Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-13
THE DEAD JURIST,
Tributes Paid to the Late Justice
Blatchford.
MAKING THE MOST OF HIS POWERS
The Attorney General Draws a
Striking Contrast.
MIR. ULLER' REMARKS

This was the day set apart by the Su-
preme Court for honoring the memory of
the late Justice Blatchford, Ly receiving
the resolutions adopted at the recent meet
ing or the bar held In the first week of the
present term of court. After the judgments
OF the day had been announced, Attorney
General Olney was recognized and address,
ed the court:
Attorney General Olney, having read the
resolutions of the bar, made an address in
which he spoke appreciative words of the
qualities of the deceased and especially of
his tireless industry and persistent appli-
cation which lead him to develop his pow
ers to the highest capacity. IF it be ask
ed,' he observed, what was Judge Batch
ford's chief characteristic as Judge, it
may be said to consist in the strictly busi-
ness quality of his work.
1t satisfied his idea Of judicial duty
that the controversy before him was settled
| Alright by the application of a rule Of law
broad enough to cover that case. Thus, If
he was not brilliant. he was safe; If he did
not make large contributions to the science
| of Jurisprudence, he won respect for the
| law and its administration by the uniform
| righteousness Of the results reached in ac-
| tual cases.
1T must add to our admiration of Judge
Blatchford that he toiled assiduosuly. both
at the bar and on the bench, not from ne
cesslty, but from choice; that the allure
ments OF an ample fortune neither belit-
| tered his aims nor benumbed his energies
| ana that in his hands wealth was but the
supplement and aid to industry and
zeal rarely excelled even under the spur Of
poverty. His orderly, prosperous and placid
career. notable in itself, is even more so
| by contrast with that of his colleague on
| by only few months.
Judge Blatchford rose to the highest of
professional honors by unswervingly tread
ing the beaten path of the law and by a
regularly graduated ascent, every stage OF
which, from country lawyer to city LAWYER
| from district judge to circuit iudfie and
from circuit judge to judge of the Supreme
| court, was In natural and logical succession.
| Contrast Drawn.
Mr.. Justice Lamar on the other hand
was called to the like honors after a career
OF extraordinary vicissitudes, in which the
1 life Of the camp and the battle field alter
| mated with that of the forum and the
/ husstings; almost without probation as a
legal practitioner; but with a thorough
theoretical and practical knowledge of grea,
affairs of state and with a well-earned
national renown as an orator, statesman
| and leader of men.
And nothing could better illustrate the
wide scope and variety of the functions Of
| this high tribunal than the fact that. net
withstanding their wholly diverse training
ana experience, each of them found here
/ hitting field for his own peculiar gifts and
attainments and each IN his own line prov
ed himself an accession and an ornament
| to the bench
Il haYe the honor to ask that the resoiu-
uons OF the Bar be spread upon the records
| of the court"
Chiet Justice Fuller. receiving the resolu-
| tlons, paid a tribute to the thorough equip
meht which the deceased possessed as a
Judge, and specially dwelt upon his grasp
| or the original principles and the details
| he said:
| We take up our burdens again con-
scious OF the absence of the relief his mar.
ticipation should have afforded, but feel
has' as to him, the truthfulness of the
| thought:
! Above all, believe it, the sweetest canti-
Gle Is nunc dimittis, when a man hath OBJ
| tained worthy ends and expectations"
! Inc minutes and resolutions of the bar
and the remarks of the Attorney General
Will be entered on our records, and as n
further mark of respect the court will ad-
)ourn until tomorrow at the usual hour"