Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-14
THURSDAY. MARCH IA, 1901.
FRANK E. COHBETT.

COrbttt comes as a shock TO his legion !
Of friends and to the community in s>n-
eral. Few indeed knew that he W.
even III until yesterday afternoon, when /,
the tiainss that he was extremely low ,
and might possibly rot recover. was
given out.
1t is hard to realize that one Who was
SO lately moving among US, a conspi>'G-
Gus public figure. filling in an able and
brilliant manner the distinguished posi-
tion of speaker of the house of Jae SeE-
enth legislative assembly. is no more.
1t is only six days since the legislature
adjourned, and during It's closing hours.
amid its dramatic situations and eNt't-
ing scenes. at times reaching a elm 'N
painful in i-s intensity. he was tn
central figure, alternately playing upol
the feelings of the joint assembly with
ais eloquence, his Keen logic. his ra,a
wit his polished sarcasm ana deliShtful
humor.
Frank f. Corbctt was Of a refined ma
1ure, finely educated. highly cultivated
and of great intellectual power.
His chosen profession was the law. Cor
which his natural abilities and his splen-
did assainments qualified him in an un-
usual degree He was Il forceful, i'm
pres.s.ve plealer gifted with a voice, 4
presence and a manner which neve.'
failed to command attention and respect,
and which, supplemented by his pure
diction, finished rhetoric and convincing
reasoning, made it a rare pleasure to
listen to his charming oratoly. HE
great abilities had already made for him
a high place at the Montana bar, AMI
had he been permitted to live HE would
nave reached the Very forefront Of his
mobile profess. on. But With these IN
usual abilities AID brilliant accomplish
ments as is frequently the case. was
combined a highly strung. finely drawn,
nervous temperament, and no one Who
knew him Well can doubt but that the
long drawn-out ana acrid contest over
the senatorial deadlock, together with
the prolonged and bitter partisan isnt
involved in the passage or defeat OF GER
tain special lesia,ation-a fight rarely,
If ever, exce!led in its personal aIterca-
tions, denunciations and general dis
regard of parliamentary courtesy ana
propriety-ha undermined his nervous
orga rlization and led to the prostrativN
which ended in his untimely death.
Socially, Frank f. Corbett will be
missed as would no other man IN tn $
community, and his friends and ASS >
ciares will mourn him deeply. They
were always glad when he appaarcd
among them, they rejoiced in his com
partnership. for he was the life and sou
of every gathering, deEs'htins all WITH
his vivid ina sination, his keen sense o.
8lumor and his Stimulating Wit, wlri Il
Fascinated without infiicting pain. H..
personality was charming and few eve1
came within It's radius who We're no
held captive by his attractive slaces @
mind and manner.
To the Young and beautiful wife ant
the tender babe, who are thus suddenl
bereft of husband and father, the dee
sympathy of all will go out unsparngly
for he was an ideal husband loving hi
family and his home above all else o.
this earth. And So too, will this sym
pathy extend to all the family and kin
for he was loved and admired by then
all.
We wish there We're some words q
comfort We could utter to help lift tn
burden of SORROW from their hearts. Blu
We all know that at such a time word
have no power to convey the sentiment
we desire TO express. Only those VIII
have stood in the dark shadow cast b
the grim mystery death, can realiz
the deep desolation which it's presenc
brings. There is but this consolation-t
remember the love, the devotion the ul
selfish sacrifices, the virtues whic
marked the lives of those who are take
from US, and then to turn to the futur
relying upon that heaven born inspire
ton which we feel within us, that in IL
time to come we shall again be re-unite
with the loved ones Who have gone b.
fore.
1t is good at a time of anguish like thi
when that which we love best of ALL
taken from us to recall the beautif
sentiment expressed in the old Gre
drama, in which young hero, who
about to offer UP his life as a sacrifice
fate, is asked by the maiden WI
doves him and whom he also love
whether they shall ever meet again,
which he replies: L have asked tn
dreadful question of the hills that 10
eternal, of the streams which flow
forever, Of the stars among whose fiel
of azure my raised spirit hath walk
in glory. But all are dumb. But, VIII
i gaze upon thy face, 1 feel that the
Is something in the love that mant
through it's beauty that cannot who
perish. Yes, we shall meet again.