St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-29
IN MEMORY OF The DEAD.
Chamber of Commerce Resolutions on
Commodore Kitts0n's Death.
GENERAL SIBLEY'S TRIBUTE.
He Was in-Many Respects a Remark
able Man--Routine Business
Postponed.

merce not being present at the regular
meeting yesterday morning, Gen. Bishop
was selected to act as chairman. All
regular and special business was post
poned until next week. The announce
ment of the death of the late j. w. Nc
Clung having been made, committee
consisting of MesSrs. Horn, Day and
Murray was appointed to prepare suita-
BILE resolutions in regard to the event.
The committee appointed to prepare
resolutions OH the death of Commodore
Kittson presented the following pre-
amble and resolutions, which were read
by the secretary and adopted by rising
vote:
The committee charged with the duty
of preparing resolutions expressing the
sincere regret of the chamber of COM
merce of st. Paul at the announcement
of the sudden death on the 10th inst. of
Hon. Norman w. KittSon, one of its
most esteemed members, respectfully
report the following preamble and reso-
luton:
Whereas, Almighty God in His wis
dom has seen fit to remove from us by
death Hon. Norman W. KittSOn, one of
the oldest members of this body; and
Whereas, The deceased was one of
the most distinguished citizens of Min
nesota, whose residence antedated by
many years the establishment of ter
ritorial government in this remote re-
giOn. and who thereafter was
elected to high offices of public trust,
the duties of which he discharged with
signal ability and fidelity; and
Whereas, The deceased, after long
years of toll and exposure, accumulated
large fortune by his energy and busi-
ness acumen. much of which he dis
pensed for the benefit of his fellow
creatures, in relieving individual dis
treSS and in aiding religious and chari-
table institutions; and
Whereas, In all measures for the adj
vancement of this city, n. W. KittSon
was ever ready to contribute his full
share as a public-Spirited citizen, there
fore,
Resolved, That the death of Hon.
Norman w. Kittson may well be re-
garded as public calamity.
Resolved, That as a member of the
legislature of Minnesota for four sue
cessive wears, and as. mayor of this
city, the deceased was bright example
of integrity and fidelity to his trust,
NlllC do III ~ llC w tlo u liOoSl
of strict adherence to honesty and truth
in all his business relations.
Resolved, That the foregoing pream-
bic and resolutions be entered at length
on the records of this chamber and that
a copy thereof be transmitted to the
family of the lamented dead.
A TRIBUTE FROM GEN. SIBLEY.
A biographical sketch of Mr.. Kittson
was read by Gen. Sibley, and on motion
of Mr.. Murray it was directed to be en-
tered upon the record.
Gen. Sibley said: Mr.. President:
The committee to whom has been as
ulating resolutions expressive of the
sincere regret of this chamber at the
demise of Hon. Norman w. Kittson,
one of its most prominent members,
which sad event occurred Oh the 10th
inst, has instructed me to make its re-
port accordingly. Before submitting it
| crave the indulgence of this body in
presenting q brief statement of facts
connected with the career of the de-
ceased and the personal relations which
for more than half a century existed be-
tween us. | first met Mr.. KittSOn in
the year 1880. We were as yet both in
our teens, albeit l was three years his
senior.
Then followed a sketch of Mr.. Kilt
sons early life and his business deal
ings in the Northwest.
Commodore KittSon was in many
respects a remarkable man." said Gen.
Sibley in closing. For the last twen-
ty-fve years of his life our relations
were of an intimate, and l may say of a
confidential character. He had his
faults, as all men have, but they were
OvershadOwed and obscured by his more
], &c
star He was so scrupulOuS in that re-
spect that in the more than fifty years
of our acquaintance | can not recall a
single instance of deliberate falsehood
on his part. He was a public-spirited
citizen. ready at all times to respond
generously to demands upon his purse for
meritorouS objects. His private bene-
factions were numerous, and so far was
he from ostentatious display in dispens-
ing them that i'll many cases he did not
divulge them to me, his most intimate
friend. Mr.. Kittson was firm believer
| in the truths of Christianity, and during
the rectorship of the Rev. DR.. S. r.
McMasters, deceased, became commu-
meant of Christ church in this city. His
| family now worship in the Church of
| the Good Shepherd, Rev. William G.
| Pope, rector, to whom Mr.. KittSon,
while living, was very much attached.
1t will be long before Norman W. Kilt
son will fade from the memory of white
men and red men, for he was friend of
all alike. History will enroll him as
one Of the foremost of the noble band
of pioneers who laid, deep and broad,
the foundation OF this great common
wealth. His death leaves me, for a
brief period, the oldest surviving white
settler in all of Minnesota and Dakota.
''No further seek his merits to disclose,
Or draw his frailtes from their dead abode
! (There they alike in trembling hope repose, }
| The bosom of his father and his God.''