Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-06

II NuCUNu bc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w htNh DC
u friend, OF q research which was n
high example 10 lawyers and scholars, oil q
modesty Which permitted no c~oncelt, and
OF many noble traits OF personal character,
he was respected by the courts, dear to his
colleagues, admired by all who knew him;
and we proudly testify to his lofty purpose
in every ambition and event Of his lie. So
long rs gratitude for professional fidelity
shall endure, 30 long rs we shall appreciate
the stability aud solidity Of human charac-
ter, go long as men hall strive to improve
the administratiou Of public Justice, the
memory OF brother will endure. His
whole life has been devoted to the study Of
the law, and his ready mind, penetrating
through all material questions, saw aud
seized the very point OF the contention.
ITO his family his memory is prcciouss TO
his friends his excellent qualities OF head
| and heart will long remain In their memory
and incite their admirations while to his
brethren 81 the bar he has left an alluring
example, which will be treasured in tradi.
ton aud amongo our archives 80 long as jus.
tice 10 administered In Montana.
Nm consideration OF the excellencies OF his
| character and the affection We bear to his
memory, we will spread this memorial upon
the records Of this association, appoint a
committee to present II to the supreme
court OF Montana, furnish a copy to the
children OF our deceased brother, and the
association in respect to his memory will
now adjourn"
ADDRESS OF COL. SANDERS.
For nearly u quarter OF u century that
has elapsed since judicial tribunals were
organised in this Territory this is the
second or third time that the members oil
the bar have sought in this tribunal to
present their estimates Of their brethren,
and asked that they be entered upon your
honor's records. | confess, for one, with
profound regret that ne have permitted 81
many OF these brethren OF ours who have
ministered In this tribunal to pass away,
without leaving some enduring monument
Of the services that they performed and
the character which they here built up;
a l trust hat hereafter the pre-,
cedcnt here and now set, Of recording in
some feeble way, as best we can, the
characteristics Of the lawyers of Montana,
as o alter another they shall be gathered
TO the sheeeed dead, will be followed. We
had in times past n lawyer who came here
ot mature years, and who spent fifteen or
twenty years actively engaged in the prae.
uce OF the profession, n man OF the highest
character, and a lawyer whose example
WAS one that We might well initiate, who,
when he died, so lar rs l know anything of
it, never in any tribunal had his name
mentioned. l refer to Judge Spratt. I
might refer To Others who have more re-
cen'N passed away, WHO seem to have
been by es, so Tar as our ecord are con.
cerned, forgotten. So much as q reason
Why | ask your honors to suspend -FOUR
somewhat busy labors for a few moments
while MIR. Naptonis brethren shall say q
lew words, which I know they
teel should b. said concern.
ing his services and memory
To have been a lawyer in this tribunal for
nearly n quarter OF a century, and to have
come into this Territory while it was in a
it's formative period an influence such ss a
true lawyer must always exercise, is q high
privilege, and devolves corresponding du.
ties. Mr.. Napton came here a young man,
aud l take the opportunity to say that al
though We mention that place to which he
6rst went with u spirit OF laughter, and
where his earlier professional services in
Montana were mere particularly confined,
Beartown, that his experience there fttel
him for the subsequent career which he ran |
in the Territory, and enabled him City to |
discharge the duties which thereafter de- |
Solved upon HIM. OF all the mining camps
OF Montana humanity in the raw never ex.
isted more supremacy than it did in Bear
town, and it seems to have been a Mecca
toward which a large number Of our early
ambitious lawyers lourneyed.
think when the camp itself was first dis
covered no officer authorised by Law to |
administer affairs in judicial tribunals was
there think the miners themselves elect
ed their first justices Of the peace without
any authority IL the Law, and proceeded
by u common consent and q public senti.
ment that woad accept nc denial, TO en-
force their doctrine aud the rights Of men.
IL is q tradition OF our early history that a
ot Alder Gulch applying to his
aud friend, Acting Governor
Messher, was given = roving commission
q iGstzee es The peace AID started cut
RON the capital ot the territory to ascsr-
tSia q fruitful field for his judicial labon
settled ia Beartosn; and ID was there
that Judge Knowles and Mr.. Napton aud
Robinson and Mt. Stevens and a larce
aamber OF the members Of tue bar, many
whom stdlremaia with Us, first prachsed
in Montana.
Mr., Nspton wss born a lawyer. His
Was lawyer before him. All that
.'arrcanded HIM hon infancy peetsined to
he law, Its technical rules and the ethics
spon which It we're based were the familiar
to which he listened in his
shidhood, and he Wa 50 attached to il [
hat ~ temptation ot pubic honors, Nc
scemSSe OF greater wealth, coa6 hav sliur- 4
him trcua its practice and pursuit, Hell
sSs soaug mSn when the civil coavui.
~ere disturbing the coaatry, and tax |
rs as CONVICTIONS from those things that I
'ere mar TO him, wh$ch necessarily gave {
Ia them, he gnSned tire Armies Of the I
eeelAea. have often thGGSht rs lie tols {
OF aAs hoHs Journey 20 6ad the commando
IitA eAScA be desired to identity himself '
ASe tue picture Stseaf was worthy a an y
lrtsst la all his subsequent lie nsSss s
new - peasaa Who &i3ereI With him as q. !
that was hs duty at that tine that lei, c
he r~eSroscaias him, aud | mention the l
act ssapS TO cali ExrtA trait al his Y
ASsseter that think sSs worthy Of ali q
raise &
Most Of Us when We become sdeatsssa =
TttA any particular mission which re sah~ !
conclude 10 be wrong became q
by pride TO parsae one az two 0
oarses-we ether seek 10 pervset morals a
0 justify that which We kaos TO be wrong q
z we seek - abolish the osscrSmsnsssoasl
et~eea right and wroae. There wssl
otAiae 81 this kind about MIR Naptoa. Hsi
NS4S Wv - NS@N AS1SA$fNGs &2Q S4Ak1NE hH
u over, ~ he hSd an Opportunity 20 in b
Alnaer times and upon u ~Saec ssew, aud q
the hsAt Of taeare experience he did not !,
ne al hs sympathy witA the rszAt and =
e sss 80 ready ss any Asysr I kac. Of :
Say cstssea OF NoasSaa tAatIkaow Of :
a ali occssSonS 10 ASSIST in forwarding All :
hove enterprises that took hold al the !
ltssees q tie Territory aa1 IDS SnssSts. =
icas aad prompted the sSoral good a in :
eopse " coarss st 10 Idle 20 anaersske i
4 revere AAA=AA4A ~An> -
I'M 81 morals that l. gwen n 10 cher.
Mr.. Nspson, in this coare aaS II The
aoerdsnAte courts throughout the t<rrs.C
ary q Moataas> where he had q larce 2
rsetcA co1pceheeSed and chsyes the =
scsAses Il AssA professional Sasexuy, Hei.
80 q stadsat, AID wAsa he came to aAe II
sacaaSSea that his case ives one nrssa
hscA anthony, aad aaoa tie pssueSeae {
ANA sAose aetAorssSos soggAt 10 shadow
'gtA> ccaA not be maintained, he woasai