St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-12

modern thought, tho late chief Justice
well illustrated the purpose OF the
bench by listening 10 tho reasonable
arguments OF lawyers botter yeraed
Mt the outset than he. and before tho
end OF his judicial career was found
In tho Supreme court record rovers.
Ing tho applied principles OF law
which he brought with him 10 Wash.
iLston. ny many aatuto lawyers this
Ia regarded M one Of the most striking
examples OF the largenesa OF tho Judi.
einl mind OF tho iato chief Justice.
Combined with those judicial funo.
tiona great administrative ability ia
required OF the chief Justice OF tho su.
preme court. This quality Chief jus.
tce fNillor possessed In great degree.
Few. n any. complaints have ever
been made during his administration
ns presiding otfioer OF the court that
che wheels OF justice OF tho higheat
tribunal OF tho land were turning too
slowly or unoyonly. Behind tho out.
ward manifestation OF the eourtly gen.
tleman and HIS mild'mannered voice,
which In recent years has been nj.
most inaudiblo 10 those seated on
tho edge Of the court room. was a tro.
mendous force OF character and
keen sense OF Justice and cApability
for hard and persistent work wholly
out OF proportion with hia years.
Justice Fuller never pretended 20
voice the opinions Of any ono but him.
self and had no liking for tho lime,
light Ills position IN Washington
made u possible for him 90 fiK his 80.
cial status whore he willed. He had
no liking whatever for anything
smaeklng Of ostentatioua display. on
and on the bench he was the personi.
ncation OF judicial dignity. lie DOS.
sessed a sense OF humor which he EN-.
ployed quietly and with effect The
subjects OF his conversation were full
OF substance. scholarly and profound
and rich In wisdom.
II was Justice Fuller who practically
settled the fate OF tho Roosevelt
propaganda for phonetic spelling. At
the time when congress was daily re.
ceiYlng messages from the White !
House spelled In the new form OF or. |
biography and when the house OF rep. |
resentauyes was trying 20 nerve itself |
10 the point OF putting a Quiotus on |
this new system Justice Fuller quietly /
squelched its use In the Supreme |
court AZ that time the government |
printing once. under orders from /
President Roosevelt, was printing all /
documents for the executive depart.
ments. including tho department OF
Justice. In phonetic spelling. This in
cluded briefs which were submitted 10
the Supreme court In land case
presented 10 the court Solicitor Gen.
eral Henry NJ, Hoyt offered one Of
these briefs In glaneins through A
hastily Chief Justice Fuller espied a
quotation from an opinion rendered by
former Associate Justice Bradley. An
which the word through" was spelled
thru"
Did understand you 70 say that
this purports 10 be literal quotation
from the opinion OF Justice BradleyY"
inquired the chief justice.
II was not necessary for him 10 saw
more. Mr.. Hoyt realized from this an.
auiry that phonetic spelling would not
be tolerated by the Supreme court
and that serious blunder had been
made In changing tho spelling used
by a former member OF that court. He
promptly and quietly Informed the
court that there would be no repeti.
Ion OF the onense. That ended pho-
letic spelling In the third coordinate !
branch OF the government. and short.
y thereafter congress itself limited its q
Use to correspondence between the ex.
'eutive departments. '
With other members OF the court Z
Justice Fuller had an abhorrence for
hose who used its decisions as a va 8
iiele for making money on the stock
market Nothing was ever said on o
he subject in open court, but every h
obstacle was put In ,he way OF such a
'ersons when opportunity offered. b
When the Consolidated Gas case from &
Sew York was decided Il was an omen
ecret that lawyer who had a tele.
homie connection with stock broker
lad made a good round sum OF money
ut OF II. When the company later pe. n
iuoned for rehearing before the Il
ourt the lawyer again was on hand I,
repaired II possible 10 duplicate his c
ormer winning. He waited all day a
OF the expected announcement but r.
was not until he gave up his quest Il