Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-07
REGISTER @. II. M.wHoRrER.
What the Clerk of the ChanceiIor's Court
Said Yesterday

From Yesterdays Every Evening
u only just heard of it" said Register
McWhorter in reply to the reporters re
marks. 81 was utterly surprised. Thought
his general condition was favorable for
another term of years. When he sat in
court here Tuesday week last the chancellor
told me he was going to resign immedi-
ately. lie called me up to him and said
that he expected never to sit again in q
regular term of court here, He had com
pleted his last record of reports which was
then in the hands Of the printers.
"A case which he was going to decide to-
day would terminate his last volume Of re-
ports. He said he would not commence a
new one.
HIS LAST OFFICIAL ACT.
'The last official act of the chancellor
was to dismiss the restraining order
against the Odessa u Middletown railroad.
II hardly know how personally to ex-
press myself, but the chancellors kind
treatment of me has been such as to lead
me to think as much of him us father.
His advice and instruction was of course
always given in the kindest spirit, and by
it | was greatly helped in my duties.
"a large armful Of papers went down to
Dover yesterday in connection with the
case of Conrow VS.. Conrow which the
chancellor was to hear to-day. 1t was an
important will case in which large sum,
approaching Sl50,0o0, was involved. If /
remember Alright, the suit was on techni-
cality in the will which provided that
restitution after legacies should go TO the
living children only OF Joseph B. Conrow,
deceased. One child is dead. Sarah b.
Conrow is the daughter of deceased
daughter of Joseph u. Conrow. The ques-
ton was whether deceased intended dis
inheriting his grandchild.
xvtIAr Np fnpE earn
Mr.. Lore was found at his office carly
this morning. He was very much affected
over tho occurrence. In reply to the re-
porter's inquiries he said:
1T was very great surprise. / was in
Dover last night and only Just came up.
The announcement was made at the rail
road station at Dover this morning almost
Immediately after the fact of the chancel-
lor's death had been made public.
ATRUE AND sTAUNcn FRIEND.
81 hardly know at this moment what to
say in regard to my old friend. There is
nothing too pleasant to say in his memory.
He WIS the truest and staunchest friend
ever knew. | consider him man whose
mental endowments were of an extraor-
binary character. There was this about
the chancellor that always struck me as
ueing marvellous that is the facility with
which he went directly to the marrow of
every case that was presented to him. He
was not q technical lawyer or Judge, but
man who dealt with law upon general
principles and rarely failed to strike the
cardinal points and reach the exact truth
in his cases. He was never hampered by
narrow constructions, but handled legal
questions with broad and masterful
grasp. He was a man of warm heart,
genuine impulses, and of unyielding de-
votion to what he believed TO be the truth
e fl,.t -
ington life, in the early war times. that
Willard Salisbury, with his coal-blaclz,
piercing eyes, erect bearing and magniii-
cent head was the handsomest man in the
United States Senate, and also one of the
most eloquent orators heard in those dark
est days of our country's history.
WITHOUT A PEER IN THE SENATE.
Henry Wilson, the distinguished sena-
tor from Massachusetts. said of him
Salisbury is without peer in the United
States Senate"
MR.. BATES Tribute.
George H. Bates was seen this morning.
~ was very much shocked at the news.
"The chancellor is associated with my
earliest rccollections as he and my fathec
were very intimate during the time Mr..
salisbury was in the senate as well as
having studied law together in my grand
fathers, Martin w. Bates, office in Dover
He seldom went home without stopping at
our house.
my own relations to him have always
been Of the most agreeable character. His
career on the bench impressed me very
strongly with his ability as Judge. Con-
nection by marriage between his family
and my mothers has naturally brought
me into more intimate personal relations
with him."
THE BAR TO TAKE ACTION.
Charles Il. Lore, President of the Bar
Association Of New, Castle county, has
called meeting of the association at the
court house tomorrow afternoon ut
O'Clock to take action in regard TO the death
OF Chancellor salisbury.