Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-05
THE JUDGES BANQUET.
After Dinner Celebration Of the Su-
preme Courts Centennial.

Covers were laid for eighty-two guests at the
dinner In celebration of the Supreme Court
centennial last night at the Leno1 lyceum in
New York. The banquet hall was a mass of
flowers and vines and presented beautiful
picture. A dozen large tables were arranged
in various positions about the hall and each
was decorated with handsome japanese vases
filled with fragrant flowers. The platform
table was set for twenty-six persons. 1t was
presided over by James C. Carter, chairman Of
the entertainment committee and among his
guests were Chief Justice Fuller, ex-President
Cleveland, Matthew Hale, president of the New
York State bar association; Associate Justice
Miller of the Supreme Court ex-Judge William
II. Arnoux, Associate Justices Bradley, Harlan
and Blatchford, Chauncey Depew, Rev. Will
lam X. Huntington. William Allen Butler, As
sociate Justice Field OF the Supreme Court, F.
X. Coudert. Henry Hitchcock Of Missouri, As
sociate Justices Gray and Lamar, United States
Senator Evarts, Associate Justice Brewer, Chief
Justice Paxson of Pennsylvania, Mayor Grant
and President Low of Columbia college.
Among the guests seated at other tables
were the judges of the court of appeals and
many New York city judges, ex-Secretary Bay
ard,ex-Secretary Fairchild, Archdeacon Mackay
Smith. Noah Davis, Z. Ellery Anderson, John
NJ. Bowers, Prot. Theodore W. Dwight, Chan
cellor McGill, Gen. Swayne, Hon. George
Hoadley, Gov. Green of New Jersey, Horace
Russell, DIR. Sieveking, Rev. ID. Macarthur
Mgr. Preston Gen. W. L. Sherman, Joseph H.
Choate, A. s. Webb, DIR. Morgan Dix, Cyrus W.
Field, Elliot F. Shepard, Waldo Hutchins and
John jay.
The dinner was opened by a prayer from
Rev. DR.. Taylor. At the conclusion Of the ban
quet MIR. j. G. Carter, the chairman, began the
speech making, and proposed a toast to the
President of the United States.
JUSTICE HARLAN's SPEECH
Mr.. Justice Harlan was then introduced and
spoke in response to the toast: 1.-THE Supreme
Court Of the United States,' in which he said
THE American people, after lapse of CEN
fury, have firm conviction that the elimina-
ton OF that court from our constitutional
system would be the destruction of the govern
ment itself, upon which depends the success of
the experiment Of free institutions resting
upon the consent Of the governed. That those
which have answered the true
ends Of government beyond all precedent in
human history may be preserved, in their in
tegrity; that our country may, under all cir
cumstances, be an object of supreme affection
by those enjoying the blessings of our republi-
can government, and that the court whose or
ganiZation you have assembled to commemo-
rate may, In its membership as well as in its
Judgments. always meet the just expectations
OF the people Is the earnest wish of those to
whom you have, on this occasion, done so much
honor"
SENATOR EVARTS.
The nextspeaker was the Hon. VIM NJ Evarts.
He congratulated the audience upon having
such a number Of Supreme Court judges pres
ent and upon the demonstration which marked
the centennial Of the Supreme Court 81 feel"
he said, that not the Bar association of the
city nor this state can claim credit for this
gathering, for it is due to the lawyers of the
entire country, who at the same time give
obeisance to the majesty of the law as repre-
toI Lag
This celebration, preceded by the celebration
OF the Declaration of Independence, is none
the less great because it is legal one. The
average lawyer of the American bar, ii seems
to me, has lived well but died poor. Laughter
and cheers.l He has a persevering capacity.
however, which carries him through life The
Supreme Court of the United States preserves
law above power. The executive idea of this
hemisphere and of our Congress is to make
government law and that law just With the
exception OF one person-and that hero of
our history-all our Presidents have had legal
training. With the exception of two of the
twenty Secretaries of State all have had
legal training or have been brought
up In academic life. OF three hundred
Senators over two hundred were Iawyers. A
democracy is real which has law as Its basis
This Is the same with the democracy of Eng
land as with the democracy Of America. Law
and logic are the supporters of our Constitution
and the props OF our country, and am speak
ing the truth when l say that this assembly
admirably commingles with the other" Loud
cheers.l
OTHER ADDRESSES,
Senator Evarts was followed by the Hon. Ed
ward NJ. Paxson Of the supreme court of Penn
sylvania, who spoke to the Judiciary of the
states" The Hon. Walter B. Hill of Georgia
responded to the next toast, THE common
law. The chairman next announced that the
non: wayne MacVeagh was to respond to the
toast Of The bar" but as he was absent Mr..
Joseph II. Choate would respond instead. MIR.
Choate complied. and made one of the wittiest
speeches of the evening. Seth Low, the newly
appointed president of Columbia college re-
sponded to the toast, THE university" and
Chauncey NJ. Depew, in response to the toast.
Our clients" made one Of his star speeches
and his wit and logic fairly convulsed the vast
assemblage, who departed bearing with them
handsomely engraved souvenirs of the banouet