The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-11
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rhcre is small room in the Capitol
Building al Washington. lying half
MAY between tile representatives OF the
peoplc on the one hand and the repre-
scnta,iycs Of the states on The other
In that room the law Sits cntMoncd
end from the hieh altar there erected
Justice issues her DEGREES There the
2.aw is supreme. and "all things in
heaven and earth do her homa ee=-thc
very leas; as feeling her care ana the
Creates as not exempted from her
power
: Only 4 few months ago the case Of
Pink Franklin. a negro doomed 10
death in South Carolina, was seeking
succor here. and little while before
tiie sheriff OF Chattanooga and his as
sis,an,s were here committed to i'm
prisonmcnt for failing to guard tile dis
nifty and respect tho mandate OF the
lew. Here every day some plaintiff or
other presents his petition for hnal
determination, Things on the earth.
things under tho oarth. things OH the
sea snd things On dry land, the inter-
probation Of a statute the issuing Of
patent tho rights az the states ana
the liberties ~ tho hunblcst citizen.
the composition OF whisKcy and the
puri,y Of articles or FOOD, the settle
mcnt Of form Of procedure or tile
donnitiou Of . TRUST; here into this
place before The boncl OF nine upright
and learned mon. VINO arc judges
alike or the facts and the laws come
every %car a hest OF men. whose sole
purnosc it Is ITO behold a continued
righteous administration Of !ustice,
preservation Of orr constitutional gov
crnment, the fructilcation OF all tho
sc,ivit!es Of cur vas, country for tho
hencnt Q: thc whole people. the abiding
OF tranqullty an dhappiness in all the
homes Of all our land and the cor
,inucl enjoyment by ali our country
men ef Individual liberty restrained
from license and safeguarded from or
preston
This was The vision caugh, by chiet
Justice White, in his tender and e%-
qu!site tribute, on Monday, TO tile late
head Of the supreme court. Melville ".
Fuller. who has PASSED into the
shadows. ana whose "taith III tic
power OF good over ev!l; faith in the
capacity Of hts feliowmcn for self
government; faith in the wisdom of the
fathers or olir institutions faith, un-
shaken faith. in tie efficiency Of the
system OF constitutional government
which they established ana It's ade-
quaey 10 protect the rights ana liber-
Ties of the people "wnl he beacon
leading both Bench and Bar 10 a per
feet dedication OF all their powers TO
the complete discharge ~ their whole
duty"
The Supreme Court room is a small
spaec into which may he packed hy
rather uncomfortable crowding. prop-
ably THREE hundred people In FORM i,
IS paraneloeram ana ii is covered
with ceiling. richly ornamentad look
ing like Inc half OF q great she'll OF an
old fashioned sounding board som7-
lines yet 10 be seen in the churches 81
the Colonial period or the Hall of an
unfinished dome. At one side OF the room
S the bench Of tic judges. OF whom
there are nine in an open space before
'his tribune are seats FOR tie lar aud 4,
stand from which the lawyers make
1Atir addresses 10 the court whilc
arranged around lie room in semi
circular rows are seats for the press
ana tie rain people WHO are In