Evening star., 1900-08-09
TRIBUTE TO JOHN J. DOLAN
ACTION OF THE district BAR AS
SOCMTION.
Resolutions Passed Expressive of
High RegaRd%Ghe Addresses
of MRMberB.

The bar of the DISTRICT Of Columbia, at
special meeting held today at the city nall
paid tribute to the memory or John j.
Dolan. one Of Its most promising young
members, who died a few weeks ago. Con-
sidering that the summer recess OF the
courts is now at its height and many OF
the attorneys are away from the city, the
attendance was large, and of itself was an
evidence of the high regard in which Mr.
Dolan was generally held. Appropriate
resolutions were adopted by the meeting
and eloquent addresses were delivered.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
Chaplin Brown, president of the Bar Asso-
citation. On motion, Mr.. George E. Hamil-
ton was selected as chairman of the meet
ing and Mr.. H NJ Earle as the secretary.
The chairman named Messrs: Henry T.
Davis, ]. j. Darlington, H. w. Sohon, c.
A. Brandenburg NJ. J. Colbert, Charles A.
Douglass and R. r. Perry, Jr., as com
mittee to draft resolutions. The committee
retired. and few minutes late reported.
through Mr.. Davis, resolutions setting
forth that by the death of John J. Dolan
there has been lost to the bar one whose
grace of manner, sympathetic and modest
nature, honesty Of purpose and sound abili-
ties brought him deserved admiration and
loyal friends, made intercourse with him a
delight. and marked him among the young
er members of the bar as one whose traits
of character, reaching fruition. would have
developed a thorough and successful law
yer. We deplore his untimely death, and
to his widow we extend our sincere SYM
pathy in her affliction, and tender this tri-
butte of our affectionate regard for his
memory and our recognition of his virtues
and worth.
This meeting resolves further that this
resolution be presented to the Court of Ap-
peals and to the Supreme Court of the Dis
tr1ct of Columbia, with the request that 1t
be enrolled among their respective minutes.
and that copy be sent to the widow Of
our deceased brother
Mr.. Davis Remarks.
In presenting the resolutions Mr.. Davis
referred to meetings of the bar on similar
occasions Usually, he said, the subject OF
the proceedings had been a ripened lawyer
and man. The gathering Of today, he ex-
planned, was to pay homage to the memory
of a bud. and not a full-blown rose. Mr..
Dolan said the speaker, was an object
lesson of American life at the bar. He was
born in Ireland in 1866, and came to this
country when thirteen years of age. He
secured employment as a shop boy. He
studied at night school, and later entered
GonZaga College. He perused the classics
at st. Mary's College. Baltimore, and later
took the law course at GEORGETOWN Uni
versity. In the meantime he supported
himself by teaching. He was admitted to
the bar in 1904
In eloquent language Mr.. Davis detailed
TO the assemblage that Mr.. Dolan was
modest in disposition. sound in his observa-
tions, a consistent Christian, man of rare
abilities and wholly lovable. He also spoke
of the young wife death had separated
from a devoted husba nd.
In seconding the adoption of the resolu-
tions Mr. Charles A. Douglass spoke in
glowing terms. His theme was that death
is no respecter OF persons. He concluded
with an expression of his high regard for
ha Of NIr
By unanimous vote the resolutions were
adopted and the meeting then adjourned.