The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27
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! In MEM0RIAM:
TIE MEMORIALS PROCNNDM0G IN
THE SUPREME COURT.
MEETING OF TIE MEMBERS OF THE BAR
on THE DEATH OF JUDGE M'wH0RTER-
THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE ACTION
TAKEN BIZ TIE COURT.


At 9 .. m. yesterday the Legislature took
recess of one hour to enable the members
to attend the meeting called in the Su.
preme Courtroom to commemorate the
life and services of Judge George g.
McWhorter and to testify to the esteem in
which he was held and the regrets Of his
associates at his death.
Judge Vann, the chairman, called the
meeting to order and the resolutions of the
committee were read by Hon. Fred T.
Myers of Leon, the secretary of the CON-
mittee.
On motion of Judge R. W. Williams the
resolutions as read were adopted, and
Attorney General Lamar was requested to
present them to the Court.
The Court was notified that the COM
mittee was ready to make its report, and
Chief Justice Raney, with Associate JUS
tees Mabry and Taylor, came in and
occupied the bench.
Attorney General Lamar said: "May it
lplease the Court, the committee OF this Bar
appointed on yesterday to draft res olutions
commemorative of the life of Judge George
g. McWhorter, the esteem in which he
was held by his associates and their scr
row ut his death, have commissioned me to
lay before the Court this expression of their
respect and regret:
IN MEMORIAM.
8 Resolved, That it is with deep regret that
the members of this Bar have learned that
upon the 2lst instant Geo. G. McWhorter
died near Milton, in this state. The rela-
: tons which Judge McWhorter has sus-
Il tanned to this Court and Bar, as well % his
n eminent position 40 q citizen and his high
character a. man, render it most fitting
! that there should be entered upon the rec
Iords of this court memorial Of the esteem
9 in which he was held by the members Of
= this Bar.
Judge McWhorter was born at Coo
sawda, Alabama, on the 9th Of February,
IS 1888. He received collegiate education
"a at the University of Alabama an at the
Uniyenity of Georgia, and having been
"a 1867, settling at Milton, in Santa Rosa
to be his home until the
!. time o. his death. He was engaged In the
= active practice of his profession until he
was appointed Chief Justice. He was cleo.
!. ted to the lower house of the legislature In
I1876, and upon the meeting thereof 10 1877,
D. was elected speaker. In 1884 he was
J. a presidential elector. He was appointed
3 Chief Justice, January IL, 1885, and presi-
1: ded over this court until he resigned, July
= LIST, 1887. On August g. 1857, he was ap.
pointed q Railroad Commissioner of the
Il state, was elected as Chairman Of the Board
81 and held that position until he resigned on
r. account of i'll health, on April ~, 1891.
J. The qualities, atta,nments and character
}. oil Judge McWhorter rendered him justly
&c eminent a. lawyer, 90 q public ONCE!
- and as Judge. He possessed broad anc
10 comprehensive mind, strong sense AND
,.l Judgment. great frankness, 6oldness and
III honesty of character, and with these
q extensive literary requirements and extra
ordinary eloquence. While he sat upor
this bench he performed well and ably hi
share of iis labors. The especial charac
teristics of the opinions delivered by hin
ks are clearness, sound reasoning and brevity
without obscurity.
a. Although it is the purpose of these reso
70 buttons to record memorial TO Jndg'
McWhorter especially as a lawyer and {
% Judge, vet they would not be cOmplet
#, wi, hOut an expression of the esteem which
u. be inspired as q man, by his manly ant
kindly qualities, his high character, ant
generosity of heart which was apparen
es 10 all the relations of his life; be it turtle
be Resolved, That in the death of Georg
e. McWhorter the state has lost an emin
ent and useful citizen, and the bar has los
10 Asuv 1tNnR IN
memory we pay this tribute.
ed MAY it please the court" continued Mi
ls- Lamar, "in submitting these resolutions t
the Court from the members OF the Bar,
is not necessary that I should spea
re further. Deeply as I revered the charac
be ter of Judge McWhorter, highly as hel
er, bis services 10 public life, those are presen
~ who were nearer to him than l, and there
&C. lore have better right 10 speak on thl
n theme. Therefore, may it please tn
OF Court,I shall submit these resolutions fror
the Bar and yield to others whom l nov
see before the court"
-. Hon. C. NJ. Cooper of Jacksonville, e1
Attorney General of the state, said: ma
it please the Court, 10 the resolutions jus
of presented are embodied the sentiments
he the members of the Bar, and 1 had no
to proposed to speak further. In them ther
10 is not word of the exaggeraiion who
ny often, born of kindly sentiment. accom-
be pany such expressions. The commitie
Ie has spoken as if he himself were presen
n. Knowing his contempt Of all shsm an
r. his scorn of mere words, these resolution
on in the simplest form embody the dee
90 feeling Of his associates aad the sorrow
no the citizens of Florida In the great lot
y. they have sustained in his death. It
thus we know, Judge McWborter woul