The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-06

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buried with military honors
day that would have marked /
The Supreme Court sorrow
fully recessed its session
today in tribute to its former
colleague, characterized by
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes as "a great jurist and
a noble friend"
The court viii adjourn Friday for
The services, at which members will
serve as honorary paIbearers.
Congress rang with tributes TO the
great liberal justice whose dissent
ing opinions in % years of service
on the high court bench we're
unique in American judicial history.
BrandeiS Deeply Distressed
Senator David I. Walsh Cd, from
Justice Holmes home state of Mas
Sschusetts. led the eulogy IN the
senate. Justice Holmes" ne said,
was a veritable soldier all the years
Of his life. always fighting for JUS
tice and truth"
Among Supreme Court members
keenest sense OF loss was telt. All
had been his close friends and adj
mirers. even those who disagreed
with his philosophy.
Justice Louis d. Brandeis, who
uith Mr.. Holmes, made the phrase
Holmes and Brandeis dissent al
most a by-wOrd Of the court, was
viSiblv shaken. Himself in his late
seventies. Justice Brandeis was per-
haps Justice Holmes closest friend
Of late years.
Justice Brandeis was pale and dis
tressed. He looked neither 10 the
right nor left. Fellow members COM
forted him with a murmured phrase
or a silent handclasp-
Tribute Paid by Pettingill
In the House. Rep. Samuel B. Pet
tineiu ID, Ind paid tribute to the
justice.
1t is my belief" he said. that If
his dissents Of 10. 20 or 30 years ago
had been accepted as the true guide
posts 10 our development, much Of
:he trouble Of today would have been
spared us
The President said:
oliver Wendell Holmes. associate
Justice Of the United States Supreme
Court. retired. has left Us.
The nation has lost one Of its
first citizens.
We can not minimize the grief Of
his passing. but We can find solace
IN the thought that he was with us
for so long. His was a life Of rare
distinction: soldier. scholar. author,
teacher. iurist and gallant gentle
man. he pcrSOnified throughout his
long career the finest American ira
ditionS."
Fine Perspective. Saws Roosevelt
Endowed with q keen and pierre
ing intellect which vas mellowed by
kindly humor and understanding, -
said Mr.. Roosevelt. he had a power
fll and beneficent influence upon
the nation.
-Imbued with 4 high sense Of
Justice and right he believed IN the
peaceful evolution Of the new from
the old. He had a fine perspective
II history as A continuous and liv-
ing thing and with courage and logic
believed in the shaping Of govern
ment TO changing conditions.
The people OF America mourn
the death OF the venerable and be-
loved Justice.
Mrs. Roosevelt and I have had
the high privilege Of his friendship
for many years. Our sorrow in his
passing IS great"
End Is Peaceful
Death came 10 the Justice after
= brace but futile battle against the
great enemy Of the aged. pneumonia.
From the start there appeared lit
lie hope his gallant but feeble bodS
could withstand the onslaught Of
the disease.
Yet for a week he carried on the
fight with courage. The end was
peaceful. A little knot OF reporters
had waited outside the old-fash-
toned brick house. three blocks from
the White House. for news Of the
death which physicians conceded
vas inevitable.
Justice Holmes Law in a roomv.
Victorian bedroom on the second
floor. A handful OF people main
tanned vigil.
The Justice Is Dead"
They we're Edward Holmes. the
Justices nephew and closest rels-
ton: his wife. Prof. Felix Prank
furter, one Of Justice Holmes clos
est friends. and his associate IN
philosophy; Mark Howe. q former
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