Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-04
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN MARSHALL
The President, His Cabinet and Congress
Honor Him Wayne MacVeagh Eulo-
gzes Him in a Great Grafton.

Washington, Feb. 4.-John Marshall,
of Virginia, was installed as chief JUS
tce Of the United States one hundred
years ago today, and at 10 o'clock this
morning the centennial anniversary OF
that event was commemorated with Inn
presslye ceremonies in the hail OF the
House Of Representatives at the capi-
toll. rhe program arranged by the joint
committee Of Congress and william
Writ Howe, Of New Orleans, president
of the American Bar association. was
simple and dignifed as became the life
of the great jurist. The President and
his cabinet. the members Of the SUI
preme Court, the members OF the Senate
and House, the diplomatic corps and
members of the District bar association
attended as invited guests. Many oiner
distinguished persons were in the gal
lerles. which were reserved for those
holding cards of admission, Although
the various official bodies entered the
hail together, they were not announced
as on formal occasion. President Nc
k!nley and the members Of his cabinet
were the last 10 arrive. The entire as
semblage rose and remained SANDING
until they had seated themselves. Rep
resenIauve Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania,
called the assemDlage to 0raer. lie
stated briefly the acton of Congress IN
providing for the ceremonies and the
selection Of Chief Justice Fuller as pre-
siding ofiiceT. The chief justice. IN MS
JUDICIAL robes, was escorted TO the char
py Representatives Grosyenor Of ONO
and Richardson or Tennessee. Rev. DIT.
william streetner Jones, OF lrenton. n,
j., a great grandson Of John Marshall,
invoked the divine blessing, The chief
justice in introducing Hon. Wayne Mac
Veagh. who was to deliver the grafton,
paiu an eloquent tribute to the great
work Of Marshall, which evoked hearty
applause from the assembage. His ad-
Dress was devoted almost entirely to the
consideration of his predecessor career
as an expounder Of the federal Cdnsti-
tuition.
AT the conclusion Of Chief Justice
Fullers remarks. MIR, MacVeagh dellv-
tItu HIS VI dkAoll ~ was u
scholarly production, and was several
times interrupted by applause lie SAID
In .laft:
WAYNE MACVEAGR's ADDRESS.
To-day is dedicated to the law l
therefore. speak to YOU as a laWyelt
ana | congratulate YOU that II Is part
OF our happy fortune that the occasion
which brings US together oiters IN IT.
self amplest and completest Justiiica-
ton 1t would indeed have been a grave
derelcton OF duty II the brotherhood Of
American lawyers, on the bench, ana
at the bar. had not assembled to honor
with fitting obseryances the centennial
anniversary Of the entrance by John
Marshall into the office Of chief justice
Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States.
and the place where we are assem-
! bled is of all places the most hitting Tor
these ceremonies for It was here, IN
| the capital of the country he loved so
devotedly and served so faithfully that
he was attended by those patient and
achieving years during which his Ia
bors enrolled his name among the few
| immortal beneiactors Of mankind. II
also is eminently fitting that such an
occasion should be honored by the pres
ence of distinguished senators and rep
resentatiVes In the Congress OF the
States, whose proper and abiding place
in ou' governmental system was deter
mined by him; the presence OF mem
bers of that illustrious tribunal the
vast extent of whose righttul jurisdie-
ton was determined by him by the
presence OF the chief magistrate and
members of the cabinet whose subjec-
ton TO the law was determined by him,
and by other citizens of the country,
which under his forming hand, instead
| of becoming a dissoluble confederacy
OF dlscordant States, became great
and indissoluble nation, endowed with
all the powers necessary 10 eAa6le II
not only TO protect Itself against enc
mics at home and abroad, but also 20
accept and discharge the splendid and
ennobing mission which had been con
fided to il in the divine purpose for the
education OF the world and which he
recognized when first Of all men, he
spoke OF the empire Of Amerlca-that
OF securing TO the whole American con-
tinent government OF the people, by
the people and for the people "
MARsHALL'S CAREER SKETCHED.
Mr.. MacVeagh then sketched the con.
dition OF the colonies as they existed
when Marshall was born In l75j, the
growth OF the spirit Of liberty which
imbued the establishment with the
love Of free institutions, and which led
him TO take up arms as a youth OF