New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02
FROM BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED FROM LAWYERS AND AMONG
THE COURTS.

The action OF Associate Justice Field, OF the unitcd
States supreme Court, In the Chinese exclusion cases
has been favOTubly commented upon III many Id"
journals. !o represents on the bch'h OF 'l' ouro"e
! Court the district in which California and other
Pacific states are. and the local sentiment oil mat
section OF the country is, of course, strongly against
the Chinese Justice Field, however, has SHOWN at
other times n freedom from prejudice against the
Chinese and in the case OF Baldwin against FRANKS
decided a years he was one oil me dissein,s
that an attempt Of citizens 10 expel the chinese
might hc regarded rs conspiracy IN Vloauon GA, , Vi
the treaty He has al lncd In the decisions holding
that undue restrictions the trade OF Chinese are
unlawful. Justice Field il endowed with Ereat ~,
dependence and strength Of will and his part IN
| acting u, u leader of the members ol lhc supreme
Conr bench WHO thin that the Pr ccorann M vi iDo
the iearlcs,ncss which he has always shown.
Justice Field has spent over thirty years on the
bench Of the supreme Court 40 other member
nearly approaches him in length OF service me
record Of the Field family /, too well known for
repetition. It has probably never happened before
in the history Of the supreme Court bench that two
Of the justices were closely related are Justice
Field and Justice Brewer, the Latter being the son
OF Judge Fields sister. Justice Field Is seventy
seven years DID, and might long ago have retired
from the bench II he had chosen to do 50, with a
fun pension for the rest of his life lie, however,
prefers the activities OF court work. lie was for
several years in the practice Of hi, profession IN thi'
city. and he said at the centennial celebration q
the supreme Court that h. took pride In the TACT
that h" might still regard himself as in SOM sense
a member II the NrwlOrl. bar lie left this city
In 1el9 and had such experiences Is fall 10 many
pioneer, In California. H. early elected Acilpc
Of a California town Hud a member of the AS
,rmily. lie vas II Justice OF the California suprem"
Court Tor several year. II was partly through M,
influence that California adopted the system ol
cdo ploadng> Of which Jisc" Iied's elder bT9thtr.
David Dudley Field wa tn author. Justice tleld
career has been marhcd 10y Two attempts To ahc his
life. \ deadly machine sent to him IN l1l1
by p,rson, who were dissatisfied with hi, decision IN
regard 10 i california lanl case, but fortunately
the bcX not opened In the ordinary mln.I
The attack upon him 10y oNJudge Terry. of Call
fornla. Who was formerly associate Of Judge
Field on bc California supreme Court bench. which
resulted I'm the death OF Judge Terry, /, familiar To
ever one. In spite Of The Independence when
Justice Field often shows he docs no, writ" many
dissenting opinion, but usually acts with the ma
iOry OF the court
This will b. the first week Of the long summer
vacation. and many Of the judges and lawyers are
already leaving the city. Chief Ju ticc Van Brunt
has been I'm Chicago ana chief Justice DAILY Is In
Europe some Of the prominent lawyers are still
busy I'm settling up their affairs. ana the large Office
buildings will not begin to look deserted until /