Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-23

of it" He said That Chief Justice Mott
was the only man in this country who
could rightly claim to have served con-
tinuously for forty years on the same
bench. and that so iohg as we had such
men in the high places the country would
continue to move along on the road to alb
solute leadership in the family of nations.
On Behalf of Claimants.
Mr.. James Loundes spoke on behalf of
the claimants before Justice Motifs court,
being introduced as "a man who can
charm bird off BUSH He said that it
was fortunate for the claimants that such
a man as Judge Mott was there. for his
decisions with a giant on one side and a
pigmy on the other. have always command
ed the respect of even the loser.
Mr.. Jerome of New York followed Assist
ant Attorney General Thompson. who spoke
for the government and whose remarks
were eloquent in praise of the labors oil
the Chief Justice and his associates. Mr..
Jerome said that go where We might
throughout this country we would find
that no faint or suspicion rested upon the
federal Judges and that if such thing
did crop up occasionally it was met by
the people with righteous Indignation. he
praised the work of the Judiciary and said
that ne hoped that public sentiment would
foster the appointment system Tor state
judges that prevails in the federal judi
ciary.
William Bruce King spoke on Chief
Justice Motifs Literary Diversions" Judge
Weldon responding to Chief Justice Mott
and his Brethren OF the Bench. The idea
was suggested by an opinion of the SUI
premc Court in the Postmaster General
against Trigg: "A fit occasion to deliber-
ate Is when the court is fun"
When Judge Mott arose to respond to
his toast the banqueters cheered him
Enthusiastically. He said that he had tried
to follow in the footsteps of Chief Justice
Marshall. who said: Find the right and
the law will be easily found Washington,
he said, was the foremost man in forming
the organic law of the land and Shake
speare in his Merchant of Venice was
right in his declaration that the Insurer
might justly take his pound of flesh, but
that If he took the slightest drop of blood
or the twentieth part of a scruple more
than that pound the penalty was death.
Hosts of the Occasion.
Tho hosts of the occasion Were George NJ.
Anderson = NJ. Ashford, ]. Hubley Ash
ton. Lorenzo A Bailey, G. w. Z. Black,
Gist Blair. Henry p. Blair. John S. Blair,
Edwin c. Brande nburg. +. Walter Brandon
burg. Felix Brannigan. f. S Bright, Aids
B. Browne, s. s. Burdett Charles II. But
Ter, c. c. Calhoun, John G. Capers, Benja-
min Garter. C. NJ. Carter, John c. CLANCY,
George S. Chase, Charles w. tlaggett John
Wharton Clark. Malcolm a. Coles, F. w.
Collins Charles +. CoIsaul, John b. Cotton,
F. r. Coudert. Samuel J. Crawford, Will
lam T. S. Curtis. ]. w. Douglass, William
w. Dudley. James H. Embry, +. Dec.
Faust, John c. Fay. f. A. Fenning, j. S.
Flannery, II. NJ. Foote, f. c. Foster, Duane
f. Fox Williams c. Fox, Paul Fuller,
Frank W. HacKett Silas Hare William f.
Harvey, james II. Hayden. George c. Ha-
zelton. j. c. Head, John ]. Hemphill, Hi
larry A. Herbert. \. y. Hoehlng. ir., Robert
A Howard. w. C. Johnson, John Paul
Jones. Crammond Kennedy. Charles F. Kin
cheloe, George A. King. William y. King,
s. =. Knut. c. c. Lancaster, Edward Lam
der Frank a. Law. Walter s. Log n. James
Lowrdes, S. d. Luckett. r. b. H. Lyon.
Simon Lyon. J. II MCGOWAN. f d. Me-
Kenney, Clark AIckercher. Charles T.. Ma
COON, l.. T. Kitchener, Benjamin Micou,
Barry Mohun, Leonard Myers, r. l.. Owen,
c. d. Pennebaker, r. Ross Perry, Harry
Peyton. Theodore j. Pickett. Louis a.
Pradt, Jackson II. Ralston, John Raum,
William f. Richardson w. H. Robson.
Charles w. Russell, w. w. Scott, J. w.
Smith. Lincoln B. Smith, James Russell
Doley, James II. Spalding, James A. Tan
ner John G. Thompson, John Q. Thomp-
son. John NJ. ThurstDn, John W. Trainer,
George II. Walker, Nathaniel Wilson \. s.
Worthington.