The Washington times., 1902-05-25
kuloglzeS Memory of the
Late Albert Gala
tin Riddle.
THE RESOLUTIONS DRAFTED
Distinguished Lawyer a Practitioner
Before the District Court Nearly Half
a Century-His Work a History Of Its
Progress-Addresses by Members.

The members of the Washington bar
assembled yesterday at p. m. at the
City Han. 10 pay tribute OF respect to
the memory Of the late Albert Gallatin
Riddle. who for nearly half a century
was a practitioner before the District
Courts
AT special meeting OF the Washing
ton Bar Association. on Friday. May 6.
committee was appointed to draf, a
set OF resolutions expressing the senti-
ment of the members OF the bar on the
loss sustained in the death of Mr.. Rid
die.
Mir. BENJAMIN. L. Leighton, president of
the association, named the following
committee: eX-Judge Charles c. Cole.
chairman; Nathaniel Wilson. City Solic-
itor A. B. Duvall. Chaplin Brown. A. A.
Blrney, John Ridout. s. T. Thomas. j. E.
Padgett, E. H. Thomas. Joseph Shilling
ton, and f. S. McCalmont.
Resolutions Adopted.
Mr. Cole. on behalf OF the committee.
reported the following preamble and
resolutions:
Albert Calatin Riddle was born at
Monson. Mass. on May IS 1915 and on
May Is, 1902. died AT Washington nis-
trict of Columbia. where he had lived
Tor thirty-eight years
Ills eighiy-siX years of life com
passed the most momentous events in
INC coGntTy's history since its birth. and
liz those events he bore 2 conspicuous
ana useful part. After teaching school
lof several years he was admitted TO
the bar in 1870; was prosecuting at
torney for Geauga and Cuvahoga
counties. Ohio. and a member of the
Ohio legislature: represented the
Cleveland district in the House of Rep-
resentatlves, and was consul at Ma
tanzas. Cuba. during the civil war:
Was Attorney for the District of Colum-
oia from 1877 to 1859. and was the
author Of many works of fiction and
history.
As schoolmaster, lawyer. legislator.
diplomat litterateur and citizen his
talents were INCREASINGLY employed in
The unusually long span of time al
lotted 10 him. and in every relation
he did his duty fully and well.
Ernigrated to Ohio.
In the year following his birth his
parents emigrated to the western re-
serTe of Ohio, where, in the virgin
forest. his father built the log house
which was the first home known to the
child. Here, In the woods and in the
midst Of their perils as of their beau
ties. the foundations of his character
were laid. and here he imbibed that pas
sionate love OF nature which through
out his life manifested itself in his
works. whether literary or forensic.
as well as in his personality. Tree. |
and beast. and bird were his childhood |
companions. and their memory and their |
influence pervaded his spirit 10 the end |
In the pioneer society. in which his |
conscious existence began, he formed the |
lAStes. acquired the virtues, and took
on the principles of the pioneer. The
frontier life, with its limitless woods /
and their unrestTaiDed deni=ens. made |
freedom his central thought. and the |
universal brotherhood of mar and the |
universal fatherhood Of God" became |
part Of him, in politics as in religion.
This bore rich fruit in the Free Soil |
convention. called by him at his Ohio 4
home in 1888. which was the first effec- |
tive political organization for the over |
throw Of slavery, antedating the forma- 1
tion Of the Republican party in the
United States.