The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-23

immediate participants IN the events
which called them forth
1t is our privilege who know him
best and loved him most. to bear wit
ness to his private virtues and profess
sional worth. 1t was here that he laid
the foundation of his illustrious career.
Among US he came and went as a IA
miliar friend, with simplicity which
station and honors did not effect.
his eloquent voice, his genial presence
and his sympathetic interest. His work
is ended, but. its results will endure.
We therefore, respectfully request
proceedings as may be had in connec-
ton Herewith, be entered at length upon
the records of the court, and that a
copy thereof be transmitted to the be-
reaved family.
ADDRESSES BY ATTORNEYS.
It's adoption was moved by F. G.. In
gersOll who said that it was emf
nentiy appropriate that fitting recogni-
ton of the greatness of the deceased
JuHlSt and statesman should come from
the bar,aS a member of which he first
became known, and paved the way to
his future exalted career.
He was no petty schemer, and never
turned his great abilities toward ac ON
plishing anything beneath the dignity Of
MS duty as a statesman and a patriot.
In closing, Mr. Ingersoll described the
late senator as being equally great as a
lawyer, scholar, orator, eXpOunder of
International law, and srateman.
He was followed by Henry J. Horn the
oldest member of the local bar This
adoption of the memorial was at first
almost overcome with q sense of the
solemnity of the occasion. His voice
faltered, and he seemed on the point Of
breaking down, but recovered, and told
how the chief element in the success of
the lamented senator, was his belief in
hard consecutive work. In what is usu-
ally termed genius he had little faith.
His scholarship thus became ripe and
his knowledge of the law profound He
went into every battle, armed cap
pie and his arguments We're as sharp
as the scimeter Saladin
John M. Gilman, another old member
OF the county bar, followed Mr.. Horn.
He spoke of the Senator's rapid rise in
ms profession. Coming to this city with
out any advantage of family prestige or
wealth, he literally carved his way by
sheer force of application and ability.
AT one time he was so poor that he car
rled mail matter in his pocket for sew
eral days, lacking the money WhereWith
to purchase stamps.
In spite of his hardships he never
swerved from his high conception of
duty. Soon his remarkable talents were
discovered and the upward climb became
easy and rapid.
Judge Charles E. Flandrau the next
speaker, dWelt on the fact that there
was hardly any association, commercial,
historical, political or professional, in
this city which had not shown by memo
rial meetings how highly the late sena-
with the national expressions of grief
which his death had called forth, show
ed more ,fQrcibly than words that he was
essentially man of the whole nation.
Gen. Moses e. Clapp, in brief extern
poraneous address, spoke with deep feel
ing of the many eminent qualifications
that had united to make the senator what
ne was, and opportunity and capacity
were the two cardinal elements in sue
cess. Senator Davis had no need to sink
the plummet of inquiry into the depths
of American thought and purpose He
was the personifcation Of both Ameri-
can thought and progress. Though spen-
didly endowed by education and research
for his work as a stateman, one of his
most powerful weapons was his wonder
full, matchless mastery of law.
EX-Attorney General H. w Childs as
serted that Senator Davis treatment of
the problems connected with the war
with Spain stood out as masterpiece
of diplomacy, the full value and sig
n1feance Of which has not yet been dis
closed.
The others to speak were NJ. D. Mum,
w. Lightner and Judge Egan.
Judge Brill replied on behalf of the
bench. He spoke as follows:
JUDGE BRILLS REPLY.
SO many words appreciative of the
character and the work of Senator Davis
and of regret at his untimely death have
already been spoken all over the land
that we can do little more than repeat
the universal eulogy. But at this his
home, here in the court, where he COM
menced his career, in the forum Of the
law where most often his genius found
exercise and where his earliest and
many of his dearest triumphs we're won,
1t is especially lifting that his profess
sional associates. and his friends, should
testify to his worth, and that their
words should be entered. of record in per-
ice.
1t was as member of this bar that Mr..
Davis commenced his professional career
and here he was a busy practitioner for
almost twenty-five years to the tine he
entered the senate of the United States,
and in the interests of his duties at
Washington had to return upon Occa-
sion to serve his clients. His active serv-
ice at the bar was during the formative
period of the Jurisprudence of the COM
monwealth, and he had much to do
with the settlement of fundamental prin-
ciples upon a broad and lasting basis,
especially in so far as these principles
were settled by the course of judicial de-
cision. He had a quick and keen per-
ception, a comprehensive view Of the re-
lations of things, and the faculty Of clear
and incisiVe statement. He was an indie
fatiguable student. He studied the law
from its beginnings; he inquired into its
philosophy; he examined the adiudged
cases. and he knew the musty contents
of the books as but few men know them
His learning was not confined to the law;
in his pursuit of knowledge he traVersed
many fields and deIVed into many mines
His investigation of any subject to which
he turned his attention was along definite
lines and with a definite purpose.
He brought to the trial of case all
the results of his study and all the re-
sources of his mind. He did not rely upon
his previous knowledge of the law. but
he seemed to have made the most care
ful and thorough preparation for the par
tcular case in which he was engaged
The use he made of his learnings was
not pedantry; but in the crucible of his
intellect his learning became power to
please, to instruct, to convince. He IL
Illuminated every subject which he touch
ed. In his presentation of a case he in
sisted upon principles rather than tech
nicalities; he did not seek to mislead or
confuse the court or the jury: he en-
deaVored to enlighten and convince: he
sought success upon the merits of his
case. His argument was lucid and forci-
Bile, concise and comprehensive, and he
left little to be said or done upon his
side of the case. He never failed to in
terest and instruct the court and all who
heard him.
His relations with the court were of the
most agreeable nature. He jealousy
enforced the rights of his client but he
was not arrogant or dogmatic-never less
than after he had won hOnors and fame
and in his zeal for the client he never
forgot his duty to the court. His char
acter, his attachments and his methods
made him in broad sense a counselor of
the court.
A man of the positive personality. the
immense, learning, the great intellectual
power of our deceased brother could not
fail to make a lasting impression upon
the profession with which he was CON
n1!ected and the community where he
lived. When he was called to broader
field of action and assumed new duties
his habit of investigation and the broad
and comprehensive knowledge he had
acquired had prepared him, and the op-
portunItY for greater things found him
ready. He has left his impress not
only upon his profession and the com
munity in which he lived, but he has
exercised powerful influence in form