Show CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE appropriate action of the courts and members of the bar there was a large attendance of the members ot of the bar at the third dis triet court this morning alter after the opening business jude J G sutherland arose and amid the impressive stillness that pervaded the room addressed the court as follows may it please the court my brethren of the bar have devolved upon me a painful duty the formal announcement to this court of the death of morrison R waite who has filled for louisteen lou fou iteen years the exalted position of chief justice of the supreme court of the baited states list last week he was in his seat and read react a learned opinion in pronouncing the judgment of that coutt before the end of the week lie he hart had vacated that chair forever his lorensic ture lore and judicial labors are aln finished dished well finished though he had seen his three score years yeara and ten lie he still retained in lull full vigor his bis great bacul ties the measure of his usefulness seemed not to be filled he has singularly endeared himself to the legal profession and to all classes in our count country rv he was learned buthe but he was vas as kindas kind as learned all his faculties and gifts were happily ad busied to nuke make a great and good man ills his loss is universally mourned it seemed fitting to the oar bar that the announcement no should be made to this court t and that resolutions expressive ot of the general sense of loss should be admitted to a place upon the journal of the court I 1 offer two resolutions Ee Res solved alred that in the death of df morrison it waite we sadly recognize the loss to our country of ft a great and good man a worthy and broadminded broad minded citizen a learned and d a upright right judge a di IC fled and affable justice in vie 10 hig highest est judicial tribunal and the legal profession a distinguished member that as a mark ot of respect 1 to the deceased and as a testimony of the general sease of the melancholy event the courts of this territory be moved to cause tho courtrooms court rooms to be draped with mourning during the ensuing term I 1 ask your honor that these resolutions be admitted to a place upon the journal and that upon the adoption of these resolutions the court adjourn for the day united states attorney george S peters then said if your honor please in seconding the adoption of these resolutions I 1 do not know that I 1 can add anything to chathas what has already been so truthfully by judge sutherland and so truthfully set forth in the resolutions that we have just heard beard read I 1 may be permitted to add however it if your honor please that the citizens of the adopted state of the late chief justice without regard to party deeply deplore the death of judge waite and I 1 think il if your honor please that it is but a fl fitting thoat his great life and a a fitting testimony to his services that these resolutions be adopted the court asked whether there were any others who desired to offer remarks and judge 0 W bennett arose and said may it please the court but a word I 1 had a slight acquaintance with the chief justice socially it had been my privilege to attend upon the court several times during the time he was chiet chief justice from the knowledge of him as chief justice upon the bench and from knowledge which I 1 have gained in association with him socially though not intimately I 1 heartily concur in the expressions contained in the resolutions and the remarks of the chairman of the committee who has just now presented them it is a fitting occasion in this court especially that notice should be taken of the death of one so eminent and so nearly connected with the judiciary of which this court is a part it seems to me that the office of chief justice of the supreme court of the united states is about the summit of human glory so far as it is attainable in our protes profession sion now the last chief justice following a long line of illustrious predecessors has gone to that land of shades to test the realities of the future hobent leaving behind him an illustrious name as a lawyer and judge more than that he has gone clience his bis death regretted and deplored certainly by the bar throughout the country and quite as certainly generally by the people ol of the country while it may not be claimed that the chief justice was a brilliant man or the greatest lawyer who has lived it will be concede conceded ed by all that he be was a very learned lawyer a most excellent judge that he had bad a mind well poised learning earning almost inexhaustible and ana laborious patience almost unequalled unequal led the temper of his mind was such that he brought always clear judgment to his aid in deciding the cases presented of stalwart frame ame and resolute mind he be brought such a measure of I 1 industry to chis labors that those labors seemed to be and in fact were herculean ile he was able t work from early morn till late at night and his work was always intelligently and well done leaving that work and going into the social ocial circle he was the life fe of the circle into which he went he had bad that peculiar faculty of mind which enabled him to work steadily and well but to lay it aside at the proper time and indulge in those social pleasures which so much jauch jend endeared eared lim him to those who came near him I 1 think we may safely say that one of our greatest men laid down lifes burdens when chief justice waite wits was called hence I 1 favor the resolutions chief justice zane then said the court heartily concurs in the sentiments expressed in the resolutions and agrees with the bar in the estimate placed upon the life and character and public services of the late chief justice waite the numerous opinions that he has written are now and will be recognized in after ages as a valuable contribution to the great science dedicated to the ascertainment of human rights and human duties the protection of mankind and the preservation of the liberties of the hupan race these opinions published in tile the reports of the high court over which he preside dand his bis spotless and stainless private and public life will constitute an enduring basis upon which his fame will rest secure through coming ages they will stand after the disintegrations of time shall have crumbled the marble or the brass raised at his tomb the motion is allowed and the resolutions and the remarks of members of the ba bar r will be spread upon the records of the court a copy thereof sent to the widow and copies furnished to the public press of the city for publication out of respect for the memory of the late chief justice this court now adjourns until tomorrow morning at 10 |