St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-03
A HANDSOME TRIBUTE.
The Board Of Trade Eulogizes the
Late Robert Hale.

At the meeting of the board of trade
yesterday morning Col. S. w. King,
chairman of the memorial committee,
presented the following report, which
was unanimously adopted:
Mr.. President: The loved and hon
ored secretary of this board has passed
away. Robert Hale, our late associate,
our friend and brother, has left us never
to meet with us again among the living.
A life surprising in all the eXcellencies
and virtues which adorn the highest
type of a broad, sturdy and noble
manhood, life as pure as the golden
sunbeamS which warm the earth, and as
tender and sweet as the fragrant flow
ers which turn their beautiful faces to
the morning oSky, Unsurpassed suddenly
away and brought us here with OlT
hearts in grief and mourning to-
day. Your committee do not feel
competent to eulOgiZe Robert Hale.
He was truly a most remarkable
man. His whole life was record of
his boyhood to that hour when he so
suddenly fell at our feet, no single act
of his life ever furnished the perfect
brightness of his personal honor. In
every relation of life he seemed indeed,
a perfect man. No impure thought
could find place in his mind: no mean
or selfish purpose could find corner in
his pure heart, and no unworthy object
OF cause could command his obedience
or support. He loved his fellow men;
he loved this our city in which he lived,
and died; he loved his associates in this
board. He loved and was ever true and
faithful to his friends, and he loved and
WorShiped God. He was perfect huS-
hanH an1 fatbnr oD6 Ia M bic hopon
and family as happy as human love and
affection could make home. To his
neighborS he was kind, and to all he
was courteous and cOnsiderate. To the
young he was the giver of kind and use
full advice and encouragement; to the
busy man of affairs he was careful and
prudent counselor, and those who
walked beside him in the soft sunshine
of life's afternoon he lifted up and
made joyous by the inspiration of
his own unfaultering, loving faith.
Whenever he went among men,
and especially among those who were
full friendship, his kindly and sympa-
thetic greetings fell like benson, and
drew to him their loving regard and
confidence.
The great value of Mr.. Hale's serv-
ices to this board. through it to the city
of Minneapolis, cannot well be estf-
mated.
Enthusiastically loyal to every inter
est of our city, and faithfully devoting
himself to her service as secretary of
the board of trade, he contributed
largely to the many valuable results
which have been secured for the city
through its instrumentality. There
fore,
Resolved, That in the death of Robert
Hale this board has lost most efficient
officer and one of its most useful men,
bers; the city of Minneapolis one of her
most upright and honorable citizens,
and society at large one whose pure and
upright life may well be pointed out as
an example for all to follow. Resolved,
that the sincere and heartfelt sympa-
thies of this board are hereby extended
to the surviving members of the family
of our dead friend in their great Attic
ton. Resolved, that copy of the fore
going resolutions and preamble be
properly engrosSed and presented to the
family of the deceased, and that a copy
of the same be entered upon the min
utes OF this board. WILLIAM s. KING,
o. 9. MERRIMAN,
ISAAC ATwATER.
Euloglstic remarks by nearly every
member present followed. j. n. Mind
was detailed to act as secretary until a
suitable man could be found to fill the
Place.