Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-25
D. c. BENCH AND BAR
Join IN EULOG|ES
Memorial Rites Held for
Late Justice Anderson, A. A.
Birney and E. H. Thomas.
WARM TRIBUTES ARE PAID

Memorial services by the bench and
! bar were held this afternoon at city
hall for Thomas H. Anderson, late
associate justice of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia; Arthur A.
Birney. former United States attorney
for the District of Columbia, and Ed
ward H. Thomas. former corporation
counsel for the District. Mrs. Anderson
her sister. Mrs. Augustine, and mem
bers of the families of Mr.. Birney and
Mr.. Thomas were present as guests.
Justice Wendell P. Stafford made the
address on behalf of the bench. dwell
ing on the character and lifework of
his former associate, Justice Anderson.
He called him "an admirable judge, well
endowed by nature, well trained by
practice at the bar and broader by
public service of an important charac-
ter; one who had mingled with men of
affairs and understood the ways of the
world"
After reciting incidents of Justice An
derson's ability as a prosecutor. and
referring to his mother wit" and. his
faciifty at repartee, Justice Stafford
said:
Mind Open to Light.
But on the bench he approved Ba-
cons sentence: Judges ought to be
more learned than witty, more advised
than confident There indeed he was
swift to hear, slow to speak His mind
was like a room that had windows on
all sides; 1t was open TO the light from
every quarter. II he had any prejudices
j never found them out. In a Judge
partiality is the objectionable sin. Al
most any other fault will be forgiven
by the most generous of professions
Partially never will be and never
ought to be. No judge was more pains
taking or Industrious. and SO as years
went on his knowledge of the. law
broadened and deepened and his useful
ness increased.
He has left an excellent record. His
judgments have born well the test of
review and reconsideration and will
stand the acid test of time, for they
were dictated by keen sense of JUS
uce- His idealism showed itself not
only in matters of the weightier sort,
but In those generally accounted of
secondary fmportance-in the punctili-
Gus observance of all that was due to
those about him. in a fastidious care of
his own appearance. in an infallible
sense of decorum and fitness in the
circumstances of any occasion. But
the quality with which he will always
be associated in our recollection, al
most to the exclusion of the rest ESQ
courtesy. his almost perfect patience.
Kindly and Forbearant.
I'm position that tries mems souls
perhaps as much as any he bore him
self with invariable dignity. kindness
and forbearance. If he had not been
too modest TO do so he might have
taken to himself the words of the
psalm: Thy gentleness. hath made
thee great We are inclined to think
Of such rare trait as a gift of nature,
but Justice Anderson once told me that
he was naturally of quick temper and
had acquired self-control at the cost of
many struggle"
In concluding his eulogy Justice
said:
Here is a character we shall never
faithful and urbane. Here
is memory that will be pure and fra
grant to the last Often shall we think
of him and often say:
Green be the turf above thee
Friend Of my better days,
None knew thee bat to love thee
Nor named thee but to praise.