Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-03-24
Madison, March %.

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Monday afternoon memorial services
,..ra held in the supreme court in
sorol. of the late Justice Alfred w.
Newman ex-senator James r. Doc
If,re of Racine and Circuit Judge
lanes Y. Mills. A good attendance
wss present, including representatives
NJ the local and state bar, law students
and a number of ladies'. Previous to
the services. the Dane County Bar as
.o,iatfon held a meeting in the circuit
ocyrt room to take action on the death
If : A. Harpe., after which most Of
the members repaired to the supre ne
eGrrr room. All tn justices of the
supreme court were present except
Judge S. IT, pinney. CHIEF Justice
Cassoday announced the purpose of the
meeting, after which Attorney Joseph
W Insey OF LA Crosse read the reso-
lutions prepared by the committee con-
sisting of MI. Losey, ex-Congressman
BUR- W Jones and Judge j. NJ Nor
row of Sparta on the death of Judge
Newman They recited the services Of
IuAEt 4NtW ulStI anu pau iiIbihS ibuJ'
to his memory and worth. Each mem
Der of the committee and Chief JUST e
Cassoday then paid respect to the
character and services of Judge New
man in brief addresses. Mr.. Jones
said among other things of the dead
jurist:
He had lived among common peo-
pie and he knew them thoroughly. He
knew how to sympathiZe with their
weaknesses and to love their virtues.
In his converse with his intimate
friends about the darker pictures of life
teo often presented before the circuit
Judge. ii was a favorite saying the
world is more weak than wicked In
this warm sympathy with his fellows,
in his sturdy sense of justice and his
love Of the law and its maintenance,
We find partial explanation of the
fact that long before his election to
The supreme court he became distin-
guishcd as q judge. No one knew bet
Ter than he that there is no duty so
eod-like as the administration Of JUS
tee among men, and ii is no eXtrava-
gance to say that he gave the best eff
forts of his life that the courts Of
law might bee me
a shrine of refuse from lies stormy
thrcag."
Chief Justice Cassoday recited feel
ingly the sad accident which carried
OF his associate so suddenly and said:
During his forty years residence in
this state his life had been an open
hook. Nearly thirty-two years of that
time were spent in public office-coun-
ty judge-district attorney-memher Of
aSsembly-state senator-besides more
than seventeen years as circuit judge,
His great popularity may readily be
accounted for by those who knew him
best He was always modest, faithful
d.ligent and efficient in the perform
ance of duty to the very best of his
ability. Possessed of courage, moral
and physical equal to any undertake
lLg, he, nevertheless, was naturally
very dffideat, shrinking from
AN controversy rare'y aggressive,
never offensive. II may be
safely assumed that he never actively
sought Office and seldom, if ever, re-
fused office He had a kind heart,
o generous spirit and broad christian
charity In his Trempealeau home
he was for many years, the center of
large circle of friends who were ell
flrhed by his counsel and guided by
his judgment He had a remarkable
memory; and on his long walks about
The city, as conversation turned from
one topic to another. he would illus
trata the subject by apt quotations
from Homer, Horace and Virgil as
Wei as the English and the American
poets. 1t was certainly fitting that
Hamilton College, his beloved Alma
Mater, should. in the last year of his
life crown him with the high honor
of IL. D."
Judge f O.. Hand Of Racine read
the resolutions prepared for Senator
hOolittle and INDUCED in pleasing
rrmlniscences of the statesman.
Judge j. b. Winslow responded for
the supreme court Briefly sketching
his early life he touched on Senator
pooIittles services in the senate and
a.terwards as follows:
Fate placed him in the forefront
OF events at a momentous crisis in the
national history when the destiny OF
.4e republic was trembling in the bal
ah'e and the future seemed dark and
a"ptful. The test was supreme. but
z was fully and bravely met Stand
ing by the side of the great Lincoln
US one Of his trusty and trusted coun-
.-.oTs, he rose TO the full stature of
s'atesman, able to cope with the great
--L questions and fit to properly repre-
sent this great commonwealth His
7=fElces to the state and nation and
TO The cause Of free government during
ne twelve years which he spent in the
senate cannot be easily oyer-estimat-
He left that high Office poor In
purse but rich in the consciousness Of
.A'lng periodically performed his
o'lF and OF having bravely borne no