Evening star., 1893-10-09
SUPREME COURT MEETS
Holds Short Session Before Calling o,
the President.
Distinguished People Present In
HONOR or Dead Justice-Admitted
to the Bar-Future PrOceedings.

| The Supreme Court Of the United State.
met at noon today and remained in ses
sion Just seven minutes.
| Inc court room was filed with lega
iuminaries and lay spectators half an houl
| before the hour for meeting Of the court
/ Many OF the latter were ladies', whose
F., bright millinery gave a pleasant relief tc
the somber black of the practitioners in
! side the bar. In the outer half circle were
upward of hundred folks. while in the
| coveted space In front Of the bench were
as many men learned in the statutes
Among those in attendance were ex Sena.
! tor Edmunds and Chief Justice Webster O,
Great Britain. The latter Is a tall, fine
looking Englishman with small chor
whiskers and a very judicial air. He bears
resemblance. some of the lawyers in the
court today declared, to Daniel Webster
He was introduced around generally and
shook hands with his colleagues Of the
American bar most affably.
II was exactly IL O'Clock when the court
crler raped on the bench and announced
The chief justices and the associate JUS
tiees Of the Supreme Court OF the United
Everybody arose and stood while the eight
black-robed men filed into the large room
from the small apartment on the north end
where they had donned their judicial garb
Justice Gray stood at the south end of the
-
went behind the screen and filed to their
places from the rear. The Chief Justice
waited until all had reached their chairs
and then gave the nod for all the eight
heads TO bow low to the respectful audience
in front
Then everybody sat down.
The Chief Justice leaning q bit forward
on his arm said that he was grieved to an
nounce that since the last adjournment Of
the court one of its members had died. He
then went on to say that there would be
but brief session for the moving of the
admission to the bar of those who desired
to practice before the court Then, in ac-
cordance with the time-honored usage Of
the court. its members would call upon the
President to pay their respects.
business Transacted.
Senator Palmer secured the floor at once
and moved the admission Of Mr.. Maloney,
the attorney general of Illinois, and another
attorney, who are to represent that state in
boundary line case that is soon to be
argued. Then other motions were made.
until quite a crowd had drifted over to the
corner where the clerk of the court stood,
Bible In hand, waiting for them.
- The oath was administered to the new
practitioners. thirty or forty in number,
by tens. and when the process was over
there was a brief lull, during which ex-
Senator Edmunds arose and said that the
members Of the bar desired to use the
court room for moment after adjourn
ment. Ch1ef Justice Fuller nodded his as
sent, and then gave the crier word to ad-
1ourn the court until noon tomorrow.
When the justices had withdrawn to en-
bark in carriages for their trip to the White
House Judge Edmunds arose in the front
of the bar and called for the attention Of
the lawyers present. He said that it was
desired that members Of the bar should
meet in the Supreme Court room at 10
o'clock on Friday next. when Mr.. Joseph
Choate Of New York would make an ad-
dress commemorative of the life AMI ser
vices Of the late Justice Blatchford
Attorney General Olney and his assistants
We're present at the opening ceremonies
The death of Justice Blatchford causes q
re-arrangement Of the seats of the Justices
He occupied the third seat from the south
end of the bench. AS the members of the
court take their seats In relation to that of
the Chief Justice by seniority of their SER
vice, the vacation of this chair caused the
arrangement on the north to be as follows.
counting from the Chief Justice: Justices
Field. Gray. Brown and Jackson, instead of
Justices Field. Gray. Brewer and Shiras.
On the south side the order is now Justices
Harlan. Brewer and Shiras instead of Jus
tices Harlan. Blatchford. Brown and Jack
son. Justice Hornblower will occupy the
end seat on the south side.