The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-04


ne carried this manner with him
when ne took his place between the
other justices, al bearing opinions
upon which hung vast property IN
-tcTests OF human life.
When il came Chief Justice Fuiler's
uue 10 deliver one OF the opinions,
ne would lean IN KINDLY fashion over
his desk and Ihen, In a voice not
audible 10 those ten feet away. would
announce the decision OF the court.
Ihe whispered decisions of the chief
Justice nave given an anxious mo-
mint 10 many OF those who waited Tor
lhlS maj word from the last court
OF resort and IN many instances, the
ats pUrporI was known
On. Il r. Justice Fuller, to the day Of
MS .-eaLn, was an indefat IgabIe
worker. dis appointment by t-resi-
dent Cleveland was in part due ID
ms ability 10 dispose Of work quick
" carefully, and cOuscientioUsIy-
NJ hen Mr. cleveland began casting
ABOUT Tor some one to name for the
Chief JustlCesHip, the work Of the
supreme Court was nearly three
ears DenlnC- The President had
learned OF the executive ability OF
tie chicago lawyer Ills knowIede.
OF the law was admitted The two
q Qualities combined. believed the
PRESIDENT would tend 10 make an
ideal Chief Justice, and would result
IN the Gearing up OF the vast amount
OF WORK then before the court
chief Justice Fuller was appointed on
April 81. IssN- he was confirmed on
July - ana took the oath on the follow
ing October s. AS he served through
the session recently adjourned, mis-
twenty-five years upon the Bench were
cgmpl' Jc, giving aim the third longest
term IN the history of the country
Vigor Maintained.
He maintained mis- vigor 10 the end.
anu as recently as his last birthday de-
clared he would be no means consider
resiguins.
Few Chief Justices have exceeded him
In longevity Chief Justice Marshall
died at he age OF eighty-ones chief
Justice Tcuey al eighJy-1Our. and Chief
Justice Waite al sevenJy-eigat- one
o. The greatest opinions delivered 10y
Chief Justice fancy was written when
he was ylghLy-three-
III Fuller was regarded as an aU-
LE1rLty ou international law, Ia 1913 he
was a. member OF the council that, al
The hague. settled Jue dispute between
England ana France as 10 the right OF
the latter snip 10 ny the triCOlGT IN
The Persian sUlt- Nr. Fuller was the
representative u Great Britain In
1883, Ar Fuilei, with Justice David j.
Brewer. went 20 Paris as members OF
The AuElo-N euezuelau boundary srDI-
Ira-lgu tribunal
Re OF Tie most famous cases with
r. = 81 lI-- FULLER was connected before
Lc went Oh Jhe Supreme Bench, was
that Of Bishop Cheney of the Reformed
Episcopal Church who was charged
with EerrSE- Ar Fuller defended the
3 lSl1r. the prosecutor being :. CornlgS
Judd Though the case went against
Bishop Cheney, Do did much A. make
know. the scholarly attachments OF his
s.-rss1l-sal- de surprised the court on one
-r M :.
las law which had not been &C
G. especially for the occasion
Recipient Of Honors.
Chief Justice Fuller was the recip-
lent OF many lou0rs from universit-
ties and legal associations. The de-
gree of IL D. was conferred upon
ic-u College, Harvard, Yale, AID Dart
mouth
At the time OF his death he was
chancellor OF the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, chairman OF the trustees OF the
Peabody Education Fund, vice presi-
dent OF t-e John r. Slater Fund. and
member OF the board Of trustees OF
bOwdoln College. Ia 1899 he was one
Of the arLirrators who settled the
boundary line discussion between
\ -U=zLe-a and British Guiana. In
2 s-IiS. 1e was member Of the court
I srpii TatIou at The HalrIe- and in
1910 served at The Hague - q mem
Ser OF the ar1lrral tribunal in the
matter OF the MuScat Downs
tH-rt justice llte- VINO was sue
lee1ea 1y RULER served fourteen
years Chief Justice Chase served nine
ears Lancy was chief justice for
Z I" en- ---tl6l years, and John Mar
7Aalir OF Virginia, presided over the
-'eL TOT thirty -IOUT years The chief
#aH#a iva
q or IT, TOUR years RUtIedge. one year.
3Ee John jay. six years.
Boomed" For President
During The campaigns lust nrecedfn-
the Democrats Presidential nominations
Of 1892 and 1896, Mr.. Fuller was ..boor,7-
cd" for the place at the head of the
ticket at the national convention Mr..
Fuller However, never gave encourage
ment 40 such movements, feeling that
his position upon the bench forbade such
action Whether he really desired the
nomination shall never be known Ar
any rate he gave explicit Instructions 10
MS friends at the conventions not 70
push MS name TO the front or even Dre-
sent IT,
Therefore at no Democratic national
COW entiol was there ever any such
JllnS as what might D.. called .'uoIirf-
cal boom He considered that The o.
ecuJlye and Judiciary branches Of the
EoNeFLl1nent We're coordinate but that
lHeE should be held aI0of in politics IN
every sense Of the word. And az long
- ne I" dS tnleI Justice Of the court he
Est Ltllsl0uSly Up TO that DrinciDle
OA'e1 Justice Fuller. in late wears on
teI tanned DUI little in washington al
L-ocSh MS nome was frequently the
scene OF informal gatherings aT yyl7ic7,
only lis closest friends were r,r-eser,+
lie was most regular in his bsb;ss
de retred early but made il a 49,,
tlce TO read a little each night bs+oTa
gong 20 bed. unless some iu0o0rfs5,-
case were engaging his attention TEs
Chief Justice did q considerable aroo1,D+
Of study at his home
Occasionally At Club.
He was occasionally a visitor at the
Chevy Chase OF metropolitan Club. Al
the former he sometimes took a tern
upon tie links. although not so ardent
a devotee OF golf as Mr.. Ju.-tice Harlan.
The Chief Justices residence in
Washington was at 1871 F street north
west.
Mr. FuIIer's first wife was CaIista o.
Reynolds whom he married in 1855 on
May 90, 1855 he married Mary z. Cool
baush, daughter Of William Z. Cool
bau-h, OF Chicago
His second Wife who was born in
Burlington. Iowa, on August 70. 1873
died August Il 1901 at her summer