The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-19

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Washington, Oct IA, It WAS an,
nouneed at the surrema court today
that Susties S.cph"n J, l>ield, of
California, hal notified President
Mckinley Of his intention to retire
as p memho nt tho court, and had
Sneormcd ,ns cnlleaSuns ct this Tact,
II is expected that his successar
will be nominated by Tho rrrsiaent
immediately aiter tho convoning ot
congress in Deeember, aud that At.
t"rnoy General McKrnna, also ot
California;, will 10 named tor the
of1ea.
Iustiee Field, il ia learned. mott.
Aea the president last April Of his
iotsntion 70 retire, bat tho rres,dont
aid not Acknowledges il until Got
Ia the letter Of Justice Field to
his associates, notifying them Of his
retirement, is copy OF tho accept,
Anee ot his resignation by the yross
dent, in whioh Mr.. Mckinley speaks
in the highest terms Of the services
rNndored by She distinguished jorist
The letter further SAWS.
"My judicial osrcer covers many
years Of sorvioe On the 10Th Of
March, 1903, l WAS commissioned by
Prssidont Lincoln a Justice .: tho
sapramo court Of tho United States.
taking tho oath Of ot,ioe on tho 2O,h
day Of tho following May.
"When my resignation tnkss effeot
my period Of servioc Oh this bench
will have exceeded that Of any Of my
prodcceaSors, while my entire judi,
DIAL life will have smbrnced more
than forty yenrs. | may be par.
donod for saying that during all
thls period, long in comparison with
tho brovity of human Ito, though in
tho retrospect 1t haa gono with tho
owiftnoss Of u tnlo that is told | have
not shunpcd to DECLARE, in ovory
ease coming bcforo mo for decision,
tho conclusion which my doliborato o
aonviotions compollod NO to arrive
al, by tho conscientious exorciso Of
zach abilitlos md requirements rs |
possessed
TIN Last SURVIVOR
ut is II pleasant thing il my
memory Tint my appointment onmo
from Prosidont Lincoln, Of whose
appointocs | am tho last survivor
Up to that time thoro had boon no
representative horo Of tho Pacific
coast,
"At tho hond of tho court, when |
bNcamo ono OF ito mombors, WAS tho
venerable Chief Justice Tanoy, and
among tho nasocinte justicos wus
Mr. Juatico Wayne, who had sat
with Ch'of Justice Marshall, thus
constituting a link botwoon tho past
aud the future, and, % it wore, bind.
ing into unity nearly an entire oon.
tHry o. tho hie Of this court.
During my incumbency three
chief Justices and sixteen associate
Justices have passed away, leaving
me precious romombruuces of com.
mon lNbors aud intimate and agreo.
able eompanionship
"Whcn cnmo hero tho country
WAS in tho midst OF war. ashing-
ton was ono great camp, and now
and thon tho boom OF cannon could
be heard from tho other siho Of tho
Potomac, Bnt wo could not say,
Intor arma silent loges.' This
court mot in regular session, novo,
once failing in timo or place, and it,
vorh wont on as though thoro waa
no sound OF battlo. Indeod tho
war itsolf simply added to tho
anoant Of litigation here, as olse
whore But tho wor ended in a
couple Of years, aud then came the
groat period Of roconstructlon and
tho Last amendments to tho federal
eonstitution. In Tho effort to 70. 90
tablish tho nation, to adjust all
things 10 tho changed political, 80.
eiNl and economic conditions, ques.
hons--of far.reaching import were
neutrality-suspicious. Of poraonal
liberty, OF constitutional right
which, after oft.timcs heated dis
eussions before tho pooplo and in
the halls Of COnnress. came to u, fo,