Iron County register., 1890-02-13

ing. He spoke feelingly of the sad be-
| reavements in the families of Secreta-
rles Blaine and Tracy, and moved many
| OF the audience to tears by the touching
manner in which he described the tragic
deaths of Mrs. and Miss Tracy. Mr..
Dix, in conclusion. prayed for the Presi-
dent and Cabinet, and hoped thas the
absence of the Chief Magistrate and Off
Gals from their presence was only tenn
porary.
Judge VIM. III. Arnoux, chairman OF
the Judiciary centennial committee Of
the New York Bar Association. deliv-
the address of welcome to the Court
He said attention to the celebration of tho
centenary of the organization of the Su-
preme Court of the United States was first
invited by President Harrison in his inaugu-
raj. After reviewing that part of the Presi-
dents remarks concerning the celebration
OF the occasion, Judge Arnoux welcomed the
guests in behalf of those assembled, repre-.
| SeDtlng the Executive and Legislative de-
partments of the Government, National and
| state courts, and the people of the United
states. The occasion, the Speaker declared,
was fitting one. One hundred years ago on
this day, the first Tuesday in February, 1870,
the supreme Court of the United States held
| its first session at the Exchange in the City of
New York and installed in office the Chief
Justice, two associate justices and attorney
general This action completed the organi-
zation of the three departments of the Gov
| ernment.
length the high and independent character
| OF the court and the labors and growth of
the body from its inception up to the pres
| ent time. over sixty five million people of
different races, religions, politics and inter-
ests, to-day, he said, cheerfully and ioyally
submitted to the DEGREES of the court.
Judge Arnoux concluded by calling
| for the blessings of God upon the United
| States and the honorable Supreme
| Court.
Hon. Henry Hitchcock, of st. Louis
| then deli-ered an address upon THE
Supreme Cosrt and the Constitution.''
He referred to the exercise of the powers
| of the court in its organization, and said
| that the vast reach of it's powers springs
| from the great political fact that the Gov
| ernment of the Union is one which in all its
departments operates directly upon individ-
uais. To the Supreme Court, ''the living
voice of the Constitution" belongs tho
ultimate development of the powers which
that instrument confers. 1t represented the
conscience of the people. The speaker al
| luded to numerous important cases in which
| the court has declined to take jurisdiction
of political questions, or those involving the
exercise of Legislative executive diScre-
tfOn. In the exercise of its powers, the
chief, said the speaker, is that of interpret
ing the supreme law OF the land. a sum-
mary was then given of the powers of the
court in eXpounding the Constitution since
the civil war. In an eloquent peroration the
speaker declared that the true power of the
court has resided and must ever dwell! in the
sincere respect and unbougft confidence of
| the people of the United States.
The next speaker was Mr. William Al
len Butler, who delivered an eloquent
address, during the reading of which he
was frequently interrupted by applause,
on The origin of the Supreme Court of
the United States and its place in the
Constitution.
Selections FROM 'tAida" by the orchcs.
ira followed the address of Mr. Butler.
Hon. f. j. Phelps, ex-Minister to En-
gland, spoke upon THE Supreme Court
and the Sovereignty of the People,
The hundred years that now terminate,
he said, have tested the value of all Amer
lean institutions. Fortunate as they
have been for the most part, it Will have
been the Judgment of disraSsOnate history
that no other has SO completely justified the
faish of its authors nor fgltilled with such
signal success the purpose ST its foundation
as the Supreme Court of the United States.
The necessity for it's organization i'm
peratfve 1t is the conseryator of State
TISHi9 ANA tle rights Oh tne people. 1T rests
upon the foundation stone of popular sOver-
eiSnity. The sovereignty Of the people,
however, is not the arbitrary power of the
multitude; it is simply the recognition OF
the equal rights of man as the basis of
government for men for their protection by
its people, and regulated by law. This def
milton of the much abused phrase is always
kept in view hy the Supreme Court. Public
confidence is sensitive plant, and the
speaker hoped that the peoples trust in the
powers of the court might never be shaken.
Mr., Phelps was followed by Justice
Field on behalf of the court.
Justice Field after a tribute to the bar of
the State of New York, recalled with pleas
ure hiseonnection with It prior to his de-