The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-12
JUDGE COLT
ORATOR FOR
The FOURTH

Rhode Islanders are greatly interested
IN the selection of Judge LeBaron Colt of
the L. g circuit court To deliver the
Fourth of July oration at Faneuil hall.
Boston this year, and it is the opinion of
the bar and others who have heard the
Judge that Mayor Collins made an ex-
|cCedingly fortunate choice
Judge Colt is prominently known in the
Illegal profession both at home and
Throughout the country. AS the senior
presiding Justice OF the L.. s. circuit court
for the Massachusetts district he has
ever impressed lawyers and those having
business before him as a man possessed
of the most profound knowledge of law
. and whose aim is to deal out even-handed
Justice.
| His decisions have been seldom or never
questioned or reversed by the supreme
court at Washington. lie has heard many
jof the most important cases OF late years
| tried in his court, and has sat with his
associates on others that have involved
| the most delicate points I'm Jurisprudence.
| One of the most notable cases i'm which
he presided with one Of his associates was
the Bram case.
Since Judge Brown has been i'm Europe
Providence has seen more of Judge Colt
than had previously been the case as he
has sat on the cases that came up in the
Federal court here.
Judge Colt has naturalized five times as
many citizens as all the other L, S.
judges Of the courts In Boston during the
past three or four years.
The judge Is now IS years old having
been born in Dedhamu, Massachusetts,, June
p. lSi6. lie comes OF a good old colonial
ancestry. his parents being christopher
and Theodore @. Colt
lie studied I'm the public schools until
preparing for college, and graduated from
Yale in 1868 and from the Columbia law
school m fs7e. He preetieea las In Chicago
from 1872 to 1874. Then he returned east,
taking up his residence a. Bristol
lie served I'm the Rhode Island legisla-
ture from 1879 to 1881, when he was APP
pointed Judge of the L. S. district court
for Rhode Island. In 1884 he was appoint.
ed TO his present position In the L. s. cir
cult court for Massachusetts,.
Judge and Mrs Colt have one son, a
lawyer. and four daughters. Beside his
residence at Bristol he also has a winter
residence In this city.
Judge Colt stands high socially. yet he
seldom engages prominently in the affairs
OF society. The quiet library of his home
provides sufficient enjoyment for him in
his leisure hours
He has made many addresses enc OF the
most notable being that before the Amer
lean bar association. at Hot Springs. Va.
Aug. 3, 1902, on THE Law and Its Reason
ablenoss."
His address before the New Hampshire
bar association at Concord. n. H. March
3. 1904 on THE Country's Duty TO Safe
guard the Lives OF the Presidents" is also
considered a brilliant essay.
on the occaion OF Rhode Island day. nj
the ST Louis exposition. oct. 3. 1904. Judge
Colt was the orator. He spoke on "The
Contributions OF Rhode Island TO the
American Union" and the text Of IL is
printed I'm the excellent report OF the r.
J. Louisiana Purchase Commission
In whatever Judge Colt says. an auditor
cannot fail 20 be impressed with his love
Of everything that is plain and simple. as
well as the high principles which actuate
and guide him.
As an orator. Judge Colt Is forcible and
eloquent and his Rhode Island friends
await with interest his address In the his
tOric Cradle OF Liberty"