The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-17
BAR ASSOCIATION ACTS
Gen. Harrison, Once His Law Partner,
Presided ut the Meeting-A Me-
mortal and Talks.

A large number of the members Of the
Marion County Bar Association were pres
ent at the meeting which convened in the
Federal Court room yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of taking action on the
death OF William Pinckney Fishback. After
Ovid b. Jameson, the president of the as
ISOLATION, had called the meeting to order
General Harrison was called to the chair
and spoke briefly. as follows:
1.-THE event we have met to take notice
of-the death of William p. Fishback-is
one full of sadness to An intimate
friendship of half a century is welding
force. and the parts cannot be disunited
save by heat and the hammer. Things do
not seem to be whole since he left us. He
was not a superhuous man. The commun-
ity took notice Of his presence. The
analysis of his character leave TO others.
My hand is not steady enough to hold the
scales while residuums being noticed
I took him as friend upon his average
and footed no columns of virtues and
faults There is an entity of character
as there Is of faces, and we are drawn to
the one as to the other. not by single fea-
lures, but by personality. Mr.. Fishback
personally was to me full of interest and
charm. In the gloom of this loss / am
lonesome about my friend"
Mr.. George T. Porter spoke eloquently of
Mr.. Fishback's life, in part as follows:
He was man OF culture beyond the
conventional bounds of his profession. He
neglected none OF the opportunities for
general culture. He ever read the best
books and made their conten a part of
his life. He cultivated a taste for music
He was lover of nature and spent the
greater portion of his vacations in the
woods. When he returned to the office he
brought refinement with him. He always
had a liking for the young and took a
keen interest in their occupations and their
Efforts. He was always young in spirit
and so his communion with the young was
natural and enforced. He had mixed with
many people in all walks and classes Of
life and was a congenial spirit In any COM
pany. On every subject he had convictions
and always possessed the courage TO up
The memorial which was adopted was
read by Mr.. Edward Daniels and spoke of
Mr.. Fishback's high services to the COM
munity, his unfaltering honesty of purpose,
his skill and astuteness in his profession,
his powers of cogent reasoning, and his
steady adherence to the best purposes of
life. 1t said: HE never betrayed a
client, trified with jury or deceived a
court. His acute and vigorous mind made
it easy for him to master legal principles
and to grasp the significance of complicated
facts. He felt that a lawyer could not
be good lawyer unless he was first a good
man and good citizen. So he took interest
in politics. in literature and in social move
ments. He adorned and illuminated every
subject with which he dealt He had a
passion for cleanness and purity. He was
devoted to the classical and a reverent
follower Of the great masters. He was the
friend OF good cause and a leader in any
movement that promised to serve the well
fare of the people. He hated sham and
cant and always endeavored to be honest
with others and with his own conscience"
Remarks were made by John w. Kern,
General Coburn, w. II. r.. Miller, John T..
Dye, Howard Gale and W. w. Woollen.
The funeral sermon and burial of the
late William p. Fishback will take place
this afternoon at an hour not yet fixed and
will be strictly private. The services will be
conducted by Rev. Drs. Milburn and
Haines: interment in Crown Hill.