertsinsd BY the Nsw York Har-
Eight Hundred and Twenty
People At the Tables.

People Al the Tables.
New YoRK, Feb. A-The banquet |
which 10 called the Judicial Centennial |
Banquet, given by the Bar Association OF |
New YORK State 70 the Supreme Court |
aud distinguished members of bar $3.50
Citations OF other STATED, In commemora- |
tion OF the ceptsnnial Of the founding Of |
the Supreme Court OF the United States, |
took place this evening At tho Lenox
Lyccum.
The decorations wsts not elaborate.
Back Of the platform upon which the
Supreme Court and the chief invited
gutsts vera seated, collection Of tropi-
cal plsnts were grouped without pnrtieu-
will seat a. banquet ovsr 800 persons
aud 500 stood at the table, when the
blessing Vas invoked. rhsss men we're
representative lawyers f1pln all parts Of
The United Staten. Tlless were oincers
Of the 6upEene 0enfS thres Uu!tsd
States Circnit 1udseir Ivftssn United
States District Court 3u1qeA the Jud..
ciary O0mmtttee u ~ $40 HQuses of
Congress, veprsssptAt ~ Aom The Ap-
peliate Courts OF the different States
and number Of special gussts, some Of
whom make no prstsnsior 70 legal learn-
Ing.
the loUR tables, strstchiag from the feet
Of Grover Cleveiaud md Chief Justice
F0ller to place benoeth tho Aititudiuous
gallery, in which the orchestra VA gath
Union.
Upon this platforn occupying the seat
Of the presidiog oAicee was Mr.. James
| G. Carter, Who isfdy common accord
placed a. tho head 6i the New York Bar.
lie sat grim and almost silent, speaking
occasionally to the vOiubls and lively
gentleman upon his right whose long
white hair and flowing grey mustache
have iamiliarized him TO many who never
saw him before, and who rsc0xutzed hun
- the person whom President Cleveland
indicated a. 1t The bead Of the Bar Of
The United States By uppointing him
Chief Justice.
But il was not upon this platform that
all the great notabloe wees assemoled. IN
the distance Justices stefsift 6reen ana
Clarke OF the PeunsylvAniA Supreme
4 Court wsre hob-nobblng with lawyers Of
eminencc isoni other atntes theft own. All
Of the eminent Judges pf the New York
, higher Courte wefS sandviched, between
counsel Of emlnence and invited guests o.
distluction In other tlsl0s thsn lava
The banquet was 10 have been sorval
at Z o'clock but II was nesr0s6 O'Clock
, before grace was said and the, oysters
ssrved. The hhrong was 70 large tha
+ tho service was slow. The menue VA. q
for epicure, but owing 70 this siov
service, guesis Ia the remote part Of th
!. hall waited long before they feceiyes
, their portions aud when they did hni
!, that their wants were mot, they discov
J cred that the yiArds were cold. Thi
] delay in service protrecssd beyond III
tstimxee Of the manages, the time o.
/. sirstebsd out 10 sithsy direction vef
i tho members OF tas HupScme Court, Jus
tice Fled, taciturn, occssianally glAnc,,
!. over TO the table where bis two equall
4 distinguished brothers sat side BY side
4 and once held up HE glass 40 thong
. drinking 10 silence, which distancs mad
= necessary, % toast to the.f health.
Justice Bradley, the Oldest member O
the Bench, seemed In ep1sit the younRes
: and ths wit which he poured into tl
. oars of his neiRhbors must have be
. well seasoned. for the laughter whic
/, greeted tn SO sallies was genuine an
Q delightful to witness.
Q Senator Evarts wspder,d back an
!, forth between the. cousses dropping til
sp,ce OF his wit iuto the ear ot every 90
who sat upon tho platform and watchin
evidently with Mr.. Frederick r. Conderl
! who is Fl. eident of tnosBsE Association
o Of New York, ihcse delightful anecdote
: which have gained for esch OF them th'
+ rcpute OF teing the beat recontsurs at tn
G New York bar. .a
Ladies' were invited 20 be present .
/ 9.3D. and at thai hour inAay Of them II
' full evening dress were toe 10 seen 10 tn
J. boxes. But thoa the birds had not evel
. been served, aad while AZ tho upper en-,
! Of the hall II half hour later the banquet
ers we're eating desseft or swallowing
thOir coffee and lighting ciesrs, At tn
Z oti or end the service had not been hal
. completed. This delay vas provoking
| for IL meant q session OF sspeech MAXIM
lar into the morning houn.
2 There 10 nothing more narrowing to tt
/ synpxthrtic IN ND thanIo near cryini
' baby. DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup will Civ
D | ipstaut relief to tho little sufferer. Fo
r sal. at all drug storcs. Prics 26 cents.
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