The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-05-25
edited by Colonel Freeze.


lew was by acclamation nominated to
head the Democratic electoral ticket
OF the state at the ensuing Presidential
election.
In November 1876, he was elected
representative in Congress from the
district composed of the counties of
Columbia, Montour, Carbon, Monroe
and Pike, and parts of the counties of
Lackawanna and Luzerne.
In 1877 he contributed an article
on proportional Representation" to
Johnson's Cyclopaedia, and in 1855
gave to the public an elaborate work
on the constitution of Pennsylvania.
In 1886 he was elected president of
the Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad
in 1888 was again elect
ed to Congress, serving two terms
In 1894 he was once more a candidate
for Congress, but was defeated.
He has been a director of the First
Bank for a number Of years,
up to the time of his death.
For some years past he has lived a
retired life, and has not practiced his
profession actively for ten years or
more.
Mr.. Buckalew was pleasant COM
panion at all times, because of his
genial disposition, although to many
he appeared cold and distant, but to
those who knew him more intimately
he was a conversationalist of rare gift.
His fund of knowledge was varied and
extensive. His acquaintance with
botany enabled him to talk most en-
tertainingly on that subject, and this
was but one of the many subjects with
which he was familiar, outside the lines
of his professional education. He was
a public speaker Of great force not
one who amused his audience by an
ecdote and buffoonery, but who con-
vinced them by his logic and by the
ponderous force of his arguments,
sometimes, indeed, seeming to be dry
and uninteresting, but only because
the closeness of his reasoning was be.
yond the grasp of the ordinary listen
er.
In court he was always the court
eous gentleman to both the court and
opposing counsel. He never engaged
in repartee, and never lost his temper
in trying case. He belonged to a
school of old time lawyers whose likes
we seldom look upon in these modern
days. To those whose privilege it was
to know him well, he will be kept in
pleasant remembrance for many long
years 10 come.
MEETING OF THE BAR.
Pursuant to the call of the Presi-
dent, a meeting of the members of
the Bar of Columbia county was held
in the Court room on Monday after
noon, May 22d, at one o'clock, to
take action upon the death of Hon.
G. r. Buckalew. The meeting was
called to order by Col. John G.. Freeze,
President of the Bar Association.
Besides a large number of the local
attorneys there were present from out
Of town the following gentlemen /:
Hon. Stanley Woodward, President
Judge of Luzerne County, Ex-Attor-
ney General Henry w. Palmer, Alex
ander Farnham, Esq, of Wilkes
Barre; Henry Watson, Esq, of Will,
transport James Scarlet, w. Kase
West, Judge H. M. Hinckley and W..
J. Baldy, Esqs., of Danville; c. B.
Jackson, and c. c. Evans Esqs., OF
Berwick.
After stating the object OF the
meeting the chairman called upon
Judge Woodward for some remarks,
to which he responded by paying a
high tribute to the character and abil
ity of the deceased, whom he had
known for many years. General Pal
mer also addressed the meeting on in
vltatlon of the chair, and spoke feel
ingly and appropriately of Mr. Bucka
LEWIS services and of his worth as a
man.
The chairman. then appointed c
B, Jackson, c. w. Miller and Geo
E. Elwell a committee on resolutions
and on motion of Mr.. Miller, Col
Freeze was added to the committee
The following report was then made
by the committee, and was unanl
mously adopted:
ResOlOea, That in the death o
Charles r. Buckalew the State o
Pennsylvania, and the nation as well
have lost public spirited citizen, VIII,
in many ways distinguished himself il
the public service, and after havin
devoted thereto many years, retire
from public life to his home, with
character of spotless integrity, an
unsullied renown.
That his services to his party an
to the public welfare in the Senate {