Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-13
ACTION OF THE BAR.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED EXPRESSING
aecaeTAT MAJOR PAGES DEATH.
rn.x snack Of tho Deceased in Most Es'
dcaripC Tssms-T.tbuteso OF S""s'
Crsmp aud N dor strins's'iow.

,ract,ng Of the Richmond bar held yester-
d,v at noon in the rooms OF the City Bar
Association TO take action touching the
death Of Major Leigh II. Page. Mf. JACK
son Guy. president of tue city association
called the meeting to Older. aud on mo-
,ion OF Mr.. james Peasants Judge Beverly
II. Wexford was made chairman ald MI.
j. u. v. Daniel secretary.
Judge Wexford. in taking the chnir.
made q few remarks eu!ogistic OF Major
Page.
Judce Crump moved that committee
nj fifteen be appointed to prepnre Iesolu,,
,'ons of resnect. The motion was adopted
and the chair appointed the following
Judge w. w. Crump, Hon. Hunter ~.
Marshall. Jackson Guy. James fieas ,'i.s
MAJOR Charles =. Strlnyteiiow' siaJor
Robert Sfies. Minor James IL. Dooiey'
Jndee joseph CHRISTIAN. Charles u. WIZ
Iiams. +. W. Christian. Judge James y.
Lamb JUDGE Samuel Il. Witt. L. H. Nc
tiu,re. J. Randolph Tucker. Jr.. and Il.
Ii. Steger.
THE REPORT.
The committee presented preamble
and resolutions EN- bodying beautiful tri-
bute to the deceased as a iawYer, citlleu'
a1J friend. setting forth his services 20 ms
state and the bar and his great quantities OF
bead and heart and his high literary at
taiuments. -.
After reading the preamble aud resoiu:
tions. Judge CrumD spoke most forcibly of
Major Page as an advocate.
MAJOR srarNGFELLow's TRIByrE.
Major Strincfellow followed Judge
Crump IN an earnest and eloquent tribute
! 10 the deceased.
In toe course Of his remarks Major
| StrIngfellow, after referring fcelingly TO
the great loss that Richmond, the bar. ara
the friends Of the deceased bad sustained
| aud TO the shock that the telegram an
nourcing the death Of Major Page caused
| in the community. sad:
Leigh Page loved his profession and bis
| profession was proud him aud IL Had
! rIght to De. In every State, amongst every
| free people. the bench and the bar must
reign supreme in forming thought, IN
moulding the laws in shaping the institu-
| tons. and III protecting tho hoeru1s'
! rights and properties OF the people.
! There are no brighter jewels IN the
crown of Virginia than that long line OF
noble sons she has given to the bench and
| Dor. There is that great Chief justice.
whose decisions SO vast IN their scope. so
profound in their analysis. so far reaching
| in their effects. seem 10 marx the utter:
most boundaries of thought itself. AND
| her Washington, and Pendleton, and
| Roane. and Tucker. and q host OF Others
the very mention of whose names would
tire vou-wth what majesty they stand
| out on the canvas OF the past
And il Is her bar that has furnished
these judges. great lawyers as well as great
| Judges. We are apt 10 forget that some
! OF the most SPLENDID triumphs OF Henry
were won at the bar OF the lower courts.
| Y 70 20 n q fame j p
son as statesman and philosopher that
| he was one OF the most profound and
| learned lawyers OF the day, and
| that the statutes which secured the free
dom OF religious thought and changed
the descent and distribution Of property
to conform to our republlcan Ideas were
tho work of his hands. We have not for
gotten John Wlckham. aud Chapman
| Johnson, and William Writ. and Robert
| Ould. and many others inviduous to name
Of those who are living to-day.
WAS IN THIS RANK.
| 1T was in this rank of men that Leigh
| Page won an honorable and hOnored place.
| His mind was vigorous and strong, rather
than subtle and acute. He welded the
! battle-axe of Richard rather than the
sword of Saladln. | have known many
men far superior to him in mere case
| knowledge; very few as profound masters
! of the principles of the law; and | have
| known fewer still who were able te
apply those principles TO the particular
case in hand with more uperriDg Judg.
ment than Leigh Page. He was an earnest
student of the law not merely the law %
| contained in the statutes of our State, not
| merely of the law % embodied In the de-
| clsons Of our courts. but Of the law IN IT.
! highest sense-thet law Of which the judi
| clous Hooker has said Its home
is the bosom Of God, and lts VOICE
is the harmony OF the world" liz
was well read IN all branches o.
learning that bear on the administration
Of law. He was more than that-be WAS a
thinker: and his success IN his cases wa:
due more TO the profound thought ne gave
them than to an examination OF the case:
on which they depended. All OF us have
heard his arguments at the bar. perhaps
all Of us have seen his written arguments
and we know how well thew were described
by my learned friend VINO has preceded
me.
HIS PRIVATE LIFE.
"Of him as a man need say but little
for you all knew him. He was somewha
reserved in his manner, somewhat hard Il
approach by those who did not know him
but when he gave his friendship he gave
his heart with 1t. and he rarely Withdrew
! II. lie was OF II StfOug SnhIaCtci. ~
said that quicker means Of communica
ton daily tend TO reduce humanity to on
common level. While this may be true I,
some extent 1t was not true with Legl
Page. He had an individuality that wa
all his own.
In his family he was the kindest of has
bands. He was the most afectionate o
fathers. As to those who knew him vel
he was the kindest and best OF friends.
At the suggestion of MIR. Caskie MI
Roosevelt Page gave an account of the las
DAYS of Major Page. which were spent i
social intercourse IN Chicago.
The Char appointed the following mem
bers of the bar to present the preamble
and resolutions TO the courts of the city
Supreme Court of Appeals, Judge W: W
Crump; United States courts. Judge IL. II
Marshall; Circuit Court. Jackson Guy
Chsncery Court. X. q. Pegram; Ii listing
Court, James Csskie.
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