The sun., 1908-12-13
BONAPARTE and BECK CLASH
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OLD
sPEECH CITED AGAINST HIM.
IAtue Fiurry at the Dinner OF the Penn
syiysria Society to supreme Bench Of
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The Pennsylvania Society had for II
guests at the Waldorf Astoria last nigh
Chief Justice James L. Mitchell and tn
Justices OF the Supreme Court Of thu
. Keystone State. The Pennsylvaniani
Who live in this town and lot OF regula
Pennsylvanians fed upon scrappe, al
near the real thing as the kitchen Of tn
Waldorf could concoct. Sorapple, Phila
delphia scrapple, which is the only rea
and genuine brand, wasn't the only food
etuff on the menu, of course, but 1t wa
the entry over which the big hurrah wa
made.
aSome spice was added to the dinne
by a clash betwee Attorney-G
Bonaparte and James NJ. Beck. MIR
Beck amused himself and the banqueterI
by picking TO pieces stheAttorney-Ge General't
speech in defence of the antitrust laws
quoting Mr. Bonaparte against himself
( MIR. Bonaparte interrupted his critic ex
c.tsdly. but MIR. Beck, though holding hi
ground, gave the soft answer.
The big State of William Penn, who
looked down upon the diners in his shiny
armor, lacked lot of its distinguished
citizens last night. All the United States
Senators it possesses. the Governor, a few
congressman, legislators and some ol
the members of the Philadelphia Board oI
Aldermen were present. these in addition
to voluntary exiles who have come tc
New York at one time or another and got
their names in the papers. Altogether
there were es2 who pitched into the scrap.
pie.
{ Preceding the dinner there was re.
ceptiop at which the Chief Justice and the
Justices met the other guests of the
society. Thep, with the bugler sounding
q fanfare. the drums rattling briskly
and the flags carried high, Allan c. Rake
we'll, the president of the society, led the
procession to the grand ballroom with
Chief Justice Mitchell on his arm. The
Governor of Pennsylvania. Edwin =.
stuart, followed with j. Hampton Robb.
Others who walked behind were: Rob-
srt Frater Munro, Senator Philander C.
Knox, Judge Parker and these Justices of
the Supreme Court, of Pennsylvania: ID.
Newlin Fell. j. Hay Brown, 3, Leslie Mes
tfezat, William P. Potter, John p. Elkin
and John Stewart; Justice Patterson of
this State. Henry r. Towne. Senator
Beies Penrose. Attorney General Charles
D. bonAparte, Robert Mazet. Judge Ed
ward Bartlett Of the Court of Appeals,
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson Jus
tice NJ. Linn Bruce. Judge viii
lard Bartlett of the Court Of
Appeals. Count Antonelli. Congressman
u Van Vechten Olcott. Norman B, Ream,
w. II. Truesdale, A. II. Joline, j.. v W.,
Rossiter. Ralph Peters. Judge Gary,
Eindlay. 8. Douglass, Col, Robert L..
Purdon Clarke, hokich Midzuno, the
Japanese Consul General; President Corey
OF the United States Steel Corporation.
William B. Dickson, James Gayley, Jus
fice Blanchard, Col. John j. McCook
Charles. r. Flint. Rear Admiral John W.
Moore, Police Commissioner Bingham,
John A. Bensel and Barr Ferree.
White ohrysanthemums bloomed all
over the big ballroom. around the galleries
embedded in smilax, on the speakers
table and the smaller tables and in great
Bouquets in the boxes, The legend in
white chrysanthemums. -The Tenth, /"
Indicating the number Of the annual din
Iier, was outlined in incandescent lights.
The painting of William Penn in full armor,
and the bugler made the rest Of the
decorations
While the dinner was going on the
bugler, bugling beautifully, led a small
PROCESSION into the banquet room, a file
Of men which weaved a difficult way
through the crooked lanes between the
tables and held aloft the biggest birthday
cake ever seen in these parts. 1t had to
be big, for every member OF the society
and every one OF the societys guests was
entitled to whack at it..
President Bakewell introduced Gov
Stuart. who was the toastmaster and the
pennsylvanians whooped it up merrily
for the Governor He made an interest
ing announcement. Andrew Carnegie,
James Gayley, Col. Robert NJ, Thompson,
William Guggenheim and Henry F. Shoe
maker have presented the society with
cash for the purpose of awarding annually
a gold medal to some man who is worthy
of being honored for distinguished achieve
Tnent. The amount of the gift was not
made public.
Gcv. Stuart introduced the Chief JUS
tice as one of the ornaments of line bar
Of the United States. He called atten-
ton to Chief Justice Mitchell's long SER
Vice on the bench, seventeen years as a
Judge in the city of Philadelphia and
twenty years on the bench OF the Supreme
Court, five years of that time as the Chief
Justice.
Chief Justice Mitchell talked of
Judiciary Of his own State, calling
attention particularly to its simplicity
of procedure, it's freedom from sQuah-
hles over jurisdiction and the satisfactory
manner in which the peoples business
is handled.
Chief Justice Mitchell quoting from
President Roosevelt's last message, Sc
verely criticised the President for his
attacks on the Judges.
The only proper criticism of Judges
said the Chief Justice, can come from O
Court which knows the law. Dissent from
his views based ON individual opinion.
whether it comes from Executive or
hoodlum, leads directly to anarchy-the
assertion Of individual will against the
settled law
y When the applause died away the Chief
Justice resumed, quoting the President
here and there.
The very phrases so prominently put
hind the times and Judges who hold
to q twentieth century economic and
social philosophy not only betray igno-
rance, but deplorable incapacity b
comprehend the fundamental principles
of the American Government.
! The Attorney-General Of the United
States, Charles j. Bonaparte, who sug-
eested a plan for relieving the Federal
courts OF a mass Of work and defended
the purpose and workings OF the anti
trust laws in responding to the toast,
Tho Bar Of the Country and the Cause
OF Federal Justice. followed. He said in
Part:
Within the memory OF this generation
the American people slowly awakened to
A ,coneciouaneaa dim and confused MT frat