Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13
IN MEMORY
Of COURTNEY
BUSINESS MEN OF BUTTE ADOPT
RESOLUTIONS AND EXPRESS
HEARTFELT REGRET.
I'll PRESENT HAD A
GOOD WORD FOR DECEASED.
S.as a Public Spirited Citizen, Man
OF Generous Impulses, of Unim-
peachable Character.

It may be true that the evil men do
Ii es after them and that the good is
of Inferred with their bones. but the
c..s- OF Genial Tom Courtney. orator,
Maid independent gentleman. is one
oI t1e exceptions making necessary the
u oi the Quaiiiier oft.
last evening special meeting Of the
E...e Business Mems association was
h 10 for the sole purpose of adopting
resolutions of respect and sorrow IN
r., l..ory OF the deceased senator. y
II .l.lDer OF represen, alive business men
OF the community We're present and d.
J. liennessy presided.
Every man present had been a friend
of courtney in life. and in death al
had ID 5000 word for him. Ex-Governor
I.icl.ards was the first speaker called
uDon by the CHAIR In part his re-
MARKS We're as follows:
1t is Numerically sad that a man in
full possession of his faculties and in
the prime of life should be taken from
us. Thomas f. Courtney was not with
out his faults. but it is IA chartab bic
duty which we owe to overlook them.
AS l grow older the better | realize
the beauty of this charity. Our depart
ed friend was man we al loved. lie
was unimpeachable in presence and in
heart. and when called upon to per-
form a public duty the we'll being of
the people was his first consideration.
and the confidence imposed in Kim was
not abused AS a member of the Bust
ness Mems association he was an indie
fatigable worker. and by his death we
suffer a distinct loss. We do credit by
coming together for few minutes to-
night and dropping a few words eX-
pressing our estimation of our departed
friend and in uttering words of SYM
pathy for the bereaved loved ones
p. ]. Brophy paid a glowing tribute
to the memory of the manly qualities
and general worth of the deceased in
the following language:
The occasion which draws us to-
gether tonight to express words of
eulogy is a sad one. 1t is sad that
man Of ripe manhood and mature years
should be taken from our midst.
knew Senator Courtney when he first
came to Butte. 10 years ago. and l
knew him to be always courageous Of
heart and always ready to lend help
ing hand All his failings We're more
than compensated by his good qualities
His daily motto was Kindness and
charity to all men, He was conscier-
tiousness itself. and would rather, after
having performed meritorious deed
that the honor We're conferred en- some
: one else l believe that his place in
history Will be hard indeed to fill, and
that he did not live longer is to be
deplored."
II. NJ. Patterson expressed the high
estimation in which he had held Sena Tor
Courtney and concluded by saying:
The real kindness OF his nature al
ways appealed to me. 1t always seemed
his pleasure to take hearty interest
in his fellow man. and it is with sin
certify that l say the world is better
and brighter for his having lived in it,.
In voice trembling with thu inten-
sity of his emotion. Charles n. Gosman
declared that he had never known
more generous nature than that of
Courtney. He was beloved by all who
knew him." he declared, land everybody
seems to have lost a true friend by his
death Every man that was his friend
should be better today on account of
that fact alone
President Hennessy spoke fee]ngly of
the deceased legislator as follows:
Il have known Thomas F. Courtney
ihl many years, DOtA IN the MINES ana
as a merchant. He was man who
possessed one of the finest natures that
] ever knew. His cheerfulness never
deserted him under the most trying cir
cumstances. I knew him as a business
competitor. and on each and every oc-
casion l knew him as a hale good f>-
low. Until his death l never more fully
realized that in the midst of life we
are in DEATH l saw him in HN ma
during the Legislature and As hours aft
erWard he was cold in death. There
are very few who get so much real
good out of life as man of the genial
nature of Thomas f. Courtney
Others who eulogized the noble quail.
ties of the deceased and expressed deer
regret at his untimey passing were Ben
r Harris and John w. Passmore
The resolutions submitted by l.he
specially appointed comm. ttee, adoptej
unanimously and ordered engrossed fol
the nearest relatives of the deceased
read as follows:
Whereas, In the sudden and untimaly
ee&th of Hon. Thomas F. Courtney q
prominent merchant and highly respect
ed citizen of our city, and an active an6