The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-05

career a Representative IN Congress, an
office which he said he had accepted at
the earnest solicitation of Washington,
and his record there he declared, con-
tributed to his honor. He was chosen
"a from the Richmond district to the Sixth
Congress. the last to meet in Philadel-
phia Among his associates were Otis
Sewell Sedgwick Livingston. Macon. Ran
dolph. Pinckrey, and William Henry Harri-
son, Delegate from the Northwest Ter
ritory.
In such a galaxy of statesmen he
marched at once to the front Almost ais
first duty was to announce the death OF
Washington and il was then that he gave
expression to the words. First in war,
first in peace. and first in the hearss OF
his oountrymen." Mr.. Dalzell conI.dded
with beautiful peroration, in which he
said that we know Marshall as an advo-
cate of nationality; he turned the infant
feet of the nation into the pathway OF
greatness.
In stirring speech Representative Wise
OF Virginia, responded to the toast, John
Marshall as Virglnian." One OF the
reasons, he said. why he thanked God that
he was Virginian was because John Mar
shall was Virginian. He had been taught
to revere him. he said. He had lived in the
house which Marshall had built. amid
scenes and surroundings familiar to him,
among people who knew and loved him
He spoke of hts wonderful personality. II
there ever was man who implanted him
self upon a community. that man was John
Marshall. He was a gentle, lovable. ana
social man. a neighbor kind and sweet. z
citizen not afraid to mipgle with his fell
lows without pride or arrogance. or any
trait unbecoming a true gentleman. In en-
eloquent outburst of feeling. Mr.. Wise re-
ferred to the past greatness of the Old
Dominion. which Dad given to the coun-
try such men as Washington, Madison and
Marshall Whatever her future may be-
he said, her past is certain, and, in the
memory and with a reverence for. these
men the old State may again take new
hope.
Hon. WAYNE Macveagh responded briefly
to the toast John Marshall. as Diplo-
ulat and Cabinet OflceT." Hon Martin A.
Knapp. spoke to the sentiment. John Mar
shall and the Commerce Clause OF the Con-
stitutiou." For eighty years. he said, this
section Of the fundamental law lay dor
mant but with the rapid growth of trade
and exchange 1t had been found available
and capable Of meeting all the eXigencies
and emergencies OF the country even
should the day come when the locomotive
would be discarded for the air ship. He
spoke Of the Interpretation which John
Marshall had placed upon the commerce
clause OF the Constitution.
r. Ross Perry responded to John Mar
shall. the Man" His address was schol-
arly and clothed in beautiful diction and
simile. John Marshall. he said, was
haioed with a glory which would never
grow old. His domain was rich and fer
tile. and nobly did he seize and master
the opportunities which it afforded. His
predecessors had been men who had inn
proved old systems; II was left to Mar
shall to discover, to invent a new system.
N fufr He
only the America of 1901 and of 1861. but
the America of 1901 and a century ahead
Of that. He grasped the inspiration of
the future. He came in the fuilness of
time 10 make the potency of the Constitu-
tion what the potency of natural law is in
other domains
Henry E. Davis was greeted with great
applause when he arose to respond to the
toast The Lessons of John Marshall
Day He began his remarks in happy
vein, which convulsed the banqueters
with laughter, and then drifted smoothly
into the serious aspect of his subject. In
the course of his address he read a con-
gratulatory telegram from the Richmond
and the Virginia Bar Associations. and
also one Of similar greeting from Adolph
Moses, of Chicago, who has the honor of
first proposing the celebration of John
Marshall day
present were Attorney
'@-son. P. A. Bowen. Alex Brit
'ae .. s Browne, John S.
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'E#1'1 Brown p M L.
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don. II. Preston GatIes, G. a-H- gs,
Hon Hilary A Herbert ]. F. ken4. *.
J. ]. Hemphill. eK-Goy. Alphonso Hart,
F. w Hackett, Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy; J. c. Heald, L. G. Hine, T. B.
Huyck, J. Miller Kenyon. C. Kennedy. r.
E. Lee. jr, B. F. Leighton. Simon Lyon.
J. II. Licheiter J. B. Larner, A. Z. l.
Leckie. W. E. Lester. W. A. MeKenny. w.
F. MattingIy, F. D. McKenny. E. S. Nc
CaImont, Samuel Maddox. Benjamin Mi
cou. J. Nota McGflI D. S. Mackall, C.
McVeigh. w A Mason. C. W. Needham
A. Il. o'Connor, r. Ross Perry. R. Ross
Perry. jr.. James G. Payne. Arthur Peter.
" D. Rosenberg. Jackson H. Ralston, A.
5. Snow. W. H Singleton. C. H. syme. F.
l.. Siddons. s. Thompson. l. II. Taylor. E.
H. Thomas. Leon Tobriner. corcoran
Thorn W. Van Devanter. W. VI. Will
liams, Irving Williamson. J. Sidney Webb
Simon Wolf, R. W. Wells. A c. Wolf
Alex Wolf Clarence Wilson, Nathaniel
Wilson. H f. Woodard. L. B. Woodwarth
A S. Worthington. H. Randall Webb, a.
p. Wilson.
The guests of the Bar Association were
Mr. Justice Harlan. Mr. Justice Brewer,
Justice Shepard. of the District Court of
Appeals; Chief Justice Bingham. and As
sociate Justices Hagner. Bradley. Cole.
Clabaugh. and Barnard. of the District
Supreme Court: Judge Weldon. Judge
iseelle. and Judge Howry, of the Court of
Claims: Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, Hon.
Francis Rawle, Judge William Writ Howe,
n uonkins Hon Mar
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