Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-11

gan 10 announce me. The Justice did not
wait for him to finish. but as soon as he
discovered that 1t was visitor, spoke
sharply to the servant, and said:
James. how many TIMES have 1 told you
must not be interrupted when in my study
by visitors?
AS the servant was not to blame. I STEM
pea forward and remarked that his dauyh-
Ter mad told me to come right up without
sending my card. The justice recognized
me, ana at once arose and came forward
with cOIrtly bend he extended his hand
anu at once apologized, saying that being
an oHlcer of the court, his laughter did par.
aectly right in sending me at once to him.
Inc next day / net him at the court room.
ana he again expressed his regret for his
nasty words to his servant. and said that
ne mad always been testy, and believed he
was growing more with advancing fge
out Gentleman was almost ineXcusa5le for
speaking testify to a servant unless the
ProVocation was very great. He said that
as ne advanced in age he found he had To
give more hours To his work and interr;,n
IONS caused him much more trouble than
tney did when he was younger Tustica
wayne vas one of the hardest working men
o.i the bench. Not thot he did more than
me othe:s, Toy / then often thought The
cnief justice tried to tighten his burdens as
nnira, as ne coulo, but because his age re-
quiIeu a longer time to accomplish his
WORK. he several times told ME that he Of
zen remained m his library until > and 2
o CLOCK In the morning. If | remember
ISL H., ne also said his daughter helped him
5ISaiy ny looking up authorities for him
Shu o1tentimes by acting as his a1nanueusis
III preparing his opinions. -'''
Characteristic of the Iudre.
'"''iee Hrler was also getting along in
'e"Is AT mat time and on warm days
anu "hen the argument was more than
ordinarily prosy, would sometimes in1,,Ic~a
III d quiet nap in his chair. He and .bstico
.shs were peculiarly sensitive to the
coid, while Justice Clifford. on the otbar
..s'u' was Always oppressed by the hear
50 between them ii was a hard mat, ~
"eep the temperature of the court r,oro
- as 10 please them. Bath Justices Grjrr
.-iu wayne were snuff takers and ,hou+
t ,he hFSt tnlHg after taking their seats in
t:ie morning was to send and have 49,
,y.NeS renlsnishcd at the desk of fha cr;ar
i1stice Grier was never as courteous as
.dr. wayne, but was never petulsnt. and
f,,, at.aciieS OF the court always liked him
JUSTICES Davis and Swayne were both
fHse men, and were great friends and
companions. They often became tirad of
sitting during the arguments, and il was
10 uncommon thing to see them standing
up leaning against one of the columns be.
hIhu their seats. They were both great
caluy eaters, and as regular as the morn
ing came, as soon after the opening of
court as they could get a page they each
sent out for n dimes worth of candy. ana
slowly nunched 1t during the progress of
the argument. Justice Nelson aIwiys maid
ciose attention TO whoever was speaking,
ana quite often interrupted By asking Dues
lions. Clifford. however, was the great in
terrupter and ii used TO be remarked that
MS Interruptions were graded with great
eAacthess by the size OF the audience. IL
there We're few visitors In the lobby he
had but few questions to ask, but If the
room was full his interruptions fell fast
ana furious. 2nd after each he would settle
his huge frame back into his chair while
Il pleased
broad face. AT that time he was also
famous for giving dissenting opinions 1t
used to be said II he, did not write the
sented . 7
Forgot to AGjoarn.
Justice Miller always paid the closet at
tenticn to the arsune nts. and seldom in
terr' pied. He AMI Davis were the two
kindest men on the bench. Justice Field.
at that time. was very nervous man. and
nothing seemed to please him. His briefs
and reconis had to he fastened together
gust SO, and if not the unlucky page was
sure to catch ii. If the lobby was full Of
visitors he was almost sure 10 keep two or
three RACES busy Ting TO the library and
carrying up great arm roads OF books CT
which he woala rustic the leaves few
momer Is and then send them bac,t, with
orders for others. To an. outsider IL would
lock as If he was not paying any heed -
the attorney at all but the truth was he
il1u DOiN ears OpSn, ana bat ItttH escaped
him. l. was pure nervousness with him.
Chief Justice Chase was dignity and
courtesy combined, and followed closely the
record or printed brief while the attorney
was T. aking his argument. | never knew
him to lose himself bJt once 1t was dur
ing the argument of a blockade runner
case. Onr of the attorneys was lean.
hkaRsry-iookins, thin-faced lawyer from
Florida, wh) spoke in thin, piping voice,
bat seemed 20 be abb, to talk inter.ainab bly,
During the afternoon 1 looked along the
row of justices. and it seemed as il they
were all taking quiet nap. Justice Field
had forgotten to send for books: Swayne
and Davis were no longer munching candy;
Clifford and Nelson neglected to ask ques-
lions. while Wayne and Grier were actual
ly nodding. The chief justice sat with his
head bent over his desk in front of him,
but SO still that l felt sure he was asleep.
Adjourning Inc had come, but no sign had
been given Sy MIR. Chase that he was
aware Of the flight of time. One, two and
three minutes elapsed, and. as l was ex-
ceedingly anxious to SO down into the city
that afternoon, l ventured behind the chief
justice and whispered to him that the hour
Of adjournment had passed. He started up
as If awakened out of u doZe, and said,
Sure enough; SO it has" and, without
stopping the lawyer III his torrent OF words,
turned to the crier and ordered court al
Journed.
A Grateful C8urtcsy.
/ never knew the court to hold beyond its
regular adjourning time but cn one occasion.
That was on the last appearance before it of
the venerable Thomas Ewing. lie was very
cid and very feeble, AM was making q
speech ON an important will case, if l re-
Tcemoer rightly, at least the -itlc to some
valuable land in controversy. lie vas
not through when the h0ar Of adjournment
arrived. The chief justice asked him TO
suspend his argument for moment, and
hastily conferred with the justices. He
then announced that owing to the advanced
age and feeblenes5 of the counsel II vas
apparent he would not be able to appear
again on the next day, and the court had
agreed 70. sit and let him finish that after
noon. The great advocate seemed TO he i'm
pressed with The courtesy extended, and III
a few brief sentences, filled with pathos, re-
turned hts thanks and proceeded with his
argument.
Among the attorneys who appeared most
frequently before the court in these days
were Jere. Black, Caleb; Gushing, Reveriy
Johnston, Henry StanbeTry, Gen. Butler
and Mr.. Riddle of Washington. Many i'm
portant land cases from California were
pending, and In most Of them Mr.. Riddle
and Jere. Black appeared, sometimes as
ISOLATED together, and at others on Opposite
sides. 1 remember. Mr.. Riddle as very
nervous man, speaking in q quick and de-
cided voice, and jumping from side to side
of the maps and diagSamE which always
illustrated his arguments. &Ee was pos tea
On all points In old Spanish and Mexican
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