Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-16

JUSTICE JOHN NJ. HARLAN.
Full honor was paid to the memory Of
the late Associate Justice Harlan by the
Bar Association of the United States Su-
preme Court at noon today in the cham
ber of the court. Many distinguished
members of the bar were present. A re-
markable tribute was paid to the late as
sociate justice by former Gov. Wilson of
Kentucky, who spoke Of him from the
standpoint of one who had known Justice
Harlan intimately for lifetime. He re-
counted the early days when as a boy he
had started life in Justice Harlan's law
office in Kentucky. and referred to him
feelingly as "the grand old man of the
United States
Big Man in Every Way.
He said, in part:
''He was great, big man physically,
mentally and in spirit, simple-hearted as
a child. and his rugged. sturdy, great
hearted and kindly spirit shone in his
face and his walk.
His work as a member of the Louisi-
ana commiss. on which solved a grave do
mestic complication in a way long justi-
fed by the course of our countrys his
tory and as a member of the Bering sea
tribunal. which arranged satisfactorily a
great international dispute, constitute a
part of the great peace-making events OF
history.
His record as judge is wonderful, in
the long period which it covered, nearly
two generations of sustained hard work
OF the very greatest Importance, interest
and usefulness; in his strong common
sense. wisdom energy. industry and
strength; wonderful in his spiritual con-
sciousness of the will of the people and
the future of our country, and wonderful
In his power to understand the lessons Of
the past and the hopes and chances of
the future of our people. No man in all
our history, not even Abraham Lincoln,
was, in the best spirit Of the expression,
more truly the man of the people, more
naturally and instinctively part of the
people, In blood and bone, in character
and temper. in their ideas and their feel
ings, their likes and disIikes, their hopes
and their fears and their joys and their
sorrows.
Lived Among the People,"
He walked and talked and lived and
toiled among the people as one of them,
set apart from them only by the
eminence of soul and body, which made
him a great and natural leader of men
by sheer force OF his splendid gifts Of
character and presence.
But he was most wonderful. of all in
his great spirit. He loved his God and
His service devotedly and vitality. he
mother. his brothers and sisters and all
his kin better than he loved himself
He tenderly cherished and loved his
wife. and best of all. and through all
wedding. was his dear helpmeet and his
best, most trusted and most reverenced
counselor, and he loved his children and
grandchildren and his friends and neigh
bors in the good Old-fashtoned way. He
was the devoted friend of every one
Of the judges Of this court from the
beginning to the end of his work here.
He was cordially friendly to the men,
bers of the bar. and felt deeply their
Friendship to him. and the ties of mutual
regard and esteem between him and the
lawyers were exceptionally strong and
warm.
Bar Association Resolutions.
A committee on resolutions consisting
of Solicitor General Lehman. Senator
! Bailey, Senator Root, Lawrence Maxwell
w. O. Bradley, Henry E. Davis. Repre-
sentative Sherley, w. +. Mattingly and
Blackburn EsterlIne. brought in the fol-
| lowing resolutions. which We're adopted
| They set forth in part:
disciplined by the experiences of civil
| and military life and by the duties OF
public and private station, he came, In
the full maturity of his powers, to this
! tribunal. whose broad Jurisdiction imposes
upon its members responsibilities as Sc
rious as can rest upon the conscience OF
man.
For nearly thirty-fo four years he hon.
ored his high position by faithful dis.
charge of its duties The record of his
service is to be found in a hundred and
/ twenty-six volumes of reported cases in
| the determination of which, with few ex.
! ceptions. he participated. In seven hun
! dred cases he wrote the opinion of The
, court. and in many others he wrote
opinions. sometimes of concurrence. fol
/ or radical dissent, but whether he SPOKE
for others or only for himself. and wheth
er in assent or In dissent. 1t was always
In the language of honest and earnest
conviction.
Personal and property rights, indi
vidual and corporate interests. the recip
rocal relations of citizen state and ma
ton. in ever-changing phases presente,
themselves as subjects for adjudication
indifferent in no instance, there was, how
ever, an especial appeal to him in case
involving those rights Of the individua
which 1t was the purpose of the amend
ments to the federal Constitution to Sc
cure, and he supported the nationa
authority in its fullest scope as the sur
means of maintaining those rights
Solicitor General Lehman, Senators Bal
ley. Blackburn and Esterline also ad
dressed the meeting, paying tribute t,
Justice Harian's character and publ
services,