Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-10
MEMORY Of FULLER
Tribute to Famous JuriSt by
US. Supreme Court.
OPENING SESSION TODAY
Associate Justice Charles E. Hughes
Takes His Seat.
JUSTICE HARLAN PRESIDES
No Business Transacted and Court
OPENING SESSION TODAY
JUSTICE HARLAN PRESIDES
No Business Transacted and Court
Adjourns Until Tomorrow-Im-
portant Suits Pending.

Ceremonies marking the advent OF a
new judge of the law and the demise of
famous jurist who had gone before
him constituted today the solemn bus-
ness of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Charles E. Hughes of New
York donned the robes of office as an
associate justice with all the formal
tiles designed to give dignity to the
court, and then with few words of
sorrow. expressed by the senior asso-
ciate justice, John Marshall Harlan, the
court adjourned until tomorrow out of
respect to the memory of Chief Justice
Melvin w. Fuller.
The little courtroom was crowded with
persons especially interested in the cere-
monies OF the opening day Of court. Con-
spicuous among these were the mother,
the wife and the daughter of Justice
Hughes.
Death of Chief Justice Announced.
The administration of the oath to the
new justice consumed but a few moments,
then Justice Harlan announced the death
of the chief justice and spoke Of his dis
tinguished services to the country. He
concluded with the remark that the mem =
main as a priceless heritage to his coun-
trymen."
Exactly eight minutes after convening
the court adjourned.
Not in years had the opening day Of
the court rolled around with barely a
quorum Of justices ready to go on the
bench until today. The death OF Chief
Justice Fuller left the court without a
permanent head, while the passing away
of Justice Brewer and the illness of
Justice Moody. whose resignation becomes
membership to six
Seating Arrangement Changed.
One noticeable result was the change
of the seating arrangement Of the JUS
tees Arrangements were made for JUS
tice Harlan, the senior member of the
court, to move from the place Of honor
he had occupied for years at the right
Of Chief Justice Fuller to the chair Of
the late Chief Justice himself, In rec
ognition of his being temporarily the pre-
siding justice of the court. The seats
for the other members were changed SO
that Justice White was assigned to the
seat to the right of the presiding justice
and Justice McKenna to the left.
Still farther to the right had been re-
moved the chair Justice Holmes occupied,
while on the other side were the chairs
for Justices Day and Lurton. Next to
Justice Holmes was the vacant chair of
Justice Moody, and on the extreme right
was the seat assigned to Charles T..
Hughes.
This arrangement was designed to be
effective until new Chief Justice is ap-
pointed at least.
Issues Before the Court.
Labor questions confront the Supreme
Court of the United States at the begin
ming of its eight months work for 1910
1911 in number and degree of Importance
perhaps unprecedented. With momentous
industrial consequences hanging upon the
decisions in the Standard OIL, tobacco
trust and corporation tax cases. those in
volved in the pending labor litigation will
serve to give a marked social-econOmlc
color to the work of the court in the ses-
sion which opened at noon today.
Prominent among the labor cases to be
heard and passed upon by the court at
this term are the so-called Gompers con-
tempt case, the employers liability law
cases, the safety appliance law cases. the
hours Of service law cases, the peonage
cases. the Chinese importation cases and
the Arkansas full crew act" Besides
llIcSc arc Llduy OtHCiS IdiSluS
questions of law and of procedure in liti-
cation between employees and employers,
particularly in suits for damages, under
various laws and for injuries suffered
while engaged in the service of others.
Relations of Labor and Capital.
The s-Mitchell- Morrison con-
tempt case involves matters fundamental
in the relations between laborers and
capitalists: whether viewed from the la
Dor point Of view as concerning primary
rights of free speech and freedom of the
press. or from that of capital as con-
cerning primary rights of ownership and
freedom in the conduct Of private busi-
ness. Also 1t concerns the question of
the extent to which injunctions Of courts
in labor disputes may be disregarded
with impunity. The court is expected to
define more definitely than has ever been
done before by it the limitations on la
Dor in fighting capital. Samuel Gompers,
as president of the American Federation
of Labor and John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, other officials of the same body
have been sentenced to Jail on convic-
tions of contempt in disobeying a tempo
rary Injunction not to interfere with the
business of the Bucks Stove and Range
Company Of st. Louis. These sentences
will be reviewed.
Validity of Liability Law.