Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-28
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pride where are the finest residences and
the greatest signs of wealth. He loved
rather to seek out the streets where the
working people lived and judge of their
condition; even the homes Of the very poor
were interesting to him, and in the most
prosaic surroundings he could find matter
for thought and interest. He liked to go
up and down the river during his terms OF
court ct Calais, enter the sawmills. watch
the men at their work, stand listening to
the roar Of the water pouring over dam,
through sluices, or dasbing over falls-a
lover of nature in every aspect and lover
Of all men who are simple and natural.
He might not have had more friends than
other people, yet his friends had this char
acteriEic-they loved him more, men and
women alike. One Of them said to me re-
Gently, at would seem like botanizing on a
grave to try and analyze the reason of my
loving him. 1t was because that majesty
that belonged to his face and person so ex-
tended TO his mind and heart 30 that there
was nothing about him that did not win re-
spect and inspire love-"
SO his name will grow brighter as time marches
on to The
zone fan. of divine event
To which the whole creation moves"
A. c.. Stilphen Esq, said:
Twenty-Five years ago / was student in
the Office Of ARENAS Libbey, then recog-
nized as one Of the leading lawyers in
the State, and in the intimacy of that
relation saw his life az revealed in his
untiring devotion to the cause of Lis
client, his careful gathering, massing
and application of all the evidence
bearing upon it, in his comprehensive
knowledge of the law and his faithful and
impartial declaration Of its principles; and
in 1t all and above it all, bis strict fidelity
and love for honor and for truth.
Then WIS begotton an affectionate regard
for, and confidence in him which was
strengthened and ripened a. in after years,
when often associated with me, he brought
to my aid the experience and clear knowl-
edge which lacked.
Al instructor, A. associate or opponent,
and A. friend, he was ever true to his own
convictions Of right and manhood and truth ;
uninfuenced by fear or favor; self-con-
tanned and seeking self-respect before that
Of others; superior alike to the idle breath
Of praise or blame; and because of this he
held the respect and admiration of all who
truly knew the richness and strength Of his
nature.
1t was because Of this that he, a Demo-
cfat, was, at the request of Republicans
and by Republican governor, raised from
the bar to the bench, the Office seeking the
man and not the man the Office, and on this
higher plain the same characteristics shone
but the more brightly and proved the wis
dom of clothing him in the ermine which he
honored.
Words Of praise can add nothing to the
simple record of the life Of Judge Libbey.
That spesks louder than any words of ours
The record Of his life is embodied in the
records of our courts, and what we say here
today is but to mark it and perchance at
tract to 1t the attention of coming men, who
by that record may mould their lives to a
fuller'and more independent manhood than
would otherwise be theirs.
The respected instructor, the appreciated
associate, the venerated judge, has passed
from us and is with us but in memory,
while the warm heart we had found in him,
the friend we had learned to love, the noble
whole-souled, man still has place in our
hearts, and our manhood is enriched by this
association and by the part he has borne
and viii ever bear in our lives.
In the fulness of years and still in the
rich maturity of his powers, he has gone
on before us to the higher court where
life well spent here finds its full frution in
the further life beyond.
Hon. Orville ID. Baker:
May IL please your honors:
We cannot let the dead pass without
the Inst. salute. Judge Libbey was stris-
ing and impressive figure, survivor
Of what think we may tittingy call one
Of the great periods of the Maine judiciary.
A few other Of those great names are still
spared to us, and are held in affectionate
esteem by every member of the bar through
out this State.
The career Of Judge Libbey is full of
hope and inspiration TO the younger mem
bers of the profession. Particularly is it
so to those young men who, perhaps, find
themselves unable to secure all those ad-
vantages of liberal and classical knowledge
which they would like to have. For Judge
Libbey's career came to him as the result
of persi stent work and the full employment
of mastery mind. His career at the bar
brought him one of the foremost places in
all this State. Matched himself against
great minds, antagonized in the courteous
walks of the profession by men of ripe ex-
perience, of great ability, of trained knowl
edge, Judge Libbey took and kept his place
at the very front. No man was ever op-
posed to him or associated with him in a
case but would recognize the power of the
man. His analysis of a case was singu-
lariy lucid; his grasp Of its facts was Sc
cure his knowledge Of its law well pre-
pared and sufficient. If testimony was to
be analyz ed, no man could ever more
searchingly bring forth the truth or more
unerringly detect the falsehood His cross
examinations were marvels of professional