New-York tribune., 1902-12-10
THE BAR HONORSHARLAN
ITS GUEST 1T DINNER.
The Justices T7centy.fDe Years Of
Service an the Supreme Court
Fttingiy Recognized.


the Supreme Court of the United States at the
New Willard Hotel tonight to Justice John
Marshall Harlan. in recognition of the coItple-
ton OF twenty-five years Of service on 'he
bench of the Supreme Court, was A p1illldit
affair. The banquet hall was Handsomely iilu-
minated, and the tables were elaborately dec
Grated with palms. American Beauty roses anu
laurel.
In the absence Of Attorney General Knox
Wayne MacYeagh presided. When the guests
had been seated grac. said by the Ret
Richard d Harlan of Lake Forest, Ill, eldest
son of the Justice who had come to Washington
especfall for the occasion. Justice Harlan was III
his happiest mood, and gave every evidence Oh HIS
appreciation of tho honor bestowed on hlrn- MS
TWO ether sons James 8. Harlan, Chief Justice
Of Porto Rico and John Maynard Heriah' VI
Chicago, also present. While MIS-. and Miss
Harlan and n host of friends We're interested
spectators In the gallery A hidden orchestra
played popular airs throughout the ave-rinR-
Interest in the dinner outside of Justice Har-
ian centred in President Roosevelt. His arrival
shortly after 9:30 the signal for great
oIitburst of applause. The President warmly
congratulated Justice Harlan. Era5pins him by
both hands before taking his seat Those at
the dinner included members of the CABINET.
several Senators and Representatives. mem
hors of the Supreme Court of the United States.
OF
and a number of eminent lawyers from outside
the city.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
When the time for speechmaking arrived
Wayne MacVeagh. in few appropriate re-
marks introduced the President who spoke as
follows:
Mr. and gentIemen It ii is hose peGgltifh[ gath
cred to do homage career which has honoreu
America loud appause1 II Is edd dln6qs m i9 I'd Without
henE guilty of truisns in saying them 1t Is NOT an
rnnrt upon which Mr.. Justice Harlan sits as me
most iilustrious and important IN all the clvzga %
,,-orId IAnDJause( merely our own peoptt
Who say that-it is the verdict of other nations as
Nj Justice Harlan served for & quarter rte bsF of
century on that court DTrinE urn Endria d statesman-
ehin of the country Of a kind such as IS possipI"
s 0ny ond For oqb the Judges fsF the Supreme Of
the land must be not only srnat appiuse5
and the Of what say is ILLUSTRATED by ns
study Of A%eFif@A f Ameriean political life viii it be
possible to omit the immense part PLAYED Ry the th
mnHdication Of the great policies through and by
Presest mesen oi position Siti6I {ApPiause} ,o
is mae he TRo has payed great
part other spheres OF our gUHosl'e It statr M in
54dGe ho6 the PATRIOTISM of people put to so
peeuliary rher tss' 2rh IN ihe it for
make his mind m snnfkY on fiae he TASK ns Waa
difirnlt one [ remember Nj. Justice. being
told by an American who was stanch friend OF ot
Dstrotic i citizens whom this country hadJohn
Mason Frown-that he came back from trip 10
West a b SrnaK Of 2f e Hv Na just
after Sumter had been nred upon, and his mother ]
brought down to him the SWORD & tn tdas id ms 70 him
NJ son this 9 the sword your father carried
hope you for will bdh dFaT or il Hn ne but
side the ether draw r. it gen 9st f In, RRaqsff
II M as ray north as you wish-I appeal with con
fdence en 70 the people 1 address when say that
the homage we pay 10 ts mem men afed in the
blue uniform. is the homage we pay to me men IN
me right as it was given them to see the right
wore the gray. Loud and contnuous PppIaII a
those who themselves the blue in battle
| loud applause)
HEROES OF BORDER STATES.
And having said that, am sure that none OF my my
rriands who fought the Confederate service Will
II nie,u nd me or will grudge what am about
TO say when l say that the greaIest uspt V~to ~ t
.f e men of the so-caled border States the men
who in statesmanship followed LAY ana tne ,Sir
ketuSst' sst o, the same side with Thomas and with
Farragut the men who were LOT Ine Ull3ii mioua @
reg Fegaiu - or not Loud appause) In New-York IN
Massachusetts. in Illinois in Iowa the men W40
sto9d f 1S' Kentuckv of Virginia. of Missouri, they
| pPtamued the torrent. tapPlause)
| -, gentlemen I am half Southerner myself
Al ~ rncIes fought in the Confederate navy:
One of them served under ne Pbinnina % 9l
Vice-Ciovernor Luke Wright OF me rhippie III M tbt s
d,,ovinr the Southern people as 90. Wouu @
heartily S 70 ghtng M faT Se prxes Of Staying
i tbe same Union with them daughter ana ap-
plausel !. ha . ureat statesman on the bench of
~. S,,nrame Court must have MANY qauities ana
fortunate we that TINS eF9hfMs t citizfn must