The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-23
HIS MEMORY Will LIVE
RAMSEY COUNTY BENCH AND RAR
HONOR THE LATE
SENATOR
EULoGIzED BY OLD FRIENDS
Memorial Expressing Appreciation
OF His Attachments and Worth
TO BE Entered in
Court Records.

Surrounded by the flower of the Ramsey
county bar, the fun bench Of the district
court yesterday afternoon listened to
eloquent eClogies of the late Senator
Davis.
Many of the speakers had been intimate
personal friends of the deceased states
man in whose honor they had assembled
and all bore tribute to a colleague, ever
ready to help, and never naughty or over
bearing toward younger members of his
o. ofessiOn. There was genuine feeling in
the utterances of those who had known
him best. To them he had been q kindly
councelor, and entertaining companion,
warm unwaVering friend
The whole exercises were invested with
simple, unaffected dignity and from the
commencement until Judge Brill had
finished his reply to the memorial and the
address, the court room was crowded
with silent reverent gathering of law
yers and the general public.
II was shortly after o'clock that the
Judges filed into the room, headed by
Judge Brill, as senior member of the
bench. He took his seat in the center,
Judges Kelly, Lewis and Jaggard being
on his right and Judges Otis and Bum
on his left
No time was lost in commencing, Hiram
Stevens stepping to the front and read
the memorial which had been drafted
by him on behalf of tine committee ap-
pointed for The purpose. 1t was as fol-
lows;
MEMORIAL OF THE BAR.
The members of the bar of Ramsey
county. burdened with a sorrow that pre-
V2GeS all hearts, desire to present to
the court 4 formal expression of their
sense of the great loss Which has befallen
them, in common with the entire S9m-
mun1ty, state and nation, in the death OF
their distinguished friend and brother,
Cushman <. Davis, which occurred at
his home in this city on the 9th day
Nf 4, 4
heroic struggle with wasting disease.
Senator Davis was born at Henderson,
jefferson county, New York, June 16,
1925 In his childhood he removed with
his parents to Waukesha, Wis, where
his early years were spent. He was
graduated from the University of Michi
gan in 1851, and two years later was ad-
mltted to the Wisconsin bar, and con-
tnUed in practice until 1862, when he as
sisted in raising company for the
Twenty eighth Wisconsin volunteers,
and served as one of its officers, and as
an adjutant upon the staff of General,
formerly Governor w. A German, who
was himself once an eminent member of
this bar. In the fall Of 1864 Senator
Davis retired from the service on ac-
count of i'll health, and came at once TO
ST. Paul and was admitted to this bar.
In 1867 he was elected TO the legislature
and the following year was appointed
United States district attorney, which
Position he resigned in 1873 to accept
the nomination Of his party for governor.
He held that Office but one tenn and
thenceforth devoted himself assi6dously
to his profession. In 1887 he received the
unanimous support Of his party for Tie
United States senate and continued in
that high office to the time of his death.
In 1885, upon the resignation of Senator
John Sherman, he succeeded to the chair
nanship of the committee on foreign re-
latlon of the United States senate, which,
on account of the Spanish war, soon be-
came the most important position in
either branch of congress- During the
same year he served as one of the peace
commissioners in the negotiation of the
treaty of Paris. He served FROM 1882
to 1898 as a regent of the state university.
He was married in 1880 to Anna Nal
colin Agnew, and she, and his venerable
parents survive him.
This. in brief, is an outline of the
filled with patriotic endeavor eminent
services and brilliant achievements.
For more than a third of a century
he was an honored member of this bar,
and by his great ability, profound learn
ing and professional skill, has largely
contributed to maintain the high stand
ard which has characterized it from it's
inception. During this period eX-
cept when employed in public duties,
the records of this court testify to the
industry. zeal and success with which
he practiced at its bar.
Always deferential in his attitude to-
ward the court, his intercourse with
his professional brethren was marked
with such uniform courtesy and fair
ness as Won for him their lasting es-
TEEN.
Endowed by nature with unusual keen
ness of perception, accuracy of analysis,
and facility of expression. he added to
these natural gifts such diligence in
preparation, and force and skill in pre-
sentation as made him a powerful
champion and a FORMIDABLE opponent
These qualities made him n master of
all branches of the law, but it was in
the important field of international law
that he made greatest research, and upon
this he became an authority of highest
yepute.
Called by the well-nigh unanimous
choice of his fellow citizens to high Of
ficial station, while duties of a more
public and general nature engaged his