Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1893, Page 11

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OF353253 52353 3393 337333353370 oF #Shoes zAs An Advt. Just as an advertisement and to show you how mu “sand” we have we quote ‘no-profit’™ prices on Men's Ladies’ Shoes that ought to erowd tr tH night. id Soysand Misses’ Shoes Half price Crawford’ pepe ito ddiddeasicetdaeaeddddededade adda large _ beautifully | | was committed THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. 0, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, THE NATION'S RISE. Vice President Stevenson Speaks for the Senate. THE DIVISION OF POWER. A Century Without Parallel in History. PROMISE OF THE FUTURE. The United States Senate had as spokes- man at the celebration today its dis- tinguished presiding officer, Vice President Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson said: Fellow Citizens: This day and this hour mark the close of a century of our na- tional history. No ordinary event has call- ed us together. Standing in the presence of this august assemblage of the people, Vice Fresident Stevenson. upon the spot where Washington stood, we solemnly commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the nation’s Capitol. It is well that this day has been set apart as a national holiday, that all public busi- ness has been suspended, and that the President and his cabinet, ‘the members of | the great court and of the Congress, unite with their countrymen in doing honor to | the memory of the men who, 100 years ago, {at this hour and upon this spot, put in place the corner stone of the Capitol of the American republic. The century rolls back and we stand in the presence of the xrandest and most imposing figure known to any age or country. Washington, as grand master of Free and Accepted Masons, clothed in the symbolic garments of that venerable order, wearing the apron and the sash wrought by the hands of the wife | of the beloved Lafayette, impressively and in accordance with the time-honored usages of that order, is laying his hands upon the corne: stone of the future and permanent Capitol of his country. The solemn cere- monies of that hour were conducted by Washington, not only in his office of grand master of Free Masons, but in the yet more | august office of President of the United States. Assisting him in the fitting ob- servance of these impressive rites were | representatives of the Masonic lodges of | Virginia and of Maryland, while around him stood men whose honored names live with his in history, the men who, on field and in council, had’aided, first in achieving independence ‘and then ‘in the yet more difficult task of garnering, by wise legis- lation, the fruits of victory. Truly the cen- tennial of an eyent so fraught with in- terest should not pass unnoticed. | A Century Without Parallel. History furnishes no parallel to the cen- tury whose close we now commemorate. Among all the centuries it stands alone. | With hearts filled with gratitude to the God of our fathers, it is well that we recall | Something of the progress of the yo | republic “since the ‘masterful hour “when Washington laid his hands upon the foun- dation stone of yonder Capitol. The seven years of colonial struggle for liberty had terminated in glorious victory. Independence had been achieved. The arti- cles of confederation, binding the colonies | together in a mere “league of friendship,” | had given place to the Constitution of the | United States—that wonderful ingtrument. so aptly declared by Mr. Gladstdne to be “the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time, by the brain and purpose of man. Without @ dissenting voice in the electoral college Washington had been chosen Presi- dent.At his council table sat Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence; Hamilton of whom it has been said: “He smote the rock of the natural resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet;" Knox, the brave and trusted friend of his chief during the colonial struggle, and Edmund Randolph, the impress of whose genius has been indelfbly left upon the Federal Consti- tution. Vermont and Kentucky as sovereign states—coequal with the original thirteen— had been admitted into the Union. The Supreme Court. consisting of six members, had been constituted, with the learned jurist, John Jay, as its Chief Justice. The popular branch of the Congress consisted of but 105 members. Thirty members consti- tuted the Senate, over whose deliberations presided the patriot statesman,John Adams. ‘The population of the entire country was Jess than 4,000,000. The village of Washing- ton, the capital—and I trust for all coming ages the capital—contained but a few hun- dred inhabitants. Many Places of Meeting. After peace had been concluded with Great Britain and while we were yet under the articles of confederation the sessions of the Congress were held successively at Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton and New York. In’ the presence of both houses of Congress on the 30th lay of April, 1789, in the city of New York, Washington 14d been inaugurated President. From that hour— the beginning of our goverament under the Constitution—the Congress was held in New York until 1790, then in Philadelphia until 1800, when, on November 17, it first convened in Washington. The necessity of selecting a suitable and central place for the permanent location of the seat of gov- ernment early engaged the thoughtful con- sideration of our fathers. It cannot be supposed that the question reached a final determination without great embarrass- ment, earnest discussion and the mantfesta- tion ‘of sectional jealousies. But, as has been well said, “the good tem finally prevailed,” ‘a disirict of territory, on the River Potomac, at some Place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch and the Connogacheague,” was, by act of Congress of June 2, 1790. “accepted for the permanent seat of government of the United States.” The Permanent Capital. From the 17th day of November, 1300, this city has been the capital. When that day came Washington had gone to his grave, John Adams was President and Jefferson the presiding officer of the senate. It may be well to recall that upon the cccasion of the assembling for the first .ime of the Congress in the Capitol President Adams appeared before the Senate and the House, in joint session, and said: “It would be un- becoming the representatives of this nation to assemble for the first time in this solemn temple without looking up to the Supreme Ruler of the universe and imploring His blessing. You will consider it as the capt. tal of a great nation, advaacing with un- exampled rapidity in‘ rts, in commerce, in wealth and population and possessing with- in itself those resources which, if not thrown away or lamentably misdirected, will secure to {t a long course of prosperity and self-government. ‘To this address of President Adams the Senate made reply: “We meet you, sir, and the other branch of the natlo.al legislature! in the city which fs honored by the name of our late hero and sage, ‘he ili Washington, with sensations and em: which exceed our power of descripticn.’ From the date last given until the burn- ing of the Capitol by the British in 1814, in the room now occupied by the Supreme Court library, in the north wing, were held the sessions of the Senate. That now al- most forgotten apartment witnessed the as- sembling of Senators who, at an earlter perfod of our history, iad been the asso- ciates of Washington and of Franklin, and had themselves played no mean part in crystalizing into the xreat organic Inw the deathless principles of the Declaration of Independence. From this chamber went forth the second declaration of war against | Great Britain, and here, before u as a court of impeachment, was arra'gned a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to answer the charge of al- leged high crimes and misdemeano: With the rolling vears and t growth of the republic came ke imperative n ssity for enlarging its Capitol. The ates upon this subject culminated in thi act of Congress of September 30, 1850, pro- viding for the erection of the north and south wings of the Capitol. Thomas U. Iter was the architect to whose hands the great work. Yonder Senate rapid | noble structure will stand for ages the si- lent witness of the fidelity with which the important trust was discharged. Webster's Words. ‘The corner stone of the additions was laid by President Fillmore on the 4th day of July, 1851. In honor of that event, and by Fequest of the President, Mr. Webster pro- nounced an oration, and while we have 3 country and a language his words will touch # responsive chord in patriotic heari Beneath the corner stone was then depo: ed a paper in the handwriting of Mr. Web- ster, containing the following words: Tf it shall hereafter be the will of God that this structure shall fall from its vase, that its foundation be upturned and this de- posit brought to the eyes of men, he it then known that on this day the Union of the United States = of America stands firm, that their Constitution still exists unimpaired, with all its orig- inal usefulness and gtory growing every day stronger and stronger in the affections of the great body of the American people, and attracting more and more the admira- tion of the world. And all here assempled, whether belonging to public life or to pri- vate life, with hearts devoutly thankful to Almighty God for the preservation of the Mberty and happiness of the country, unite in sincere and fervent prayers that this de- posit, and the walls and arches, the domes and towers, the columns and entablatures now to be erected over it, may endure for- pods The Old Senate Chamber. From the 6th day of December, 1819, until January 4, 1859, a period of thirty-nine years, the sessions of the Senate were held in the "present Supreme Court room. This was, indeed, the arena of high debate. When, in any age, or in any country, has there been gathered, within so small com- pass, so much of human greatness? To even suggest the great questions here dis- cussed and determined would be to write a history of that eventful period. It was, in- deed, ‘the coming together of the master spirits of the second generation of Amer- ican statesmen. Here were Macon and Crawford, Benton, Randolph, Cas: Houston,Preston, Buchanan, Seward,C Crittenden, Sumner, Choate, Breese, Trumbull, Fessenden, Douglas, Clay, Calhoun, Webstér and others scarce'y Jess ‘Mlustrious. Within the walls of that little chamber was heard the wondrous de- bate between Hayne and Webster. There began the flerce conflict of antagonistic ideas touching the respective powers of the states and of the nation—a conilict which, transferred to a different theater, found final solution only in the bloody arbitra- ment of arms. For little more than a third of a century the sessions of the Senate have been held in the magnificent chamber of the north wing of the Capitol. Of the procession of sixty-two Senators that, preceded by the Viog President, Mr. Breckinridge, entered that chamber for the first time on the ith day of January, 169, but four survive. Not one remains in public life. It is, inde2d, now a procession of shadows. The Nation’s Growth. When the foundation stone of this Cap!- tol was laid, our republic was in its infan- cy, and self-government yet an untried ex- periment. It is a proud reflection today that time has proved the true arbiter, and that the capacity of a free and Intelligent People to govern themselves by written Constitution and laws of their own making is no longer an experiment. The crucial test of a century of unparalleled material Prosperity has been safely endured. In 1798 there was no city west of the Alle- ghantes. Today, a single city on Lake Michigan contains a population of a little less than one-half that of the republic at the time of the first inauguration of Wash- ington. States have been carved out of the wilderness, and our great rivers, whose silence met no break on their pathway to the sea, are now the arteries of our interior trade, and bear upon their bosom a com- merce which surpasses a hundred-fold that of the entire country a century ago. From fifteen states and 4,000,000 of people we have grown to fifty states and terri- tories and 67,000,000 people; from an area of 905,000 to an area of 3,600,000 square miles; from a narrow strip along the Atlantic sea- board to an unbroken possession from ocean to ocean. How marvelous the in- crease in our national wealth! In 1793 our imports amounted to $31,000,000 and our ex- rts to $28,000,000. Now our imports are ,000,000 and our exports $1,030,000,000. Thirty-three millions tons of freight ‘are carried on our great lakes, whose only bur- den then was the Indian’s eanoe. Then our national wealth was inconsidorable; now our assessed valuation amounis to the enormous sum of $24,650,000,000. ‘Then trade and travel were dependent upon beasts of burden and sailing vessels; now steam and electricity do our bidding, railroads cover the land, boats burden the waters, the tele- graph reaches every city and hamlet, dis- tance is annihilated, and “Civilization, on her luminous wings, Soars, Phoenix-like, to Jove.” In the presence of this wondrous fulfill- ment of predicted greatness, prophecy looks out upon the future and stands dumb. When this corner stone was laid, France, then in the throes of revolution, ‘had just declared war against Great Britain—a war in which all Europe eventually became in- volved. Within a century of that hour, in the capital of France, there convened an international court, its presiding officer an eminent citizen of ‘the French republic, its members representatives of sovereign Eu- Topean states, its object the peaceable ad- justment of ‘controversies between Great Britain and the United States. Was it Richelieu, Mr. President, who said, “Take away the sword; states can be saved without it!” ‘The Mechanism of Government. In no part of our mechanism of govern- ment was the wisdom of our fathers more strikingly displayed than in the division of Power into the three great departments— legislative, executive and judicial. In an equal degree was that wisdom manifested by the division of the Congress into a Sen- ate and House of Representatives. Upon the Senate the Constitution has devolved important functions other than those of a mere legislative character. Coequal with the House in matters of legislation, it 1s, in addition, the advisory body of the Presi- dent in appointments to office and in treat- ing with foreign nations. The mode of elec- tion, together with the long term of service, unquestionably fosters a spirit of conserv- atism in the Senate. Always organized, it 4s the continuing body of our national legis- lature. Its members change, but the Sen- ate continues the same now as at the first hour of the republic. Before no human tri- bunal come for determination issues of weightler moment. It were idle to doubt that problems yet le in our pathway as a nation as difficult of solution as any that in times past have tried the courage or test- ed the wisdom of our fathers. Yet, may we not confidently abide in the faith that in the keeping of those who suc- ceed the illustrious sages I have named the dearest interests of our country will be ithfully conserved, and in the words of an eminent predecessor, “though these mar- ble wall: another age, may bear into a new and rger chamber the Constitution, vigorous and inviolate, and that the last generation of posterity shall witness the deliberations of the representatives of American states, still united, prosperous and free.” And may our fathers’ God, “from out whose hand the centuries fall like grains of sand,” continue to the American people throughout all the ages the prosperity and blessings which He has given to us in the past. —_—._—_ BASE BALL. Al Maul Pitches an Excellent Game at St. Lo In the first game at St. Louis yesterday Maul did some phenomenal pitching. Not @ man went to base on balls and only three hits were made off his delivery. Clarkson was fairly effective, but bunched hits and Hornung’s assistance ga-e them three runs in the fifth. They ma*e two more in the ninth on errors and lucky hi ‘The Browns reversed the decision in the second game. Gleason was not very ef- fective, but he kept the hits scattered. The Browns put up a phenomenal fielding game. Attendance, 6,500. The scores: Washington, 5; St. Louis, 6. St. Louis, 5; Washington, 1. ‘Other games resulted: Chicago, 11; Brooklyn, 2. Baltimore, 7; Cincinnati, 5. The championship games played on Sat- urday resulted as follow Chicago, 8; Philadelphi: Brooklyn, 11; Loutsville, Louisville, 12; Brookly Boston, 7; Pittsburg, New York, 11; Cincinnati, 7. Cleveland, 9; Baltimore, 0. St. Louis, 7; Washington, 6. W. L. P. | Boston... 82 36 Pittsburg 72 46 Philada.. 68 49 Clevel'd.. 64 82 NewYork 64 55 Brooklyn 61 56 (First game.) . 9. (Second game.) Cincinnati. Baltimors. ‘hicago. St. Louis... Loutsville. Washingt'n 39 — Do not fail to attend the opening at Bos- well, Copeland & Merkling’ 415 7th street reszare Vednes- day evenings, the 19th and 2th. Store to be open until 10 p.m.—Advt —— Lu Lu vs. Boumt, Shrine ball game, Thurs- day, September 21. Tickets, 60 cents.—Advt. molder into ruin, the Senate, in | #d¢ him sat Bushrod W northwest, of furniture, draperies, upholster- | \fes, bedding, &c., on Tuesday and 1893—TWELVE PAGES. Mr. Justice Brown Speaks Eloquenily for the Judiciary. THE NATION'S GREAT JUDGES. The Capitol the Seat of the High- est Tribunal. REVIEW ‘OF ITS HISTORY. Justice Brown, United States Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Henry B. Brown of the Su- preme Court of the United States spoke eloquently this afternoon at the Capitol centennial celebration for the judiciary. He said: This grand and beautiful building, whose centennial anniversary we are met to cele- brate, was designed primarily as the offi- cial abode of the Congress of the United States, but from its completion to the pres- ent day it has also been the seat of its highest court. The judiciary act of 1789 re- quired the sessions of the Supreme Court to be held at the seat of government,which was then the city of New York, and at the Exchange in that city in February, 179, the court was organized and the judges, with Chief Justice John Jay at their head, Were sworn and qualified according to law. Nothing appears to have been done, how- evr, beyond the appointment of subordinate officers and the entertainment of the court jt an elaborate banquet (a feature relig- |fously commemorated at its centennial in 1890), until the February term of 1791, when the court met in the south chamber of the city hall, in the city of Philadelphia, to which place the seat of government ‘had been removed, and continued its sessions there until 1801, when it was finally trans- ferred to Washington. its sessions in Philadelphia would not have been memorable but for the great case of Chisholm against the state of Georgia, in which the majority of the court, held that an action would lie by an individual against @ sovereign state of the Union. This case marked the beginning of a confilct between the federal government and the states which agitated the court for the next sev- enty years, and still occasionally engages its attention. To this generation, accus- tomed as it is to the prompt and cheerful acquiescence of the public in Its decisions, the excitement created by this case can scarcely be realized. The state of Georgia not only denied its obligation to appear, protested against the jurisdiction of the court and declined even to submit an ar- gument in its own behalf, but refused to obey the judgment, and denounced the pen- alty of death against any one who should Presume to execute final process within its jurisdiction. The popular prejudice against the deciston finally culminated in a consti- tutional amendment, which practically nul- lifled the judgment’ of the court and in- hibited private actions against a state. Plain as this provision seems to be. this amendment, so far from putting at rest the suability of a state, has been pregnant with ltigation to the present day. Chief Justice Marsh: The vigorous life of the Supreme Court may be sald to have begun with the ap- potnthent of John Marshall as chief justice and the cotemporaneous transfer of its ses- stons to a room in the basement of this Capitol beneath the chamber of the Sen The court met here tn August, 1801, and the next sixty years, the most important in the history of the court, this vaulted and gloomy crypt continued to be its home. In this apartment were pronounced the great which established the fame of the expounder of the Constitu- tion and the foremost jurist of the country. The constitution had been adopted by the vo! of the thirteen states of the Union, but its construction was a work scarcely less important than its original creation. With a large liberty of choice, guided by no precedents and generally unhampered by his colleagues upon the bench, the great chief justice, determining what the law was the articles of confederation and from an innate consciousness of what the country required a theory of construction which time has vindicated and the popular sentt ment of succeeding generations has ap- proved. In the case of Marbury vs. Madi son, which arose at his very first term, he declared the judicial power to extend to the annulment of an act of Congress in con- filct with the Constitution, a doctrine pecu- lar to this country, but so corhmending it- self to the common sense of justice as to have been incorporated in the jurispru- lock of this check upon the action of the legislature has wrecked the constitution of meny a fo state, and it is safe to say that our own would not have long sur- vived a contrary decision. Had Marshall rendered no other service to the country, this of itself would have been sufficient to entitle him to Its gratitude. ‘The fame of Marshall rests upon less than thirty of his opinions. He rarely cited an authority, but the reasons he gave were so cogent that no amount of authority would have strengthened them. While his opin- fons lack the exhaustive research of Jus- tice Story’s’ they surpass them in vigorous logic and seem like the summing up and compendium of all prior adjudications upon the subject. His associates upon the bench ‘were worthy compeers of such a man. Be- hington, a favor- ite nephew of the general; a man of small and emaciated frame, but a laborious stu- dent, sound in judgment, “clear in state- ment and learned in discussion;” a federal- ist of the Marshall type and a judge “fear- less, dignified and enlightened,” whose opin- fons have always commanded the respect of the profession. Here also sat William Paterson, who had been a Senator trom New Jersey and one of the authors of the famous judiciary act of 1789. Here, too, was Story, who has been called the Walter Scott’ of the common law, the foremost juridical writer of his age, a student whose Passion for research halted not at the con- fines of the law of England and America, but embraced all that was accessible in the ancient and modern jurisprudence of con- tinental Europe—an ‘author whose works were as well known and as much respect- ed in Westminster Hall as in the court rooms of his native country. While his fame as a writer has eclipsed to a certain extent his labors as a judge, his opinion upon circuit in the case of De Lovio v. Bolt is unsurpassed in learning and research, and may be justly said to have laid the foundation ‘of our admiralty jurispru- dence. ‘The Bar. ‘The bar was not less illustrious than the bench. At its head was Edmund Randolph, first Attorney General of the United States, whose fearless conduct of the Chisholm case against the state of Georgia, unpopular as it was, elicited even the admiration of his enemies; William Pinkney, the most emi- nent lawyer of his age, who unjted profun- dity of thought and brilliancy of expression to an extent never equaled, except possibly by Rufus Choate; William’ Wirt, the most persuasive orator of the bar, who argued against his native state the power of Con- gress to incorporate a bank; Daniel Web- ster, then In the fullness of his intellectual gor, pleading in a voice choked with emo- later, defending the Christian religion against the stigma cast upon it in the will | of Stephen Girard; Dexter of Massachusetts, Hoffman, Ogden and Emmett of New York, Ingersoll, Sargent and Binney of Pennsyl- vania, Martin and Harper of Maryland and a score of others scarcely less notable, who contributed to make of this the golden age of American oratory. The first and what may be termed the | federalistic era of the Supreme Court termi- | nated with the death of Marshall in 1835. In @ judicial career of thirty-four years he had | so borne himself as not only to win the a plause of his friends, but the respect of his political opponents. He had not only set- by what he thought it ought to be, evolved | from his own experience of the defects of | dence of every state in the Union. The| THE SUPREME COURT. | tled the construction of the Constitution upon a broad and liberal basis, but.he had immeasurably increased the importance of ithe court. From a tribunal of little appar- tion for the life of his alma mater, and, | emt consequence he had raised it to the dig- nity of @ co-ordinate branch of the govern- ment. It seems somewhat strange to the present generation that the first Chief Jus- jce should have resigned to accept the gov- orship of New York, and to have sub- sequently declined a reappointment, be- cause, to use his own language, he was “perfectly convinced that under a system 80 defective it would not obtain the energy, weight and dignity which was essential to its affording due support to the national government, nor acquire the public conf- lence and respect, which, as the last resort of the justice of the nation, it should pos- sess.” The little esteem in which it was held induced Harrison, a nominee of Wash- ington, to decline a seat upon the bench to take the chancellorship of Maryland, and its removal to this city seemed of so little importance that its first meeting and organ- ization there were noticed by a single sen- tence in the National Intelligencer. Chief Justice Taney. ‘The death of Marshall was soon followed by the elevation of Roger B. Taney to the Chief Justiceship, and an almost entire re- construction of the bench by Jackson and Van Buren. This, which may be called the states right era, continued until the middle of the civil war, when the court was again Partly reconstructed by President Lincoln. hile Chief Justice Taney went upon the bench staggering under a load of unpopu- larity in the whig states—an unpopularity which had once caused his rejection by the Senate for the office of associate justice, it must be conceded that he was a worthy successor of Marshall. Though feeble in body, his intellectual grasp was something wonderful. He was prompt and decisive in action, vigorous in expression, spotless in integrity, and in his manner the extreme of courtesy. While his personality dominated the bench for twenty-five years almost as completely as had that of Marshall, he was supported by men of distinguished ability and large experience. Johm McLean of Ohio, whose dissenting opinion in the great case of Prigg versus Pennsylvania, read after the lapse of fifty years, makes us wonder the majority of the court could have gone so far astray. Wayne of Geor- gia and Catron of Tennessee, who earned at least the gratitude of the north for the Tesolute adherence to the Union after the outbreak of the civil war. Peter V. Daniel of Virginia, the strongest champion of states rights who ever sat upon the bench, a man of great ing, sturdy independence and strict integrity, who devoted a long judicial life of nineteen years largely to the writ- ing of dissenting opinions. Nelson of New York, of venerable and leonine aspect. Grier of Pennsylvania, who had well earned the compliment paid him by President Grant upon his retirement, that by his patriotic firmness he had “upheld the just powers of the government and vindicated the right of the nation to maintain its own exist- ence.” Benjamin R. Curtis of Massachu- setts, one of the greatest minds that ever adorned the bench, who would have been the most eminent judge of the court if he had not resigned after a service of six years to become its most eminent practitioner. In 1860 after the removal of the Senate to its new chamber in the north wing of the Capitol the Supreme Court way transferred to the room it now occupies. This room, beautiful in itself, and made more beautiful by the removal of the galleries which had encircled its walls, had already become his- toric as the theater of the greatest forensic displays of an age when oratory had still Preserved its classic traditions and had lost nothing of its potency as a moving power of legislative bodies. But the great men of that generation were no longer there. Web- ster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton and Wright were all dead, and a new generation of Sen- ators had risen up to take thelr places. The ays of eloquent appeal, fierce denunciation and heated strife were past. Henceforth this chamber was dedicated to the calm de- Uberations of the bench. ‘The Present Era. ‘The third era of the Supreme Court, which continues to this day, may be said to have begun in 1862 with the appointment of Justices Swayne, Miller and Davis and the subsequent elevation of Chase to the chief justiceship. This era, too, has been productive of t judges. Time forbids that I should do more than mention tt names of Chase, whose laurels as the great War Secretary were not dimmed by bis service upen the bench; of Waite, the very ideal of an accomplished lawyer and cour:- ly gentleman; of Miller, whose massive head did not belie his massive intellect, und whose fame as a constitutional lawyer is second only to that of the great chief jus- tice; of Mathews, a patriotic soldier, a Sen- ator of the United States and the most eio- quent orator of the court; of the chivalrous Lamar, whose kindly smile and genial taan- ner captivated the hearts of men and women alike; of Bradley, who concealed beneath the visage of an’ Italian cardinal the most marvelous versafility of genius, a lawyer equally at home in all branches of the profession, real estate, mining, patents, equity, admiralty and the ctvil law, @ linguist, a mathematician, an tronomer and a philosopher, and the lament- ed Blatchford, painstaking and indefatiga- ble, who loved work for its own sake, and whom the allurements of an ample fortune could not seduce from his chosen field of labor. It 1g invidious to speak of the living, vet I cannot forbear alluding to the venerable survivor of that illustrious trio, who for more than twenty years swayed the opin- fon of the court, one who sits with us to- day, his eye not yet dimmed, nor his nat- ural force abated, a reminder of what the court has been in the past, a promise of what it shall continue to be in the future. It does not become me to eulogize the Su- preme Court, but it may be justly scld that white It has had weak mon history makes no mention of its having had a cor- rupt one. Tf, as at present constituted, it neglects to fullfil its mission it will not be from a failure of its members to fully appreciate their responsibility or the lack of an warn- est desire to meet the just expectations of the people. I cannot better close than by reiterating the hope expressed by the House of Repre- sentatives in its reply to President Adams upon the dedication of this building, “that the spirit which antmated the great founder of this city may descend to future genera- tions; and that the wisdom, magnanimity and steadiness which mark’ the events of his public life may be imitated In all suc- ceeding ages.” ——————— ‘Two Small Fires. Saturday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock some excitement was caused in the pension office when a volume of black smoke was seen issuing from the windows on the cast side of the building. No. 6 engine company was called to the building, but the fire, in- stead of endangering the records, was only in the basement, where the waste material was kept. About six tons of the waste paper had to be thrown away. Yesterday morning about 8 o'clock an alarm of fire was sounded from box 415 for fire in houses 1017 and 1019 6th street south- west. The cause of the fire ts unknown. The damage amounted to about $275. a ee Stella Horton's Will. In the matter of the estate of the late Stella Horton, alias Annie Northcutt, Geo. H. Northcutt’ of Howard county, Md, cn Saturday filed a petition in the Orphans Court claiming to be the son and only heir- at-law of the deceased woman, contesting the will heretofore probated, in which her half sister and one Joseph H. McCann of this city were bequeathed the estate. Judge McComas certified the petition for a hear- ing before Judge Cox. tee Prof. Towlew Death. Prof. Wm. B. Towles of the University of Virginia died on Saturday at Charlottes- ville. Dr. Towles was but forty-five years old, and apparently in perfect health, so that his death 1s a great surprise to’ bis friends here and elsewhere. He had a wide reputation in educational circles, and sides his chair in the University of Virginia occupied one of importance in the Univer sity of Vermont. The funera! services were held in Charlottesville yesterday morning, and the body was then brought to this city, where it arrived at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The interment was in Glenwood. a An American hotel is to be opened in the Eternal City. There were twenty cholera deaths in St. Petersburg Saturday. Greece has a mercantile marine employing 26,800 sailors. 'WENTY YEARS THE LEADER!!! Coughs, Pleurisyy Rheumatism, Sclati Tambago Backache, and External ats removed quickly by BENSON’S which is the on}; ROUS PLASTER muteacay POROUS PLASTER ene = aoe SAFE and Benson’s Plasters Prevent Pneumonia. It does not cure chronic ailments in a min- ute, nor does it create an electric battery or current in the system,nor will it cure by merely reading the lal all such claims are made quacks and humbugs. BENSON'S is - pees Physte ot and Druggists. AUT! I be ‘vy unseropaless Drag. such ee ep te ak ey cae era Seen one FR THE GRAND CHORUS, /BoSez7 "= ¥ ome oe How Today's Event Was Celebrated in Song. FIFTEEN HUNDRED VOICES. A Musical Army Organized for the Occasion. WORK OF PROF. CLOWARD. ‘The great centennial chorus, which proved such a feature in the exercises at the east front of the Capitol this afternoon, has re- flected much credit upon all who have been tn any way connected with its formation and training. When the project of assem- bling a chorus of 1,000 voices to participate in the official exercises was first presented to Mr. Lawrence Gardner by Dr. Frank T. Howe the chairman of the executive com- mittee did not believe that so large a body of singers could be secured, but told Dr. Howe to go ahead, and said that if he se- cured a chorus of five or six hundred it would be an exceedingly creditable effort. Prof. N. Du Shane Cloward. Mr. Gardner appointed Dr. Howe chair- man of the subcommittee on chorus, and at the first meeting of the music committee there were several plans presented. The two that were most discussed were for an allegorical cantata, which should in four parts symbotize the development of che United St..es from the revolution to the present time, and Dr. Howe's project of a grand chorus of 1,000 voices to sing selec- tions mainly of a patriotic character, with perhaps two numbers of a higher mu- sical order, but with which most singers would be familiar. As the time for assem- bling the chorus was limited the ‘atter plan was adopted. The committees were barred from serious consideration of the cantata, from the fact that it could not be used in the official program, and at that time it was uncertain whether a night concert could be given. Arranging the Details. Having decided upon the character of the music to be sung the committee then se- lected as the director of the chorus Prof. N. Du Shane Cloward, and Dr. Howe was directed to commence with him the organi- zation of the chorus. This was proceeded with in the most systematic manner. The city was divided off into districts, and as- stant conductors were selected. It was believed that suburban towns in and Virginia would be glad to assist in this movement, and communication was opened with Rockville, Takoma, Hyattsville, Alex- andria and Falls Church, a favorable re- sponse being received from each. A meeting was held of the gentlemen te- lected as assistant.conductors, and the plan of work was explained by Dr. Howe and Prof. Cloward. All present entered heartily into the movement, and the result today demonstrated how faithfully the lead- ers had worked and how diligently the members of the chorus had practiced. The Assistant Directors. The assistant directors of the several di- visions were as follows: Georgetown, Frank H. Barbarip; western, D. B. MacLeod; northwestern, Jno. P. Lawrence; northern, E. D. Tracy; north central, Geo. W. Eaw- rence; central, W. 8. McArthur; east cen- tral, 8. H. Jecko; southwestern, G. P. God. ron; Capitol Hill, Dr. F. J.” Woodman. northeastern, J. H. Hunter; Anacostia and Hyattsville, John A. Roeder; Takoma, The- odore Friebus, jr.;_ Rockville, Hezekiah Trail; Alexandria, D. T. Gambrill; Falls Church, 8. H. Kimball, Mr. John P. Law- rence was the assistant general director, but he also took charge of the northwest division. All the divisions held rehearsals once a week, and in some cases toward the close of their work two and even three rehear- sals a week were had. There were three combination rehearsals, the first being in the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, on Capitol Hill, when the Capitol Hill, north- east, southwest, Anacostia and Takoma di- visions came together for the first time. The second combination rehearsal was held in the First Congregational Church, the northern, north central, central, east cen- tral and’ Le Droit Park divisions partict- pating. The third big rehearsal was in the Baptist Church, corner of 16th and O streets, in which the northwestern, the western, the Georgetown and Takoma di- visions took part. At these rehearsals Prof. Cloward directed, devoting the time chiefly to the two heavy compositions, Dudley Buck's Te Deum in E flat and “The Hea- vens are Telling,” from Handel's oratorio of “The Creatio The Solo Cho! In each of these compositions there is work for soloists, but as individual voices would be insufficient on an occasion like today, where the singing took place in the open air and with a brass band for an ac- companiment, a choir of over fifty soloists was formed and prominent singers were invited to participate. Those who sang in the solo choir today were: Sopranos— Misses Bertha Lincoln, Blanche Mattingly, Mary Helen Howe, Marle Macnichel, Amy Law, Sue H. Wilson, Flora Holden, Sa Nicholson, M. 8. Culley, Ida O'Neai, Mrs. Miss Ani ‘ora Howes and ik; contralios—Mrs. W. S, Curriden, Mrs. Eulalie Domer Rhee-n, Mrs. 8. H. Bodfish, Mrs. Eva Cowling Weston, Mrs. Josephine Esputa Daly, Misses Paul- ine Whittaker, Blanche Yewell, Martha Mundell, Mary Dashiell, Lillian O, Bur- roughs, Belle Ingram, Florence McNally; tenors—D. L. Burnet, A. 8. Yennell, Jas. H Forsyth, G. W. Lawrence, Jacob’ Scharf, S. C. Mason, Fred. A. Grant, Jas. G, Tray- lor, B. W. Beebe, J. A. Roeder, Frcy 8, Foster, George Scharf; basses—W. a. Wid- ney, Wm. De Ford, Hiphonto Youngs, jr. B. A. Ryan, J. A. Hunter, F. H. Barbarin, Dr. T. J. Woodman, Theo. Friebus, jr., H. T. Statham, Dr. Andrew 8. 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It was deter- mined by the music committee to make that rehearsal a public one and give to the People of Washington an opportunity to see how a great chorus is drilled, It was also believed that by charging a small price for admission the treasury of the executive committee could be materially benefited. How well that rehearsal succeeded has al- ready been told. So carefully had the dif- ferent sections been drilled that when the Tundred, came togeth 7 cane jun came er they sang as though they had been rehearsing enmasse for weeks. The inclemency of the weather Prevented the committee realizing as large @ sum as they had hoped, but a check for $222 was handed to Mr. John Joy Edson, the chairman of the finance committee, as the result of their efforts. From a musical standpoint it was the most Pronounced suc- cess that Washington has ever known. Never before hes so large a body of sing- ers been massel in one program in any city south of Boston and memory must go back to the great jubilee festivals of Gil- more in 1869 and 1872 in order to find any- thing approaching the excellence of the work of the centennial chorus. The Leader's Great Work. ‘The work done by Prof. Cloward in or- ganizing and drilling this great chorus has been of the most commendable character. He has carried to the work of organization the highest executive ability and in the task of drilling the large body of singers he has ¢isplayed musicianly intelligence and inde- fatigable energy. He has personally visited nearly every division one or more times during the period of rehearsal and hae, as has been said, conducted all the combina tion rehearsals. Although comparatively unknown to the mass of citizens when he commenced the work of organizing this cen- tennial chorus he has now become familiar in every section of the city and is probably Personally acquainted with more musical ple than any man who ever lived in | ‘ashington. He has systematically kept a record of every singer in the chorus in this work he has been Mr. Jacob Scharf, who has acted as gen- eral secretary of the chorus. This has been accomplished by dally reports from the sec- retaries of the several divisions and this | Mr. Scharf has = Mr. Schart consolidated in Mr. Clow. ‘The movement for the chorus has re- ceived the generous support of the public, and particularly the churches of the city, tne trustees of which have placed their buildings at the disposal of the different divisions for rehearsal purposes; so that, while ordinarily the labor of organizing and preparing such an immense chorus would involve the outlay of a good deal of money, in this instance the only expense to the general committee has been the pur- hase of music and some minor incidentals. This, of course, does not include the erec- tion of the stand or the pay for band music. ‘The Chorus Today. ‘The work of the chorus today was all that | was expected by those who heard the re- hearsal last week. In the Te Deum, with which the program opened, there was a per- fect interpretation of the lofty and devo- tional sentiment that pervades this great composition. In “The Heavens Are Tell- ing” there was vigor and spirit and perfect harmony in the immense chorus, all obcy- ing the baton of the director. In the other two numbers the work of the chorus was equatly good, and the familiar strains of “The Star Spangled Banne~" and “Amer- ica” were never heard with more inspiring: effect. Prof. Fanciullf. ‘The chorus had the services of the United States Marine Band as an accompaniment to its work, the Secretary of the Navy hav- ing directed that the band should aid in the Proper performance of the exercises it- tendant upon the celebration. The excel- ———— eas wh.g\ Secrets ce of s Pearl. anes ‘4 Suc- cess? Justa few to show that its enormous growth was only natural. First: The article was precisely what its makers claimed it to be and no improvement has been found. Second: The public was told all about Pearline—so new and so different from old ideas, people had to be educated. ird: Every woman who has used it tells how much it has done for her; that while the cost is nominal, she has found it the best, always the same, perfectly harmless ; and that the saving by using cheaper imitations for a year wouldn’t be enough to pay for one ruined garment. ‘Beware of imitations. 3 JAMES PYLE, N. ¥, You Have TWO FEET And those two feet must have Shoes, for the ‘Weather wasn't made on a bare-footed plan. 9s 5 $3.75 buys Men's $6 French Patent Leather Bals. $2.95 buys Men's $5 Russia Calf Bals. $1.95 buys Misses’ $2.50 Bright Dongola Spring Heels. $1.15 buys Boys’ $2.50 Button Shoes (sizes 4, 5 and 5%). $1.95 buys a Ladies’ $3.50 Button Shoe. $1.85 buys a Ladies’ $3 Button Shoe. In fact @ little money buys about twice as much 5 you can get elsewhere. THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE, Gro. W. Rica : 919 F STREET N. W. ‘THE PEOPLE'S RESORT FOR GENUINE BARGADSS. seo @et the Best, THE CONCORD BARNESS. LWTZ & BRO, 407 Penn. ave., adjoining Natioaal dota. ‘Trunks and Satchels st low prices, oozes lent work of this band, which ts the priis of Washington, is well known, and its task 4s accompanist to the chorus was perform- ed with that intelligence and artistic finteh that was expected. The distinctive baed numbers were given with all the exquisite shading and richness of tone color that the band has acquired by constant practice un- der competent leadership. CONGRESS AND THE CENTENNIAL The Joint Committee That Acted With the Citizens. After Congress had met last month in extraordinary session the central comnilt- tee at once recognized that as a matter of necessity and courtesy an additional com- mittee on legislation should be appointed from the central committee, to confer with the joint congressional committee, whieh, through the efforts of the central commit- tee, was appointed to consider and approve on behalf of Congress the program and other matters arising in connection with the celebration. The joint congressional com- mittee was appointed as follows, seven members from each house: Senators Dan- fel W. Voorhees of Indiana, John Sherman of Ohio, M. W. Rensom of ‘North Carolina, William E. Chandier of New Hampshire, Stephen M. White of California, Watson C. Squire of Washington, and John Martin of Kansas; Representatives W. D. Bynum of Indiana, J. De Witt Warner of New York, John @ Biack of IMlinois, George W. Howk of Ohio, David B. Henderson of Towa, Chas. O'Neill of Pennsylvania and William Cogs well of Massachusetts. To meet and confer with this congression- al joint committee the following Inembers of the central committee were appointed: Lawrence Gardner. C. C. Glover, Duncan S. Walker, E. B. Hay, M. I. Weller, & W. Woodward, H. L. Biscoe, B. H. Warner, A. R. Spofford, J. M. Toner, John Joy Biowe, Beriah Wilkins, John W. Ross and Marshw 'W. Wines. At'the several meetings of this composite committee the members of the central committee outlined what had sl Teady been done in the work of prepara- tion and also the program of the various exercises and ceremonies. The work et preparation was duly *approved as well &s the program, the joint congressional committee expressing ‘great gratification upon the work Aone. Other results of the organization of the congressional joint com- mittee was the passage by Congress of two joint resolutions authorising the loan of flags and bunting for the decoration of the Cafilol and stands, the making of celebration day a legal holiday in the trict and an acceptance of the invitation extended Congress to be present “at the ceremonies. DUFFY'S PURE FOR MEDICINAL USE NO FUSEL OIL You have beard physicians scientific people say that there is nothing so goed for checking coughs, wenkuesses and sudden sick mess as whiskey. and that whiskey should, first of all, be pure. There is no whiskey known to the world been used universally for years. It i# the most popular whiskey known te the world today. Insist upon yous When The Mood Struck You, EVANS DENTAL 1217 Pa Ave N. ~w FALL AXD WINTER OPEMING, LONDON AND PARIS Bonnets and Hats. Tuvrspary Axo Frrar, SEPTEMBER 21 AND 22. 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