The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-16
upon thinking it over I found that I was

upon thinking it over | found that l was
wrong"
Judge LippincotS then referred to the
death OF Judge Knapp and continued
I'VE thought no one could fill his place.
but IN one short year one has come to us
that has been 80 natural. 50 full of
patience aud consideration. and so
friendly to us, that we have almost forgot
ten our sorrow. Judge WeIts has been
so full of natural friendIiness, patience
and love to all the members OF the Bar.
that we sorrow at his leaving us. We
would keep him with us II we could. But
we must part with him, and every menu
Der of the bar regrets it.
"All | have to say to you is that you
will meet n sterner Judge in his successor
whoever he may be. You will not get
such an easy Judge. He was too easy
with you. His successor will be a stern.
cold, judge who will treat you very differ
emily"
Judge Dixon arose and said that he
wanted to say to Judge Lippincott that
he knew Judge fitzpatrick of Newark very
well, and Judge Lippincott had misrepre-
as Judge Lippincott took his seat. -
"REMINISCENCES OF THE BAR.
Mr.. James B. Vreienpurg very inter-
est.ngly told of the old lawyers that were
practising here in 1866, when he came to
Jersey City. First coming up from the
ferry was old Chancellor Zabriskie's office,
at No. Z Exchange Place. In the same
Chancellor's two sons, Lansing and
Augustus. In the First National Bank
Building were S. Il. Ransom. Archibald
K. Brown, Judge Voornis aud Jacob r.
Wo~rtendyke. In Mr.. Wortendyke's Office
was Senator Briukerhof studying law.
In the basement back of John Lambs
office was Judge Dixon's Office, in which
fEilhart fInl1inz ~ q q hoQ a sfndanE AT
the corner of York and Hudson streets
were Nathaniel Sleight, William A. Lewis,
Edgar B. Wakeman and Isaac Scudder.
In the old Darcy Building. now the
Fuller Building, were Captain Cloak aud
Judge Garrick. Then Easing up Mont
James Fletnming. Prosecutor Winfield
and Peter Bently the elder. Over in the
Commercial Building were Judge Joseph
A. Randolph. A judge of the Supreme
Court, and Bennington 4. Randolph his
nephew. In this manner Mr.. Vreeden-
berg named the forty lawyers who were
in the county at that time. They were
all men of ability who HAD the confidence
of the community, he said, and then
asked:-
"Dves this Bar occupy the same position
and confidence that the Bar of that day
uccupied?"
JUDGE BLAIR,s DILEMMA.
ut is always agreeable to talk about
ourselves" said Judge Blair, the next
speaker. 1.-THE Bar Is au isolated class.
The law Is practical. with nothing roman
tic about It.. However much moonshine
they may see about it, | wish to admonish
the young lawyers that they will find no
romance about it. Lawyers are set aside
to take care of the affairs Of mankind.
They have no business of their own. so
they stick their noses into every one else'S
business for every one else's good. By
this l dom mean TO say that those with
the longest noses make the best lawyers.
But / always choose one with a long nose
to help me in my own affairs.
cit is good and wholesome for the Bar
and Bench to meet on a common level.
II is pleasant for the Bar and wholesome
for the Bench, as 1t breaks down that
divinity which hedges the Bench"
Judge Blair then added his enconium
to those already heaped upon Judge
Werts, and speaking of his successor in
timated that be was setting near him.
1.-TWO rising luminaries are breaking
over the East at once, a great phenomena.
Listening to the dictates of reason | am
here early to pay my respects TO the rising
sun and battle in the beams Of the two
luminaries."
eff 1 was called upon to decide between
the Jolly good fellowship of the Bal and
the Alpine height Of the bench where
the climate 10 much cooler, / would be
in the quandry Ben Wade was once.
Wade was listening to q discussion upon
the two places of future abode, when one
OF the disputants turned to him and
asked him what his opinion was. Wade
replied that he had not much information
upon the subject, but from what he had
had. he thought he would prefer the
company Of one, and the climate of the
other.n
Judge Blair then humorously proceeded
to give the appointing 20 some sng-
bench. and closed by saying ne thought a
man about his own z would be just
about right.
Other speeches were made by Robert O..
Rabbit, Charles G. Black, United States
District Attorney White, Otto Grouse.
Colonel Charles w. Fuller and James F.
Minturn.