The evening times., 1896-11-20
IN HONOR OF RICHARDSON
Tributes to the Late Chief Justice,
Court of Claims.
His Devotion to Duty and Usefulness
EuIogized at n Meeting of the
Bar-Large Attendance.

The meeting of the bar of the court of
claims. at the court room. at ii O'Clock, IN
honor ut the memory Of the late Chief
Justice William A Richardson, was large
ly attended.
Hon. George A. Boutwell,, ex-Secre-
tary of the Treasury, presided and MIS-
Z. c. Brandenburg was secretary.
The committee on resolutions consisted or
Messrs. william \. Maury, William L.
Dodge Frank ilacSett ,tieOrgeA. King John
A Douglass and Alex L. Morse. They made
their report through the chairman. The
principal points were as follows
The death Of Chief Justice Richardson
recalls Lord Cokc's remark, When great
learned man twho is long in making) dieth
much learning dicth with him. 1t becomes,
therefore, an office we owe to the dead
and the living that the remembrance or
OF the qualities that made him great shan
not perish from the world.
In the court OF claims his greatest
work was done. He presided to the
entire acceptance oftne bar ana the puilic.
HIS dispatch and administrative talent
gave him admirable efficiency.
He never DELAYED Justice to any, nor
did he remove single landmark OF the
law. The bar OF this court depipre his
death as a serious loss to the national
judiciary"
These resolutions were adopted with
for the family and for the minutes OF the
court. ....
In moving the adoption OF the resolutions,
Mr. Maury paid his tribute to the memory
of Judge Richardson. He said relations
of the late chef justice to those who knew
and loved him bore a testimony to the
value and beauty of friendship more StriE-
ing taau all that Cicero and the moraiists
had written upon the subject.
The difference WAS that IN one case
there appeared the virtue in energy, in the
other merely the theory. Their late friend
was just. able, learned. laboriOus. prompt.
He wurked with such laciiit y. such energy
and such pcrS"vPr nee tHat difficulties
seemed to melt away y before him.
His love Of accuracy was eEemplified in
a paper which he prepared with regard to
the correct title for the head OF the lead
ing court in this country, whether 1t should
he chief justice of the United States or
chief justice of the Supreme Court OF the
United States
In studying the question he entered into
a correspondence with Lord Russell, of
the English court, when similar Gues-
ton had heen discussed. When he put
his last touches upon the paper there was
nothing more to say upon the subject.
Others who sphoke were eN-Commission-
er John a. douglass, Hon. John B. Cotton,
Mrs Belva Lockwood, Hon. George A.
King, Hon. John c. Chaney. Hon. William
B. King and Assistant Attorney General
uuwry-
Others present were Judge Howard. F.
T. b Sands. James Loundes, j. S Bullock,
Gen. s s Burdette. j. b. Thompson, Judge
O. D. Barrett, J. n Cannon, Gen. Allen
Rutherford, James H. Embry Ward
Thoron. j. J johnson. c. NJ Carter, Silor
Hare A. ]. willard Gen. Edward Lander,
George H. Gorman, L. A. Putnam, Felix
Brannipan, Charles w. Russell, John g.
Capers, Lewis Abraham. Harry Peyton,
John S. Blair. W. y. Matthews, John w.
Clark. T. H. NJ. Mcpherson. James Fuller
ton, John C. Fay, Glenn W. Cooper and
d W Classic.