The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-13
(ssSIP OF GREAT nEN
No BIatchford's Death and
;suprene Courts Health



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N@SeTos Cfrr. Aug. 7.-fspeeiai
eepondencs. The death Of Justice
Elns asprene court, and deaths hsvs been
Emas rapid here during the past f<v yesss
<1AG In any other branch Of our govern
kmD. Chief Jnstice Waite disd when be
90 70 be in his przne. Justics Miller.
E6rSh he had served on the bsnch
@sy-sisht years. seemed hale and
- just before he passed away. and no
onoiSwe seemed 20 think bat that Justice
*nun63y would last forever. His viry
6rmA seemed 10 be made Of steel,
- u vas regularly in his seat year
= e31 yoar out He wss one Of the
hssdSss Ueskers on the bench, aud he
m - about twelve hours ont Of
evssy sseusy-four II was the same with
l 1uler Miller. I don't think Justice Lamar
ogus sstsd himself. He got the grip, and
~, e:ided 10 his careIess habits Of eating
- tsrcise. helped TO carry him of. He
- q, rules Of work. and be sometimes
zpue tr4tvensy hours At . stretch. Justice
4 nn1rfs.o rd VS. more regular In his habits.
] - kd,ksd more like IN English states
- taan m American jurist and ne WAS
go peponi6eation Of the sminently re-
fspseta.ls sentlemsn- The other justices
Eas sz ssmsly healthy, and the court ~ Il
e row. constituted would make . good
hptsl advertisement. Justice Harlan
nust weigh over 200 pounIs. His
ayss 81 bright snd hts cheeks are rosy.
5ossie4Grsy Is lat and round and his skin
- = ei!sn and fair - that Of . baby.
~ Hsuer and Brown are the psruonin-
6oo g physical vigoF, and the chief
311G. Though his hair 10 white aud his
oae4s 10 silver. has eyes full Of life and
D&et4 about - though he we're walking
ZOubber. None Of them look - though
ny hsf much to worry them, and they
- sefottsn their first struggles ct the
- whfn. ~ In the case Of Chief Justics
Mr., fhey were glad 10 get fees Of IS. and
- not pet begun to hops for positions
1egsh $1,000 year.
D1sins my chat with the Hon. Hoks
ni1h TIE other day I spoke to him Of his
~ prN ssice. and asked him il he remem.
asSs 80 No tVSEtyCu t0E iCK0l ~
~ % made last year. am told, just
100 CA Of his practice. and his earn
- rigst along range from $50 900 TO $50,-
II pr Gear. ne laughed - I put the
100 glfsstion, and replied:
.. remember it very we'll. Ii vas
II Ne fettting Of an Injunction. The
- vasf 1ecided In Atlantis ~ IL O'Clock
woey4end the situation Was such that
otn1uIzction would have 10 b. served at
3cloek Tuesday. The party interested
~ aw4y on In the interior, and IL Was .
eseson ~ neither Ne could reach him In
ne. took the train that afternoon for
siassvits. and the next morning at 4
0e1ock was in . buggy riding of into the
nountaits with my injuncsion. j reached
~ place:at 1880, driving my horse ~ fast
he COT d go all the way. and succeeded
q servins the injunction in time. Tho
- got Tor II was SIS, and il seemed 70
- very GOOD pay"
How ssbont your first law case. Mr..
lcsetarrt What was itf"
1T wsf the defending Of . negro Who
- been .srreete4 Tor arson" WAS the re-
W: TIE psoezty MAS hanging. and l
~ up tese apanss case and cleared him.
NJ gave, me such reputation among the
uvfces t;sAt they oil came 70 me TO defend
IN wh4n they GOT into trouble. took
1eksess for practice. sometimes getting
Soef and sometimes none ~ ell. l
oooa eot! . better class Of business, how
evsr. Before long had one Of the best
practices sin the South. / don't think
there 10 aisy more pleasant work than that
OF the lat. like IL. and ! shall 70 back
10 q - sos,n rs leave Washington City,"
Thta 81 which Hoke Smith received a.
~ eue legal fee Was . dig amount In COM
&Dok tN;ith those Of our other great law
#@w4 Hrnry Gays first fee amounted to
| Just is. aud the late Justice Lamar got
$50 jugs: Of handmade whisky for his
had 70 borrow $50 10 70 to CoIum-
bus 10 lie admitted for practice before
tie supreme court Of Ohio And John H.
Ai.chell. .cf Oregon, who now makes $aD,-
w aud NJ ward year ut the law, was re-
fused cr~sit by carpenter whom he asked
70 make sn office table for him at the time
he began his law practice in Portland.
Senator sngaIls' FIRST law fee was from q
earpente,s and he took his pay out in
trade. TIE carpenter made him table
and desk for trying the suit. and Ingalls,
con uses this desk IS part Of his Office
tsrniture today. The late BENJAMIN But
~ male ais frat real start al the Law IN
ettachinC. mill wheel for one of his
tlients e Lowell. and Leland stanford
oaes told me that he made just 81. 30 the
tess yeaa be rracticed Law in Wisconsin.
4 IRE burned down his Law Office and
horary. AID this IL was that sent him West
y make isis fortune.
innderttand that the prospects are that
sx-Fresidhnt Harrison's Law practice will
y more 9han doubled by the reputation
- has made as president, aud Grover
uevelsnf is said to have made fortune
easing thr four years he was out of office
Nearlv az the presidents have been law
yvfs, but none of those of the past have
hE hat ta
make To-Day. Thomas Jefferson early
lamned 10 the front of the bar
Of ViFr,r,a. and he was making $500
. rear hen he was married. Madison
and Non >se were good lawyers before they
netdied }si,h politics. and Hayes had q
NJ practice. Andrew Johnson liked
nosninE teiser than 70 make speech at
The bar, Hts studied Law while he Was at
he tAilores bench. and graduated from Il
eske bal: Martin Van Buren, Is said TO
lave bee:, q good lawyer. James Blu
eAanaa was making $ii. 90 year when he
M the law for politics. and Harrison's
nacsioc Was valuable ono.
IS IL costs something 10 get one Of these
EsAi sta esmen To try suit for you.
&sarss receives about $40 apiece for each
ana svers:: word in the 4oo- word sentences
shssh be cases in his arguments before the
ssrrvms court. and Sen s,er Edmunds was
vae'lssed not long ago as having IN ia.
some Of si0o.oo from his Law practice.
ves Of tie most famous lawyers of this
0arify sas q Jew who was connected
van The Southern Confederacy. ] refer
the la Judah Z. Benjamin. tho served
diserrilt times in the cabinet of yeffer-
- psvissss attorney general, secretary Of
~a's ana secretary of war. He left this
esanssy With only Sio in his pocket at the
s,,oss ~ the var and tied 10 England
ne oyenei law Office In London and,