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IN MEMORIAM.
Lawyers Of Hudson Honor
the Memory Of the Late
Chancellor McGill.
JUSTICE LIpPINCOTT PRESlDES
Touching Tributes From
Judge Blair, Isaac S. Tay-
lor and Other Lawyers.

| late Chancellor Alexander Taggart McGill
| were paid today by members of the Hud-
| son County Bar Association, who met IN
! the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall
| for that purpose. Supreme Court Justice
| Job H. Lippincott presided and Mr.. ]. w.
Queen was Secretary. In the room were
the following Vice Chancellor F. w.
Stevens, Justice G. Collins, Mayor Hoos,
Chas. H. Hartshorne, Judge John A.
Blair, Judge Otto Grouse, Jas. B. Vreden-
bergr, Senator A. L. McDermott, Isaac S.
Taylor. Chas D. Thompson, Frank H.
Hall, r. S. Green, H. v. Condict, w. d.
| Edwards, Prosecutor j. S. Erwin, ex-
| Judge A. @. Garretson, j. P. Gordon, ex-
| Judge H. Puster, G. G. Tenant. H. S.
| White M. T. Rosenberg, r. Lawrence,
| Max Salinger. j. J. Murphy, A. c. Wall,
A. Drayton, Chas. C. Black, Jacob Weart,
C. C. Carrick, Congressman w. d. DAILY,
| Warren Dixon. j. P. Northrop, R. ].
| Wortendyke, j. Kellers, ex-Congressman
r. McEwan, R. Perkins, John Griffin, J..
| S. McMaster. w. Carey, j. Duffy, ]. Null
vaney, II. ". Condict, j. S. Braden, E. A.
| S. Lewis, Flavel MCGEE, ex-Judge ]. d.
Bedle. Judge T. F. Noonan. J. w. Heck,
| Assistant Prosecutor. M Van Wrinkle, w.
Besson, W. J. Kennedy, Judge James
Van yalen, Police Justice E. H. Hoos,
| Judge Zabriskie, VIM. A. Lewis, Eugene
Dewitt, John Marion. H. Griffiths, D.
| Edwards. City Clerk NJ J. O'Donnell, N.
| L. Rowe, G. H. Benson, j. F. Minturn,
| w. G. E. See, S. Besson, Boyd Mclean,
| William Gilmore, Thos. Nugent, Isaac
Romaine. w. d. Isbills, J. Wahl Queen, j.
| Fl. Potts, j. Farmer James Bowen, 3.
| s. Cowles. James Anderson, James Ben
nv. ex-Judge R. S. Hudspeth, William
Davis. C. De r. Leonard, Jas Furey,
william H. Lewis, c. C. Kelly, Mungo
T. Currie. VIM T. Midlige, S. c. Mount j.
S. De Hart, John Mabon, Pierre Cook, G.
| F,laacke. w. C. Cudlipp, H. Wortendyke,
De Witt Van Buskirk, I. F. Goldenhorn,
| Judge Chas. w. Parker, Clarence Linn.
sTt seems proper said Justice Lip
nincott in opening the meeting, that we
should take some action with respect to
the memory of our lamented Chancellor.
T would like to hear what the Bar has to
say
Mr.. James B. vredenburgh, president of
the association, moved the appointment
| of a committee on resolutions and the
| chair appointed these gentlemen: Messrs.
| Allan L. McDermott, Washington b.
| Williams, Judge J. A. Blair, ex-Judge A.
O. Garresitson. Isaac Taylor and Jacob
Weart who retired. During their absence
| MIR. Vredenburgh suggested the avis
ability of holding a meeting of the State
Bar Association to be held in this city.
He moved that a committee be appoint
| ed to make arrangements to that effect
| and Justice Lippincott appointed Messrs.
| Isaac S. Taylor, Chas. C. Black, Chas.
D. Thompson, Joseph D. Bedle and E. A.
| S Lewis
C H. Benson suggested that the meet
ing of the State Bar should be held in the
assembly rooms of either No. / or No. 8
School, because the acoustics properties
of the City Hall Chamber were bad. Mr..
| G.. G. Tenant thought that the ,ssembly
| room of No. / School was the best place.
At this point the committee on resolutions
entered and Senator McDermott read the
following =
'sThat the announcement of the death OF
the late Chancellor Alexander Taggart
McGill arouses within US feelings of most
profound sorrow. This bar, at which all
| of his professional life was spent, which
has witnessed and shared in all his sue
I cesses and triumphs, has from his long
and intimate companionship, learned to
love him as a man, to hold the highest
respect for his wide attainments, the
sincerest admiration for his gentleness
and courtesy of his manner, and the ut
most faith in the loftiness of his purposes
and his unchalenged fidelity to the duties
of his great Office.
.iHe had great learning in the law, and
his unwearying labors have solved many
of the intricacies of that abstruse pro-
| fession; he was courteous gentleman in
all the relations of life, and the uniform
| modesty and gentleness of his demeanor
| has set a high standard of judicial con-
duct; he was so fixed in his integrity OF
character that scandal never touched him
| self or his great office; he was pure in
| life and without reproach.
| cat the time of his death, scarcely past
middle life, he had attained a position OF
such pronounced eminence as to shed
lustre upon a profession distinguished by
great names in every period, and to add
| further distinction to the records of this
| historic Commonwealth.
s'For thirty years Chancellor McGill
had lived among us, had been entrusted
Win the Care anu management Oh large
and complex interests, had occupied
many positions of trust and confidence
had held offices of great responsibility
| and power, and from no source has one
breath of suspicion either against the
purity of his motives, or the correctness
of his conduct ever once arisen.
s'These noble qualities of his vigorous
and active life and the calm and splen-
did courage of his last days when the
end was known to be inevitable. and
when with intent ear he could almost
hear the welcoming music of the world
beyond-will continue memory of ever
increasing sweetness to those who knew
him best, and loved him most; but his
unsulled reputation and his great labors
are our inspiration, and the lasting heri-
tage Of the profession and the State
Resolved, That we attend the funeral
Of cur beloved Chancellor in body, and
that copy of these resolutions. duly at
| tested, be transmitted to his bereaved
widow, to whom our heartfelt sympathy
| in this great affliction is most sincerely
extended.
Mr.. AdcDermott is moving the adoption
| of the resolutions suggested requesting
attorney General Gray to arrange with
the State Bar to pay tribute 70 the late