The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25
WILL HONOR
JUDGE RHODES
Prominent Men of the Bar
VIII Assemble at the Ban
quet Table in San Jose
MEETING OF NOTABLES
Justices. Lawyers and Ora
tors VIII Pay Their Re-
spects TO Venerable JuriSt
Special Dispateh to The Call.

SAN JOSE. June 24-The fourth an
iusI banquet and reception Of the
Santa Clara Bar Association, with
Judge Augustus Loring Rhodes, eX-
Chief Justice Of ihe Supreme Court Of
California. as the special guest, win be
the most notable event in the legal his
tory Of the state. Il will be held at the
Hotel Vendome on Saturday evening
July > Never before viii such prom
inent gathering Of lawyers have met in
the United States west Of Chicago. All
the living ex-Chief Justices Of the Su-
preme Court. the members of the pres
ent Supreme Court and noted legal
lights from all over the State viii be
present Few Judges are better known
in the State than Judge Rhodes and
representatives from Nevada and ore
gon and the various sections OF Cali
fornia are coming TO do him honor.
The invited guests are Chief Justice
w. II. Beatty. Justice T. B. McFar-
land. Justice Walter Van Dyke, JUS
tice F. W. Henshaw, Justice w H.
Lorigan. Justice Lucien Shaw, Justice
+. NJ. Angellotti. ex-Chief Justice John
Currey OF san Francisco, former Chief
Justice Niles Searls Of Berkeley, for
mer Justice ". T. Wallace Of San
Francisco. ex-Justice c. II. Garoutte of
San Francisco, ex-Justice Ralph c.
Harrison cf San Francisco, ex-Justice
NJ. II. Myrick Of Campbell, Judge Frs
kline NJ Ross Of the Federal bench Of
Los Angeles. Judge J. J. de Haven.
District Judge Of San Francisco; Judge
". W Morrow. Circuit Court of San
Francisco; Judge Hawley, District
Judge o. Nevada; Judge Gilbert, Dis
trict Judge Of Oregon; Hon. John Car
Der Of san Francisco. Hon. 7. l. Ber-
gin Of san Francisco and Hon. f. c.
Hart Of san Francisco. Besides these
there viii be other prominent men OF
the bar.
The speakers at the banquet will be
Chief Justice Beatty. former Justices
Currey, Wallace, Searls and Rhodes,
and a response by some Federal Judge
not yet selected. The speeches will be
largely reminiscent
Judge Augustus Loring Rhodes. the
special guest Of the occasion, has been
q practicing attorney for fifty-eight
years He was born in Oneida County.
New York. in 1921. and was admitted 10
the bar in Indiana in 1886. With one or
Two exceptions he has been engaged in
the practice Of law longer than any 9TH
er attorney in the State. Judge Rhodes
came to California in 1854, and in 1856
began the practice Of law in this city,
at that time forming a partnership
with the late p. o. Minor. In 1859 he
was elected District Attorney in this
county. and IN 1860 was elected State
Senator TO represent Santa Clara and
Alameda counties. Judge Rhodes was
elected a member OF the Supreme Court
Of the State Of California in 1863, and
on January !, 1864, he took his seat in
that court. He was a member OF that
court for sixteen years, and from 1870
10 1872 was Chief Justice. In 1879, when
the new constitution was adopted, he
was a candidate for Chief Justice, but
was defeated by Robert F. Morrison
by a small majority. He then retired
from the bench and took up the active
practice Of law, having an Office in San
francisco. His practice took him prin-
cipally before the Supreme Court Of the
United States and he argued some of
The most important cases on the Pacific
Coast before that body On the death
Of Judge A. II. Kittredge in 1899. Gov
ernor Gage appointed him Judge of
the Superior Court Of this county. In
1900 he was unanimously elected to "A
fun term in the Superior Court. having
received the nomination Of the Repub-
hcan, Democratic and Good Govern
ment parties.
The banquet viii be limited to mem
bers Of the bar and it is expected that
125 members viii be present Many in
Quiries have been received for seats
from lawyers in San Francisco and
other cities Of the State. A score of
old clients Of Judge Rhodes have ap-
piled for places, but as the banquet is
limited to members Of the bar they
cannot be accommodated. There will
be decorations and music.
Those of the guests who can remain
the next day viii be taken about the
city and entertained by the local men,
bers Of the bar.
The officers Of the Santa Clara Coun-
~ Bar Association are: President, v
A. Scheller; vice president, W. A. John
stOn; secretary, Edwin Coolidge.
J. E Richards is chairman Of the
committee in charge of the banquet
The rest Of the committee are " A
Scheller. &. F. Leib. y. Bowden, J. H.
Campbell and z r COfhran