Show a our HIGHEST TRIBUNAL its business and the great in crease of cases before it I 1 one ot of the branches of tim the united states R government which i has not extended its ita proportions proportion to keep pace with tile the growth of the country if 15 tile the supreme court the average number of now new cases before this court lias has increased from 70 per year in the years from 1850 to per year in the years from 1880 to 1885 there arc now upwards of 1300 cases on the calendar awaiting a hearing wid and as only about casessa cases can 11 imin be disposed posed of annually it willbe will be seen secil that luat the court is four years behind ito it work and as puck pack lately jackly remarked unless so something ethin is 19 shortly done to relieve this condition of things it will soon come to pass pasa that judgments awarded by lite courts will bo be paid to the grandchildren of the men braingin bringing g suit tilt for this state slate of things s Conw congress ress is to blame and the subject is per diment at tins this time lime been because tiso renewed efforts arc about to be made to se EC cure the lias passage sage 0 of some int measure asure of relief tile remedy of course is to increase tile the number of judges it i is is not idle to that tile present resent justices are civer overworked worked that they are among the few public who really earn their salaries still and 1 a I great deal more accordingly as le legal leal 1 al ability aud and labor is ligual usually 13 compensated n the cases disposed of yearly is more than one for each working day from which it will be seen t that hat no busier wen men than these can be found within the realm of the legal profession and few outside of that ahat profession arc ace aware of the labor entailed even in ili some of the ordinary cases in which there have been conflicting opinions and it in which the law is required to be settled once for all the supreme court as now constituted consists of a chief justice with a salary of per year and eight associate justices with salaries of the justices are appointed by the president to 10 hold for life or I during 0 good 0 behavior the officers of I 1 the it le court include a bleik and deputy clerk a marshal and a reporter when the court is in ili session the justices sit in a row as shown in the illustration below the chief justice in ili the middle morrison it II waita of ohio the lite present chief justice is now within half a year of his abree score and tell ile ho was appointed by pros pres grant in ili 1871 and has therefore served eleven years at the hie right of the chief justice sits tile senior associate justice samuel V 1 miller of iowa who is said to be the cleverest headed roan man of the mile lie ile was appointed by pros pres lincoln in ili after several years service on oil the circuit bench in iown iowa where lie established a ic puta patalion pu tiou as a leod lawyer and upright judge 0 that became national nati oual ion long bafo before re sir mr lincoln became resident president allany min stories ire arc told of the way judge millers nomination was first fira suggested SLI to mr lincoln but the facile fact lint hit ir lincoln knew him aud and of ilia his qualifications for the place disposes of them all at the left of the chief bustle Jusli ie all and next in ili seniority of appointment sits stephen J field of california who villo was also appointed by mr lincoln in ili upon tile dl demand of tile hie pacific lost that it should have a representative upon the Sti supreme preme bench with this consideration there was the other that growing out of the peculiar land system of california there had accumulated c uniti a vast amount of litigation some of which had found its ts wy way to tile the court anil ami no no mail was more familiar nith ith the legal questions involved than judge field ile ho is of the bin cizl order of men and though 7 quite old enough to 0 go p into acl retirement i rement will take his own time in getting etting about it joseph P bradley sits nest to lo judge fudge 0 miller at the right and be too lias has passed tile the seventieth milepost ile he was appointed by pres graut grant in 1870 and hailed from new jersey that appointment is too recent to remind tile the reader that it was charged that it was made to reverse the alio decision of the samo same court that lit in 1870 had declared tile the legal tender net act unconstitutional rho safety safely of tile the nation may possibly haie h c been involved lit in this decision anyhow that was tile the prevailing yiew view oi of the matter at that time at tile left again arid and next to ta justice field is john 21 haden of kentucky who is a true type of ohp blue bine grass z gras product lie ife was vas appointed lit in 1875 by mr ilayev upon the earliest solicitation of judge key an anil other lother southern gentlemen of bt the bench and liar har justice opinions tire nrc and delivered in a 1 I very terse and direct st alle le but cannot be commended for licati ty of dic diction tiou any more than can those of wlliam william 13 wood of georgia who is aso also till an appointee of mr tr clayes ll ayes justice aads wac ds is in ill thu the prime it if not the ii agor igor I 1 of mail lood out is a good 1 lawyer Us ns the llie goes oca down in ill gcorge georgia 0 1 I ond and socially one 0 f icat fellows in tile llie particular social circle to lie in belongs lit in A detent do tent re gard for f air candor moves tile writer to assay say thit that tile legat legal frat fraternity ermily 0 generally does not iceo recognize alize justice as lie equa I 1 of OF an any V of af his coadjutors on oil tile of ohio wat uan first to tile 8 1 preme bench liy hy irei hayes IIi yes but bi t the llie senate yei itle adjourned on oil the last day of term leaving the nomination ull eted upon pres gornell ir field renewed it howeiler liow howe cier iier ond lie was confirmed mr matthiews is 1 a I lawyer of superior ability having occupied a high 0 position at tile llie bur bar for several ears cars previous to ids his ap P 0 ment to tlc alc bench horace G arny r i y nt at one end of tile llie lane lanc and samuel sit nt the othern arc re the llie two remaining jut justices ices both are appointees of alres aithur I 1 the first from 1 and I 1 lie latt from frodi new ew boik city justice gray cray wa was taken staken from the coin I 1 acu cli ch in ill boston n here lie he had bad pr arc VIA for mail maicy years lit in the capacity capa 4 tip neily cily of re potter ilo 11 therefore lias has oli tile law a at t his ton alic I 1 a old is as it il erf anti and it h i doubtful itty any of his fellow jutt justices ices colt can number so many authorities upon any given legal proposition and cite so many decisions offhand in support of them justice Ul atchford Blatchford was for many years upon the federal bench in ill the city of new york anti anil naturally is master of maritime to which branch lie he Is is ar specially ally assigned and in which he finds his hands more than full an ali atmosphere of funereal solemnity pervades the chamber at all times yet the dignity of this the hillea 0 t judicial tribunal tr in christen low is not lot so 80 severe ai kit has been charged or as might be imig imagined ined there was ft a great greal deal of formal ceremony in ili tile court some years ago 1110 most of it coming comilla down from tile the ED english list courts but it has gradually disappeared until there Is is now low very very little left tile the early justices were treated with high I 1 respect not unmingled with vi ith 1 a I certain degree of awe and members member of the bar seldom attempted to be familiar with them cither on or off the bench unless they were in intimate social relations it is related of henry clay chiy who was noted for suavity that thai lie he stopped one tiny day lit in liis his argument before the court and advancing to the bench in it graceful innane r a pinch cintli of snuff from awn tho the box of tile the justice saying 0 III 1 I perceive that your our honor s ticks sticks to the scotch hSc tind and then TC resumed luned his speech this excited comment at that time lime antl and justice story said 11 1 1 do not believe there is a man mail 1 in u the lie united states who could have hav e done that but mr clay 1 l law j ers were it at one time expected to appear ili in court in ili full dress suits stilts of bi black ack with milled shirts knee breeches silk stockings and low slices shoes with willi silver buckles but now tho the custom is to near car plain black frock suits in ili the lite first part of the century tile justices wore wims wigs rhe black silk robes worn b by y clergymen ck of tile the episcopal church before enteria entering g the cou court rt chamber chambe these gowns are donned lit in the in room with tile the aid of colored attendants tend ants at high ili h noon of each cadi day during daum the court terni term which extends from october to june the crier requests all persons in the lite chamber to rise and then in stentorian voice announces noun ces the honorable tile the chief justice and lite associate justices of tile llie supreme court of the united states preceded by tile marshal the procession of judges enter the room headed by tile chief justice tile the other jold acs foll following oiin according ili to seniority in sen ice standing ng a for an instant at their respective chairs they exchange m salutations with the bar and take seats the chief justice occupying his in fit advance dyance i of the rest tile rier then opens court with the usual 0 yes 1 0 yes 0 besl ys and business proceeds much the same as in courts of final resort in ili the several states the first chief justice was john jay ot of new law york who served from 1789 to 1895 1803 and following in the order named were jolin john of south carolina oliver ailsworth of connecticut john marshall of virginia roger 11 taney tancy salmon 1 P chase zid and the present incumbent marshall scrod 31 years and taney tancy 28 years tile the former lias has been called the lite great thief chief justice because of his bis eminent qualifications lie was n very peculiar nun mail in his personal characteristics anil and noted no cd for his plain if not nol shabby style of dress like ex vice pres hamlin ho he never wore in ait overcoat even lit in the col coldest coddett dett ieather tile the of ficini etiquette of lV washington ashington t requires that the members of tho the supreme coutt shall pay nil an official ial visit to the president on the day of opening op etting the die annual term of court and on oil new years lay day the court room of the supreme court is the old senate chamber a part of the capitol building first erected tho the room is scinic semicircular in form and of grecian design desi n outside theanea the area occupied for tile the use of attorneys are arc a few rows of seats seals cushioned lit in red eclet for the use of spectators of aich there are never very many except on oil occasions when some eminent lawyer is to make inake tit an argument the speeches before this cebirt court however are arc not of the popular sort lawyers address the court in ili a quiet conversational sat ional tone citing a the facts and nil the authorities the mannerisms and byro pyrotechnics which are arc successful before a joiy have n no 0 effect here lver saturday durin during the term the chief justice parcels parcel s out to liis his associates the cases that have been submitted doling duding the week assigning to each the ases cases upon which chic h li he e is best qua liged to pass an opinion the rile opinions when ilien written are arc read alad discussed before the full bendi bench before being p promulgated abed and nil often there is one or more dissenting 0 justice all cases casas 1 brought roti 0 lit here must involve an in amount in ill controversy tro versy exceeding 0 toledo |