The record-union., 1892-03-05
THE LATE JUDGE BEATTY.
His Memory to be Honored in the
Court Records.
Resolutions Adopted by the Members
of the Bar, and Eloquent Eulo-
gies on His Character.

Judges Catlin and Van Fleet sat in
bank in the Superior Court yesterday
morning.
Attorneys George A. Blanchard, S. ).
Holl, WILDER f. George, Albert NJ. john
son and J. w. Armstrong, the committee
recently appointed by the Sacramento
bar to draw up resolutions expressive of
the respect of the association for the late
ex-Judge, II. o. Beatty, appeared and
presented their report, which was
adopted:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The committee of the bar heretofore ap-
pointed to present resolutions expressive OF
Ineir sentiments upon the death of the late
Judge II. q. Beatty present the following and
move the court to cause the same TO be ell
tered in the proceedings OF this court as an en-
during testimony OF the estimate of the bar
upon the character and worth o. the deceased.
ReSoLCed That the members of this bar prac-
ticing in the Superior Court of the county of
Sacramento are deeply affected at the loss
suffered by them, the court and the coInmu-
nifty at large upon the death OF an eminent
lawyer and Jurist, a constant and valued
friend, counselor and benefac or of the COM
monwealth and OF the municipality in which
we live; an upright magistrate and citizen
whose public and private services TO the COM
munity in which he lived constitute an en-
during monument to his wisdom and faith
fulness in public lie and to his answering
integrity, industry ana conspicuous ability III
puuhc Office and in private station.
Resotced That the years which the public
services of Judge ii. .. Beatty have given to
the duties of his profession, both upon the
bench of the court of last resort of one of the
commonwealths of our American Union, and
at the bar, and particularly TO the great bene-
tit and advantages of the city of Sacramento o
and its inhabitants, and the difficult task o.
the retirement by gradual payment of the
large debt which has burdened the city, the
lal. fort 18th nlsh nn hslg
performed so well and so untiringly among us
fora period of more than half a generation
without fee and without reward of any kind,
save that which the CONSCIOUSNESS OF duty
well performed gives to the phiianthropist
justly entitled Judge Beatty TO the gratitude
OF all the people of the city OF sacramento so
long as time shall last.
ISsSotUed That the members of this bar fully
share in the grateful public estimate OF the life
and services OF Judge Beatty and grief at his
loss, and rom observation OF MS character
and laborS, his relations with the court and
the bar and the public in the discharge of his
duties, b; ar witness TO his admirable conduct
in those duties so well performed and SO valua-
bic in example and in result to this and TO iu-
ture time,
IesotUed That these resolutions be presented
TO the Superior Court of Sacramento County,
10 the end that the same be entered in the pro-
ceedings of said court as an enduring teSti-
nfony OF our sorrow at his departure and of
our estimate of his character and conspicuous
worth as a lawyer, juriSt, citizen and public
benefactor, and copy thereof presented to
the widow and family of the deceased.
GEORGE A. BLANCHARD,
s. SoLoN HoLL,
w. F. GEORGE,
ALBERT NJ. JOHNSON,
JOHN w. ARMSTRONG
Judge Blanchard presented the report
30 the court and spoke as follows:
REMARKS OF GEORGE A. BLANCHARD.
May it please your honors: It was
conception of an ancient philosopher that
no man could be called happy until after
mis- death, because even i'll the evening of
life storms and calamities might come to
change the character Of the brightest day.
Judged by this standard, it seems to me
that Judge Beatty should have been
happy man. In every direction in which
he saw fit to exercise his conspicuous
abilities he seems to have been fortunate,
to have gained the plaudits and encomi-
ums of his fellow citizens, and honor and
success followed him in his chosen pro-
tession as well as the other lines of work
of his life.
l first became acquainted with Judge
Beatty III the year 1872, in this city. [
found him then, as afterward, thorough,
sagacious, wise, cautious, and good and
loyal counselor and pilot in case, and
have had no reason to egret my acquaint-
ance with him, which ripened into friend
ship and continued to the end of his life,
and held me in that esteem in which /
think Judge Beatty was held by all who
knew him.
He was distinguished during all of his
professional career-assuming that his
active operations and appearances and
duties at the bar practically ceased few
years before his death-he was diStin-
guished for his eminent success and his
loyalty to duty and the right. In the
twilight of his life he took up for the city
of Sacramento problem and question
and devoted many years of patient and
Intelligent toll to the carrying into active
operation and into practical effect of his
scheme for the payment, by gradual and
easy means, of the large public debt of
this city--a debt which had hung like
millStone upon the neck of the city and
upon every industry and every energy
in it.
With what success he accomplished
that work will be left for those who sur
vive him to judge. Through the storm
of detraction-fors such storms must come
to all whose lot it is to deal with such
matters-he stood unflinchingly to his
views and yielded nothing. He was
seconded and aided, / think intelligently,
by the people for whose benefit he was
working. be drew and advocated and
passed through the Legislature the Act
which was his pet scheme, and although
1t was not new nor q novel conception
still its application to the condition of af-
fairs here was, / believe and am in
formed, in large part, if not entirely, the
work of Judge Beatty alone. He kept on
in this labor of pride and of love until he
saw its acceptance, and had this accept
ance by the people of this city acknowl-
edged and carried it into such full opera
tion as to show its substantial benefits.
and insure its being carried out to the
end
Then, full of years, full of honors, he
sank into the sleep that knows no wax
ing. followed by the reSDectfIli paziuor
and the earnest and respectful attitude
yes, the aitectionate regard OF the people
of the community in which he lived and
Tor whom he had toiled.
REMARKS OF JUDGE S. soLoN HoLL.
If your honors please: 1t is eminently
fit and proper that we should stop for a
few moments at least, in the busy career
OF life, to contemplate the history and
character of a really great man who has
passed from earth, and at the ending of
long and laborious life. UNFORTUNATELY,
the time in which we live is so full of
activity and business cares that we seem
scarcely to have the time to stop a mo-
ment when one of our brothers is called
away; and yet, it is profitable to stop and
10 learn the lesson of such life as that
of Judge Beatty.
My first acquaintance with Judge
Beatty commenced when I first came to
the city of Sacramento in 1857 I com
menced 10 study my profession in his
office and under his advice and by his
guidance. During that long time and in
Innate acquaintance | had more than
ordinary means of studying the character
of Judge Beatty, and think that during
that time have learned to know the true
greatness, the true character of the man,
and in contemplating that character il Is
with the utmost propriety that we can
apply to him the language that DR.. Rob