| Show I JUSTICE IV V H MOODY WHO WO MAY RETIRE ITH ITIl tho thue probable retire retirement ment from public IC of ot V I Supreme Court ourt Justice Justie William H II com corn compelled Veiled to relinquish his duties by b ill III health the tho th States will lose the th services of ot one olle of oC her hr ablest most en energetic energetic arid and distinguished citizen citizens There Is lit something supremely tragic about bout the dolling of the th liken robe bv by Mr lr Ir Moody It IK is as I though the th gaunt aunt hand of ot had reached out to pluck hiluck him tram from his place of ot honor when the years p ars to open ollen to hums him H It long hong vista of usefulness and work and arid fame famo Jor he lie Is III not old In years jears as ss are aro most moM of at his MH former colleagues colleague of ot the supreme IlI court bench He lie 11 Is only fifty seven en jears tar ears of ot age and the junior ly lor v almost a decade of ot the tue young oun oct cut t of at th the men meon who ho sat lilt with him on the highest bench b of the land It Is I loss lees Ice than Ihan tour four years jears since Mr Ir took his hI place on that bench seeming ly I with lint every right to look forward to toa II IIa toa a long terra term there and with the th Pose of at the chief before J tro troI him Hut the decisions of ot hope and I expectation haie hi been an on annulled by hy illness and nd Justice Moody I will retire It was vas a brilliant career of or labor for fr forthe forthe I the tho public rood good that ended when Jun Ju Julice lice Moody was vas compelled to ab further work As member of ot the house hOIlo of ot representative K C of it thu tho navy attorney general and HU HI court justice hi he earned arnld fa tae fae e anti and recognition of or his Ills ability zeal teal zealin In the public welfare bo 8 5 instant was as 1 the recognition of or hi his In the th I house of ot representative es that al although though one of ot the th youngest members of or the th house at the th Urn tim having en served ed only two terms he w ws prominent named as cc a it 1 possible successor of or f David I II Henderson Mood lood became secretary of ot the th n nan nav v bv tI it ap rap appointment I of ot his friend President dent before Mr Henderson retired but he h In is I reported to hII said Mild Id that hei he h would not have accepted I Ithe i ithe the cabinet portfolio It If he ha had known i that Mr tr Henderson was w about abat to re retire retire tire a as aA he h preferred the I piece lace of at which Speaker Shocker Heed said there here was AI oni onh one 00 superior and no equal The course of rut f I Inta events nta however took Moody Into the i ira ra navy department where he lie made triad a record for efficiency emelen HIo Ills e or was John D 11 I ong who conducted the i I affairs of ot the department during the th war Then the at attorn torn tome generalship became vacant I through the HI election of ot l Knox to the senate cOd Moody Mood be tt I mine the he governments legal Iaal adviser That was In tn 1904 noc Two years par r later the th retirement of ot Justice Drown IIron left Ift a va vacancy a cancy cane on the supreme court bench and Mood Iod realized the th of e t years ear bv bt b taking his hi seat on nn the bench bendl of f that great reat tribunal I It H Is la recorded that Mr Ir Moody Mood Is Ia not nota I Iman Ia a man of at wealth and soul that his hla appoint i I C i I Is i 4 g j e eA A t r A IeM Pv q r u P 5 j lt S c 1 S P tt 2 I FAa 7 4 e I I I 4 r aI aIg g y t t LY 1 s i 3 JUSTICE MOODY OFF AND ON THE TH BENCH fluent to tu the MUI eu ree e court ourt was S pre ire preceded ceded bj by b d 1 il t whether luether he vv uld gi UI up Uc tL e C in II a u IHU Lav Ill Mini fish nil In iii was a a as lit it t to II Ia and orad which a hid the th tame fame 1 r the th ex general would 1 have h to high success nut Hut the prospect f pet t of or further public service long service rh It was to have been ben according to Isis his hi reasonable r expectation the tile tours course of ot i the attorney general He lie saw sa In the i IMI and the certainty e of ot retirement I Ithe the for tor the future tutu which an as ana ael I Ia a It reasonable man mn he h 11 desired and he tie made the th sacrifice of o personal gun alII Perhaps the fact tact that Mr Wr i Mood Moo l In la i not married Influenced hU his decision In reviewing the th life lit and nd career arr of or orthe the man whose ho term on nn the Is M thus thua cut off Cuff betimes one on 11 encounters ft er pathetic heUr fact tat Thi t Is I the th fre frequent tn Cr quent reminder of the th re physical and t of ot Mr Sr Moody and nd Former RON A Atell Afew tell few ears earn ago a If 0 the two tw men were aver ron corn pared frequently and the i p Mund y p I is a o of riK r in hI a nl nac III I iii thru I lie it lit Y I Mr Ir h r rit li it el lt I ri with a I thi v gum 1101 i un si n 1 fl 1111 1 Ii lis IH tremt il ut lJ end and Hi trip st at t tin tb n verv ry time Iliac when hn his hili friend mind mid c m of r nl u II year par v ar ago IlIj liU tit hi H It isa M v r of ot the thu th nay na attorney all CU u pren wan ass t Int in u 11 pa b by Illness arid ud i r i lied t to 11 give Iv e up his hla duties ditties on the Ile b I i i It I ITh The Th r l vl i otic rea reoh hi M tar let t tI II tin I h he Iii tb veal fa of ut the i wh i his hili hi ancestor rame to 10 this tIl troll from Ent He H was aa born at al i t m Mass Maca on flee Dec He Hl v 11 edu educated du due e IOd set lit t Phillips d nl vrr pr mind and at Harvard liar liso and rd In h 10 P i Ki gu c cIn In IcI HII He Hr ed 01 on the th pi uta 1181 at 11 ui r of nt f ija lI Ir to his hlo lIth otto ett t WIM uni 11 1 triet att irn of or the th 11 i ti 10 r rid net or f r Mi M MI l ett fr I l t J lie t nt to Ie n ngOs f t I till III the v a a MI I oJ I b v y in n lal ral ot 0 t II d nth In to laU toI 1111 U I His ItIs h in 1 I Is In Hi I Ii 1 Mass 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