Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-07-09
FUNERAL OF JUDGE HUGHES
Billiant Address by Hon. G. y. Peers
Mexico Well Represented.

Mexico Well Represented.
The funeral of Judge e. M. Hughes
at Montgomery City was one OF the
largest ever held in the interior OF the
State and it was attended by delega-
tions from every county In the district.
Nearly all Of the members Of the Au-
drain County Bar and about twenty
Masons and other trends attended
from Mexico. George Robertson and
W. w. Fry were appointed from this
county on the committee on resolu-
tions. Howard Buckley and George
Robertson, OF this city, were two OF
the pallbearers.
At the meeting Of the Bar OF the
district, which was called to order by
Judge Barnett, OF Montgomery, Hon.
@. e. Peers was appointed permanent
chairman. Mr.. Peers on taking the
chair paid the following beautiful
tribute to the memory OF the deceased.
,sThis indeed is a sad occasion, that
vacant chair draped in mourning,
touches us all as family bereavement.
We look and miss the friendly face and |
9 the familiar voice, and by a beautiful
+, instinct of mans better nature we re-
: call the virtues, the generous quail
ties, the earnest devotion and the
fidelity to duty OF the distinguished
Judge who has gone, as all OF us must
y hope, to eternal reward, In the very
i bloom OF his manhood and the hour OF
> his usefulness.
u "Elliott NJ. Hughes was proud TO be
d Judge, but the distinction never
% lifted him up with any false notion,
or changed in the least degree that
simplicity and integrity of character
Il which seemed to stand out and invite
trust and respect. He belonged TO
that class OF men whose practical
4 wisdom and whose solid sense controls
the courts OF the nation and have
a made the law what it is to-day. Judge
Hughes despised sham and he opposed
A official pomp and parade.
81 "Devoted to the profession OF the
a law, he was honest, consistent, careful
to be right and conscieDtiously hrn
when conclusion was feaciieu
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better described az bhat oi al upi's ~
faithful, discreet anu iearneu Iuuse
whose example is worthy OF the bes
emulation ana whose iiie 10 'aiu"D'
instruction.
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clay, not only a capacious llinu, pu
also heart open ana iranA' anu on
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them while others VINO reaso
elaborately were still left In ooupt
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above excellent organism anu ps,an0e
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from and SO greatly prized. unaer 'ne ny ny
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