Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-08

three correspondents were held in their seats by
cautionary word from veteran who had done
long service in the Supreme court. He SAID, walt.
In a few minutes, the reading went on 1t
became apparent that the court had decided that
while the companies had franchise for loO years
they had practically rights under It. On the
strength of the mistake which was made IN send
ing out some Of The first dispatches on that day
stocks went up and then when the truth came out
they tumbled so fast that they hurt their heads
When the justices led by the clerk and the
chief Justice enter the Supreme courtroom every
body stands When the judges have taken their
seats the court crier, after the manner of court
criers since the time of the patriarchs declares
that the high and honorable court is in session and
that justice is to be dispensed Just before taking
their seats the justices bow to the assembled
throng and the throng bows back. When the court
crier's voice has died away everybody takes his
seat and the proceedings begin.
The Supreme court sits in the old senate cham
Der of the capitol. 1t is the room where Webster,
Hayne, Clay, Calhoun and others fought their bat
ties The gallery is tiny affair capable of seating
only about thirty people and the wonder is how
when Webster delivered his great Grafton in reply
to Hayne there could have been present the great
crowd of which history tells us.
1t was in the Supreme courtroom that the cleo
toral commission which decided the Hayes Tilden
contest held it's sessions. The fifteen members
of that commission occupied the seats of the JUS
tees and it is said that during the progress of the
hearing the little room was crowded literally to
1t is historic chamber and it is one of the places
to which visitors to Washington bend their steps.
In the membership of the Supreme court there
are two veterans of the Union army and two vet
Grams of the Confederate army. John Marshall
Harlan who is Republican, raised the Tenth Ken
lucky infantry and served in Gen. George H. Thorn
as division He to the rank of colonel and
his name before the senate for confirmation
as a brigadier general at time late in the war
when his fathers death compelled him for family
reasons to retire from the service.
Oliver Wendell Holmes of Boston graduated
from Harvard college in 1861 and at once entered
the Union army. At the battle of Balls Bluff in
October 1861, Holmes shot through the
not possibly recover. He did recover however,
and went back to the front, taking part in the
battle of Antietam, where he shot through the
neck and again his life despaired of. Once
more he recovered and went to the 'front.' only to
be wounded again at the battle of Fredericksburg.
Justice Edward Douglass White born i'll
Louisiana and he served through the Civil war i'll
the Confederate service. Horace Harmon Lurton,
who was appointed by President Taft to the
vacancy caused by the death of Justice Peckham,
entered the Confederate service when he only
seventeen years old and he served three years He
was with General Buckner at Fort Doneson when
the Confederate commander surrendered to Gen
eral Grant Lurton was Grants captive and it is
any conception that this youthful prisoner one
day to be appointed to the Supreme court of the
United States by Republican president