Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-03-20
The Late Judge John T. vinson.

| Inc IolloWlng proceedings TOOK place II
the Circuit Court on Monday last:
A committee, consisting Of Messrs. PHILIP
D. Laird, Charles w. Prettyman and VIM
ii. Talbot, appointed at recent meeting o.
the Montgomery County Bar Association tc
prepare suitable resolutions upon the death
OF Judge John t. Vinson, submitted theil
report. The resolutions were presented by
Hattersly w. Talbot, president of the Bar
Association, and are as follows:
The members of the Bar of Montgomery
county have heard with grief of the death Of
the Honorable John T. Vinson, for thirteen
years an Associate Judge of the Sixth Judi
| cial Circuit of Maryland, and desiring to
place upon record their appreciation Of his
character and services adopted the following
| minute:
In the death of Judge Viusou the commu-
nifty in which he was born and in which he
spent his long life Of seventy-eight years, has
suffered great loss. From early years OF
| trial and difficulty he rose by means OF dill
gent industry and faithful service to positions
of great responsibility and usefulness, meet
ing his duties with modest manliness and per-
forming them with justice to the citizen and
TO the State. With strong common sense and
clear conception of right, he strove to ad-
minister the law with impartial hand, and
none have appeared to question his integrity
as Judge. Asa self-respecting man he was
tenacious of his own rights but at the same
time regardful Of the rights Of others, and
none have appeared to impugn the fairness
and liberality OF his dealings with his fellow
men. Believing in the duty and value Of
good citizenship, he met his obligations as
voter with conscientious faithfulness as he
understood and interpreted the Constitution
Of his country, and set the example OF stain
| less record as citizen aud officer. Undem-
onstrative in disposition, retiring and home
staying in his habits, his affections were deep
and strong, and with loving care and bounty
| he sheltered and provided tor those who were
dependent upon him. Nor did he forget or
! neglect the gentle ties Of friendship or the
calls Of need and sympathy which come 10 us
day by day, and in the blessed offices of low
ing-kindness he followed the Masters law in
a way Of which the world knows not hall
the story.
Such man deserves to be remembered.
Be it therefore
Res0lUed, l. That this memorial be spread
upon the minutes of the Bar Association OF
Montgomery county.
2. That the same be presented 10 the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery county upon it's
assembling on the third Monday in March
A.,D., 1903, with the request that 1t be spread
upon the minutes of the Court
| 3. That a copy thereof be sent by the Clerk
Of the Court to the family Of the deceased.
Eulogistic remarks were made by William
| Veirs Bouic, on behalf of the older members
OF the bar, and by Charles W. Prettyman,
for the younger members, and Hattersy W.
Talbot. Judge Henderson also paid the
following tribute to the deceased:
Gentlemen of the Bar:
had until this morning fully expected the
Chief Judge Of this Circuit to be present and
respond to the sentiments so truthfully and
appropriately expressed In the memorial just
submitted, and 30 feelingly and eloquently
snunciated in the remarks of the members Of
the Bar, who have spoken 10 its support; but
he is not entirely reco Sered from recen
sickness, and on this account Is unable to be
with US. 1t will therefore under the circum
stances, scarcely be expected that | should
make any formal or extended comments on
the life and character of the late Judge Vim
| sou In fact such comment from me would
be wholly unnecessary. On the occasion OF
bis retirement from the Bench had, and
availed myself OF, the opportunity to make
formal record of the high esteem 10 which
held him as Judge, and the profound regard
aud affection which had for him as a man
and as a friend
II is needless to say that nothing in the
bameless life he has since lived has tended
to modify the statements then expressed.
And indeed every feature of his life, his
character, and the quality of his Judicial
work and attai ments have been so fully ad-
| vartaA To and co. uplatatv onward in FaaOlu-
tions Faithfully eulogistic, and in touching
and eloquent speech, both here and 10 Fred
erick, that nothing remains TO be added.
II has been well aud truthfully said that
Judge Vinson was an able, upright and just
judge, a progressive and philosophical citi-
zen, an active and Intelligent man OF affairs,
and, more than all, an honest and good man.
He was a notably ilial son, tender and de-
voted husband, a kind and atectonate father
aud brother, Ia all the relations OF life he
measured up to the standard of a perfect
| man, so far as perfection eau be attained in
the world. He was universally esteemed and
the tributes paid to his memory were general,
spontaneous and sincere. He was good
man 10 every sense OF the word, and, for his
virtues, will not only be rewarded hereafter,
but in the esteem and affection Of all who
knew him here it was his good fortune to
enjoy by anticipation a part Of his final
recompense.
And indeed, in looking back over the life
of this friend of ours who is now dead, the
quality OF his nature which has always most
profoundly impressed me was the inherent
kindness Of the man, which found natural
and easy expression in 80 many good deeds
and kind words. Judge Vinson was born
with kind heart and genial disposition =.
1t was natural tor him to be kind. lie was
so constituted in the essence OF his being
that he could not be anything else. Many
of us are not born with such Compartments
but must reach the amability of disposition
and serenity Of temper with which he was
naturally endowed only after long years Of
constant and patient effort, IL ever. Doubt
less men made as he was find life easier and
death not near so hard For after all, i'm
agine that when the supreme hour arrives,
one will find less consolation in the contem-
piatioD of the deeds of greatness he has
wrought, or even the good he has accom-
plished, than in the recollection OF the eIhi-
bition Of personal kindness, which has sur
rounded him with grateful love and affection
all bis life, aud led grief aud sympathy weep
ing TO bis dying couch.
Gentlemen, | would 10 God that more Of
US were endowed with more Of that blessed
quality Of kindness watch was the crowning
Characteristic of this just Judge and good
man, who has passed from q lie Of beneh-
cence here to receive the heavenly benedic-
ton, "Well done thou good and faithful
servant, enter thou into the Joy Of thy Lord b"
The Court directs that the memorial be
spread upon the minutes Of this Court, and al
further mark Of respect to the memory Of
our departed friend IL 10 ordered that this
nonrt atanda adjourned until to-mOffoW