The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-21
FAREWELL IO IARSNEY
Proceedings at the Parting
Banquet in Ell Reno.
WHY HE WAS SUPERSEDED
His Letter to Griggs, and
Griggs' Letter to Him.

FL Reno March 2o-(specia~-Th clos
ing scene in the judicial career OF Judge
]. c. Tarsney in Oklahoma was the BAN
uuet at the Kerfoot in this city IN nonor
of the Judge and his estimable lady, 100
OF the best people of the city attending TO
do them parting honor. The doors were
thrown open for the reception OF invited
guests at 9 O'Clock, and from that time IN
til o'clock the next morning there was
a steady flow of mirth and eloquence. Inc
costumes were elegant Letters OF regret
for non-attendance were read from Judges
Bedford, Hainer and Burwell. and other
distinguished jurists and statesmen.
The first toast introduced by the Toast
master r. 3. Forest, was "Tarsney and
His Work in the Second Judicial District,
responded to as follows by Senator Frank
E. GHlett, of E, Reno:
IF 1 were possessed with a tongue of
eloquence nothing that 1 might say here
tonight would add to or detract from the
name of Judge John C. Tarsney. Fame Is
not so tickle that il may be famed TO a
flame or blown away by breath. when
by force of merit it is once lodged in the
come TO this territory under what might
be termed suspicious circumstances. He
came rather the observed of all obServ-
ers.' to succeed in Office judge who was
rated one of the strongest men on the
bench of the territory. His work was
therefore to be measured by a standard
which required merit to equal. and was 10
be judged by an intelligent bar of hard
working, able lawyers. He did not come
to Oklahoma unknown. In another forum
he had established a splendid reputation.
which had spread far beyond the constit-
uency he represented and to gain which
required ability and energy of a kind
quite different from that necessary to Sc
cure success on the judicial bench, and
this fact caused the critics to stand ready
to criticise and condemn as political any
act that might be subject to such criticism.
To his lasting credit it may be said that
ne speedily rose TO a plane of substantial
merit that placed him far beyond the
reach OF critics and criticism and INSTALL
ed him forever in the minds of lawyers
and litigants as one of the most able jur-
lists the territory has known. T his is John
c. Tarsney. Now, as to his work in the
Second judicial district: 1t has been such
as to merit from me all that 1 have said,
and were able to satisfactorily express
| myself here to all that I might add. for
his work has been that of an able and
| contentious jurist, and I believe I express
the sentiment Of the FL Reno bar when
say, now that he is about to depart from
US, that he carries with him our godspeed
and the wish of each that the next st.
| comes to wake the sleepy recollection of
Irishmen will show us his star in the right
| ascension
The next toast, ''The Loss to the Court -
was very ably responded to by Hon. ]. H.
| Warren. Mr. Warren reviewed Judge
| Tarsney's career since the day he first
came TO the district, and in a few vel
chosen and we'll timed remarks told what
| the Joss would be to the district on account
of the judges removal.
The third toast, ''My Retiring Partner, -
was happily responded to by Senator
! Charles H Carswell. Charley Carswen 1:
| prosecuting attorney of Canadian county
and a better one the county never had. II
has been his boast that no guilty man ever
escaped when he and his partner Judge
| IarSEey) maze up IHelT minus ne was q
| candidate to ''go over the road" Charley
told the story Of the condition Of affair:
when Judge TaTsney took charge of the
Second judicial district.
'Lawlessness of every description" h
| said. was rampant all over the district
A mans life or property was not safe from
day to day. Robbers, thieves and muir
| derers piled their calling without hin
| drance Things had got to such pass
| that Judge Tarsney's predecessor wa:
obliged to call on the attorney general fol
| a guard of deputy marshals whenever HI
! convened court in the western part of the
| district. Such is not the case now. Judge
| Tarsney has never had a guard of homo
| to attend him while holding court. H
| has by his own grit and responsiveness:
| made the western part of the district a.
| lava biding as any district in the terri
| tory. The bad man and his gun have
| gone. never more TO return, and the credi
| for this state Of affairs is due TO no mar
but John c. Tarsney, our retiring Judge
Dan W. Perry, chief editor Of the E
| Reno Globe, responded 10 the toast oil
/ Home Rule for Oklahoma, as Interpre-
", did him