endeavored to keep in mind the guiding principles for our judiciary to
which I have just referred. In that connection, let me also add that
it has been my uniform practice before making any judicial appointments
to consider the recommendations of the Maryland State Bar Association
and of other bar associations active in the particular locality affected as
to those lawyers deemed most qualified for appointment to existing
vacancies. I have found these recommendations to be of great assistance
to me, and I have valued them very much. Accordingly, I expect to con-
tinue the practice throughout the remainder of my term as Governor.
Mr. Eney told me earlier this evening that of the 61 judges in Mary-
land above the rank of trial magistrates and municipal court judges, all
except perhaps half a dozen are present and participating in this three-
state judicial seminar. I understand that the few who are not here are
absent only because illness makes it impossible for them to be present. I
think this is a remarkable record and is a tribute to the State of Maryland,
to its judiciary, and particularly to Chief Judge Brune, who is the chief
judicial officer of the State. I commend you most heartily because of my
very sincere conviction that this record of attendance is but another
indication of the dedication to purpose which is a tradition with Mary-
land judges.
Mr. Justice Clark, I am sure that you also are very proud of the
excellent showing at this seminar being sponsored by the joint com-
mittee of which you are chairman. I suggest to you, however, that this
kind of a showing by Maryland judges is not surprising to Marylanders
because we have come to expect—and indeed to take for granted—the
excellence and achievements of our Maryland judges. This has been
true since colonial times when Maryland lawyers such Luther Martin,
William Paca, Daniel Dulaney, William Pinkney, Thomas Stone and
Robert Hanson Harrison were the recognized leaders of the bar of our
country. It has continued through the years with such stalwarts of the
Maryland Bar as William Pinkney Whyte, I. Nevett Steel, Bernard
Carter, Charles McHenry Howard, Charles Markell and many others.
And with such eminent and nationally known Maryland jurists as
Richard Henry Alvey, James McSherry and Carroll T. Bond, and emi-
nent and nationally known Maryland members of the federal judiciary
such as Roger Brooke Taney, John C. Rose, W. Calvin Chesnut and
Morris A. Soper.
Let me repeat that Mrs. Tawes and I are both glad to be here with you
this evening to enjoy a few hours of pleasant conversation, relaxation
and delicious Maryland food, even though the menu does not include
Maryland crab cakes.
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