The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08
JUDGE HOOK BANQUETED.
Lawyers of the City Entertain Him at
the Throop.

Judge w. c. Hook, the newly ap-
pointed federal judge of Kansas, was
the guest of honor at a reception and
banquet rendered by the members Of
the Topeka bar at the Throop hotel last
night.
The reception was held in the parlors
of the hotel, and during the hour 1T
was in progress practically all the mem
berS of the Topeka Bar association
shook hands and chatted with Judge
Fosters successor. At o'clock the
where covers were laid for seventy,
and the banquet commenced
The big room was transformed into
a verita BILE tropical garden by the gen
erous arrangement of palms and potted
plants. At the head of the banquet
table sat Mr.. David Overmyer, toast
master, and at his right Judge Hook.
AS cigars succeeded the discussion of an
elaborate menu, Mr.. Overmyer raped
for attention and with an opening
speech introduced the guest of the
evening.
The POSTMASTER commented on the
fact that the judicial office is the oldest
office known among men, sketcheo
briefly the history of the judiciary
bench in the most complimentary terms
and in presenting Judge Hook said:
And now, gentlemen, it becomes my
pleasant duty to announce to you the
business for which we are assembled
here tonight. We are here to extend a
generous welcome to him upon whom
has fallen the mantle of the distin-
gu1shed JuriSt of whom have spoken;
to testify our appreciation of his worth
as a man, his learning as a lawyer and
his uprightness as a judge, and our be-
lief that his career upon the bench will
shed luStre, not only upon his own
name, but likewise upon the high Office
which he fills and the great profession
to which he belongs. Gentlemen, now
have the honor to present to you the
Judge of the district court of the United
States for the district of Kansas, the
Hon. William c. Hook"
Judge Hooks introduction was the
signal for prolonged applause. His re-
Spouse was brief, but so well punctu-
ated with humor that he was several
time interrupted by laughter.
Judge Foster was on the programme
for an address,, but as he was unable
to be present it was read by Mr.. Charles
Blood Smith In speaking of his sue
cessor after mentioning the fact that
a lawyer of extensive practice at the
bar is better fitted for the bench than a
law student a professor of law, he
said: Applying the rules suggested to
the guest of this occasion, we may be-
lieve there is a future for him as a
jurist. He is a devotee to his profess
sion, and woos her as the lover Woos
the mistress of his heart. He brings
to his judicial duties an experience of
twenty years practice at the bar. He
knows the duties of the advocate and
the labors of the general attorney and
counsellor. He knows the law in its
application to the various affairs of
men and the art of administering it.
Besides these essentials, he possesses
some embellishments which indicate
the legal mind. He plays a good game
of whist and is ardent disciple of
the gentle Ike Walton
Referring to his departure from the
bench, Judge Foster said:
Il feel it duty to acknowledge the
uniform courtesy I have always re-
ceived at the hands of my legal breth-
rem. There is no body or class of men
who have a higher sense of gentlemanly
propriety than the members of the legal