Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09

While he was at the bar no one har-
bored suspicion that the exigency OF
forensic controversy. In which he was
almost constantly engaged. could ever
tempt him to aught that was unfair or
! unworthy of highest ideals OF noble
and honorable profession.
AS Chief Justice, 1t 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 gen.
tie courtesy and consideration when
constantly Illuminated and ATTENDED upon
the discharge of his importaN public
duties. always marked his relaTons with
the bar and earned that POPULAR con-
fidence which goes out to hsm whom
the people believe to be a merciful and
considerate. as we'll as just and i'm
partial judge.
All this he was: and. endowed by ma
/ ture 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 as to command the admiration
appreciation of his countrymen.
On the morning of July last, at his
beautiful summer home. Oh the soil OF
the state in which he was born, and to
which he remained always deeply attach
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 presid-
ed felt deep sense Of personal loss and
personal bereavement that he had gone
Resolved. also, That the Attorney
General be asked to present these reso-
lutions to the court and to request that
they be inscribed upon its permanent
records.
And that the chairman of this meeting
be requested to transmit a copy of the
resolutions to the family of the late Chief
Justice and an expression OF our sincere
reparable loss which they have sustained.
| The Attorney General then said:
On the last day of the last term of this
| court Chief Justice Fuller, responding to
resolutions of the bar and observations in
| commemoration of Mr.. Justice Brewer.
spoke sadly of the procession OF his
| brethren who had passed before him to
| their reward. They were all men of
marked ability, of untiring Industry and
of intense devotion to duty, but they
| were not alike. They differed. as one
| star differeth from another in glory"
| A few days later and he. too. joined
| that procession, leaving but one survivor
| of that body of great judges-Miller.
Field. Bradley, Harlan, Matthews, Gray.
BlatchfOrd and Lamar-over which he
was called to preside. when he succeeded
| Chief Justice Waite in October. 1888.
1.-THE Oldest members of this court, said
Mr.. Justice Miller. in speaking OF Chief
! Justice Waite. know of no one who was
better fitted to discharge the administra-
| tive duties of the Office of it's Chief Jus
| tice. or who ever did so with more ac-
ceptability to his associates and to the
| public at large" 026 u. 8. Appx0
| Mr.. Waites successor was to fully earn
| a like encomium. He was peculiarly well
| fitted to the discharge of those duties.
AS the presiding officer. and spokesman
/ his gentle. dignified bearing and kindly,
| considerable manner won for him the SYM
pathetic appreciation of the bar and the
| respect and affection of his associates.
| Campbell wrote of Lord Eldon: Among
his qualifications for the judgment seat
must be reckoned his fine temper and de-
| lightful manners
| These attributes in a judge are en-
tirely consistent with the possession OF
| a discriminating intellect, clear percep-
| lions and decisiveness of character. They
| tend to the preservation OF that relation
! of cordial respect which must exist be-
tween bench and bar in order that the
| tage Of clear, temperate. candid state
ment and the bar may feel assured OF
patient hearing and thorough compre-
hension by the court. The life of a
| Justice of this court Is one of unremit-
/ ting toll. The creation OF the circuit
court OF appeal in 1891 afforded 1t but
a temporary relief. Only by the most
1 arduous labor has the court been able
to keep measurabiy abreast of the bust
ness which the expanding exercise OF