The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
THE ADOPTION OF A MEMORIAL
JOHN Ii. ELAN SPEAKS FOR THE
LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATION.
The Commercial Travellers Associa-
ton Adopts "a decentralization
of Other Bodies.

bar Association ana the indianapolis bar
Association in the Senate chamber at the
Statehouse yesterday afternoon.
Prominent lawyers were present from all
over the State, the list including both of
Indiana's United States senator's. judges
Of the United States Circuit Court, the
entire membership of the State Supreme
and Appellate Courts and lawyers of ma
tional fame.
The eulogies were eloquent tributes to the
memory of the great lawyer who lay in
state in the same building. A memorial
prepared by a committee composed OF
Judge r. S. Taylor, president of the State
Bar Association; Judge Timothy f. How
ard, w. Ii. Ii. Miller, John S. Duncan, w.
a. Ketcham. George w. Grubbs, Howard
Gale and Harry j. Milligan was read by
Judge Howard and afterwards unanimous
ly adopted. On motion of w. A. Ketcham,
the secretary Of the State Bar Association,
was instructed to send copies of the MEM
orial to the Supreme and Appellate Courts
of the United States, the courts Of Indiana
and to Mrs. Harrison.
JUDGE WOODS PRESIDED.
The meeting was presided over by Judge
William A. Woods, of the United States
Circuit Court. In calling the meeting to
order Judge Woods said: Il recognize 1t as
a great honor to be chosen TO preside over
this meeting, but L am not vain enough to
think the honor was intended for ne per-
sonally. L deem it to be a ratification of
the honor conferred upon me by General
Harrison when he nominated me for the
position which 1 now occupy. We are met
here to-day as lawyers and IL is as law
yers primarily that we think of General
Harrison. A man may be a great lawyer
without being a statesman. but he cannot
be a great statesman without being a great
lawyer. 1t is essential to the statesman that
he have an intimate acquaintance with the
law. General Harrison was an EMP
OF the great statesman and the great law
yer. Ever since Il knew General Harrison [
have been impressed with his great intel
lectuality. From the time / first saw him
l felt that he was destined to fill the place
in history that his grandfather had. There
have been greater men than General Harri-
son In some individual particulars, but il
has never been my good fortune TO know a
greater all around man than he"
When Judge Woods ceased speaking the
memorial committee which had been pre-
viously nominated left the room to pre-
pare the testimonial and during its absence
the chairman called upon Judge Hadley.
OF the Supreme Court of Indiana. He said
IN part: The deceased whose memory we
desire TO honor was a great lawyer; an all
around systematical lawyer in the popular
as well as the technical sense of the
term. He was clothed not with what
seemed TO be a masterful knowledge of the
law as a science but with a practical
knowledge of the law in all of it's phases.
In the nigh qualities of our deceased broth
er as a lawyer | do no injustice to any
other lawyer present to say that he stood
conSplcuously first at the bar of his State.
Ana II sheds ulster on his illustriOus name
10 note that ms greatness is not altogether
cue 70 MS intellect, but largely to his un-
renting efforts. On the fateful day on
which he was stricken he was stronger
than on the yesterday. The rapiditv and
general sweep of his mind was most won
dcrful' In t~ersenesS, clearness and forcible-
ness of expression and in simplicity and
Siearness OF speech l have never known
ms equal. AS an advocate he never lost
the attention of the jury. Gentlemen of the
bar, the life of General Harrison has been
OF lnestimable value to us ALL"
JUDGE HOWARD'S WORDS.
Judge Timothy f.. Howard, of South
Bend, spoke as follows:
When the roll of great Americans is
made up from age TO age, as the centuries
come and go, the name of Benjamin Har-
rison will always be found far up on the
list. OF distinguished lineage, he added
lustre TO the glory of ancestry. But by no
one who has walked the road of honor
and reached the heights of greatness. was
less due TO adventitious aids. One aid he
cid have, the priceless advantage OF a youth
OF poverty Born in a modest home, strug-
gle reused his native vigor, and made keen
and strong an intellect of unusual breadth
and force. Success came TO him. not bv
fash or bound, but slowly, steadily. sure
ly, as the result Of persistent effort and un-
remitting toll; and he developed, strength
ened, broadened. evenly to the end, until
the earnest student stood before the world.
in the quiet modesty OF greatness, as the
first citizen of the Republic.
THE same characteristics of thorough
ness, finish, completeness, marked every
phase OF work in his varied life. In col
lege, at the bar, on the field of battle.
in the Senate, in the executive chair, be-
fore the tribunals of the world. pleading
for the rights of nations and peoples-he
was ever the same resolute, resourceful.
complete man. And the man grew greater
with his years; nor was this greatness
dependent upon the station which for the
time he occupied. He grew deeper, broad
er, higher, even to the day when he lay
down to die. Not while sitting In the high
est deliberative body of the world: not
while directing the destinies of the great
Republic; not while pleading before the
most august tribunal of history, did he
so impress his greatness of character upon
the minds and hearts OF his countrymen.
as when as a private citizen, in the last
years of his life. he gave to the people
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est teachings of American patriotism and
craftsmanship. In this he recalls the mem
DRY of his comrade in arms and predeces-
sor in the presidency, General Grant.
whose true greatness and breadth of char
acter did not reach out. unclouded TO the
world, until il streamed in sunset radiance
from the heights of Mount McGregor.
ITO us of Indiana who have been SO
honored by rhe reflected glory that has
proceeded from the career of Benjamin
Harrison; 10 the member in particular of
this State Bar Association, of which he
was the first president. il is a duty, as il
Is a melancholy pleasure. to make CRATE
full record of our esteem. love and venera-
ton for the honored statesman. whose de-
parture from earth We mourn to-day. but
whose memory remains with US as an
Inspiration 10 good citizenship and love
of country for us and for our children
during the years 10 come. Let the memory
of such men be cherished and their ex-
ample ollowed, and the free institutions
of our beloved country will be secure for
ever
FOR THE LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATION.
John b. Elan. former law partner OF
General Harrison. spoke for the Indianapo-
lis Bar Association. He said:
1.-The great lesson Of these sad occasions