Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-17


er Clay Of Gardiner, brother Heath of Au-
gusta and myself. The committee, may il
please the court, prepared these resolutions
in respect to the memory of brother Vose,
which have been adopted by the bar, and
which they have instructed me to present to
the court and will hand them to the clerk
and ask him to read it,
! The clerk thereupon read the resolutio Ms
which are as follows
RESOLUTIONS.
| The members of the ke nnebec bar have
heard with deep regret of the death of Gar
diner c. Fose. for more than thirty years a
member of our profession and desire to per-
petuate their appreciation of his high abili-
ties as lawyer his strict integrity as a bus
mess man and his genial and courteous dis
position in his intercourse with all.
Mr. Vose was admitted to the bar in 1857
under circumstances and surroundings sipgu-
larly favorable and at once took high stand
ing in his chosen profession. lie possessed
in a marked degree the power of grasping
the material points in case and of applying
to them correct principles of law He was
educated at time when special pleaiings
were in vogue and retained throughout his
career that power of analysis which enabled
him TO detect the weak points in his oppo-
nents case and take advantage of them-he
was faithful TO his clients cause and ever
Jealous in maintaining it, and whoever had
occasion TO meet him in our courts recog-
nized an adversary to be feared.
Resolved, That we extend TO his family
our sincere coincidence in their bereavement
and assure them of our deepest sympathy in
the loss they have sustained.
Resolved, That the court be requested to
place these resolutions among its records and
that a copy thereof be transmitted to the
family of our deceased brother.
Mr.. Webb then said May it please the
court At the very threshold Of the holding
of terms of court in this city the members
of the bar have assembled to express their
feelings of sorrow at the decease of our
brother Nose, who died at his residence in
his native city on Thursday last. The reso-
utions in which the bar have expressed their
apprec alton of Brother Vose have my entire
sympathy. They do not eIaggerate his
worth nor attribute to him any qualities not
rightly his own lie was of great independ-
ence of character. No fear of censure could
deter nor fiattery seduce him from what he
believed to be right. He was a constant and
diligent student of law, well informed in its
principles and decisions. We remember
him as brother whose professional life was
without stain, who kept faith with his adj
verssry his client and the court. He lived
and practised according to the strictest stan
dard of professional ethics. He could not
tsmper with his own convictions of right
We remember the rare union of Intellectual
ity, sensiblity and culture, rare in the de-
gree of each, and we remember also the un-
failing courtesy and gentleness of his
demeanor and his purity of mind that rem
dered professional intercourse with him
pleasant. And we meet today, may it please
your Honor. to express our sorrow at the
death of Brother Nose, who certainly stood
high in the opinion of this court and bar for
his mental and moral worth. It may be
truly said that he was excelled by no mem
Der of the bar in his rare integrity. in his
culture of mind, in his duty to his clients
and to the court. We have expressed our
sense of the worth of our brother in the
resolutions which the court has read, and in
behalf of the bar, may it please your Honor,
| move that they be entered upon the records
of this court,
Hon. II NJ. Heath of Augusta said
May it please the court | regret that the
duty of seconding this motion has not fallen
upon some member of the bar who could
,pan the thirty years of our brothers hon
orabe service. Yet | lsbored with him long
enough TO have a deep, and | think just
appreciation of the many admirable qualities
of his professional life and character. He
was a msrvellously accurate man He pos
sessed in the highest degree the pow of
accuracy of expression and accuracy Of
method 1t was an acquisition, not gift.
Acquired by mastery of the science and
art of special pleading He mastered the
art the art never mastered him in for, n,ic
battle. In crossing swords with him in
peaiing. we of a later generation felt our
weakness. Many is the case he mas won
where, the advantages apparently equal, the
issLe was developed along the lines of log
ical pleading. He inherited in large de-
gree the wonderful powers of his distn
guished and eloquent father. He was not so
eloquent an orator, not such an impsssioned
advocate; but his mind worked with kceaer
logic and far greater reasoning acumen. He
"a. gifted with sharp, accurate, incisiye
mind, as clearly cot as the peri, ct edge of a
cry stal: it worked so honestly that not even
in The heat of varring arguments would it
strike the discord of false logic or false rea-
soning His mind never cheated itself or its
| cause. He was true to his client, true to
hms, IT, true to his convictions; in logical
reasoning and mastery of the Law ss a science
nc me ember of this bar ereelled him. In his
dealings aith his fellow members of the
profession and with his clients, his strict in
tegrity commanded our respect and our con-
tid nee. Thirty years of active business
life and no stain upon single business
transaction is crown of honor to his name.
/ should be untrue to him if | failed to &C
knovl ledge his many acts of kindly assist
ance. especially in the early years of prse-
tce when young practitioners find them
selves 40 often lost in the trsckless forest
Of the law. His guidance and assistance
were often sought am not alone in CRATE
! ful recolections of his kindness to the youth
and inc rperience of the bar. Living he va,
our friend. We his friends. will ever re-
member him for his kindness of heart. hi.
/ love of Justice and Of Law, his polished mind
I and above all his infexible honesty.
second the motion that the court do nov
adjourn.
Hon. A. VI. Spear, of Gardiner, said
4 May it please the Court In theoeath OF
Bro. G. C. Vose, the kennebec Bar loose.
one of its most respected members. A
lawyer by inheritance, gentleman by in
stinct, of the strctest integrity BY nature
his early death will De sincerely regretted
not only by the court and bar, but by all vh,
knew him In an acquaintance and sssOcis
ton with him for period of ten years.
think can fairly say that he Possessed on'
of the finest legal minds ever met. An'
equally prominent with his ability was hi
honorable and gentlemanly method Of prsc
tice With client, court and bar. He neve
misrepre sented Law or fact TO the court, ans
his agreement with opposing counsel was al
ways invioisble. With true fidelity to hi
client, he was equally just to the advers
party. Equity occupied high place in hi
dealings with men. | know by personal ex
perieuee that he would no; be party TO IN
justice, even though supported BY the techni
, calities of the AF- | believe no hIzhe
, praise can be bestowed upon any lawyer ths
! to say that he has reached the bizh ideal re
quired in the noble profession of the iau
That Mr. vose occupied = place very nea
the summit of this high requirement. viii b
conceded BY all, and will, perhaps. be tn
kindest Eord | can say of a man whom
esteem, not only as a member Of my profei
/ sion. but a. a warm personal friend
a Judge Whitehouse responded as follows
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