The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-18

| CONTRIBUTES by Messrs. j. H, Drum
! mond, Nathan Cleaves, A. A. Strout
Clarence Hale, Franklin c. Payson, c..
! P. Mattocks and Charles Dunn, Jr.
Ia the Supreme Judicial Court yester-
day morning exercises were held in
memory of deceased members of the Bar,
Judge Walton presiding. There was a
large attendance of prominent members
of the Bar.
Mr.. sewall c. strout, president of the
Cumberland Bar Association, said.
1t has become my painful duty to an
nounce to this court the decease of three
members Of the bar, George F; Holmes,
| George E. 3. jackson and Daniel W.
Scribner. 1t does not fall within my
province to pronounce their tributes.
That office will be fittiugly and lovingly
performed by committees of this Bar ex-
pressly charged with that duty. [ now
call the attention of the court to the
tributes to our deceased brethren which
these committees will render.
George Il. b. jackson.
After an exhaustive biography Of Hon.
Geo.iE B. Jackson, Hon. J. n. Drummond
reviewed with a good deal of minuteness
the work Of Mr.. Jackson as president of
the Maine Central Railroad, where his
own personal experience gave him the
| right to speak, dwelling upon Mr.. Jack
sons achievement in securing the passage
of q law which should be just solution
nft n14s G Il Aox De-
ing to the general habits and character of
the man, he noticed his interchangeable,
| continuous and even industry. He was
not rapid and fitful worker, but his
steady and continuous application often
produced greater results than were
achieved by those of quicker mental and
physical action. His standard of the
| character and conduct Of the true lawyer
was very high one. There were no
| bounds to his contempt for trickery and
quackery of whatever kind.
In his practice his endeavor was to do
| Justice and he held that efforts for VIC
tory at the expense of justice were per-
version of the high trust reposed in him.
He was guided in the practice of his
profession by the same rules which gov
erned him in his personal relations. 1t
has been well said of him that ''he lived
as he preached" that he had the courage
of his convictions and never hesitated,
when duty called, to express them fully
and forcibly, but, at the same time, quiet
ly and unobtrusively; and that ''his life
was an ornament to his profession and
credit to manhood"
MI. Drummond offered this resolution:
| Rescued, That in the death of George E. B.
Jackson, the bar has lost an able, learned and
| conscientious member; the church, of which he
was member, strong pillar OF support; the
| many public institutions with which he was
connected sagaciouS, energetic and self-sac-
rffcing friend; and the state one OF its best citi
zens,
Judge Cleaves, in seconding the resolu-
| tons, spoke of the prominent place oc-
cupied by Mr.. Jackson in the legal bust
ness and social circles, not only of the
city, but of the state. He referred to
the careful, intellectual training he de-
rived from his father, one of the most
exact teachers of his day, and Of his tai
ent as lawyer, and his superior judg-
ment, integrity and capacity for bust
ness, which caused him to be called from
| the ranks of his profession to the man
agement of large corporate interests, and
| many positions OF trust and responsible
| ty. He spoke of Mr.. Jackson's delight
| full home life, his enjoyable qualities as
| social companion, his skill as an arbi-
| traitor, his poetic talent evinced in the
many poems and hymns of which he was
the author, including that delivered at
the unwilling Of the Longfellow statue,
and concluded with tribute to his de-
votion to the Protestant Episcopal
church, which to him, was the gate of
Paradise. "a good man has gone,' he
said. ''He left behind the records of a
life full of busy, useful labors, duties
we'll discharged and crowned with hon.
Or
George F. Holmes.
! A. A. Stout, Esq, in behalf of his
committee, offered the following memo
rial:
to place on the records of this court an express
| ion of regard for their departed brother,
George Freeland Holmes. and OF their apprec-
| iation Of his character and legal attainnents !;
and they therefore ask leave to record the fol
| lowing memorial:
That by the death of our brother, George
| Freeland Holmes, the bar has lost a learned,
aole, industrious and accomplished lawyer
| who, during many years OF practice at this Bar
| commanded the respect and regard of his
brethren and who did faithful, honorable and
memorable service for the profession of the
| law.
That the members of this Bar remember with
| affection and pride the earnestness of his pur-
pose. the devotion of his life to his pro
| fession, his fidelity 10 every interest entrusted
| to him, his unfailing industry, sound learning
and close accurate and thorough training
The court is requested to record this memoir
al as a tribute of our respect for his memory
and to cause copy to be sent to the family OF
our deceased brother, as a token of sincere
sympathy.
A. A. STRoUT,
| CLARENCE HALE, Committee
| FRANKLIN c. PAYsoN,
Mr.. Strout then proceeded to speak
concerning the life and character of Mr.
[ HnImnc In tho course of his arla arlrs