Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-06


LOT the United States Circuit court for
years later he was appointed junior
lelerk of the supreme court by Mr..
Carroll, and on the appointment OF
Mr.. Middleton as clerk, became act.
ling deputy after the authorization
lby law Of the appointment Of depu-
~ clerk, by the United States circuit
courts, he was appointed to that POI
lsition, which he occupied until the.
10th of May, 1880. when he was Sc
llected by the supreme court as Mr..
Middletonss successor. The linani.
unity of the bench in voting for him
Twas marked by the exertions of Mr..
Justice Hunt, who although confined
Ito the house by serious illnes and
not having been to the courtroom for
several months, left his chambers and
went to the capitol to declare his APP
ipreciation of Mr.. Mckinney by cast
/ ing his vote for him. s.5
Mr. McKenney was also elected and
served as the secretary of the cleo
torial commission in 1877. Mr.. Nc
Kenney married Miss Virginia Walk
Ter of Washington in 1862. Two sons,
Frederick d. Mckinney and Charles
"A. Mckinney, survive him; also q
brother, H. C. Mckinney, and sis
ter, Miss Mary A. Mckinney. A
scrapbook kept by Mr.. Mckinney
during his service as clerk Of the
court CONTAINS thousands of clippings
bearing on the proceedings and work
of the court. During his service ne
administered the oatn to probably
10000 lawyers upon their admission
to practice before the supreme court.
s In making the announcement of the
death of Mr.. Mckinney, Chief Justice
White spoke in high terms of his life
and character. He said:
I'm entering the order appointing
clerk because of the death of Mr.. Nc
Kenney, the court is unwilling to let
the occasion pass without making
some note on its records of the
character of the services rendered by
Mr.. McKenney to the court and the
country for so long time, and also
without expressing for permanent
record the sorrow which the members
of the court feel at the loss which
has been occasioned by the death of
Mr. McKenney. .-..
, mir. McKenney became connected
with the work of the court as far back
as 1858, first as junior, clerk, then as
acting deputy; then, when the statute
authorized it, as the deputy clerk;
and finally, in 1880, upon the death of
Mr.. Middleton, he became clerk OF !
the court. 1
During al the long period of more
than so years, with diligence, with
q a ord
the court and the country. The con-
ISOLATION at his loss to the court and
the country is this: That no one
can look over thetperiod Of time dur
ing which he served and consider the {
grave subjects. with which the court
dealt during that time, and with ref
erence to which the clerk was called i.
upon, within his sphere of duty, to
act, and deny that the effect of those /
services so faithfully rendered re-
bounded to the benefit of the people +
of the country and to the pTeserVa-
ton of our constitutional system OF 4
government, which remains as the /.
safeguard OF every right and the f
guaranty of the liberties of all.
The consolation Of those united to &
him by ties of kindred and personal
affection is that they have the herr
tage of a long, virtuous and we'll =
spent life which, if contemplated in e
the light of faith, brings to them the
that it's rectitude finds
place on the minutes of that court of Il
everlasting and infinite power to U
which all human conduct must come /
for ultimate judgment; and That that
record affords ground for faith to |
believe that the one whose loss they i
deplore is gone to his everlasting re-
ward
], Z. Maher Now on the Job n
The eighth clerk of the court,
James D. Maher, designated by Chief
Justice White as the choice of the
court to succeed the late James H.
was born at West Point, II
n Y, October l, 1854, removing toll
in 1862, and being edu-
Gated in local schools. He has been
in the service of the court for As
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