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pine Justice off-tke supreme cptirt,
; In whose honor.tUe reception. iwas
supposed to be given, were cooling
thoir hoels on the other side ot&6
door. j
The chief justice made cubing
apology tot the delay, An4 efitfy
Justice as lie shook hands wittfythe
president did the same. The next
day Chief Justice Fuller and Justice
Harlan, the eonior justice on the
, bench, went to the White House and
had an interview with President
Roosevelt. They did not do a thing
to him. President Rdosevolt ex
plained that it was an. accident, but
cno ciiier justice and Justice Harlan
In their turn carefully explained that
it was an acclderft that could not
happen twice. President Roosevelt
assured the chief Justice and Justice
Harlan that the catastrophe should
' pot happen again. Since then no
. further catastrophies have occurred.
'. At the New Year's Day receptions
at the White House an arrangement
- is taado which jmts the supremo
court after the ambassadors, but the
vice president and the cabinet have
! precedence over the ambassadors
and diplomatic corps, so that the am
bassadors do not have it all their own
way. At 11 o'clock the vice presi
dent, the cabinet and the diplomatic
corps follow each other in order. At
11:20 the supremo court, followed
by all of the judges of the inferior
courts, are received, followed by
former members of the cabinet and
American ambassadors who happen
to be in Washington. Thus the
status is established that foreign
ambassadors have precedence merely
.as a courtesy to guests of the coun
try, and the supreme court is given
precedence ovet American ambassa
. dors.
When the president entertains the
supreme court at dinner no ambas
sadors are asko'd, and the dinner 1b
strictly a judicial one. The chair
men of the house and senate judi
ciary committees and members of
the committees are asked, the attor
ney general and other distinguished
judges and lawyers. In seating jus
tices of the supreme court at dinner.
private or oillclal, they take prece
dence of cabinet officers and of every
one except the vice president. If
there are two or more justices at a
dinner th.y are given precedence
In the order of their seniority on the
bench.
The chief justice Is addressed as
"Mr. Chief Justice," and hjs card
bears the simple inscription, "The
Chief Justice." The associate jus
tices are addressed as "Mr. Justice,"
and their cards bear the inscription,
"Mr, Justice Smith," without the
first name or initials.
As with ambassadors, persons
must be Introduced to the justices,
but it is permitted to invite them "to
meet" persons of distinction.
Tho salary of the chief justice is
$13,500, and that of tho associate
justices $12,000. This, of course,
leaves rio margin for extravagant liv
ing, and unless a justice has a pri
vate fortune he is compelled to live
modestly. Comparisons are often
made between the splendid salaries
of English judges and the modest
stipends of the supreme court of the
United States, but there has never
been any difficulty in getting lawyers
of the highest ability to accept a seat
upon the supremo bench. Tho idea
has ajways been that the honor is so
great, the emolument is secondary.
Justices are eligible for retirement
an; full pay at 70 years of age,
Vhere are two retired justices:
living; t Justice 3rown, who lives
in Washington, and Justice Shiras,
who lives in Pennsylvania.
The supremo court usually forms
i qlose and intimate circle of its
wn. Its festivities consist chiefly
hi very- serious dinners, with a solid
menui r and sound old wines. Until
tlcea were much addicted to solemn
and prolonged games of whist, and
to bo asked to a supreme court whist
party was a very great honor to a
whist player.
The justices affiliate, almost en
tirely with lawyers and judges and
senators and representatives who
have high legal reputations.
Jt Is considered highly indecorous
for a lawyer or judge to Initiate any
sort of campaign for an appoint
ment to the supreme bench. As a
matter of fact, It would ruin the
chances of appointment' of any judge
Or lawyer to make an effort to be
appointed. It is erenerallv under
stood that every judge of a high
court in the United States is In a
receptive mood, and senators and
representatives are eager for ap
pointments to go to their respective
states. They are authorized by cus
tom to present the merits of judges
and lawyers of their states to the
president, who is glad tb have such
information, but it is wholly gratui
tous on the part of these senators
and representatives.
The methods of reaching a deci
sion are very tnorougn in the su
preme court and require vast labor.
When a case has been heard everv
justice writes out his individual opin
ion. They are then presented and
read in conference. If the court is
unanimous, a justice is selected to
write a composite opinion. This is
written and presented to the other
justices and gone over carefully.
Changes are frequently made and
the opinion is rewritten many times
and with utmost care.
crooks and grafters in the peniten
tiary. It will have a wholesome
effect,
It will not discourage graft to
have it known that tfie culprit who Is
caught at it can escape worse punish
ment by paying back tho graft.
Lincoln (Neb.) Star.
TAKES TWO .
The editor wrote: "Beat Madame:
The verses entitled 'The Kiss', are
very clever. Can you assure me that
they are -original?"
The authoress answered: "Sir:
Not quite. 'The Kiss' was a collabo
ration." Cleveland Leader.
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COMPROMISING WITH GRAFT
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Tamils
of Chicago seems to be a man of ad-
miraoie spunk. It is refreshing to
see once in a while a Judge who ob
jects to being trifled with even by the
government.
Three men were indicted in Chi
cago upon charges of having defraud
ed the government out of large sums
of internal revenue. It is a serious
offense, and conviction carries the
possibility, or rather the certainty,
of severe punishment.
One of the three was tried to a
jury in Judge Landis' court and was
convicted of having aided in defraud
ing the government out of $100,000
in company with tho other two men.
Then the other two got scared and
proposed to settle by paying the gov
ernment the revenues withheld by
them. It reached the ears of the
court that the treasury department
was disposed to settle in that way.
The process suggested itself to
Judge Landis as a revolting one, un
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victed and not calculated, to discour
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Wherefore he delayed eentence of
the culprit who had been convicted
and openly declared that if the treas
ury department settles with the oth
ers he will turn the fellow loose.
Judge Landis is right about it.
Those who defraud the government,
or any private person; ought to suffer
punishment.
Public officers wht settle these
cases and relinquishment prosecu
tions upon merely getting the money
back are pursuing a dangerous
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It is questionable if they have any
right to settle with criminals. It
looks too much like compounding a
crime.
Representatives of the government
have been doing too much of this.
It doesn't look good. It doesn't look
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It opens a way for suspicion of
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