The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-27

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see the point upon which a case turns.
$40 have served ones country In such
judicial capacity, and with high honor,
through nearly a generation of time,
might we'll satisfy the loftiesb ambition
OF one gifted so to serve. More and more
Is it forced upon the opening conscious
ness of our swiftly growing republic
with its multiplying and oft-conficting
interests with what elsewhere helpless
appeal the spirit of our national genius
needs must turn to the judicial depart
ments OF our civilization The bitter
clamor Of selfish interests In business, the
untried expedients that a fierce enthusi
asm faunts before the all zoo eager i'm
aginations OF men, the irresponsible I'M
rest that characterizes the first products
OF this racial mixture, which is shaping
itself but gradually into new national
ty, the loss of the old unsatisfying stan
dards and traditions, the reaching forth,
as yet but tentatively for new ideals and
standards, for all this strange and yet
need OF strong conservative restraint.
Next to that fine individual sslf-control
which the religious spirit at it's best
alone can create. there is fundamental to
all the rest the deep cry for counsel and
advice, for just discrimination between
conflicting claims. for the establishing Of
order where license seeks to raise It's head
for. the maintenance Of a respect for law,
which alone can give the perfect free
dom And for all this we look to judges
and their work. They hold the key to all
the stable intercourse OF men with men.
They fix the path within whose easy
bounds the future course of national peace
and growth pertorce must pass They
mark the limit where the flood tides of
social confusion must bre ak and ebb.
They lay the foundations upon whose
strong support all the structures OF our
communal prosperity must be built 1t
was the opportunities OF such high SER
vice, that possessed the Imagination of our
friend and claimed his strength and care.
To its fulhllment he devoted all the pow
er he had. The dignity of his place con-
trolled him. A special pride of Office,
born out Of. the consciousness that many
men of genius had served In that capacity
before and that the influence it gave
was we'll worth the consecrated work of
any man, was an inspiration to him to
the end. He loved the very routine of
his administration, dwelling upon the
simplest detail with pleasure and content.
His office was his life. No amount OF Ia
Dor. no claim upon his strength or time,
no waste OF his own physical and mental
powers ever stood for a moment before
what he conceived his Official duty, which
to him was never duty simply, but JOY
as well. Regularity, promptness, dis
patch were always present in his court.
And when compelled by illness to for
sake his bench last week at Skowhegan,
be said, This is the first time in my ser.
vice of sixteen years that have bee n
to adjourn court on account of
"He was man of conservative habits,
both as regards himself and in his judg-
ments of others. Hard and persistent
work was to him the genius Of success. !
Often have 1 heard him rebuke the long
respite many men allow themselves from
the continued prosecution of their profess
sional work. 1t is related of the Ia tie
Judge Walton, that he once said, This
matter Of vacation has grown up with
in the past few years. We did not know
the meaning of the word vacation few
years ago. I can understand that some
people may take vacation, but L do not
how 1t is that professional
people can do it. How doctors and law
yers and ministers can go off, leaving
their professional business to look after
Itself, L am not able to comprehend, Such
a sentiment was often emphasized by our
friend. His duties never suffered by any
OF neglect. But he had rare
ability for reaching conclusions and then
leaving them, so that they did not disturb
him later. He was able to combine also
a deep love of nature, which served for
him as a most welcome recreation, with
the natural duties OF his office 1t was
often his habit when called to hold court
in the different sections OF the State, to
drive from place to place in the compa-
ny of his wife. And his descriptions Of
the beauties Of nature which are ours, his
own evident JOY In Dehold1ng them and
his accounts of the people whom he met,
are not easily forgotten by those fortunate
enough to share these experiences of his.
1.-THE peculiar heritage from such life
as this, the Immediate value of such
ideals as his, must by their very ma ture be
somewhat hidden from the popular IN
derstanding. He dealt W 18th principles
and forces which underlie the very stabil-
ity of our common life Masses of men
viii enjoy for generations the results of
such high work as his without once hav-
ing the insight to appreciate the source
from which their blessings come. Back
of conduct are the laws of conduct.
Back of life are the laws of life.s wrought
out of the confusing oomplexity OF human
PASSIONS and ill-shapen desires, as the