Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-12-07
A NATIONS Loss.
Committee of Citizens of Bismarck Eek.
press Their Sense of Loss in
the Death of Davis.
Fitting Tribute Paid to One ofthe Great
est Men of the North
west.
Resolutions Embodying the Feeling
of the Citizens of Bismarck To-
ward the Dead Statesman.

he clClZelS OIL blSIlldl Ch, ll1OuSA
a committee appointed at a public
meeting, have expressed fittingly the
sense of loss felt by the northwest in
the death of Senator Davis. At q
public meeting held last week, a com
mittee was appointed to draft resolu-
tons of respect and regret at the death
of Senator Davis. The committee in
Guided a number of the city's leading
business and professional men as fol-
lows:
Rev. A. A. Joss, Hon. John F. Wal
lace, Rev. A. Durrie, Hon. c. B. Little,
Hon. NJ. H. Jewell, Hon. E.. A. Will
liams, Rev. Jas. Anderson, Hon. Jos.
Hare, A. N. leslie, Hon. l. P. Baker,
Capt. w. S. Moorhouse, Hon. John
S%atterlund, Hon. j.. NJ. Bartholomew,
Hon. Alfred Wallin, Hon. w. H. Win
chester, DR.. VIM. A. Bentley, Asa T.
Patterson, +. H. Register, John Yegen,
NJ. NJ. Cook, Henry Tatley.
The committee has embodied the
sense of the meeting in the following
resolutions which were agreed upon
at u meeting today:
Whereas, a national aff1iction has
visited our country in the death of the
Hon. Cushman X. Davis, United States
senator from the state of Minnesota.
Whereas, the people of the city Of
Bismarck, North Dakota, quite a num-
Der Of whom were army comrades and
OLD friends of Senator Davis, feeling
| that his death is an almost ~irreparable
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 in
telleotual ability, his grand character,
his profound craftsmanship and his
great service to his country, have duly
authorized a committee of citizens to
express tt his faithful wife, his aged
parents and other relatives their pro-
found sorrow at his death, therefore
Be it Resolved. that in the death of
Senator Cushman X. Davis this Ia
tion has lost one of it's brightest in
tellects. one of it's most thorough
workers and practical scholars, one Of
it's most patriotic and conscientious
statesmen. Senator Davis was a con-
spicuous intellectual light among the
greatest men of our nation; his char
acter, his attainments, his life and 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, stud
iousness, patience in research and
practical judgment; he knew when,
and where, and how, to bring his Won
derful powers into practical use. He
was always logical, concise, profound,
analytic, versatile and eloquent,
whether at the bar or in the forum.
His name will go down in the history
of his country to future generations as
n of the most thoroughly equipped
men in all lines Of political and legal
knowledge this nation has ever pro-
duced, as an unassuming man who was
never found wanting, who was equal
to every occasion, rising to it's de-
mands with little apparent effort,
showing his great studiousness, his
remarkable 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
nation 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
pathway of political injustice and
wrong. Realizing all this, be it
Further Resolved, that our most
sincere sympathy is hereby extended
to Mrs. Senator Davis, who by her
t~ireless 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 kind
lieSt remembrance. We hope that in
her great bereavement she may be
sustained and strengthened by an I'M
faltering trust in the wisdom of our
Heavenly rather, and in the faith that
the laying aside of the mortal form is
but the glorious dawn of a brighter
and higher life. We commend her to
the God of the widow and the father
less pleading that 1.-The winds may be
tempered to the snorn lamb" and that
she may be comforted by the knowl-
euge that a great nation mourns with
her, yet is truly thankful for so much
OF her husbands life and services in
behalf of his country, and be it
Further Resolved, that through Mrs.
Senator Davis we extend to Mai. 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 a