St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-02
HE WAS n 10 ID JUDGE.

Ihe Ear Association .GulOgizeS the
Character OfJudge Simons.
There was large attendance of mem
bers OF the Ramsey County Bar asSoei-
alton at the opening of the district court
yesterday morning, when resolutions
were adopted in memoriam of the late
Judge SimOnS. The proce ,dings were
commercially simple AMI devoid of all
fornality. Before the resolutions were
read Hon. w. d. Cornish presented a
brief memoir ii. as follows:
To the Honorable the District Court of Ram
Sey County:
The life of a Just judge one of this honor
, able court. has ceased We have beer called
to the house of mourning. and have folio we'd
his Dody to the tOmo, and have laid it there
in the final keeping of The earth that covers
our dead out OF sight
He has passed beyond the portals of the
life which is immortal There remains to us
only his memory. While we cherish the rec
objections known 10 each of us, t is fitting
that some enduring record be made of our
appreciation of his life and character. and OF
our sorrow at his death.
Judge Orlando SImons was 10 in New
York state, Jan. Is. 1884 Having chosen
the law for his profession, he quail fed him
self therefor, and was admitted to its prac-
tice in the courts of his native stale. in
has been passed i'll the practice and in the
administration of the law.
III association with the late Henry F. Mas
tersop. i'll the law firm of MasterSon &
Simons, lie lhbored with sturdy honesty and
ability before the courts of the territory ana
state, through all the trying and troublous
times of the formative period of our local
governments. aiding IN no slight degree in
adopting and settling for this community the
principles of iaw and the system of practice
upon which we now rest.
He was practitioner at this bar continu-
ously-save only as his practice was affected
10 holding the office of justice of the peace
in 1890. and that of city justice in 1874
until he was selected BY Gov. Davis, in the
spring of 1879, for the position of ju ige
of the court of comm IN pleas of this county
He continued a Judge of the court OF com
mon pleas unUl that court was consolidated
with this court. and becoming thus judge
of this court, so remained until his death
tie has been long lost 10 lis. for the disease
which entered his life terminated his labors
some mouths ago. and the dark shadows
came to him only after lingering, though
peaceful twilight.
His life was an open book, and his judicial
career has been so long ended that we eau
place upon II now our impartial Judgment
As a lawyer he was laborious able, single
minded and honest. AS Judge be supple
mented these qualities with those of abso-
Lutte impartiality and fearlessness; he had
no liking for forms and ceremonies. yet he
maintained the dignity of his position in a
high degree, and his great individuality has
so impressed hese, his characteristics, upoa
those who practiced before him. that they
will be felt while his memory lasis. 1t is the
memory of this man that we commend to the
| enduring written page that its lessons may
not be lost.
We have adopted resolutions of respect,
which we present 10 the court herewith. ask
lug this memorial be entered upon the records
of the co1rt.
Just and Honorable.
Hon. John w. Willis. IN behalf of the
bar association, then read the resOlu-
tons, as follows:
Resolved That the Hon. Orlando Simons.
| whose life-work and character are comment
GRATED by this tribute of regard, was a man of
irreproachable integrity and OF honorable
impulses. AS a citizen he emDlified sterling
| civic virtues AS lawyer he was indus
trious. faithful to the uttermost in protecting
| and advancing the Interests of his clients, and
Jealous in his efforts 10 aid the courts in
| reaching just and righteous decisions. He
was interchangeable in legal research and in
! The investigation of disputed questions of
| fact. AS judge. he was absolutely fearless
His every thought was governed by an in
| tense and consistent love of justice. He was
| no respecter of persons. All suitors in the
court over which he presided were judged
| solely according TO the merits of the cause
which they represented. Favoritism was
foreign to his nature. Partially was by MIN
| vigorously condemned.
| In the consideration of questions upon
| which he was required to adjudicate he was
| ever painstaking conservative and conscien-
| tious. His conclusions were reached only
| after careful study, and were marked 10y q
| faithful adherence to the strict principles of
natural equity.
| No judge ever held place upon any bench
| who possessed a loftier ideal of correct pro-
| fessional conuuct on the part of members of
| the bar. The honorable practitioner met
with his approval and regard. The trickster
| or the man who violated the canons Of pro-
| fessionaI decorum met with his unsparing
| denunciation. His influence was invariably
| directed toward q constant improvement of
| the agencies employed in the administration
| of justice.
To sum up his merits. we unhesitaEns.