Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-10 | Page 25 | "Matt" Carpenter's Explanation

"Matt" Carpenter'a Explanation. 7 Former AEetslnnt Attornoy-Gcneral , ;J James 31. B?ck told tho following ntry , f the other day of "Matt" Carpenter, tho fa- 1 moua Wisconsin Senator. Carpenter wis ! pleading a case boforo the Supremo court. v Before he had got half through with hts ? W argument the Judges had made up their ? jH mlndo that bin care was -without merit, and, moreover, that he waa unprepared. When he llnlnhed hii argument asd coun- B Bel for tho other side got up to reply (ho ' Judges whispered to eaoh otivjr, nodded, and then tho Chief JusUoq said: . iH "I don't think it will bo noewwry to 1 hear from you. sir." ' Carpenter's opponent was deaf, and he ' 1 could only tell that the Chief Juatioa vras j addressing him. Ho turned to Cerpenttr H for aid. IH "What did tho- Chief Justice say, 2att?" I IH ho whispered. j IH "He said ho'd rath cor give you the, cast I IH than listen to you," Carp on tor trawled' In ; ' his ear. Now York Times. Lv