Telegram-herald., 1890-02-07
THE COURT Dimes.
AyUKBER0 OF SPEECHES WERE MADE.
Llst % Toasts and Ehose EssPsa siag -
Ehsza sLaay otstlaS Szlshsd O1ssts
-Cieas - taS Centennial
GslsbrzEisa-
THG BANQUEF

NEs Yoak Feb. a-Tle sarreme
Cogrt Vas ainsd Tuesday tnizAt
- the Len0x Lyceum- Covees
we're laid fsr go guests and Rear
IL every se4s Vas occupied. The
banquet h-ll ~ss l4visnly decorated.
The Calsl Jlstlce and his associates
dtned q. tie platform table. aud With
them sas President Cleveland. Mat
thew hale. % Aloaay. president of ths
New YORK STATE Bar Association. ex-
Judge William H. Arn0ux - New
YORK, Caalneey ~ Depew. Rev VIII
tam X huntington William Allen But
.er Frederick r Coudert president Of
the New YORK city bar Henry Hitch
cock % ST. Louis. Senator Eyarts,
Chief-Justics Paxson, OF PennsYlvania,
Mayor Grant. and Presi1ont LOw, OF
Columbia College.
Before the speaking began the boxes
tlled WITH ladies', among them being
Mrs Grover Cleveland The frst toast
Of the evening. The President OF the
United States. was drank standing.
Mr. Justice Harlan responded for his
associates 20 the toast, The Su-
prems Court, paying high
tribute 20 the bar Of the country
In the course Of his address Senator
Evarts followed him. Chisf-Justice Pax
son responded 10 The Judiciary of the
States. Hon. Walter 3. lin respond
ed 10 the toast, The Common Law"
and Joseph II. Choate 70 The Bar"
Mr.. Ch0ate spoke extempo be-
ing called upon % nh the place of Hon
Wayne MacVeagh. who was absent
President Seth Low next spoke and WAS
followed by Hon. Chaunccy -. Depew.
who closed the talk By his response 10
the toast. 'Our Clients
NEw YORK. Feb. 5.-At tho centennial
celebration on Tuesday the supreme
Court made is response TO the other
speeches through Mr.. Justice Field,
who was introduced by Chief-Justice
Fuller. Mr.. Field spoke chiefly Of the
peculiar dual character ol our Govern.
ment and tho part played by the ju.
dicia-y in securing % Nation and State
their constitutional prcrogatives. lie
reviewed the history of the constitution
and the court and made a plea for the
relief Of the court from the great bur
den of litigation which overtaxes it. In
conclusion no said:
"And now, with its history in the century
past. what IS needed that The Supreme Court OF
The United States should sustain rs character
and be useful 10 tho century u come: an
swcr a. a matter Of w first consideration.
that 70 should not be l-grbo-uc with work. and
by that I mean e should have some relief
from the immense burden now cast upon H.
This can only ho done by legislative action,
and n determining what measures shan he
adopted FOR that purpose Congress viii IN
doubtediy receive With favor suggestions from
the bar association ~ the country. The cases
which have come before thfs court. sprnging
from causes wnich 6'1 not exist during The first
quarter O., fle century exceed iu Che D. 10 .-tlle
q ths pro3eftT interests involved ana IN
the importance of the pa bile questions present
ed all cases brought with the same veriod
before any court O., Chrlstend0m. Up % the
middle q the present century the calendar of
the court did nJt average ii0 cases term and
never amounted ~ any one term 20 80 case.
the calendar Of the present term sxceeds $50
Something must be done to p-escnt delays
To delay Justice is as psrnici0us Us 10 deny
II. One of the most precious articles o1 the
magma charter was that 10 which the King ds
c-ared that he would not deny or delay 20 any
man jlstice or right. And. assureGlv. what the
baroas OF England wrung from their monarch
the people % rhc United states viii not refuse
20 any suitor for Justice in their tribunals"
my Country lis OF Thee, was sung
By tho German Liederkranz Society. ths
audience joining in the song; the do=-
ology was sung and the exercises closed
with a beuodiction pronounced by Rev.
DR.. T. w. Chambers, Of the Collegiate
he formed Church.