Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-05
BENCH AND BAR.
The Judicial Banquet at New
York.
WIND Up OF THE CENTENNIAL
A Brilliant Gathering of Beautiful
Women and Brainy Men.
TOasts and Responses,

, ,scooiated Press Dispatches to the HERALD,
New York, February 4.-The dinner
in celebration of the Supreme Court Cen-
teDnial was held tonight at Lenex
lycsum. The banquet hail was mass
ot flowers and vines, and presented
beautiful picture. A dozen large tables
were arranged in various positions about
tbe hall and each was beautifully dec
Grated. Covers we're laid for $50 guests,
and nearly every seat was occupied The
nlstform table WAS set for twenty-eix
persons. 1t WAS presided over by Presi-
dent Carter, of the entertainment COM
mittee, and among his guests were Chief
Justice Fuller, ex-President Cleveland,
Matthew Hale, of Albany, President OF
the New York Stats Bar Association
Justices Miller, Bradley, Harlan, Field,
Blatchford, Gray, Lamar and Brewer ;
Chauncey M. Depew, Rev. Wm. @.
Huntington, President Coudert. Of the
har of the City of New York; Senator
Evarts. Chief Justice Paxon, of Pennsyl-
yania Mayor Grant, and President Low,
Of Columbia College.
The menu was an elaborate one. Be-
fore il was concluded the ladies' began TO
take their places in the boxes, and
shortly after 10 O'Clock the chairman
raped for order. In the box third from
the right of the stage was Mrs. Cleve'
land, accompanied by party of ladies
and gentlemen.
A toast to the President of the United
Ststes was drunk after Mr.. Carter made
a brief address. The next toast WAS the
Supreme Court" and it was replied tt
by Associate Justice Harlan, OF the Su
preme Court.
He began by q reference to the co
ordinate responsibility of lawyers ant
| judges, citing that as are the lawyers o
a given period 80 are the courts before
which they appear. II The decisions o
the Supreme bench had been commendet
in any instance it must be added the
their preparation WAS preceded anC
aided by the arguments OF the artists 0
the bar, Of which may be said what Mr
Justice Butler observed Of certain judg
ments of Lord Mansfield, that they wer
OF such transcendant power that thos
who heard them were lost in admiration
at the strength and stretch OF the huma
understanding.
Hon. William M. Evarts next spoke
Evarts was of the opinion that the pref
ent celebration was the most eigniticar
held since that of the Declaration OF Ii
dependence. L. was indeed the cell
bration of the first opening in the worl
of court of the people. No higher col
ception Of government, he said, ha
been reached, or ever can be reached
than that reason shall not only be pc
, suasive influence in human affairs, b1
paramount in authority.
, Senator Evarts was followed by Ho
! Edward M. Paxon, of the Supreu
Court Of Pennsylvania, who spoke {
"The Judiciary of the States"
, Hon. Walter B. Hill, of Georgia, r
sponded to The Common Law"
Wayne McVeagh was booked to +
, spond to the toast "The Bar" but vi
abs2nt, end Joseph II. Choste responde
instead extemporaneously, and his r
marks were received with great q
plause.
Seth Low next spoke, and was fl
lowed by Chauncey NJ. Depew, WI
closed the talk by his response to Il
toast "Our Clients" He made one
his star speeches, and his wit and log
fairly convulsed the vast assemblage.