The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-06
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Held in Supreme Court Room Saturday
Morning

For the Late Messrs. Freeman and Yer
rnl-The Tribute OFT Cumberland
Bar-Touching AIIusions By Well
Known Lawyers.
A large number of the members of the
Cumberland county bar gathered in the
supreme court room Saturday morning 10
pay last tribute to the memory OF the
late Hon. E. Dudley Freeman aud the
late Hon. Byron ID. Verrill. President
Cieaves of the Bar association presided,
Hon. Charles f. Libby offered the fol.
lowing resolutions upon Mr. freeman:
Resolved, That by the death of Elias
Dudley Freeman the Cumberland bar has
lost one of its highly esteemed and dear
ly .eloved members and the state one OF
its most efficient councillors and respected
citizens; one whose character was an ex-
ample of true manhood, whose HE
hreathed the spirit of genuine human
kindness and whose memory will ever be
tenderly cherished by all who knew him.
Resolved, That this court be requested
20 order sse resolutions TO be entered on
its records and copy thereof to be for
warded by the clerk to the family Of the
deceased.
Ia presenting the resolutions. Mr.. Lib
by spoke as follows:
MIR. LIBBY'S ADDRESS.
Nv first real acquaintance with MIR
Freeman commenced IN 1889, when we
were both mem bers of the Senate of this
state. During that session ! had an OPP
portunity TO see man phases of his char
acter, and to RECOGNIZES many of the quail
ties which hound him SO strongly to his
friends His alert intelligence, cordial
manners and modest bearing made him q
favorite among his associates. He i'm
pressed me as man OF sound practical
Judgment, one who had united the train
ing OF the world to the culture OF the
schools, and utilized both to the best /
vantage He was a representative of the
best type of educated New England men,
who are not above entering the arena of
politics, and serving their generation in
public office. He had many Of the quail
ties essential for success in such field
an absence of undue tenacity of opinion,
"A breadth of view sufficient to recognize
the two sides OF questions u mind trained
to logical processes and capable of follow
ing a thought TO its legitimate conclusion
He had already seen not "a little of life,
and by travel both abroad and at home
had learned much of men and things.
he had taEen the broader point OF view,
which comes from emerged experience
and enables one to deal with the per-
spectiye of things, freed from that distor-
ton which is due TO what is merely local
or transient.
Later, we had offices in the same build
ing and by almost daily contact came
tn know him more intimately, as q law
yer ana "A citizen. There was something
sipgularIy winning in his attitude 10 his
friends, which was characterized by the
utmost coIdiality and an interest in their
affairs which was free from all pettiness
or jealousy He had that cheerful outlook
on life which not only ministers TO the
comfort of its possessor, but ADDS to the
happiness of all those with whom II is
shared. In addition to these qualities he
had a subtle sense of humor which seized
on the incongruites and oddities of life,
aud invested even common things with
an atmosphere of playful fancy. After
he turned his attention seriously to the
practice of the law, he made rapid pro
gress in the profession, He brought to
the work well-trained mind, lndustri-
ous habits and knowledge of affairs
much greater than is possessed by many
LAWYERS All these are important quail
6catious. but he also added a marked
literary instinct and culture which would
never have permitted him to rest in the
ootnmonplaces of the law, but ust inevi-
tahlv have placed him on the higher
nlanes of the profession. His acquaint-
ance with foreign languages found con
slant qualification in their literature. lie
old not make the mistake of some law
ysrs, that all law As contained IN law