Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-29
TRIBUTE TO HARLAN
Supreme Court Spreads Reso-
Iuti0nS on Its Minutes.
APPEAL OF CHIEF JUSTICE
Address Regarded as Plea to Peo-
pie for Support.
HARLAN LIVED UP TO IDEAL
Strove to Make Great Tribunal the
Bulwark of Liberties Intended
by It's Founders.
HARLAN LIVED UP TO IDEAL

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What was interpreted by some lawyers
| as an appeal to the people to support the
| Supreme Court of the United States
against current attacks was made today
| by Chief Justice White in pronouncing a
| tribute to the late Associate Justice Har-
Ian.
He spoke Of how Justice Harlan la
bored ito make fruitful for the benefit
of all his countrymen the power for good
of that ideal and undying personality
the Supreme Court Of the United States"
| Then he added this apostrophe to the
court:
THE offspring Of the devotion Of our
forefathers to human liberty and their
genius for creating institutions for its
perpetuation SO noble in conception and
yet SO simple in execution: SO ordinary
| in its incidents and yet so majestic as a
servant of the whole people: so weak and
yet so strong because founded upon the
affection of all the people and depending
for its existence upon their continued
support"
Praise by Chief Justice.
Chief Justice White paid a feeling
tribute to the abilities and mental
equipment of his late associate and
friend. saying in part:
In the first place there was ever mani
tested the supreme Importance which he
attached to the performance of his judicial
work and the consequent dedication which
followed Of every mental and moral facul-
ty OF his being to the doing of that work.
In the second place, there was likewise
constantly mani. ested q purpose to do
Justice as 1t was given Kim to see it,
justice resting not upon mere metaphysi-
cal conceptions or distinctions Of casuistry
concerning the lines of separate between
right and wrong, but q justice based upon
what seemed to him to be common sense
OF justice, begetting an ever-present and
vivid purpose to uphold the right and to
Illustrate the wrong, and ever to see to 1t
tnat the weak were not overmaStered by
the strong.
Reverence for Constitution.
I'm the third place-and this was the
most prominent of all-he possessed q
reverence for and an implicit faith in
our constitutional institutions; a faith
which knew no doubt and caused him
to believe that the power OF adapta-
bility Of those institutions was ade-
Quate to meet and provide for any pos
sible condition, however complex or
novel. And as these dominant quail
ties were potential In giving shape and
form to his mental attributes. the latter
in substance were but the reflex of the
former. His methods of thought, in
disregard Of mere subtleties or refined
distinctions, led him to the broadcast
lines of conviction, and as those lines
were by him discerned and differences
between himself and others became i'm
nnSCihlo IF reconciliation the rfa
of mind with mind was by him carried
on, not with adroit fence or subtle play
of reason, but with a directness and
entire disregard of all narrower points
servable with reference to his conclu-
sions on questions concerning powers
of government arising from constttu-
tional limitations and the consideration
of asserted violations of the rights of
individuals protected by such limita-
TONS"
Resolutions Of Bar.
The court placed upon the minutes the
resolutions recently adopted by the bar
in honor Of the late Justice Harlan. At
torney General Wickersham presented
the resolution. as follows:
THAT the members Of the bar Of the
Supreme Court of the United States re-
cord their profound appreciation OF the
life and labors which were brought to a
close by the death of Mr.. Justice Harlan
HE was dedicated at his birth to the
profession of the law by his father, who
was himself an honored and distinguished
member Of that profession. and prophecy
| of a personal career was never more
completely fulfilled than that which spoke
| in the christening of John Marshall Har-
| lan He came into an heroic epoch OF
American history. and mentally ana
physically was cast in an heroic mold.
Bore Arms for Faith.
| I'm his earliest manhood he entered
upon the practice of his profession, and