New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
Bottled at the Brewery

business interests had only made IT necessary
for Congress to exercise powers which IL had not
chosen previously to exert or the Oohs''tu'o' Ae
again said:
That wonderful instrument. the supreme Court Court
ns as erses of human AFFAIRS The wise men Of the
constitutional period deemed 1t iscts 70 Be
Accomplished by the national government: and ., 10
eaVing to Congress-ander resonsibty tf to
the people and under its authority @ 10 10 rsTr into
effect the powers enumerated and srantenUto en- EN-
ploy such means not t the particular object
designed to be accomplished
ouotinr from, a decision of the Supreme Court
that the Constitution was made TO endure 'hious"
a long lapse of ages" and therefore It's powers
ver. EXPRESSED In general terms. leaving Congress
TO adopt its own means for their exercise as 'he
public interests require. the JUSTICE saio'
Therefore the country gather estrE. up all ans sni
loyalty of the American people and & go Gani foIWaTa
I'm marvellous career, n3.aitf % The Tonstituon
and by judicial decisions that the checks sT. In oas ar
they have suiced in the past to guard our inst inst,
tutions against insdious attacks upon tne sast
the Of arbsagy d or nnaa Ines Of the Con-
suSad Ws nssd nos %s hesi.ass to
laid bv our forefathers. Those foundations arr
broad and deep, and SO long as new measures M & ana
p9ic,es are ed e keep Wen within its
may safely rear wnatsser pstson NAV
'fts Let US. then move in the "oId paths where
give M to either orPs m
TONS ths poer and the
9s f.r the INST Let s aS to
liberal and yet safe rules Of y nsfsh
shsd S1 ddaI aRRi0deei In os
sustain dual system uhdsT wnch nc .ee ay
power granted it, expressly or BY nssessasy
in
not been surrendered to the Union ana are H0t
inconsistent with the Constitution
John G. Carlisle ex-secretary OF the Treasury.
presided at the dinner. He spoke in eulogy OF JUS
flee HarIan's long and distinguished service on the
bench He also called attention to the fact thar IL
was the Justices wedding anniversary. the diners
rising in honor of Mrs Harlan, who bowed her
acknowledgements from box Justice Harlan
prefaced his address with a feeling reference to
his marriage with "a girl from Indiana" and said
that Mrs Harlan often told him that if she had
not come from Indiana she would have preferred
to have been born in Kentucky. When the jurist
finished his speech the orchestra played few bars
from Mendelssohn's wedding March
Ex-Judse Alton r. Parker IN a brief speech paid
high tribute 10 the guest of honor, saying thae
Justice Harlan had done more than one mans
share of the work OF the great tribunal OF which
he is chief during his thirty years OF service He
told of the origin of the Supreme Court and said
the courts of this country had always been faith
full to the imposed in them. whether state or
federal courts. But for the courts. he said, the
Constitution would long since have been overrid-
den.
He said LEGISLATURES had passed laws in direct
contradiction the Constitution. and even In some
cases had gone far TO pass laws in conflict
with liberty and then tried to frame them In such
manner as to prevent the courts from reaching
them Then he spoke OF recent legislation of a
confscatory nature and said If we had suffered
from money yacuums'' at times. the courts had
saved a fate.
Ex-senator Spooner, of Wisconsin. reviewed part
of the jurist's with which he himself had
been connected when a Senator.
Judge John F. Dillon. Of Washington. recalled
Incidents of Justice Harlans career and said that
as a citizen and a judge he had never been
found wanting. Kentucky may well be proud of
him. he said "for the whole country is proud OF
him
Augustus Thomas also spoke
At the end OF the speeches Justice and Mrs.
Harlan held informal reception.
Among those at the guests table were the Rev.
DR. Harlan OF Washington. John Maynard Harlan,
of Chicago: John S. Kennedy; James 8. Harlan,
of Washington. Ga: George T. Bonner. Colonel A.
Worthington. Chic. Judge Peelie. William Lind.
I saw Charles H. Butter. w. D. Guthrie. the Rev.
Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, R. Ross Peary and Chief
Justice Cullen.