The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-13
ACTION BY COUNTY BAR
ATION'STRIBUTETOLATE
 JUDGES PICKETT AND CABLE.
Fitting Words of Eulogy--Largeiy At- tended Bar aIestinE-Speechcs and ReanlnnHEnr.n

tenueu Bar MesuhE-SpeecheH and
 ResoIutions.
 Appropriate tributes to the late ex- Judge Rufus s. Pickett and Judge Jul jus c. Gable, both of whom died We'd nesday, were made at yesterdays spe- cial session of the New Haven County Bar association, which was called to take action upon these two losses to the community and legal profession. The meeting was one of the largest held in a long time by the association. It was held in the superior court room before the Friday short calendar ses- sion commenced. President John K. Beach presided.
 The eulogies upon the character of Judge Pickett were listened to first. The speakers were the three members of the committee which had in charge the drafting of the resolution, which was adopted. Ex-Judge L. N. Blyden- burgh said in part: Judge Pickett was eninentIy man who had the courage of his convictions. He was firm in his beliefs and overcame difficulties that would cause many to turn back. His aim was high, his achievements were notable while he was among us, and he faced the great unknown fearless ly."
 Attorney E. P. Arvine also spoke as a member of the committee. He re- ferred to the deceased judge as Con- necticut gentleman of the type of fifty years ago, distinctly religious man, with strong convictions and high char acter. He was undaunted when his course in matters of law was once de- termined upon. Yet, said the speaker, he had no lack Of warmth and was sympathetic with the unfortunate.
 Judge Hobart L. Hotchkiss spoke along like lines, paying high tributes to the life and character of the deceased. When the short speeches were ended the lawyers passed the following reso- lutions:
 Ex-Judge Rufus s. Pickett having died on the 9th day of June, 1903, the bar makes this memorandum of the loss it has sustained:
 Born in Ridgefeld, Conn.,, on the 26th day of February, 1929, receiving his ed- ucation in the common schools, he gain r ed, by natural ability, industry, fidelity and correct personal habits, promi- nent position in the community as citizen and as the bar as a lawyer and judge. Faithful in early years in the no less honorable, if humber, employ ments in business and as skilled me- chanic, he served the government faith fully in its revenue department during and after the civil war. Graduating at the Yale Law school in the class of 1873, as a lawyer he had the confidence of his clients, to whom he gave his best service, and of the courts, where he presented no falsehood, nor permitted it to be done As city attorney from 1877 to 1883 he protected the public in- terests, yet prosecuted no man from hatred or malice, and none but the guilty feared his indictment. As jus tice of the city court from 1885 to 1893 he exhibited that judicial temperament which kept the scales of justice at even poise and did judgment without fear or favor. A consistent Christian gentle man, his years were filled with honors the evening of his life with peace.
 Resolved, That the court be request ed to cause these minutes to be entered upon its records and a copy to be sent to the family of the deceased.
 L. N. BLYDENBURGH,
 E. P. ARvINE,
 HOBART L. HOTCHKISS,
 Committee.
 Of the late Judge Julius C.: Cable Judge Lynde Harrison, his former law partner, said that he had known the virtues of the deceased during his inti- mate association with him. The speaker said that Judge Cable was ever faithful and good and true to every trust repos- ed in him.
 Attorney Newton said that when he was in the Yale Law school class of 1873, and Judge Cable in the class of 1872, there was one year when the two classes were practically together in the matter of recitations and debates. He then had an opportunity to know MT. Cable very we'll, and, recalling the es- innate made of his character thirty years ago, it stands now unchanged"
 MT. Tyner followed with a brief and fitting eulogy. The resolutions adopted were as follows:
 The members of the bar of New Ha- ven county hereby express their pro- found regret at the decease of Julius c. Gable, judge of the court of common pleas for the county of New Haven:
 For thirty years he had been one of it's well-knoWn, respected and trusted members. From 1877 to 1887 he held the office, for six years, of clerk; and for four years of prosecuting attorney of the city court of New Haven; and from 1893 to 1897 he was judge of that court. During all of that time the citizens of New Haven knew that they had in Julius c. Cable man whose official in- tegrity and ability could never be ques- tioned.
 In 1901 he was appointed by. the gen. eral assembly judge of the court of common pleas for this county, and in that official position, as well as in those which he had previously occupied, he was esteemed and trusted by the mem bers of his profession and by the gen. eral public. Always courteous in man. ner, true to the best interests of his cli- ents, loyal to his friends and faithful to the city of New Haven and the state of Connecticut in the performance of all the duties of his official positions, his life and conduct will ever be held in affectionate remembrance by all who knew him.
 The clerk is reoueSted to nIace these