The Court takes great pride in the history of the maintenance of the traditions of the clerk's office and of the length of service of those who administered it. Mr. Bayard was appointed clerk in 1791 and served until 1800. Mr. Caldwell was appointed in 1800 and served until 1825. Mr. Carroll was appointed in 1827 and served until 1863. Mr. Middleton was appointed in 1863 and served until 1880. Mr. James H. McKenney was appointed in 1880, having been for years the chief assistant of Mr. Middleton, and served until 1913. Mr. James D. Maher, having for many years since boyhood been an assistant in the clerk's office, was appointed clerk in 1913 and served until 1921. Mr. Stansbury having been appointed assistant clerk in 1882, and having served as the head of the office for six years, looked back to a record of forty-five years. Such lengths of service indicate not only fidelity but efficiency, for only by reason of the latter could the incumbents have continued during the term they served. Because the Court adjourns this morning for the term of 1926, and for more than three months, and because no successor to Mr. Stansbury could be appointed during the vacation, it has been necessary for the Court, in spite of Mr. Stansbury's very recent death, to appoint his successor, in order that the successor may be installed, give his bonds, and begin the administration of his office, which, because of its public obligations, can not be suspended at all. Mr. Philander Riley Stansbury, the brother of the late Clerk, has been an assistant for more than 30 years and has rendered faithful services. Because of the state of his health he has declined to be considered for the succession. The Court has appointed as its Clerk, to succeed Mr. Stansbury, Charles Elmore Cropley, of Washington. Mr. Cropley has already served in the Court as Page and Assistant some 18 years, but is still in the prime of life. He has great familiarity with the duties of the office and carries with him to its headship the traditions that have secured such distinguished and useful service by Mr. Stansbury and his predecessors, with the probability of a life of long usefulness. The members of the Court will attend the funeral of Mr. Stansbury in a body, at half past 10 to-morrow (Tuesday) morning, at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, at the corner of Fifteenth and V Streets. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1927 PRESENT: THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE HOLMES, MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER, MR. JUSTICE MCREYNOLDS, MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS, MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND, MR. JUSTICE BUTLER, MR. JUSTICE SANFORD, AND MR. JUSTICE STONE. ORDER It is hereby ordered that Charles Elmore Cropley be appointed Clerk of this Court in the place of William R. Stansbury, deceased, and that he forthwith take the oath of office and give bond conditioned according to law. ORDER On the application of the Clerk, pursuant to Section 221 of the Judicial Code, it is ordered that Reginald C. Dilli be, and he is hereby, appointed a Deputy Clerk of this Court. IX |