Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-01
THE LATE JUDGE sANDERsON.
Resolutions of Respect to His Memory
by the San Francisco Bar.

Resolutions of Respect to His Memory
by the San Francisco Bar.
On the opening of the United States Cir
cult Court in San Francisco on Monday j.
D. Redding said:
MAY it please the Court, have been re-
quested by the Bar Association to present
to this Court a resolution and memorial
adopted upon the death of Hon. Silas W.
SandersOn. The memorial sets forth his
early life and his subsequent career as
lawyer and Judge, and recites facts that
are familiar to all the members of the bar
and to the State. | will not trespass upon
the time of the Court to reiterate them
here. The resolutions themselves are as
follows:
ReSolued, That the members of the Bar Asso-
citation of san Francisco have received with
profound regret the information OF the death of
Hon. 5. w. Sanderson.
ReS0lrcd That his integrity was beyond all
question: that in all the relations of life he was
a true and worthy citizen; that a member of
the bar he was faithful, industrious and of great
ability; that as n Judge of the Supreme Court of
this State he was impartial, capable, firm and
devoted to the duties of that Office; that he
worthy to be ranked among the most distin-
guishcd members of the bench; and that his
memory as a lawyer and Judge deserves to be
cherished by the members of the bench and
bar of this state.
'RcsolUed, That this memorial and these res
olutions be recorded in the MemoTial-boOk of
this Association, and that copy thereof be
furnished to the family of our deceased friend,
and that the members of this Association ten
der to them their heartfelt sympathy.
- ResOlued, That this memorial and these reso-
lutions be presented to the Supreme Court of
this State and the Circuit and District Courts of
the United States, and also to the Superior
Court of San Francisco, and that the President
of this Association appoint the proper com
mittee for that purpose.
Before handing the resolutions and
memorial to the Clerk of the Court to be
fled | desire to add one word of personal
tribute to the memory of this great man.
had occasion to be thrown intimately in
relation with him during the last few years
of his life, and in the full maturity of his
powers, and SO l am prepared to speak
from my knowledge of one whose charac-
ter to me was all nobility.
1T has been said that the greatest truths
are the simplest; and so are the greatest
men. OF such quality was he. His nina
was cast in tie heroic mold, yet his methods
of reasoning were Of the simplest. The
most complex proposition when illumi-
mated by the light Of his clear ANALYSIS, be-
came but a simple truth. He possessed
that faculty which has been held in COM
mon by all the greatest jurists of all coun-
tries namely, that of reasoning on general
principles and upon fundamental basis.
believe outside of his profession he was
known but little, except within a small cir
Gle of intimate friends. To those who did
not know him, he was thought to be reti-
cent and sometimes brusque. Yet l can
bear full testimony to the fact that he had
a kind and loving heart. Have seen him
in the bosom of his family when he
thought that none was observing caressing
his children fondly, and then upon the
sound of an approaching footstep he would
gently release them, apparently dreading
the publicity of any emotion. His life was
devoted to his profession and to his family,
and now that he has laid aside his labors
for all time to come, it may safely be said
that his works shall be his monument;
that it shall stand forever, and that its
foundations cannot crumble. ] ask that
these resolutions and memorial be fled by
the Clerk and spread upon the minutes"
Judge Sawyer said: The resolutions
will be placed upon the minutes of the
Court. Certainly no member of the bar of
California occupied a more distinguished
position than he, as Judge and as coun-
sell | have known him intimately So
cially and otherwise, for twenty five years
and more. and can fully testify to all that
has been said in the eulogy presented. Let
the resolutions be spread upon the min
utes"