Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-04-27

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were his decisions, that members of the
bar tell me they are used all over the
country to-day. When on the bench
he knew neither friend nor foe, rich OF
poor, and any one who came before
him knew their case would be decided
by the law.
l would like to call the attention oil
the members of the bar of the State ol
Washington to the manner in which
his daughters have been treated by the
Supreme Court, when they came be.
fore them asking for justice at theil
hands, in their case against one OF the
present judges. 1t is my sister and
myself to-day; it may be your wives
or your daughters tomorrow. l do not
know as my pen is equal to the task
but l think shall try its powers in
writing the history of this case. The
night before my fathers death a gen.
tleman sitting by his bedside asked
Judge, of all the hOnors your life has
brought you, what at its close gives
you most pleasure to recall. Think.
ing for a moment father answered,
THAT sat on the bench for so many
years and never violated my con.
science" l am often asked where
father and Lincoln first met. ! am
not sure, but think it was at the Free
Soil convention in Buffalo. Father
was a delegate from Illinois; so l be.
lieve was President Lincoln. Father
spent much time in Washington dur.
ing Lincoln's administration, and there
were lot OF old friends who used to
meet in the room of one of the mem.
bers, whenever Lincoln could slip away
to it, his evenings were spent with
them. John Hay was his private sec.
retary then, and more than one of bis
poems was read TO that audience be.
fore they were given to the public.
Senator Nesmith was one OF the ruling
spirits. That famous Chinook dis
patch Of Gen. ingalls, to him caused
great mirth among this coterie. If my
memory did not play me false, I could
fill volume with imprinted stories OF
Lincoln that I have heard told at our
own dinner table. There were q great
many old friends of his in the Terri.
tory when was little girl, and there
were always people coming and going
who had known him. A few of them
] do remember and intend to write
down some time.
The comical side of things always
struck my father first. He had met
many quaint characters in his day,
and could tell stories that would keep
bis hearers laughing for hours. His
word was ss good as his bond, and once
given could be depended upon. He
received his education at the public
school, the home academy, then the
university. He stuuiru fHw tn 1ttiuvas
and was admitted to the bar there.
Land titles and admiralty law were
what he liked best; criminal practice
he would have none Of. He had per-
feet horror of having to pass death
sentence upon . fellow being; strange
to say he never did. The last Indian
uprising father put down WAS in our
own hop.field. The notorious George
Williams was just out of the peniten-
tiary and he organized q strike among
the pickers, inoiting them to demand
$l.25 per box, all the sugar, coffee,
tea, -four and everything else they
could think Of. They already had
their potatoes, sweet corn, fruit, and
anything else they happened to lay
their hands on. The field boss came
to father telling the Indians would
not work, and what they wanted.
"Won't work, heyG we'll I'll see about
that" he said, and off be started.
"Judge. oh Judge" called the Deputy
Sheriff, who was helping my brother
dry the hops, "Don't 60 down there
alone-take my gun, for that fellow Il
a perfect despersdo; he would rather
kill you than not" With whitening
contempt father turned upon him say
ing, "Do you think I am afraid o.
one Injun," and turned and stalked
away. al am . good mind to detair
you by force," said the deputy. Agair
father turned, looked him over aue
answered, "Msy be you think yor
could" They were both six.footer'
and stood glaring at each other mo
ment. Then the other men burst into
roar of laughter at the younger
mans expense, and father walked
down into the field alone. The deputy
started down another hop.row out o
sight OF the Ipdisns, by hard running
he said, lie arrived in time to hea
father say, Now you get in there ant
60 to work, every - Injun OF you
don't you let me hear another wore
from you; and you have that kilr
ready to 60 on by 4 o'clock-sabef'
They did 60 to work and it was ready
and instead OF shooting the Indian L
keep him from killing father the dep
uty was obliged to smother bis laugh
ter at the crestfallen attitude of th'
great braves. George Williams Away
expressed his strong admiration To-
the old Judge and his skookum tum
tuns, and we'll for US he found out wha
that tunstum was; for long afterward'
we learned that he had intended Il
kill any or all of the family; steal th'
picking money-we bad eleven hun
utCu uOitdI6 III SuO uOuoC"ouu VIZ
fastest horse on the place, and decaml
to British Columbia, and only fear o
father kept him from at least tryinl
to carry out his plan.
I like to remember my father as h
stood defying the bowling mob il
Steilacoom. I like to think OF hin
caring for the living and burying tn
dead in that cholera stricken town
that he carried help to many sufterinl
men during the civil war; again, as h'
and handful of men stood breaking
up the canoes OF the hostile Indian
on the Duwamish river when ever!
tree upon the bank had . savage VIII
. quo; that, like his friend, Chas
Sumner, No man dared offer him
bribe." Perhaps the Revolutionsr!
spirit of his forefAthers was neve
more clearly shown than when NJ
stood in his own hop-ield with hi
hand in his pockets addressing Georg'
Williams.
will close this sketch by borrowlnl
from Judge B, F. Dennison; d.
was appointed Chief Justice by Abra
1 ham Lincoln. He presided % sucn