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out and applied the principles of jurisprud ence which best conserve justice. He had no belief in the shifty expositions of individual and ephemeral conceptions thereof, which are so rampant in these latter days, to the disorder and the blinding of that very justice, which they protest so loudly that they serve. His whole life was devoted to his profession and he was never led from its diligent and quiet pursuit by outside interests. As nearly every eminent judge has been, so he too was a student and widely read. It is unfortunate that so little concerning him has survived the years, but this is too often the fate of a

great judge. His name becomes, in time, only an authority, a synonym, an abstraction. His life work is represented by a citation. But the citations of Mr. Justice Grier's judg ments will always carry weight with students of jurisprudence. And this is the laurel crown for which every real judge hopes. He is not solicitous for his own fame, but eager only to further the fair name of that great science whose high priest and oracle he is, and so best subserve his fellowmen to the end of time. Such a man and such a judge was Mr. Jus tice Grier.

THE "REFORM" JUDGE. BY H. GERALD CHAPÍN, Editor of The American Lawyer.

Mr. Justice Bauern of our Court Supreme, Rose unto his present height almost like a dream, Borne upon the topmost wave of a great "reform," Left upon a Judge's seat stranded by the storm. Nowadays a double path leads to honors high, ''Reform1' or "strictly party" are the roads you travel by. Each has its advantages, reformers' nominees Though paying no "assessments" most always get the "freeze." Again when one's elected on the strictly party plan, There's but a single card to play, vis: placate the "old man." But the young "reform" official, as doubtless you will note, Must always pose. to galleries to catch the "peepul's" vote. Mr. Justice Bailem argued, "Surely I, Having unto this attained, yet may mount more high, Appelate Division, State Court of Appeals, My platform's stenuosity for the people's weal."