The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-05-23
Hon. Thomas Peter Chaires.

the Senate met inspecial session
for the purpose of hearing the,
report of the Committee appOin
ted to draft resolutions on the
death Of Hon. Thomas Peter
Charles. late Senator from the
Twelfth District, and to have ap-
prOpriate exercise thereon. The
old desk formally occupied
by the deceased Senator was
covered with flowers sent by
friends; especially noticeable
among the many beautiful floral
designs were two walters cover
ed with lovely roses of the sea-
son most artisically arrayed, one
being sent by Senator Rogers Of
Duval. and the other by Capt.
D. E. Maxwell, also of Jackson
Vile. The Senate Chamber was
well filled with many friends
who came to pay their last trih-
ute Of love for the deceased.
I'om Peter Chaires was well
known in Tallahassee, and being
a Leon county boy, had many
friends and relatives throughout
the county.
Whenever any question affect
ing the interests of old Leon or
Tallahassee came up in either
House of the Legislature Mr..
Chaires was always counted on
with certainty to do all in his
power and influence to bring
about the result desired by our
people, and certainly no section
of the State will feel his loss from
the Legislature Halls of the State
more than will oEr own cort.fts :.
Mr.. Cottrell on behalf of the
Committee appointed as stated
above submitted their report, af-
ter which Senators Myers. Sans,
Adams, Rogers and Broome
each made beautiful and apprO
pirate remarks, all bearing wit
ness to the great respect, es-
TEEN and love in which the de-
ceased had been held through
out his public and private life.
The following are the resolu-
tiOns as presented by the Com
mittee, and also the remarks
of Senator T. T. Myers. Lack
Of space alone forbids the
presenting to the public the
remarks made by the other Sen,
atOrS:
Senate Chamber,
Tallahassee, Fla, Mav7, 1901.
Hon. Thomas Palmer, President
of the Senate:
Sir-Your committee appoint
ed to draft suitable resolutions
commemorative of the late Sen
ator Thomas Peter Chaires, beg
leave to report the following:
Whereas, on the 18th of Aug
ust, 1899, just a little over a
month after the final adjourn
ment of the session of the Legis-
lature of 1899, the Honorable
Thomas Peter Chaires, then rep
resenting the Twelfth Senate
rial District in the Senate of
Florida, was stricken down by
the ineXOrable hand of death In
the full bloom of a vigorous and
stalwart manhood, and at the
zenith of a career of conspicu--
Gus usefulness to his district
and State; Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate, That
by the death of the Honorable
Thomas Peter ChaireS the State
of Florida has lost one of her
most prominent, useful and pa
triotic sons-one who gave to
her service in war, the ardor of
his youth, and, in peace, the
sage counsel of his mature years,
and we his colleagues in the
Senate have been deprived of a
sound, wise, conservative and
sagacions counselor, and a 10y
al, generous, kindly and warm
hearted associate.
Resolved, further, That, as a
mark of respect to his memory,
these resolutions be spread
upon the Journal of the Senate,
and that, upon the conclusion
of the commemorative exercises.
the Senate adjourn for the day;
and that an engrossed copy of
these resolutions be forwarded
by the Secretary to the family
of the deceased, as a token of