Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-10
American Bar Honors Memory
of Dead Chief Justice.
RICHARD OLNEY PRESIDES
Resolutions Drafted by Committee
of Notable Lawyers.
CAREER ON BENCH LAUDED.
Measured Up To and Lived Up To
Best Traditions of Court-Emi-
nent as Lawyer.

nent as Lawyer.
; Lawyers of national prominence from
| practically every corner of the nation
gathered at noon today in the United
! States Supreme Court room to laud the
great qualities of heart and head Of Mel
| vile ". Fuller. who for nearly twenty
| three years presided over the highest
tribunal of the land.
! 1t was a notable gathering of men, in
| Guiding as it did members of the present
and former cabinets, members of both
| branches Of the national Congress and
attorneys who stand for the highest
| ideals of the legal profession in the minds
| of all American practitioners. And they
united in voicing with what on other oc-
| casions might have been called extrava-
| CANT praise and respect for the late Chief
Justice.
Accompanied by their husbands, Mrs.
| Hugh c. Wallace and Mrs. Nathaniel L..
Francis daughters of the late Chief JUS
tice were present in the chamber during
the exercises. Miss Mildred F. Aubrey,
granddaughter of the jurist was also
| present
Senators Bacon, Warner, Frazier, Hey
| burn, and former Senator Teller of Colo
rado Chief Justice Shepard of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, J. j. Hemphill'
| McKenney. Conway Robinson, r. J..
Bright and Thomas H. Clarke.
The climax of the memorial session
came with the adoption Of resolutions
setting forth formally the feelings of
sorrow which the announcement of Chief
Justice Fuller's death brought to theI
members of the bar practicing before the
United States Supreme Court, and their
high appreciation of his life and character
and his conspicuous and faithful service
to his country.
His Career as Lawyer.
Born In the state of Maine" the reso
lutions declare, "he went to Chicago at
the age of twenty-three, when that great
city was in its infancy, and there en-
tered upon his long and distinguished
professional career, which eliminated in
his elevation to the most exalted judicial
station in our government
He secured the advantages Of an aca-
demic and classical education at Bow
doin College, and always retained the
habits and tastes of the student and
scholar.
He was a man of the most extensive
and varied reading In the profession. IN
governmental and political discussion and
in general literature.
He rapidly achieved a commanding
position at the then exceptionally bril-
liant bar of the city Of his adoption, and
for thirty-fve years carried on an eX-
tended and diversified practice in the
courts of his state; nor did he infre-
quently appear before the great tribunal
over which he afterward, and for twenty
two years, presided with such marked
ability and distinction. |
He was a man OF singular beauty and |
purity OF character.
Stood High at Bar.
While he was at the bar no one har-
bored suspicion that the eXigency of |
forensic controversy, in which he was al |
most constantly engaged, could ever
tempt him to aught that was unfair or
unworthy of the highest ideals of noble |
and honorable profession.
LAS Chief Justice, it is enough to say
that with conspicuous fidelity he fully |
and consistently maintained the best |
traditions of that high Office. He took |
deep interest in the efforts to secure |
peace between nations by International |
arbitration. and was appointed by our |
government to membership In the perma- |
nent court established in 1899 by the first |
peace conference, and served in that
capacity.
His character was marked by gentle |
courtesy and consideration which con-
stantly illuminated and attended upon
the discharge of his important public !
duties. always marked his relations with |
the bar. and earned that popular conf
dence which goes out to him whom the
people believe to be a merciful and con-
siderate, as well as just and impartial
judge.
"All this he was. and endowed by
nature with talents not inferior to those
of his predecessors. possessed Of attain
ments, training and experience adequate
to the exacting requirements of his great |
Office, he filled it at all times in such
manner to command the admiration
and respect of the bar and the grateful |
appreciation of his countrymen.
"On the morning OF July last, at his
beautiful summer home. on the soil of
the state in which he was born, and to
ed. his long. useful and honorable life
ended, and when the sad announcement
was made. we who had practiced in the
great tribunal where he so long presided
felt a deep sense Of personal loss and
personal bereavement that he had gone
from us forever"
The resolutions closed with request |
that the Attorney General Of the United
States present them to the court and ask
that they be inscribed upon its minutes
Committee on Resolutions.
Richard Olney. former Secretary of
State. presided over the gathering, and
James II. Mckinney. clerk of the court,
acted as secretary. The committee which
drafted the resolutions was headed by
s. 8. Gregory of Chicago. who presented
them, and included in its membership
c. E. Littefed. Maine: William L. Mar
bury, Maryland: A. S. Worthinston, Dis
trict of Columbia; George E. Price. West
Virginia: A. J. Montague. Virginia; Lee
s. Overman, North Carolina Henry A.
NJ Smith. South Carolina: Elihu Root,
New York; p. G.. Knox, Pennsylvania;
H. NJ. Teller. Colorado: John w. Noble, |
Missouri: L. II. Rose. Arkansas: John s. |
Miller. illinois: Frank p. Flint. Califor-
mia; Alexander P. Humphrey, Kentucky;
| Charles s. Thomas, Colorado, and Frank
kellogg, Minnesota.
| Many Of these committeeman spoke |
| briefly in lauding the deceased Chief JUS
| tice
In the opening address. former Secre-
tary of State Olney reviewed the life and |
work of Chief Justice Fuller. stopping |
| here and there to give incidents that
showed with what a fair mind and clear
sight Mr.. Fuller had characterized his |
career both as a lawyer and as a jurist /
Famous Income Tax Decision.
! Nowhere, in my Judgment. are his emf |
nent merits the constitutional chief |
magistrate of the country better shown
| he said in the course OF his address, |
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