Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-01

| men who have for fifteen years been my
daily associates. But there Is over all
little compensation in the fact of the abso-
| lutte freedom from all cares not voluntarily
| assumed"
! In referring to the characteristics or
| Judges. Justice Brown said he thought no
one could spend thirty years upon the
bench without imbibfng a certain number
OF conclusions with regard to the excellence
/ of the law.
Il have noticed. said he. that If you
1 examine the opinions of any one Judge
| upon any particular subject you will find
| particular thought underlying them ALL"
Justice Brown in his remarks said he left
the bench with profound reverence for
the Constitution of the United States as
| the greatest constructive legislation that
| was ever accomplished"
Justice Brown excoriated the criminal
laws. which he characterized as deplorably
Feeble and inefficient He commented upon
the fact that as crime was growing worse
| the punishment was becoming less The
| fault he ascribed to the judges more than
| to the juries, and to the laws which per-
mitted such great delays through writs of
error and appeals. While not recommend
ing the abrogatfon of the writ of error, he
asserted that for the first seventy years
or our government there was no writ of
error, and that justice was melted out to
the criminal impartially as today In
speaking of lynching, the justice said that
mad as 1t was, 1t had showed a determine
ton on the part of the people to see that
NA'An'S WSiS QuiASucO.
Remarks by Justice Harlan.
Mr.. Justice Harlan. In replying for Chief
Justice Fuller, as custom has decreed that
| the chief justice should be excused from
responding to toasts, said he dissented from
| that custom. He paid a tribute to the re-
| firing Justice
Vice President Fairbanks also ioinad In
! praise Of Justice Brown and of the court
| OF which he has SO long been a member
II am gratified at the opportunity afford
ca me TO say word on this interesting his
toric OCCASION" said Mr.. Fairbanks ut
| Will be but word, and an entirely informal
| one.
Mr.. Justice Brown. after a service OF
| nearly a generation, retires from the bench
in the full possession of his judicial. powers,
| and with the esteem and hearty good will
| of the bench and bar, and in fact of the
entire country. His judicial tenure has
| been exceptional. He has from first to last
| upheld the best traditions of the bench OF
the United States. and in a manner to in
| crease public confidence in the wisdom of
! the great judicial department of the gov
| eminent.
in the final analysis that great tribunal
| is the safeguard and assurance of Ameri-
can liberty. 1t is fortunately constituted
| that 1t is beyond the reach of the passions
| of the moment. In the serenity of yonder
chamber the voice of the law is heard JUS
| tice there holds supreme sway. Before that
| court the low and the high the weak and
| the strong, the rich and the poor stand
| upon plane of absolute equality.
Confidence in Great Tribunal.
TT is, indeed well that the people should
| have confidence In that great tribunal. 1t
| is well that they should have respect for It,
| 1t is well that they should esteem the
! righteousness of its judgments. Those who
would overthrow it would surely invite the
| rule of anarchy
The measure of popular confidence in
| it must depend largely upon itself. If 1t
| shall respect the law; If 1t shall justify the
| popular belief that with it the rule of JUS
| tice is the law of the land it will rest Sc
| cure In the national confidence.
Mr.. Justice Brown has wrought an hon
orable career because he has possessed In
| ample degree the judicial faculty; because
in the fullest and best sense he has had a
| conscience for the law. His government
gave to him the unstained sword of JUS
| tice; he has welded 1t with stainless hands
| and returned it untarnished.
| MY friends It Is an honor to honor one
| who has been such an eminent public SER
| want one who is such an upright American
| citizen"
The Secretary of State. Mr.. Root spoke
| of the duties of the heads of the several
branches of the government.
Speaker of the House.
The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives Mr.. Cannon, pointed to the long and
honorable career of the associate justice.
| He said:
81 have confidence in the people, conf
dence in the Congress, the President, the
Supreme Bench and would rather go down
to hell with the manhood and honor claim
and claim for those than to stink away to a
heaven as a coward and servant of corrup-
tionists.
IF a search warrant were issued a hun
dred years from today for our cabinet MEM
bers judiciary and upright administration
officials, they would not be found; but If a
4 I'D Cor s.<<I
deeds left behind, they would be found
After all. it's the people that make the
courts and the Congress and the President.
If Congress guesses wrong, In the fullness
of time she will guess again. am some
times amused at the doings in the House.
and also at the doings in the Senate; but
they have the proper aim. and good will
come where truth and MANHOOD ana honor
William A. Maury was introduced after
Speaker Cannon had concluded. On behalf
congratulated Justice Brown on his brilliant
career, and referred to the completion of his
judicial career as a loss to the country.
Guests and Hosts.
The guests of the Bar Association were
Chief Justice Fuller. Mr.. Justice Harlan,
Mr.. Justice White. Mr.. Justice McKenna,
Mr.. Justice Holmes. Mr.. Justice Brown, the
President. the Vice President, Elihu Root,
William H. Moody. Ethan A. Hitchcock.
George B. Cortelyou. Joseph G. Cannon,
Mr.. Chief Justice Peelle of the Court OF
Claims. Mr.. Chief Justice Shepard of the
Court of Appeals Of the District of Column
bia, Mr.. Chief Justice Clabaugh of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia:
Mr.. James H. McKenney, MAI. J. M.
Wright. Mr.. Charles Henry Butler, Mr.
Charles A.. Culberson. Mr.. H. L. Bond, IT.,
| Mr.. Robert M. Hughes, Mr.. Lawrence Max
well. jr.. Mr.. w. D. Guthrie. Mr.. Francis
E. Warren.
he hosts
William F. Mattingly, Samuel Maddox.
r. Ross Perry. j. S. Flannery, L. A. Pradt,
| John s. Blair. George A. King William b.
King. Leon Tobriner. r. Ross Perry, jr, F.
D. McKenney. William g. johnson, John
M. Thurston. A. B. Browne, George E. HAM
| ilton. William D. Dodge. Walter " r.
Berry. BENJAMIN S. Minor. Corcoran Thorn.
Henry M. Hoyt. ]. B. Church, Melville
Church. Alfred P. Thorn, Hannis Taylor,
William A. Maury. Daniel w. Baker. Alex
ander Britton. Michael ]. Colbert Chaplin
Brown. Arthur A. Birney, Adolph A. Hoehl-
ing, jr.. Nathaniel Wilson. John ]. Hemp
| hill, James K Jones. Henry H. Classic,
Charles H. Cragin. Duane E. Fox. T. Percy
Myers. r. Golden Donaldson. J. r. Van
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