Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-16
On "The Chiefv


Of office that cross the throat. one
carries, if he be converSant with
History and tradition, q great meas
urc Of obeiSance to the Law, that
was born of necessity and that has
dealt so securely with men and ma
tons, that we would substitute It
for War and make 1t the arbiter of
all quarrels in a Court of World JUS
ticc, wherein the liti%ations of ma
tons could be dealt with as honestly
as they have between Man and Mans
since the first courts of the days Of
Moses, the great law giver.
But what manner Of man Is this
that we would approach-our Chief
Justice Of Maine, whom we may meet
familiarity, if We please, if YOU Will
but come along with me- Is he
stern Judge or Just regular man
with love Of life; knowledge Of men,
and kinding zeal for humanity?
l would say I lot if | dared about
the "Chicf'; about evenings by his
fireside and among his books; of
stories that he tells; of fun that he
enkindlcs; of practical, old-fashioncd
folk stories that he reels off; of re-
partee, in which he is master beyond
any other man of my acquaintance;
Of Renaissance and of cultural asides
which are peculiar to himself. But
first permit NE
This IS Hon. Leslie Colby Cornish,
born in WINSTON, Maine. and edu-
Gated at COLBY College as a starter
nobody like him IS ever educated in
any particular spot or pace-they
just go on educating themselves day
| by day in every way. lie Is along
in the sixties, but has the shining
face Of a youth. You would ask, if
YOU saw him, WI no IS that man.
with the countenance Of scholar
and the head Of a Roman Senator?'
| can hear him laugh at the idea Of
anyone asking such 4 question: for
| he is modest and unconscious Of
| himself; but 50 It is for fact. lie
| has the look Of lis ottice-the Chief
| Justice.
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