Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-28

wv, duueu lue eAc1Leu acquaintance.
"Well. we'll, WELL" again muttered
the chief justice.
"Well, what? What do you think of
this outrage?" asked the companion
with a considerable show Of indigna-
ton.
The justice transferred his weight to
the other foot, surveyed the crowd
calmly and said. Apparently these
unions are determined that justice
shall not Sleep"
Although small Of stature-not more
than five feet seven inches-his wealth
Of silvery hair and classic features
made him a commanding figure wher-
yer he appeared. Probably Mark
Twain resembled the chief justice in
physical appearance more than any
other man of prominence in recent
years. Frequently the humorist was
mistaken for the jurist. One day a
young lady accosted Mark Twain on
the street and, with an apology that
she had never seen the chief justice
before. asked for his autograph. The
author wrote:
1t is delicious to be full,
But it is heavenly to be Fuller.
I am cordially yours,
MELVILLE w. FULLER.
He was the first supreme court JUS
tice to wear a mustache.
Known as First Nighter.
Chief Justice Fuller was noted as an
unconventional man, easily approach
ed and n who constantly displayed
great personal kindness. He was ex-
tremely fond of the theater and was an
inveterate first nighter.
The late chief justice was a student
Of literature and at Bowdoin college
is said to have written many verses.
His one authentic poem was a memo
rial o. General Grant. delivered at a
Grant memorial meeting in Chicago in
1885, n verse Of which indicates It's
general character:
Not in his battles won,
Though long the we'll fought fields may
keep their names,
But in the wide worlds sense of duty
done,
TIL gallant soldier finds the need of
fame,
His life no struggle for ambitions prize.
Simply the duty done that next him lies.
Now and then he lapsed into poetical
touches in his opinions from the bench.
One Of the best illustrations of this
was the opinion handed down in the
case Of Hammond versus Hopkins. He
concluded his opinion by saying:
I'm all cases where actual fraud is
not made out. but the imputation
rests upon conjecture. where the seal
whose character is involved and lapse
of time has impaired the recollection of
transactions and obscured their details,
the welfare Of society demands the
rigid enforcement Of the rule Of dill
gence. The hourglass must supply
the ravages of the scythe, and those
who have slept upon their rights must
be RENTED to the repose from which
they should not have been aroused"
1.-THE Court Remains"
His death recalls his own words on
such events expressed at the centenary
Of the court twenty years ago.
Judges will be appointed" he said,
"and will pass. One generation rapidly
succeeds another. But, whoever comes
and whoever goes, the court remains,
keeping alive, through many centuries
we shall not see, the light that burns
with a constant radiance upon the
high altar of American constitutional
justice"
No chief justice of the United States
has ever resigned. Chief Justice Mar
shall died at the age Of e%ighty-one.
Chief Justice fancy at eighty-fous
and Chief Justice Waite at seventy
eight One Of the greatest opinions de
ivered by Chief Justice fancy was
written when he was eighty-three
years old.
John Jay, the first chief Justice, serv-
ed six years, and there sat with him
during that period eight associate jus
tices. When John Rutledge Of South
Carolina, an associate Justice, who had
resigned, was nominated chief Justice
the senate rejected the nomination,
and for SIX years the court was with