The Anaconda standard., 1890-02-05
ACENTURY ROUNDEDOUT
Celebrating the Career Of the Highest
Court In the Nation.


MN York, Feb. i.-Thc sad events Of
the Hast few days at Washington diu,mcl
considerably the celebration Of the CEN
tenniai of federal Judiciary inaugurs.tcd
this morning. The weather. too. was
very uiifavora,le. heavy rain falling.
The attendance at the exercises i'm the
Metropolitan opera house was the most
noted that ever filled the magnificent
building. Distributed all about the gal
lerics were banners and shields hearing
the coat of arms of the various states.
The interior of the building WAS
otherwise deliberately decorated. On
the right of the stage in the
front row were seated ncmi,crs of thu,
United States supreme court. Ex-Prcsi-
dent Grover Clcvrlan,. presided. The
Others s',atssi ON the stage included cN-
u: >. SeinIns. of New Orleans. General
WIN; L. Shernan. Chauncey NJ. Dcpcw
tinRiiishcd gathering was leaving the car
riagfs at the door and filling the seats
until there was standing room only, the
grsnn symphony orchestra played tn"
On taking the chair cx-Pr.si,len, Grover
Cleveland Delivered a brief introductory
adttress. and Justice Field said:
In every age and with every people
there hav" been celebrations for triuInphs
and Tor the triumplis of peace. but never
until now has there been in any country "a
celebration like this, to- commemorate th..
establishment of "a judicial tribunal as u
co-orSiinate and permanent branch of it's
government. The celebration had it's in
.piration i'm the profound reverence for
the constitution of the United States ,s
the sure and only means of preserving the
union with its inestirnablc blessings and
materially contributed to it's lust appr,Ti-
alton and ready obedience to- it's authority.
Experience has shown that in a country
OF great territorial extent and varied in
tercsts, peace and lasting prosperity can
exist with civilized people only when local
affairs are controlled by local authorities
and at the same time there are lodged in
the general government of the country
such sovereign powers as will enable il tn
regulate intercourse of it, people with for
eiUn Nations and between communities.
tn protect them il all their rights in such
intercourse. defend the country against
invasion and domestic violence, and
maintain the supremacy of its laws
throughout its whole domain. This princi-
| pie the trainers Of the constitution acted
| upon iu establishing the government OF
the union by leaving uninpaircd the
power Of states tn control all mat
tiers of legal interest and creating
| IL new government "f sovereign pow
| crs for matters of general and ma
| tional concern. They thus sue
cected in r.conciiing local self govern
rneut. or home. rule as ID is termed, with
the exercise of national sovereignty for
national purposes. Under this dual gov
hest suited To its people and resoiIrces,
| though unlike that of every other state
| And now. with it's history in "a century
| past, what Is needed is that the supreme
| court of the United States should sustain
| it's character and usefulness in the century
| to come? answer, as ~ matter OF first
consideration, that IL should not he over
| horne with work. and by that l mean IL
| should have some relief from the immense
b.,J,sm b ',.,n. now h east upon IL. This can only
| mining what measures shall tr asloJ,-
| ted for that purpose, congress will un.
| doubtetily receive with favor suggestions
from the. bar associations of this country
| In view of the condition of co,irt-its
crowded docket-the multitude Of qIcs.
| tions constantly brought before il al
| greatest and most extended. surely il has
"a right to call upon the country to give .,
he done i'm that direction and should h.
| done speedily Ia prevent delays to suitors
now existing To delay justice. is as per
nicions as to deny il. One of the mos,
pernicio,is articles of the magma charta
| was that i'm which King declared he wo,il,
not deny or delay :" amy man Justice q,
| right, and assure,lly what the baroiis ol
| England wrung from their monarch. III.
pcopi" of the United States will not re-
fuse Ia any s,iitor for Justice in their own
The dinner in celebration Of the s,r
prcrnc court centennial. held Tonight al
the Lenox Lyceun banquet hall. was .
mass of flowers and vines. and pr.scnt.,
beautiful picture. dozen large table'
werc arraneca in various positions
about the hall and each was bca,Iti
fully decorated. Covers laid fol
so guests. and nearly every seat oc
t.Abls' was foi
9 persons. IL was presided over 10y Pres
ident Garter, of the entertainment com
mittee. and among his guests w.r.. Chief
Justice Fuller. ex-Prcsi,icnt Cleveland
Mathew Hale, of Albany. president of the
New York State Bar association. Justice,
Miller. Bradley. Harlan, Field, Blatch
ford. Gray, Lamar and Brewer
CLANCY NJ. Dcpcw, Rev. William Hunt
ington. President toudicrt of the bar al
the city of New York. senator Evarts
chief Justice pap~on Of Pennsylvania
Mayor Grant and President Low of 20
lumbia college.
The menu was an elaborate one. BE
fore il WAS conc ludG d ia. ladies bs.gan Z.
take their places in the boxes and siortl,
after 10 o'clock the chairman raped 70
order. ln the box third from the right %
the stage Mrs. Cleveland, accom-
panied by "a party of Ladies' kand gentle
men. The toast to the pres,len
of I'll" United States was drank standini
! after which MIR. Carter made IA brief AL
dress. u hs. next toast was tiI. .Supretn'
Court, and IL was responded to by A-su
ciate Justice Harlan. of the s,ipr.in.
. | court.
IA. b.gan 10y "a refcrcnc. to- TIA" co-ord
nate responsibility of the lawyers AM
Judges. citing that lawyers of
given period. the courts bs.for
which they have appeared. IL the deer
ions of the supreme court wer. then con
men'led in any instance IL must u
added that their pre- parition WAS pr,ced.-
and aided by the arguments at Its bar. q
which ~ may be sand what MIR. Ju-ttc
, Butler observed of certain Judgments ,