Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Drumming over with fun explaining the
matter, The risk was taken

Drumming over with fun explaining the
matter. The risk was taken.
CARPENTER AND CHOATR.
Over the mantle in the library of the
dead senator hangs an elegant frame
which encloses an autograph letter from
his old friend and master, Rufus Choate.
This letter was written when Senator
carpenter was a very young man, and
toreshadowed in prophecy his bril-
liant life. This letter Mr.. Carpenter
priced highly.
Those who see it in the future will say
The prophecy was fulfilled. Before the
brilliant mind went out it had made
Itself felt IN the nations deepest coun-
oils. 1t has left a living, enduring mark. !"
PARAGRAPHS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH
Relative to- the date for MIR. Carpen-
ters funeral service in Milwaukee, moth
ing definite is known more than is
reported in the Washington dispatch
announcing his death.
assurances carried by Mr.. Carpenter
upon his life were:: En- the Mutual Life
of New York, $25, 060;: in the Equitable,
sa2O, 0fD; in the Connecticut Mutual.
$4,000. The Equitable WIZ pay it's loss
on call the other companies within sixty
days after proof Of DEATH
Upon receipt Of atelegram announcing
the death, Mayor Brown, Thursday fore
noon,, ordered thst all flags esa all city
buildings be displayed at half-naast.
At the Milwaukee Land league meet
ing held Thursday, series of eloquent
resolutions expressive of sorrow at the
death Of Mr.. Carpenter, were introduced
and read by joseph G. DonneEsy and
adopted unanimously, and we're ordered
spread upon the permanent records of
the league.
At 1890 O'Clock Friday afternoon the
| doors of the chamber Of commerce were
| thrown OPEN to the pablo and large
number of citizens at once assembled to
witness the proceedings of the chamber
relative to the death Of the lamented
senator. Eutogistic resolutions were
adopted, wheseupon, as mark OF re-
spect, the meeting adjourned.
A friendly pen contributes this just
estimate of his literary and legal acquire
ments:
"Mr. Carpenter, although he. never
completed any collegiate course, was 50
completely the master of those acquire
ments which constitute the learned man,
deriving from extensive reading eriti-
cal knowledge Of literature that no one
could easily perceive wherein he could
have been better instructed intellectual
ly by the aid of the most renowned Uni
versity.
ellis early training under Rufus Choate
impressed his whole life. That king of
Jury lawyers, combined to remarkable
extent practical methods and, wisdom
with exalted genius. The master, as de-
voted to the law as Raphael to his
ideals, critical in treading the paths of
constitutional constructions, and absorb
ed in admiration of the rich principles
of the common law, found in the
young Carpenter a devoted, adj
miring disciple. The master, by advice
and direction, pointed out to him the
strong arrnor which encased the. cause
of the patient and truthful lawyer. And
while the student never caught the light
ming CLEAN of the masters eloqTlenee,
he conserved in his maturer powers
much of the subtle magnetism, Of voice
and language which afterwards insured
success. Hardly could teacher and dis
ciple be more dissimilar than these two
men in methods of oratory. Yet the
teacher never failed practically to evince
his love for his students, and the student
never failed in admiration for has mas
ter.
"The manhood of Mr.. Carpenter has
been matrlred in Wisconsin 70 the
great west he came when a new state
was being subdued and new men were
developing into new type of Ameri-
can statesmen; statesmen who became
direct, and therefore forcible In thought
and action; who, while fighting for
mastery in the new field of politics, did
the fighting with courage, obstinacy and
power.
cit is difficult at this time to pass
critical Judgment upon the attainments
of Mr.. Carpenter at the bar and IN con-
gress. Whether his powers displayed
in many legal contest were greater
than those exhibited in congressional de-
bates, can only be ascertained by more
careful review than can now be given
It is certain, however, that mis- legal
arguments, many Of which, crystalized
in brief, are contained in reports of our
Supreme Court, have not failed to make
a good and enduring impression upon
our Jurisprudence. He became, early in
his career as lawyer, a man of the peo-
pie. While he never failed In admiration
of practical men who, with aggregate
capital, pushed forward developing en-
terprise, he failed not to perceive that
the interests, if not safety, of the govern
ment depended upon the retention by
the government of control over cor
/ porations. From this view he never
receded, and his many public addresses
upon the subject exhibit a close and
accurate study of these questions.
/ The Funeral
! WASHINGTON, February 27.-The fu-
neral of Senator Carpenter took place
this afternoon. The services were an