Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-11
Oath as Associate Justice Admins
tered to Charles E. Hughes, For
mer New York Executive.
JUSTICE HARLAN PRESIDING
Marshal Wright Escorts New Member
to His Seat.
EULoGY FOR THE CHIEF JUSTICE
Official Announcement Made Of Death
of Judge Fuller.
EULoGY FOR THE CHIEF JUSTICE
LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Memory of His Stainless Life VIII
Ever Remain with His COun-
trymen as Priceless
Heritage,

! WASHINGTON, d. c., oct 1O.-The 1870
1911 session Of the supreme court of the
! United States opened today with the ad-
ministrauon OF the oath Of office as as
sociate justice to Charles E. Hughes Of
New York.
The court then adjourned until tomorrow,
out Of respect to the memory Of the late
! Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller. The
| court was in session only eight minutes.
/ The mother, the wife and daughter of the
new justice were the first of the relatives
Of the court to arrive. Attorney General
! Wickersham and Secretary Nagel repre-
| sented the cabinet.
| Mr. Hughes followed Justices Harlan
] White, McKenna, Holmes, Day and Lur-
ton, they entered the court room in
procession, Behind him came Justice
! Brown, now retired, but formerly a men,
Der of the supreme court.
! Presiding Justice Harlan announced as
soon as the court had taken its place
that the president had appointed Mr.
| Hughes to the bench, that the senate had
confirmed the nomination and that Mr.
Hughes was present He directed Clerk
McKenney, by whom Mr.. Hughes was
seated, to read the latters commission.
The court extends a cordial welcome" 3"
said Justice Harlan, as the clerk finished
reading He then directed the new men,
ber to take the oath OF office the oath
/ Of allegiance having already been admin
istered in the robing room a few minutes
! before. Mr.. Hughes read the oath in i'm
| pressive manner and at it's conclusion re-
peated after the clerk the words so help
me God" and Marshall Wright escorted
the new member to his seat.
These formalities over, Justice Harlan
proceeded to announce the death of the
chief justice.
"Since its last session this court has sus-
tained a very great loss,' he said. THE
earthly career OF the chief justice has
been closed by death This sad event oc-
CURED on July OF the present year at
his summer residence, after nearly twenty
| three years of continuous and distinguished
service on this bench. He met the final
summons with that calmness OF spirit and
composure of mind that marked his whole
life. From his early manhood he walked
in the good way, uprightly before God and
his fellow men, and passed from this life
into the life beyond the grave in the con-
fident belief l doubt not, that the Maker
and Ruler of the earth ordereth all things
Alright This court, indeed, the nation,
will miss him, but the memory of his stain
less life will ever remain with his country
men as a priceless heritage"
The court then adjourned until tomorrow.
No Permanent Head.
The death of CHER 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 effective November 80, reduced the
active membership to six
One noticeable result was the change in
the seating arrangement Of justices. This
provided for Justice Harlan, the senior
member OF the court, TO move from the
place of honor he had occupied for years at
the right of Justice Fuller, to the chair Of
the late chief justice himself, in recogni-
ton OF his having become temporarily the
presiding justice of the court.
Although nearly 725 cases are on the
docket, the largest number probably in the
history of the court at the opening of a
/ tern, the program for the day was limited
/ because of the unusual circumstances.
Had the president of the United States
been In the city the court would have ad-
iourned to pay its respects to him This
left the day to be devoted exclusively to
the ceremonies attending the swearing In
Of Justice Hughes and those marking the
death OF Justice Fuller. Tomorrow the
court will begin In earnest the work of
the year.