The Washington bee., 1898-04-09

To the Judiciary Committee of the
House of Representatives:
At meeting of many colored mem
| bers of the local bar, held at No. 5o31z
| d street northwest, April I, 1898, the
l following preambleS and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
! Whereas, We have read with regret
the inadversions of certain of the
colored ministers of the Gospel in this
| city, upon a casual remark made by
Judge Andrew c. Bradley, one of the
| associate justices of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia; and
Whereas, we know Judge Bradley
to be an able jurist, just judge and
friend to humanity, and kindly dis
! posed towards everybody, and entire
ly free from prejudice against any
| class OF people, as shown by his many
acts of kindness and sympathy for
mankind in general. and
| Whereas, a resolution was intro
duced in the House of Representatives
on the-day of March, A. D., 1905,
by Hon. Samuel w. Mccall of Mass,
| based on certain charges made by
said colored clergymen against Hon.
| Andrew c. Bradley, associate justice
J as aforesaid, which resolution was
! duly referred the House Judiciary
Committee for investigation and re-
| port; and
| Whereas, the undersigned members
of the bar of the District of Columbia,
| some of whom have known Judge
| Bradley we'll for the past twenty years
and have practiCed continuously in
the various courts over which he has
presided ever since he was elevated
to the bench, thereby having had am
| pie and abundant opportunity to OBJ
serve his conduct and manner and
| general opposition and purpose in the
discharge of the duties of his Office.
which necessarily brings him in con-
tact with all classes of our fellow cit
liens; and
| Whereas, during his long service
upon the bench. he has been acknowI-
edged to be uniformity fair, impair
tial and courteous in the performance
of the various duties of his high Offices,
never giving shadow of suspicion as
to any discrimination or been guilty
OF any conduct unbecoming a Judge,
or that 1t would In the least cast a blot
upon his judicial position, and instead
OF countenancing or giving encourage
ment to violence or lynch law, his
| whole judicial career has demonstrated
the fact that he is an uncompromising
Toe to lawlesSneSS; therefore
Resolved, That we regard the ac-
ton OF said ministers to be unfortun-
ate, to say the least, in that they have
| unWittlngly struck at one oftheir best
| friends.
Resolved, That we do not consider
that Judge Bradley has said anything
deserving the notice, much less the
| investigation of Congress.
Resolved, That we hereby heartily
endorse Judge Bradley as perfectly
tar, upright, able and just Judge, who.
II he made the remark attributed to
MIN, did 1t In passing way, as manv
Judges have done before, and had no
reference to the racial identity of the
condemned man, and we therefore
hope that the Congress will PROMPTLY
vindicate Judge Bradley from the nm
called for charges lnadvertly made
against him.
Resolved, That we repose such
implicit confidence IN Judge Bradley
predicated upon his large and die,
tlnguished career as Justice, the kind
iy and humane feeling which has
characterized all of his judicial deal.
ing with the large class of the manv
unfortunate, white as well as coIored
people brought before him, that we
do not and cannot believe that the
remark attributed to him was made
publicly, or that the same was in
tended to reach the public ear, direct
ly or indire city.