The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-17

ter it is restricted in earnings to three
 each three years it's schedule Of
 charges is made over that the esti-
 mated income will amount to only three per cent. The institution is
 der strict police supervision and this
 has made the business of fencing
 Or handling stolen goods very danger
 ous in Holland as at best it is diff ditfI.
 cult for other pawn shops to show
 legitimate reasons for remaining in
 this business.
 there is supposed to be no break in the continuity of the traditions of the Supreme Court to the United States, there was a feeling among the older practitioners that an old order mad passed and a new one was beg1nnlng when the bailiffs gavel fell for the opening of this years session Jus tice Hughes fresh from the turmoil of political life, donned his Judicial robe and hedged himself about, so to speak, with the old customs which are designed to shield the members of the highest tribunal from the an- noyances of "a career of ordinary ac-
 tivIty. At the same time, Senior As sociate Justice Harlan. rugged and imperturbable despite his years, as stunned for a time at least, the rule
 Curiosity waited upon the admis- sion of Justice Hughes to the Su- preme bench. He had fought many nara nSnIS III lL0 pO11t4CrA cl1 S44c1 OC- fore passing into the judicial domain where deliberation and quiet are in marked contrast to the turmoil of his late occupation. If it is admitted that temperament plays it's part in the work of a justice of the supreme
 bench, is it not possible, older attor- neyS are asking, that Justice Hughes will carry with him some vestiges of his former career which will mani fest themselves in his attitude to- wards questions of public interest which cannot be answered at allstimes according to fixed precedents and principles of law.
 new place. From the moment he arose to take the oath of his office it was apparent that temp at least, he was well equipped to play assigned by President Taft. The ner- vousness that usually marks the swearing in of a new justice was not apparent in his case. He read his oath calmly and in a subdued voice giving the impression that there was less of mere formality and more of conviction about the ceremony than has come to be looked for in incidents of this kind.
 On the bench. too, he presents striking appearance. There is, prob ably, more of a sympathetic look about his eyes-one which will doubt less attract the younger attorneys who find it some ethi1g of an ordeal to face the court At the same time his face bears the unmiStakab1e lines of the strenuous days he has put be- hind him and one might very well surnise from a glance at him in his place on the bench that there will be no hesitancy in making a decision that might cause @ countrywide up- heaval if his sense of justice led him to that conclusion There is no doubt that he is positive, unevasive, direct and it is to be expected that these chara acteristics will manifest them selves within the limits of that rigor- | ous Judicial propriety which one in Gfi a H. preme Court.
 To those familiar with the prac- tices of the court, in an intimate fash | ion, the assumption of the role of chief justice by Justice Harlan is no less an event. Justice Harlan differs 1 temp cram enta11y from the late Chief 1 dignity with which the. tribunal is | surrounded. Justice Harlan is no less 1 dignifed but in his case the dignity 1 strikes one as being incidental and l entirely subservient to the rugged, | forcefu1 character which directs the1 proceedings without leaning upon the court traditions for aid. This was Seen on the second day of the present term when the court i transacted it's first business. The Presiding Justice lifted the attorney who crowded the court room out of | the pitfalls into which they stumbled; set them alright in matter-of-factl l those whose nervousness led them to 1 impu1sfve mistakes, and set the whole | machinery of the court working with an admirable smoothness.
 Although< Justice Harlon never rises above the point of Judicial calm, the crack of e whip could not have been more stimulative than his or ders. This was manifest when one of the older attorneys in a, moment 1 of Iaxity, sat upon the armrof a chair. The Presiding Justice darted a rather ca agIe-like look in his direction and | said:
 sHThe gentleman will get off the arm of that chair and take a seat.'' /, No attorney ever moved more nim- bly, to obey a direction. Before the had been administered a1- most the lawyer was in a seat.
 Much attention attached to the per of the two men who are to fill the vacancies on the bench. If they resemble either Justice Hughes or Presiding Justice Harlan there will be ample basis for the convic- l ton that the important decisions will i not suffer in directness.