The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-14
MEMORIAL AY.
Many EulOries Passed on the Character OF the
Late Jud &c b. II. Fisher.

of the session was devoted to eulogies on
the character of the late Judge Benjamin
Hastings Fisher who departed this life
last week at his home near Valley Center.
A committee of the bar association
| through its chairman submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions which were passed
unanimously.
To the Court and Members OF the Bar OF SsdG-
Wick County, Kansas.
Your committee appointed to draf: and
report appropriate resolutions touching
the death of B. H, Fisher, late a member
of this bar, direct me TO report the follow
ing and recommend their adoption.
Whereas, Death. to which all must
yield. has removed from his family and
our number, Benjamin H. Fisher, an aged
and respected member Of this bar, who
came TO this bar somewhat advanced
beyond middle age, but possessing great
ability in the principles OF the law and It's
forms Of procedure and sterling integrity
as "A lawyer and man. He so came to this
bar in it's infancy, ami therefore. his abii
ity as a lawyer and integrity rs man as
sisted largely in bringing its practice 10
its present state Of proficiency aud honor,
therefore.
Resolved, That the members of the bar
o. Sedgwick county, bear unqualified tes-
II. Fisher, as n lawyer for his zeal. probity
OF conduct and bearing as SUCH tnat both
ia his private and professional life he
always conducted himself above reproach
and left his family and friends an unsui-
lied name: that the works OF his life are
such as to reflect credit upon our probes
SION and TO afford precious consolation to
those who mourn his death.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the journal of the court.
Resolved, That to the widow, children
and friends of Mr.. Fisher, we extend our
heartfelt sympathy. S. N TUCKER.
Chairman Committee.
Eulogies were passed upon the character
and professional life of the deceased b.
Judge Tucker, Judge Ruggles and Judge
Reed, all of whom made touching re-
marks. Senator o. II. Bentley spoke as
follows:
There is no death.
The stars go down to rise upon some fairer
shore"
Thes= are tie inspired words of one of
the greatest poets of this age. In common
with Judge Fisher, am in hearty accord
with the sentiments expressed by Eag-
lands bard. Were there no hope beyond
the shadows-beyond the mists that veil
the river-surely life is not worth the
living. But there comes to each one OF
US with the irresistible force of the Chris
tian religion that beyond the mountains
| far beyond the scoriac rivers that roll-in
the realm of the boreal pole-the soul shall
waken TO a blessed importantly
As the homing pigeon. on tireless wing,
DER miles of weary space, speeds toward
the ancestral cote, so the liberated spirit
cleaves the ether of the stars to revel
through all the countless cycles of time III
the elysiau fields of Paradise. The day
a. Pea nf not nf fr.yl
lyric OF Homer and the revelation OF ST.
John are complete. Here are the fruits
that never fade the golden apples In the
garden of Hesperides, 'the apples OF gold
In the pictures Of silver
Fully imbued with this conviction, with
an abiding faith in the Immortality of tue
soul, Benjamin. II. Fisher lived and died
For loug time after / came TO this city
| in 1850. Judge Fisher and myself occupied
the same office. He had. at that time,
retired from active practice. a few years
| before that the law firm of Tucker & Fish
er had commanded a large share OF the
practice of this county and locality. For
The aid rendered me in those early years
by Judge Fisher, am largely indebted for
what little of success or failure L have
made in business here; for this l shall al
ways feel grateful. My association with
Judge Fisher in the prosecution OF the
case of Carter against Lane was really
my Introduction, IN legal way,
to this community. This case will stand
among the annals of this bar AS one OF the
hardest legal battles ever fought on this
| forum. The speech of Judge Fisher III
closing this case for the plaintiff, In SIM
pie eloQuence, in force aud logic, has never
been eXcelled at this bar Judge Fisher
rose TO the occasion. As he stood before
that jury on that sultry summer morning,
coatless, and vestless, it seemed to me hat
IA Al, Sa1
and his figure expanded in height ana
width like modern Sandalphon, until he
appeared colossal. He swept away
every barrier of the defense aud
cut the very ground from under his
opponents feet. This was his last appear
snce in court. Ia ordinary life Judge
Fisher was quaint, simple and unaSsum-
ing Ia his ways,-b he was thoroughly
honest. He had the faculty of grasping
the situstion aud he always chose the
moral side of the question. He was a
heter of shams in any form, be it said TO
his eternal honor. He was the friend OF
truth. His cause is won VINO hath his
quarrel Just" All lawyers are stronger
with a moral principle behind them.
The everlasting aud eternal truth Is the
shield aud buckler of the advocate, it
lightens bis heart, il nerves his arm and
fires his eye. He looks the jury straight
in the eve and he faces the court with an
earnestness and zeal which is irreslsta bic
AMI which carries conviction home to the
heart of the bench. A dwarf behlnd
steam engine can move mountain. Il
pigmy behind an eternal principal eau con-
vulSe u continent.
We have buried this old man on the
bleak hill side-the common resting place
of the lawyer aud the citizen. No drawer
heart sleeps beneath the sod OF the high
land cemetery. In common with him, we
shall soon mingle our clay with the dust
of the great valley. The cottonwood shall
send its roots abroad, and pierce our
mould As Wichita shall grow aud wax
in power the city on the Hill to the east OF
us shall keep pace with this. In that the
merchant, The artisan. the jury, the judge.
the lawyer and client shall each take their
narrow chamber IN the silent halls OF
death. May our memory be ss fragrant,
as ansuilied, as pure, AS gentle, as the
memory of Judge Fisher.