The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-26
lAMAR'S REMAINS LIE IN STATE
The FuneraI Will Occur Friday
Afternoon at Macon.
distinguished Mon Who VIII Attend the
Services Macon Honors the Dead
Jurists Memory-Gossip as to Lamarrs
Successor-Doubt as to whether Presi-
don't Harrison Will Make the Appoint
ment-A Wild Chicago Scheme.

hACoN, "a, Jan. 25.-Ihe funeral
OF Justice Lamar will take place Fri
day afternoon, and it has been decided
that tho interment, temporarily at
least, will be in the Riverside cemetery
here. The body of the late Justice will
lie in state at the residence of w. II.
Virgin, at Vineville, tomorrow and up
to noon on Friday, at which time the
cortege will leave the house for the
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
under escort of the pail. bearers, repre-
senting the bar of Macon, the bar Of the
State OF Georgia. and the United States
Supreme bench.
The dead jurist was placed in his
coffin at s o'clock this evening. The
body lies in front parlor, where the
numerous handsome floral decorations
that have already been sent in are
massed. The face presents calm look,
death having made but little change.
To-day kilograms of coincidence came
in from all parts of tho United States.
The bar of Macon mot this morning
and appointed committee to draft
resolutions. The Macon council met
this afternoon and passed resolutions of
respect and coincidence, and also re-
quested all places of business to close
during the hours of the funeral. Tho
committee to attend the funeral was APP
painted by Hon. Washington Dessan.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Chief Justice
Fuller and Justices Blatchford, Brewer
and Brown will leave this city tonight
on the 10:40 train over the Richmo nd
and Danville road for Macon, Ga, TO at
tend the funeral on Friday.
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living at Rockville, Md, will probably
go to the funeral with the members of
the Supreme Court. Two nephews of
the late justice also reside hero.
The Supreme Court does not carry its
notice OF the death of one of it's mem
bers officially beyond the date Of burial
of the dead. The custom is for the
chair of the dead man to be draped in
mourning and for few remarks to be
made by the chief justice the day Of
death. The court then adjourns for the
funeral.
On its reassembling tho chair of the
dead justice has been removed, and in
the order Of seniority the justices move
up their seats one peg nearer the chief
justice. the seat on the right ranking
the scat Immediately on the left. Thus
Justice Field, the oldest associate jus
oiSO, hoW % 10 OA ID0 rlBub VI OQlOl u.s.
tice Fuller, and Justice Blatchford, the
next justice in the order of seniority, on
the left. Beyond this change in their
seats and the making of eulogies and
adoption Of resolutions on some day a
month or so hence there is no visible
indication after the funeral core
monies are over that the court has been
bereaved.
Justice Lamar's death has naturally
created some gossip as to the intentions
of the President in filling the vacancy.
Should President Harrison elect to fill
the place it will make the fourth ap
pointment he has made in four years to
the United States Supreme Court. Al.
ready his appointees constitute third
of the bench, Justices Brown, Brewer
and Shiras making three out Of total
of nine.
In the present instance there is one
consideration which may have weight
at this particular period in determining
President Harrison's course. On Feb
ruary next the court adjourns for its
February recess, not to reassemble I'M
til noon Of the 4th o. March, when it
meets merely1as matter of form in
order that it may officially participate
in tho Inauguration ceremonies.
Thus, even il the President should
nominate some one with unusual prom pt-
ness in case involving so many impor-
tant questions of fitness. location, and
character as must come up in filling q
supreme court vacancy, the new nomi-
nee, assuming that confirmation followed
immediately, could hardly take his
place on the bench until the new ad-
ministration had assumed the reins Of
government. But whether or not the
President will attempt to fill the place
before the 4th of March is a matter
which his own taste must decide. for
there are no usuages to guide or to re-.
strict his action.
Political. and perhaps personal. de-
sires may influence the President to
make one more appointment, now that
he has the opportunity. II Repub-
lican be appointed and confirmed it will
insure for at least decade, barring
some unusual series Of calamities to its
members, the supremacy of the Repub-
lican party in the Federal Supreme
Court. At present six Of the eight JUS
tices are Republicans. Chief Justice
Fuller and Justice Field being the only
Democrats. Justices Field and Blatch-
ford are expected to retire on account
OF age some time during the next four
years, which would enable President
Cleveland to appoint two new men and
bring the Democratic strength up to
three. Except Justice Blatchford all
the Republicans are comparatively
young and vigorous, and If Republican
we're appointed by President Harrison
to Justice Lamar's place 1t would take q
long time for sufficient vacancies to
arise in the ordinary course of events
to change the political complexion OF
| the court.
1t is believed by lawyers that who
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