MARSHALL DAY CELEBRATION.

The centennial anniversary of the installation of JOHN MARSHALL as chief justice of the United States was celebrated before the Supreme Court of Illinois, under the auspices of the Illinois State Bar Association, at Springfield, on the fifth day of February, 1901. This day was chosen for the reason that the court could not be in session upon Monday, February 4. The term having convened, Judge Jesse Holdom, of Chicago, president of the Illinois State Bar Association, addressed the court, as follows:

May it please the court-We are assembled here to-day to do honor to the memory of JOHN MARSHALL,-soldier, statesman, diplomat, jurist, and to celebrate the centennial anniversary of his installation in the Supreme Court of the nation as chief justice of the United States,-the most exalted judicial position in this republic. This celebration is, with the generous sanction of this tribunal, held in the presence of this court in the capitol building of our State, under the auspices of the Illinois State Bar Association, and like exercises have been held throughout the length and breadth of this land and participated in by courts and lawyers, supplemented with the attendance of thoughtful citizens as attentive hearers of the eloquent words which have been voiced in his praise.

It is a matter of no little pride to know that this great outpouring of respect and homage to the memory of the "Expounder of the Constitution" was first made possible by the action of the Illinois State Bar Association, and that the initial idea originated with Mr. Adolph Moses, one of its members; that under a resolution passed at its annual meeting in 1899, a committee was appointed to present the subject of such a celebration to the American Bar

Association. The labors of that committee were rewarded with success, and a national committee was appointed by the American Bar Association at its annual convention in 1899, clothed with authority to make suitable arrangements for the general observance of the centennial anniversary. No anniversary has ever been more generally observed than that of February 4, 1901.

We of Illinois have an additional interest and pride in this celebration in the fact that the seat of the great chief justice has been for the past ten years filled by Melville W. Fuller, a citizen of this State, whose name is enrolled as an attorney of this court, whose eloquent voice has often been heard within these walls in the argument of important legal causes. He also sat in the old State capitol as a member of the House of Representatives, and has left his impress in the formation of the early statutes of this State. In honor of the day and the event commemorated, all the courts of the country, with some few insignificant exceptions, stood adjourned from the transaction of legal affairs.

We are highly favored in having with us as the orator of the day a native of the State of Washington and Marshall; a jurist who has expounded the laws and the constitution as chief justice of a court of dernier resort in a sister State; a statesman who has a seat in the most distinguished legislative body known to our time; a gentleman of learning and culture; an orator of national reputation; a kindly, generous man, who has traveled from the nation's capital to the home of the great Lincoln to afford us the pleasure of hearing his eloquent tribute to the memory of JOHN MARSHALL. I have the honor-and it gives me more pleasure than I can find suitable words to express-to present to this court as the orator of the day, Senator William Lindsay, of the State of Kentucky, whose theme is "JOHN MARSHALL."

Senator Lindsay then delivered the following oration: For the honor of appearing in this august and dignified presence, and for the opportunity of addressing this distinguished audience, I owe the Bar Association of Illinois my most profound thanks.

We do not meet to celebrate the services of a great military chieftain or the triumphs of a successful political leader. In the common acceptation of the term, JOHN MARSHALL was neither a hero nor a leader of the people. He was never the idol of the day. His life and labors were not on lines that excited enthusiasm or