Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-01

Pursuant to request of the Marathon
county bar, Judge Silverthorn opened a
special session of court on Thursday
evening last for the purpose of receiv-
ing from the members of the bar of
Northern Wisconsin, q goodly number
being present, testimonials eulogistic of
the life, character and true worth of the
late Justice Bardeen as q citizen and
public man. 1t was also the occasion
of the opening of the new court room
since its improvements have been com
pleted. Nearly every member of the
local bar, except few who were.absent
from the city, were present and the
following attorneys from other counties
of the Sixteenth circuit were present.
ID E. Riordan, N A. Coleman and Geo.
E O'Connor, Eagle River; A. H. Wood
worth, Tomahawk; S. H. Alban, Rhine
lander; A. H. Reid, E. NJ Smart and +.
j. Smith, Merrill. Court was opened
in regular form ut about 500 O'Clock,
Judge Silyerthorn stating that court
had been convened that the attorneys
might make a communication, as he
understood it. The proceedings which
followed were entered as part of the
court record.
Hon Neal Brown arose, and address
ing the court, stated the object of
the meeting ip the following words:
May ii Please the Court:
Upon the death of the late Justice
Bardeen, of the supreme court, for
merly the Judge of this court and
practitioner at the bar of the court, a
committee was appointed by the Mara
thon bar to present to this court and
the supreme court memorial in evil
dence of the life, character and serv-
ices OF Judge Bardeen Mr.. Hurley,
the chairman of that committee, was
compelled to be absent tonight and be-
fore he left it was considered best that
we should call here a meeting of the
Marathon county bar and invite here as
our guests the members of the bar from
the other counties of the circuit to join
with us in presenting to this court some
memorial testimony upon the worth
and life of Judge Bardeen, and your
Honor consented to open court for the
purpose of giving us this sad privilege,
and | wish to introduce here that mat
ter to the consideration of the court.
The committee prepared resolutions
upon this subject and they will be pre-
sented by MIR. Rosenberg, a member
of the committee and member of this
bar; and there are members of the bar
from the other counties of the district
who are here and who would like to
join with us in this expression ofesteem
and respect for our deceased brother,
and | care now to say no more than
some few things that occur to me as be-
ing proper to be presented here as
part of these services.
1t was in this court that Judge Bar
deem commenced the practice of his
profession. This court was the scene
of his early triumphs and of his early
successes He came to this community
in his young manhood and commenced
here the duties of citizenship and the
duties that devolved upon him as a
practitioner in our profession From
time immemorial, and do not know
when the custom or practice com
menced, it has been the custom of
courts to thus memCrialize the judges
who have passed on to the great here
after and the lawyers who have been
members of the court, and | think
there is a peculiar propriety in such
memorial services as this.