Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-23


But could the Chief Justice be more
in his own household than at the hos
pitabl board of the American Bar As
ISOLATION?
A Remarkable Gathering.
This expression. as we'll as the spirit
which prompted it and the manner in
which it was received, stamped the ban
quet of the American Bar Association
as one of the most remarkable public
gatherings which have ever been held
in Washington. Many speakers alluded
to the fact that the occasion was unique,
in that for the first time within the
memory of the present generation, per-
haps for the first time in the history of
the United States, members of the
bench and bar from all over the United
States, from as far west as Oregon,
| from as far south as Florida and Texas.
and from as far east as Maine, had
gathered in intimate relation around a
dinner table with the members of the
| august tribunal they SO greatly rever-
ence, to speak their minds freely, in
common counsel, upon the state of the
nation.
There were more than 500 persons
seated at the banquet at it's beginning,
and when the addresses began, a little
| after 9 o'clock, the woman members of
the families of those present, who had
| been looking on from the galleries and
| from the doorways, brought camp
| chairs, settees and divans into the
main ballroom of the New willard.
where the speaking took place. that
they might hear and see and be part
| of the great audience. With these
| woman members of the families of the
! guests, too, came four or hve hundred
| other members of the associatlon' ~no
had not been able to obtain seats at
| the banquet because of the llmlte1
| seating space The gathering aHorded
| a spectacle that proved interesting 10
| observers.
Taft as Toastmaster.
| Former President William II. iait'
who Yesterday relinquished the presl
dency of the American Bar Association
to Gen. Peter w. Meldrim OF oa'ah-
nah. Ga, presided as POSTMASTER.
1nstice White. Justice McKenna. JUS
tice Holmes Justice Day, Justice
Hughes. Justice Van Devanter, Justice
Lamar, Justice Pitney. Justice Mchey
nolds, the ambassador OF braIii, tne
ambassador of Argentina. the minister
of Chile, Hampton l.. Carson. Chlef Jus.
tice Covington of the Supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia, Senator
Charles A. Culberson, Sollcltor Generai
Henry d. Estabrook, Frank NJ F1eld'
| Lindley NJ Garrison, Secretary of War;
Thomas w. Gregory. the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States; David FRANK
lin Houston. Secretary of Agriculture
Gen Peter W. Meldrim, A. ]. Montague
Senator Elihu Root of New York. JUS
tice Shepard. Representative EDWIN l.
Webb, John W. Yerkes and the follow
ling representatives of the families OF
former Chief Justices: William Jay OF
New York, Benja min II. Rutledge OF
South Carolina. Ernest Bradford Els
worth of Connecticut, BurweH keitf
Marshall of Kentucky. Roger B. Taney
Anderson of New York. Franklin Chase
Hot of New York. Morrison R. Waite
of Ohio and Melville W. Fuller Wallace
of Washington.
The Speakers.
The dinner was in honor of the 125tl
anniversary of the Supreme Court o
the United States, and all of thu
speeches dealt with the history ant
achievements of tina tribunal In addition
to the Chief Justice and Mr.. Taft thu
speakers included John w. ferkeS o
the District of Columbia bar. Col WI
liam Jay of New York, BurweIl keiti
Marshall of Kentucky, Henry u Esta
brook of the New York bar, Hampton
L. Carson of Pennsylvania and senate
IElihu Root of New York.
| Mr. Taft introduced Senator Root a
the leader of the American par: IN
| senator spoke remtn1scentiy, sayihS' II
part:
I'VE have never yet realized the sane
tity of making a Constitution. Yet W
are coming to such realization, 10
we know that today millions Of mel
/ are fighting-yes, dying-m Europ
\ because of different understandings b.
4 peoples of different nations as 70 VIVA
\ | is right and what is wrong and VIVA
\ rules of morality should govern TN
\ action of nations.
Mr. Yerkes spoke from text h
H called Back to the People" He quot
\ ed a speech made by Justice Hoime
n before the Harvard Law Association
H last year, in which it was said that at
= tacks upon the court are merely al
expression of the unrest which seem
to wonder vaguely whether law ant
order pay.
Mr.. Yerkes declared Justice Holme
was right when he said:
I'VE need education in the obviou
more than investigation OF the OBJ
| scure."
Back to the People.
He continued:
I'VE have abundance Of educationa
ammunition in our arsenals. We neet
men on the actual firing line, for WI
must get back to the people before thu
| people will get back Of us in support
ing columns. On Sunday afternoon. DC
| tober 4, in a public hall of this city
an address was delivered to quite al
l. I'll