St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-08
HONORED HIS MEMORY
Memorial Services in Honor
OF the Late Chief Justice
Giifillan.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Presents the Memorial Ad-
dress in Behalf Of the
State Bar.
CHIEF JUSTICE START
And Other Able Men Pay Flo
quent Tributes to the
Dead Jurlst.

The supreme court held special SEES
sion in the senate chamber at the cap
ilol Yesterday morning, to listen to me-
moral addresses in honor of the late
Chief Justice Gillian. There were
present a number of district court
Judges from both cities, the members OF
the supreme court, the bar association
in body, and MANY of the states lead
ing LAWYERS. The regular session began
as usual at $3.50 in the supreme court
room. but. owing to want of space, ad-
journed a IL o'clock to the senate cham
Der for the memorial services.
Attorney General Childs first pre-
scented the formal memorial address, III
behalf of the state bar. 1t was as FOL
lows:
The bar of Minnesota. as an appro-
pirate testimonial OF It's appreciation
of the character of the late James Gill
fillan. respectfully request that the de-
alterations of this court, over which ne
SO long presided as its chief justice,
weld to a brief tribute 10 his memory.
On the 10th day of December, 1894.
James Gilllan in the midst OF his OIL
cial duties and before the powers OF his
mind had been enfeebled by wasting
age, was removed by an all-wise Pow
dence from the ranks of the living.
That the deceased was great Jurlst,
the voice of the bar Of this country ana
numerous volumes of the reported de-
cIsions of this court bear ample witness.
How he adorned his high office by
wealth of legal learning, marked powers
of analysis, great breadth OF mental
grasp, Quickness of apprehension, un-
failing courage, probity and industry,
none knew So we'll as those who during
the last twenty years nave most Ire
quently appeared before him. All who
knew him in the private walks OF life
Testify TO the Purity
of his thoughts, the warmth Of his
affections and the simplicity of his man
hers.
With what wisdom he wrought and
how deep was his influence III shaping
the Jurisprudence OF this state must in
deed be lett to the final judgment of the
future, but tested by the opinions OF his
contemporaries he has by such labor
reared an enduring monument to his
fame. His own words, fifty spoken on
another solemn occasion over the bier
of one he loved. are most appropriate
now:
The judge who for considerable
time occupies a place i'll court Of last
resort i'll comparatively new country,
makes his impress upon the future OF
the state and society more tnan almost
any other man. True, it is usually
done quietly, without display, and al
most imperceptibly, as the dew falls or
thG trees grow. His decisions concern
men i'll all their daily lives and buslN
ness, and establish their code of BUSH
ness morality. He marks out the path
In which those who come after him in
The judicial office. or in the profession
of the law, must follow"
\ veil, impenetrabe to mortal vision,
has been drawn between him and u.s..
The state has thereby lost one Of its
most illustriOuS citizens; the bench a
shining ornament; the bar its most
conspicuous member; family de-
voted husband and father.
We, therefore, respectfully request
that this memorial, although
but Feebly Expressive
OF our regard for the memory Of the de-
ceased, be entered at length upon the
records of the court. with such other
proceedings as may be had in cOnnec~
ton therewitli, and that copy thereof
be transmitted to the afflicted family.
MIR. ChildS then added an able: and