Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-01
PAY TRIBUTES
TO MEL WINES
MEMBERS OF SILVER BOW COUN-
TY BAR PASS RESOLUTIONS
OF RESPECT.
HIS BRILLIANT TALENTS
THE SUBJECT OF PRAISE
John w. Cotter, Frank E. Corbett and
G.. p. Connolly Speak Of his
Attainments,

cuuSe w. L. teHlDertOn, william SCallOn
and Judge w. H. Dewitt, comprising the
committee of members of the legal bar
appointed by the court to draft resolu-
tons appropriate to the death OF Melville
L.. Wines, made their report to Judge
Lindsay n Clancy sitting as one body
in Department No. 1 of the district court
today. The resolutions We're read by Mr..
Cotter and are as follows:
ITO the Honorable John Lindsay and
Honorable William Clancy, Distric,
Judges of the Second judicial District
of the State of Montana:
Your committee appointed to draft
and submit to your Honors appropriate
resolutions upon the death of Melville l..
Wines, a member of this bar beg leave
to submit the following report:
Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty
God. the Supreme Ruler of the Universe
and the Arbiter of the affairs n destiny
of man, to remove from our midst and to
call unto himself our lamented brother
Melville L. Wines, a prominent member
of this bar: and
Whereas. We, his fellow members, in
the worthy and dignified profession to
which he belonged, find ourselves in sad
ness over his demise. and DESTROYS Of
leaving upon the records of this court
a lasting tribute to his memory
Therefore. Be It Resolved, That we,
the members OF the bar Of Silver Bow
County. Montana, do most sincerely re-
greet and deplore the untimely death of
said deceased: that we remember him
most kindly, and honor his memory for
his devotion to his professional duty, for
the brilliant talents with which the Great
Creator did endow him., and for the GEM
al manly qualities which he always made
manifest among us, his professional
brothers; thai we extend to his sorrow-
ing family, and especially to his esteem
ed father, the Hon. j. L. Wines, who is
an honored member of the b Of this
state, o deepest sympathy In this their
sad bereavement hat we ask that this
report be spread upon and made a part
of the minutes and records of this court,
and that a certified copy of said report
be forwarded O the family of said de-
ceased, and that out of respect TOR the
memory of said Melville l.. Wines this
court adjourn for the period of one day"
After the reading remarks were made
by Messrs. John w. Cotter, Frank E.
Corbett, c.. P. Connolly n E. B. How
ell. MI. Cotter's mar were quite
touching. He paid the deceased a high
tribute for his ability and genial traits
of character.
In substance Mr.. Corbett said:
eff it please the court, as a member
! of the committee 1 ask that the resolu-
ton be adopted. I also. as did the last
speaker, knew Mr.. Wines extremely we'll
for many years, and he was not only
DTlllldIlL DIS d Jaw SCl, buI "
as a friend. The manner of his taking
off increases the sadness we feel from the
fact that he is gone. I choose, however,
to remember him of all people who, in
the time of life, I have known for the
good there is in them. A great poet has
said: The evil that men do lives after
them; the good is oft inferred with
their bones I do not believe that a man
with a heart so charitable as that OF
Shakespeare really wrote such sarcasm.
Anything good that a man may do in his
life will live impressed upo the world
forever. It can never die. Evil is per-
ishable and will succumb to nature. The
design of creation, the laws of God and
man are for the e~Xtirpation of evil, not
for it's per%petuation. Mel Wines In his
life had much good, and that good will
live after him, and I say let us remember
him for that and that alone"
Mr.. Connolly spoke nicely of Mr.. Wine
Said he:
II do not know tina it is necessary for
any one to add to anything that has beer
said here in regard to the memory OF
Mel Wines. I am in a position to speal
perhaps more knowingly of his ability
than other members OF the bar. I crossed
swords with him in one of the depart
ments of this court many times and
had that respect for his ability as {
lawyer, which will not be easily obliter
ated from my memory. The gentlemen
preceding me have said he was brilliant
| do not know of a young man that dis
played more ability in the trial of a cas-
than did Mr.. Wines; and there was on
thing that struck me that deserves NOR
than passing notice, and that was hi
! absolute devotion to the interests of hi
clients. I noticed in the case of client
} for whom he had been appointed by tn
| court to defend that he was even NOR
dutiful in the performance of his worl
than where he had received large fees
In the silence of the receding world h
heard the waves break upon the farthe
shore and felt upon his brow the trut
of the eternal morning"
Attorney E. B. Howell also paid tn
memory of the deceased a fitting tribute
} after which Judge Lindsay said:
speaking for the court we deeply ap
! preciate the remarks made by counse
} and will order the resolutions sprea
I upon the minutes of this department. Gu
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