Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-07


trict court of Ramsey county, and the su-
preme court of the state, with request
that they be made records of these courts.
JOHN B. BRIsBIN, Chairman.
JAMES B. BEALs,
G. K. DAVIS,
GREENLEAF CLARK,
JAMES SMITE, Jr.,
Committee.
GEO. L. OTIS AND E. R. HoLLINsHEAD.
Following Mr.. Brisbin Hon. G. K. Davis
presented the papers prepared in memo
riam of Geo. L. Otis and Edmund R. Hol-
linshead the other deceased members of
the association. The paper upon Mr.. Otis
life and character was as follows:
GEO. L. OTIS, Esq.
Your committee in their endeavor to
express in form suitable for perpetuation
the sentiments of the bar respecting the
Honorable George L. Otis, who died on
the Goth day of March, A. D, 1888, submit
this, the transcript of their own feelings,
derived from long acquaintance with him,
and trust that what is here presented will
fail only in our inability to portray salts
factorily the eXcellencies of his character
Mr.. Otis was of quiet and reserved
disposition. He was never contestant
in those controversies of life which arose
outside of his professional duties. and yet
the general influence of his conscientious
understanding and.example upon the polit-
zeal and business interests of the COM
munlty was extensive and benefcent. He
was averse to public honors; sought for
none of them,was sought by them, accepted
them sparingly, used them honestly, sur
rendered them gladly land died entitled to
that best of encomiums. that he deserved
the distinctions which he declined.
The basis of his organization was in
tegrity. 1t was stainless. No man ever
questioned it. 1t was the faithful ally of
his understanding which it made accurate
and answering in those matters so fire.
quent in our profession, where the prac-
tlcal rules of life as prescribed by laws,
should be made to coincide with the prin-
ciple of abstract right. He was exceedingly
amiable. He spoke i'll Of no man, and he
had that dignity of character and bearing
which belongs to the possessor of the
highest moral courage. Great experience
and much study made him learned lawyer
His mind was comprehensive and, at the
same time penetrated to every part of the
matter upon which it worked, so that when
he presented his conclusions to court or
client, they were complete and stood upon
every reason which could support them.
No lawyer at this bar stood stronger in
the confidence of his clients or was heard
by the courts with a fuller prepossession
that he was advocating what he had found
reason to believe.
We share with his family in their be-
reavement, and condole with them in all
the sorrow of common loss. And, foras-
much as the remembrance of the great
est and best lawyers has been noted TO fade
away very quickly when left to tradition,
we request that this imperfect commemor-
alton of a just, learned and lovable man
may be perpetuated upon the records of
the courts which benefited by his life and
labors.
EDMUND R. HoLLINsHEAD, ESQ,
The following is the testimonial to Mr..
Hollinshead:
At a meeting of the bar of Ramsey
county, held on the 9th day of May, 1888,
the following resolutions were presented
by the committe:
THAT the members of this bar unite in
their sincere expressions of respect for
the memory, and regret for the death of
the late Edmund R. Hollinshead, one of
the junior members of this barr
He was the son of the late William
Hollinshead, who was among the earliest
and most eminent lawyers Of Minnesota,
and he inherited much of his fathers
talent. Studious habits and dill
gence in attending to the
interests committed to his care, had given
him standing in the profession seldom
attained by practitioners of his age. 1t
was the will of Providence that he should
not reach the term of years so necessary
to the completion of professional character,
but from what he did within the short span
of his life we can infer had he been spared
his position at the bar would have been
among the first. He won the confidence
of his clients by perfect devotion tdtheir
interests-a devotion that was manifested
throughout his failing health down to its
last stage, and he died in the enjoyment of
the affection of troops of friends.
Mr.. Charles n. Bell moved the adoption
of the report.
To an inquiry of the president as to
further remarks, Judge Greenleaf Clark
said it was the understanding that the re-
port should be formally presented to the
supreme court by the association, and that
such further expressions of respect and
coincidence as might seem appropriate
should be made then.
Upon the motion OF l. V. D. Heard, ESQ.,,
the committee reporting were continued