Show j PREME COURT COURT LONGEVITY LONG justice T Harlan of or the supreme court courtr I BT 8 r the tilt United States visited his old oW fo In Kentucky recently recent and talked talk 11 i t most st of ot the court and Its It c work Incidentally he said that he lIe had no h Intention of oC resigning so 00 that the sIon of or lits ls successor is the least el t i wt mt i premature Further he said none I the other members thought of re I I Ir Harlan 75 years old is mentally and physically Chief L Fuller Is the same age Justice e Brewer Is 71 il Justice Peckham Is 70 Holmes is 13 67 G White Whitt CC McKenna 62 6 j i I II II 1 I ill I Day Da 59 5 and Moody the youngster youn Ster of oC the court is 54 Gt Justice Jostles Harlan Is the oldest in point of t service having occupied pied a place on the he bench years lacking a n few taw days Insurance actuaries know that the tiie lit literary entry enry and Judicial occupations are con on conducive conducive to longevity College CoU professors preachers editors of magazines s not o of oC newspapers all aU enjoy enJo more than the average allotment of years cars But the record of oC this supreme court Is re remarkable remarkable remarkable Justice Harlan Harl n is not only vigorous but he is js a good deal Jeal of ot a sport a fact to which he may ma owe t om orn m of this youthfulness s of oC spirit He Is I the he author of oC the declaration that golf golC golfis is not a sport but a disease and he proves it by y the passionate devotion with which he follows the game Considering the caliber of the men who are selected for tor the supreme court the country pays pas them less Jess and exacts more than any private employer would They Thoy must be profoundly learned In the law men of unimpeachable le integrity and they have he jurisdiction above hay ani other branch of ot the government Neith Neither er ar the congress nor the executive may question their decisions and upon their dictum rests the very foundation of oC government Yet they the receive less than ban most practitioners earn am and Infinitely loss less than every big corpora corporation corporation i tion pays its counsel Senator Knox for Cor Instance has probably been paid pali more in fees during luring any years of his practice within the past decade than th n Justice Harlan has earned on the bench during his entire term f C years For all aU that the supreme mc court has baa Its compensation Its members the most distinguished position in their profession they are subject to no man manthey manthey manthey they hold their positions for life con conditional l only On good d behavior lf havior they th y have the regard of oC their fellow fellowmen men In Ina ina a high degree and their emoluments emolument though t comparatively small insure comfortable living without any ap f J hp i hazards of or Ill fI health or misfortune that t attend the active practitioner at the bar b r or or the business and professional proCessional life lICe in any other calling Measured by br the doll rd they ther the theare ore are ar poorly paid but by any other cri criterion t terion teion lon they are fortunate above bove most men mer m |