The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
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MOURN FoR DAVIS.


MOURN FOR paws. !.
Citizens of North Dakota's Capital
III Adopt Resolutions.
The citizens of Bismarck, through a
committee appointed at a public meet
ing, have expressed fttingly the sense
of loss felt by the Northwest in the
sdeaths.of Senator Davis. Alta public
meeting held last week, a committee
was appointed to draft resolutions OF
respect and regret at the death of Sem
ator Davis. The committee included a
number of the city's leading business
and professional men, as follows:
Rev. A.: A. Joss Hon. John F. Wal
lace, Rev. A. Durrie, Hon. G. B. Little.
Hon.. M: III. Jewell, Hon.. E. A. Will
liams, Rev. Jas. Anderson, Hon. JOS.
Hare, A. N. Leslie, Hon. ]. p. Baker,
Capt. w. S. Moorhouse, Hon. John Sat
terlund, Hon. j. NJ. Bartholomew, Hon.
Alfred Wallin. Hon. w. H. Winchester,
DR.. VIM. A. Bentley, Asa T. Patterson,
M. M. Cook, Henry FTatley. ..
The committee. has embodied the
sense of the meeting in the following
resolutions, which We're agreed upon at
a meeting yesterday:
"Whereas, A national affection a
visited our country in the death or
Hon. Cushman K. Davis, United States
senator from the state of Minnesota
"Whereas, The people of the city of
bismarck, North Dakota, quite a mum.
Der of whom were army comrades ana
old friends of Senator Davis, feeling
that his death is an almost irreparablc
loss to our city, state and the great
Northwest, of which he was an early
pioneer, and actuated by a sincere de-
sire to pay a proper tribute to his INTEL
lectual ability, his grand character, his
profound craftsmanship and his great
service to his country, have duly au-
thorized a committee Of citizens to ex-
press to his faithful wife, his aged
parents, and other relatives. their pro.
found sorrow at his death; therefore,
he it. r
Resolved, That in the death of Sen
ator Cushman K. Davis this nation a
lost: one of its brightest intellects. n
of its most thorough workers and prsc-
teal scholars. one of its most patriotic
tLIu COllSC1C1lllOuS olqtCoAAASAs
Davis was a conspicuous intellectual
light among the greatest men of our
nation, his character, his attainments.
his life inc his services stand outlined
with peculiar clearness on the political
field of our country's recent history;
he was-a rare combination of intellect:
energy, studiousness. patience in re-
search and practical Judgment; he
knew when. and where, n how. to
bring his wonderful powers into prac-
teal use. He was always logical. con-
else. profound. analytic, versatile an6
eloquent. whether at the bar or in the
forum. His name will; go down in the
history of his country to future genera
equipped men in all, lines of political
and legal knowledge this nation has
ever produced. as an u~nassuming man
who was never found wanting. who ives
equal to every occasions, rising to It's
demands with little apparent effort,
showing his great studiousness. his re-
markable' culture by the exhibition OF
such a wonderful grasp of detail Of
every subject which he was called to
consider. The people of the entire ma
ton were his friends and admirers.
We feel that it is a personal loss to
every home in the Northwest. He
stood as an honest bulwark in the path.
way of political injustice and wrong.
Realizing all this, be it
Further resolved, That our most sin.
cere sympathy is hereby extended to
Mrs. Senator Davis, who, by her tire
less vigils at the bedside of her noble
husband. battling bravely against the
inevitable, has endeared herself to the
people of this country, and will ever be
held by them in kindliest remembrance.
We hope that in her great bereavement
she may be sustained and strengthens
by an unfaltering trust in the wisdom
of our Heavenly Father. .and. In the
faith that the laying aside of h NOR
tai form is but the glorious dawn Of q
brighter and higher life. We commend
her to the God OF the widow and the
fatherless. pleading that 1.-The winds
may be tempered to the shorn lamb"
and that she may be comforted by the
knowledge that q great natfonFmourns
with her, yet is truly thankful, for so
much of her husbands life and serv-
ices in behalf of his country; and be 1t
Further resolved, That through
Mrs. Senator Davis we extend to IA.
H. N. Davis and his aged wife. father
and mother of this distinguished son.
our deepest coincidence in their hour
of sorrow. This; nation owes them .
debt Of gratitude. We must believe
that much of the grand life and services
of this learned son MAJ be due to their
guiding hands and the home training
at the family Preside. The environ
vments OF early life and training never
loee their influence. They, and. this ma
ton have every eason to be thankful
that under their watchful care ans
nome influence a magnificent man wac
developed, which. broadened with year2
and ripened with culture into a really
great man-Senator Cushman Kellogfy
Davis. We sincerely MOURN with theri
sat this early parting. We just as SIM
5cerely rejoice with them at his great
mess, and the potent impress which h'r
and services have left upon the
pages Of our nations history. AS Ia
sther and mother they have laid away
the mortal part Of their honored7 son,
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