The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-03
HoNoRrsG THE DEAD JuRIsr.


day Afternoon Of Respect
TO the Lnte Chief Justice Robinson.
A meeting of the New Castle County
Bar Association was held In the Court
room at 3 e'clock yesterday afternoon
to take action On the death OF Chief
Justice Robinson.
The meeting was called to order by
ex-Attorney General John Biggs, and
on his motion Judge Grubb was called
upon to preside.
Hon. Thomas +. Bayard moved that
a committee OF five be appointed to
express the sense of the meeting. The
chair appointed Hon Thomas f. Bay.
ard. Hon. Charles b. Lore Samuel A.
Macallister, Willard Salisbury and
William s. Hilles as the committee.
The committee retired. and after being
absent q short time returned and re-
ported tho following resolutions:
The members of the bar of New
Castle County, in common with all
their fellow-citlaens of the State of
Delaware, are called upon to mourn
the deaTh OF the Honorable Alfred
Peter Robinson, Chief Justice OF the
Superior Court, who by the inscruta-
bic decree of Almighty God has
boen SO suddenly recalled. in the
prime OF an apparently vigorous
manhood. from his active and honor.
able public labors. And the coming
thus together TO give expression to
our sense OF the great sorrow with
which we have been visited, il is
Resolved, That In the death of
Chief Justice Robinson the State OF
Delaware mourBs the loss OF one oil
her ablest 8ons. who In his short term
Of public service has already vindica
ted tbs wisdom OF his appointment;
whose courteous, patient heating;
clear and well sustained reasoning;
sound and extensive learning had
made deep impression; marked
his illness for high judicial station.
and given assurance OF still greater
usefulness In the future, us a wise,
learned aud impartial aglstrate had
his days been heightened.
Resoyied, That We bear ready
wIlncss to tho honorable life and pro-
fessionnl career OF the deceased jurist,
exempliiied by his domestic virtues,
and throughout a long practice ut the
lar. by the strielest integrity ahd high
ability. until his laborious acquisition
OF thorough knowledge of the law,
| becoming widely recognized, caused
| his selection by the unanimous voice
OF his pr OCCASIONAL associates. for the
exalted position, as soon, and so
sadly TO be made vacant by his death.
Resolved, That Il copy Of these re.
| solutions be eugrossed. and respect
I fully presented to the widow ard
family Of the lamented chief Iu4 tie, in
( testimony Of Our slueerest sympathy
| and coincidence.
Resolved. Innt copy Of these re.
| solutiC rs lie given to the public press.
/ Al ,At nj, tf.,,-
be presented to the Superior Court In
tho several counties to tine Court OF
/ Gharcery and to the courts oil the
1 United states In this district, by the
| committees TO be appointed by the
presiding officer of this mooting"
In presenting the resolutions, and
moving their adoption Mr.. Bayard
said 1t might be well for lin TO make
some comment on the repeated ulllic-
\ tioHs to Witch tho bench of thls
State Inns been subjected. In tho death
OF Chief Justice Robinson. all are re-
/ minded OF thu uncertainty oil life. aud
| the certainty OF death But this Is not
the first tune the bench has been strlci.
en-. and in one other case. that oil
Chief Justice Gilpin. it could lie said
| that he wis stricken with the harness
on The cases of Chancellor Salisbury
and Chief Justice GomegEs were dlIicl'
ent as each suffered long and fol
many months. before tho end canle.
III this case, however IL is hard 10
realize that a. j. Robinson, vino Was
here but a day or 50 ago has paaaed
away; Tho very echoes or his voice
I have scarcely p1sSOi from this room,
and 1t WIS lifting that his last public
act was to join with tho members OF
the bar in paying tribute Of respect
to the memory of his predecessor
That was his last act In this room,
and before the dawn OF another day
he TOO was called away. The late Chief
justice Mas commandment and con
sistent menber OF the Episcopal
church.
There Is prayer in the beautiful
litany Of that church. asking to be
saved from sudden death, but that was
not subject to he discussed now
stu II seemed as though man Of
Mr. Ro1inson's purity and upright
lie. need have no fear OF dying sud
denly, and it looked as though he had
been taken in mercy, and saved from
paiu and long wasting Illness. st
in a case Ike this no could scarcely
lind it in his heart to repout that pray
er Tor any one whose life wasuS blame
less us chat OF tue deeeased.
lie had known Linn from his boy
hood, and when the speaker presented
hin self fcf examination 10 to udmit
tad to the bar, Chief Justice Robin
} sons idtner was ono of the examiners
lie Know him rs he Rrew IN. ant
shortly after his admission to the ia
the speaker had OCCASION to prcsen
some questions OF law to him ant
soon learned that te was peE4essed o
) Il strong legal mind, He passed
. great pnrt of his life In his natiV,
country town in reading and thus ac
cninulated store OF legal linowIudgi
which he as3mulated for nse In tn
iutufe, lie was not case hunter t,
pile mp cases that ii was ifpuussibI,
for him to attend to.
lie read law as a science, and nc
quirel vast deal EFF Legal knowledge
consequently when vacancy oe
! CURED OH the Lench, the ewes OF Mos,
who knew linn were turned To him, a.
the one that should 10 called lInon Il
ill the high position. Therefore tn,
appointment WAS rendered to hun. nni
he left his office TO accept tile hiehes
position Ia the courts of this state
Ent his lie was cut short at q tim
when 1t seems to liz that his service
Were 20 greatly needed by the State
His lilo should be an incentive L
others who have the Insurance tina
4 by following mis- footsteps tile,
will he beloved in lie aud houored i
! tenth.
: Tie Hon. Charles 3. Lore secoEde
the motion to adopt tho resolutions
AID Ia detag SO said in p1rt, thai vile
| ltc itHdtd tlte sad news Of ah0 death o
, Gl4iet Justice RobinEeH he ooul
seaieaiH believe il to DO true and tia
Il II IS Sill hard to leallIo that such /
/. thu ca9e. He coua scarcely thin
tlt3tt tsia man WHO was hero the day he
; Lone IN apfafemtiy exceilenb healtl
g hal pnssea away. He might lay
> thought others would die. but III thi
case 10 such Il thing Wis sTer though
. uf, that nam III the merediH OF III
/ should phss away SO soon.
u iieH he came hero but month az
he was mot by kindly but criLiea
I tar, who soon found him Il man in
? beyond thar expectations. and on
$ who gave Promise of being one Of tn
/ Lest hiet Justices that tho State la
ever had. But beyond his vast lepi
knowledge, there vas something sti
4 more ATTRACTIVE, and that was Ii
. kind, loyeuhie and sympathetic ma
tnte. tic last dars na was lera i
: WAS asked how he liked the duties {
I the position. now that he had beeutn
. fully Installed, and replied that lie wa
gettiug along fairly wall, but the dl
ties were hard and ne was so gta
that he was going home Sc soon /
Z lis family. His Gountenance bright
! ened a. he continued and told no
! lie intended to luke his two dear hit
= ones on his knee mud have a GOO
I Fpmp with them,
u liz Ia i,1,s l..,,4 ,,t,