The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-23
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER.

Very Unexpectedly came the death
Of this distinguished jurist. So also
came the deaths of his associate
judges. Brewer and Peckham. OF
those appointed previous to President
Ceyeland'S time Justice Harlan alone
remains. Sic transit. Judge Jackson
died not along ago and Justice Moody
Is Ill and off duty. How quickly all
human orders change.
Justice Fuller had served twenty
two years, adm was seventy-seven
years of age when he died. He had
beeen a Chicago lawyer. Though he
never had a judicial position he was
appointed by President Cleveland to
succeed Chief Justice Waite. who
hailed from Toledo.
The late chief justice came to the
bench after the great issues growing
out Of the civil war had been largely
determined judicially. The great
causes then coming on were related
more especially to the extraordinary
industrial developments and compli-
cations Of recent American history.
The new chief justice had been bred
IN the political school of strict con-
Sruction and guardianship of the
rights Of the states. The majority of
The court throughout his time was Re
publican and in nearly all the crucial
causes coming before the court in the
twenty-five years of his incumbency he
found himself in a dissenting minority. |
And even in dissent he was never in
clned TO write an opinion if there were
others willing to do it Such was his |
character. He had positive convic- |
IONS and held TO them, but he was not |
disposed to make them obtrusive when |
,ney involved a divided court. Unlike |
NaI snail, he was never disposed to |
make himself the overshadowing fig
l'e among his colleagues, and few of |
me great opinions of the court in the 1
!.osl twenty-five years are of his writ |
Jug, whether for the court or for the
minority
throughout his service Chief Justice |
..IeT was noted for the dignity with |
which he fulfilled the position. He
preserved that manner, whether on
Ie bench or off it. Although small of
a. % ,ure not more than five feet seven
lnlche~. his wealth of silvery hair and
..aS>.e features made him a COM
ahaIng figure wherever he appeared.
among his famous decisions are the
wing: Income tax decisions in
which the income tax law was held to
we UNCONSTITUTIONAL: the Danbury hat
.ase In which labor unions were hel7
- at amenable TO the Sherman anti
rust -aT, the Western Union Tele-
-aln company against the common
."-.1 "f Pennsylvania. in which the
"as denied the right to tax tele-
p. "|. messages, except when intra-
t,.. me Bank of Washington against
-.--', which the inalienable inter-
~, NE wife and children in the life
..e husband and father was recog-
.@.a rs distinguished from the claim
I'll .e.I'oTs. Inman against South Car
railway company, in which the
., .... pad was denied the power to ex-
..l. itself from liability for It's negli-
.- 'h the shipment of goods; Moore
7a.'.-' crawford. in which married
,.'.'eh were made to bear liabilities,
" those growing out of the
'lient sale Of land. as well as the
81. rights, Leisy against Hardin, in
....a the state was denied rights
,, original packages of liquor in in
s.@'e commerce, an opinion which
E" lAe passage Of the Wilson liquor |
Be-. ''s chief justice led very simple
,t ne was unusually to be found,
'''4 on the bench, in the seclusion of
H., Aohe and among his books. He
,s an extremely light eater and re-
L ",ta William NJ. Evarts in avoid
s physical exercise. The New Eng {
9-' boiled dinner and other dishes Z
,rg pork and beans. boiled Goldfish {
d.. .umpkin pie best appealed to his l
1~lile. IT was said in Washington c