Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05


be estimated in accordance with that
principle, and so estimating it his
service has been invaluable The polit-
| zeal world, oftentimeS with turbulent
demonstration, and even rnSeemly
| fiattery, bestowS its honofS upon it's
living idols and heroes. Why should
hot those whose lives have been libo-
ri puSly spent in the rctiracy of judicial
vocation. fashioning and building the
Jurisprudence of Il commonwealth, be
! ;ilsO kindly remembered. and THEN.
achievements suitably recognized
while they are still with us and may
yet enjoy the pleasure of happy retro
spect and the realization of public
2ratitude:'
At some length Judge Dyer dwelt on
| the purity and integrity of the bench,
and compared it in this respect with
| the English bench in it's early history
! England boosted of one honest Judge
Matthew HaEe-while our country is
| happy in the possession of many such
administrators of justice
/ And now, when the bells are pealins
afar and near" said the judge in his
closing remarks, reminding us that the
old year is going and the new year is
coming, when the festal cheer of the
! season awaken with renewed activity
the spirit of genial fellowship, we may
suitably extend to the friend whose
portrait il, left in the kindly keeping
/ Of the court our wishes that he may
long continue to enjoy in unabated
health and yigor the felicity of happy
reflections upon duty nobly performed"
Chief Justice Lyon responded as fol-
lows:
Judge Dyer: My brethren have
placed me under a great obligation by
awarding me the privilege of express
ing to you our united thanks for your
generous donation of the portrait of
Judge Orstmus Cole, late the chief
justice of this court 1t has been
placed and will remain with the por-
! traits which adorn these walls OF
several former justices Of the court
with whom he served. The artist has
happily succeeded in catching and
perpetlllting upon the canvas the
calm, benignant expression Of face
and feature which beamed upon more
than Il generation of lawyers who
practiccd in this court while he was
one of its memberS-an expression
which never darkened, and which al
ways inspires respect and affection.
My brethren also especially desire
that you be assured of our united ap-
probation of your timely and most
eloquent remarks on this occasion, i'll
which, in fitting terms, you have rem
dered just tribute to the fidelity and
usefulness, during his long judicial
career. as well rs to the great ability
of our friend and former official as
Soci:lte. And. better than all else,
what you have said of the loneliness
OF his character finds Il cordial It,
Spouse i'll each of our he"rtS.
Judge Cole is the last of the elected
chief justices Of this court. This p0r-
trait will occupy the panel re
served for it with the portraits of
the other chief justices by
clcction-Wliton, Dixon and Ryan
together with that of Chief Justice
Dunn Of the territorial supreme court.
All these were able juriStS and were
prominent and useful i'll laying the
foundations of our Jurisprudence in
broad and enduring principles. The
fame Of some of them is national. 1t
is no diSparagement 20 the memory
of the others to say that in symmetry
of character, i'll untiring, well directed
industry, in strength and accuracy of
judgment, in love Of justice, in obedi-
ence to the law, in answering fidelity
to duty, Chief Justice Cole is the peer
of any of them. We pay honor to the
memory Of either of those great chief
justices when we say of him that he
was the peer of Chief Justice Cole.
For more than thirty-sx years he was
an honored member of this court, and
during that time took part in the adj
Indication of thousands of causes.
Many Of them involved questions of
vast important to the state-sOme were
Of national concern-and all of them
affected rights of person, reputation or
property Their determination requir-
ed careful study and wise diScrimina-
ton, so that the law should be correct
ly stated and applied. In the dis
charge of these high duties Judge Cole
patiently listened to argument, and
the views of his brethren, carefully
weighed the same and investigated for
himself, and when convinced, gave
Judgment, and gave it in obedience to
the law, and in the fear of God. He
feared none else. Such q man can
never be moved by applause or censure,
no matter from whence it comes.
During the last few years of
Judge Coles service here, the business
Of the court was conducted almost en-
tirely by lawyers who were admitted
to practice in this state after he be-
came one of it's members 1t is a great
satisfaction to know that in what we
are saying on this occasion, we voice
the unanimous sentiment of all who
ever practiced before him, as we'll as
! Of all the people of our state who have
| and worth.
The record of Judge Coles judicial
life. and the evidences of his great
ability, are contained in sexe.,ty-eight
volumes of the Wisconsin reports
| from volume 4 to volume 81 inclusive
in which are reported the opinions and
| judgments of the court in about 5000
causes Besides those in which he
wrote the opinions, nearly all the others
! passed the scrutiny of his conScien-
+io,,c Hons both of foot and