The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-11
TRIBUTE TO
NOTED JUDGE
Bench and Bar Of Fourth Dis
trict Eulogize Judge
Simonton.
CHIEF JUSTICE THERE
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Court Room We'll Filled With
CHIEF
court Room Well Filled With
Representative Members Of the
Bar-Earncst Tribute Paid.

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The bench and bar Of the Fourth United
states Circuit Court yesterday paid earn
Get tribute to the memory of the late
Judge Charles H.. Simonton. who for
more than a decade presided over the
circuit. The memorialI session OF the
Circuit Court OF Appeals was held IN
the court room from 800 until +. M
the resolutions OF the Virginia, MarSland,
and South Carolina bars being presented
With appropriate remarks By we'll known
attorneys The features of the entire
service. however. were the exceptionally
earnest and handsome euogies of Circuit
Judge Nathan Golf. OF west virginia,
and simple panegyric pronouneed ns sne
Chief Justice of the United states gu
nrema Court the Hon. Melville w. Full
Ter. OF Illinois.
trhe court room was well filled with
representative members OF the bar and
six members Of the Federal judiciary
were upon the bench IN their ropes o.
Office Chief Justice Fuller presided,
and at his left sat Circuit Judge Nathan
13rawley or South Carolina. and to his
right Hon. Edmund Waddll, Jr.. dis
trict fudge. 10 the left Of the chief JUS
ticc sat District Judge Thomas r. Pur-
nell. Of North Carolina, and. District
Judge r. j. Morris, OF Maryland.
Among the prominent members OF me
Richmond barlpresent We're United states
Attorney i. j.. Lewis, State Attorney
General William A. Anderson. City At
torneyf Henry r.. Pollard, Messrs. a. u.
Holiday, Henry a.. Atkinson. James Al
ston Cabell, wyndham n. Meredith, p.
c. sO'Flaherty, George Bryan. Eugene @
Massie Malcolm a. Coles, NJ. NJ. Nc
P1tteHOn,
Henry r. Wlckham. Emmett Seaton,
Ernest M. Long Major Robert Stiles,
g. C. aPinckney, j o Lane Stern. and many
other members Of the local bar. Hon,
Robert w. Blair, of Wytheville; Clerks
Henry T. Meloney, Joseph z. Brady
Deputy Marshal Bendt. and the other
| court officers; Captain Asa Rogers. col
lector.4a Of internal revenue. and many
others were present.
Virginia's Tribute.
Mr.. James Aston cahell, Of the Rich
mond bar presented the resolutions
| adopted by the bar Of this city and state.
Mr.. Cabell said in part:
"rhe solemn duty was entrusted to
me of presenting to this meeting these
resolutions, which were adopted by the
| bench and bar Of the State OF Virginia
II offer no apology to this distinguishes
| lions a few words as an expression OF
| my sincere sorrow fer his loss and as
| an humble tribute to his memory. Judge
| Simonton was my friend knew him
before he became afjudge. knew him
| in the busy everyday world. u knew
! him in the court room. knew him IN
| the privacy of his own delightful home,
| and to know him anywhere was TO re-
| spect him and admire him.
| "The study of the law was the loreSof
his life, and upon its affairs he laid the
homage OF his genius and the fruits OF
his Industry. But his life was O. full
one. and fully did he measure up to the
| requirements of every position no was
| called upon to fill As a member of
the South Carolina Legislature, he was
| chairman of the Judiciary committee and
Speaker of the House. AS soldier, his
gallantry elevated him to the rank OF
| colonel of the Twenty-fifth South Caro-
lima volunteers. When he was placed
upon the bench all men felt and knew
| that his decisions were those OF pure
and incorruptible judge. Indeed, as was
said of another great judgc, The judi
| cial ermine was as unspotted When ne
| laid II aside for the hablliments OF the
grave as when he first assumed It,
Though he was ripe in years, he was
| not old, for Time had laid his hand
| upon him gently; not with violence, but
like the minstrel who spreads his open
palm upon the strings of his harp to
soften its vibrations.
south Carolina is indeed rich in pre-
cious relics-Sumter and Marion. and
| Rutledge. and Calhoun, and McDufe,
4 and Pinckney. and Cheves, and Hayne
and Hamilton, and LeEare, and Petit
| grew, and Burt, and Preston, and Hamp-
ton, and many others whose names fill
the long roll OF her immortals. But let
her guard we'll the grave of Charles III.
| Smonton, for In her soil rest not the
| ashes of one whose life has done more
to illustrate her high manhood and her
lofty virtue,
/, District Attorney John s. Rose, a
Maryland. OH behalf of the bar OF thai
State and of the city of Baltimore pre-
sented the resolutions adopted at meet
ing of these bodies. and embodied in II
| the tribute paid to Judge Simonton by
District Judge T. j. Norris, at the Balti.
| more meeting. Mr. Rose supplemented
! the resolutions with an oral tribute &c
Judge slmonton, which was discrnt-
mating. graceful and particularly earnest.
Eloquent Eulogy.
Following Mr.. Rose. Mr., Wyndham r.
| Meredith Of this city. addressed the
court, and paid somewhat elaborate
| and very handsome tribute to the de-
ceased jurist.
He characterized Judge simonton as a
type of the public characters of the past
age. that had given 1t its lustre and made
| the judiciary honored of all men. Charles
II. Simonton, said the speaker belonged
to generation Of heroes whose ife was
made up of strenuous effort and brave
endurance. He spoke at some length
of his service as Il leader of the people
in his preservation of their civilization
their racial Integrity. and their materia
prosperity. His life was an example Of
purity and unsefish patriotism After
speaking of the conspicuous part played
by southern men in the history OF the
nation and IN the establishment and
maintenance Of the high standard OF oul
| system OF Jurisprudence. the speaker
placed Judge Simonton in that galaxy
of southern jurIsts and statesmen who
wore always "the white flower of @
bameless life. He characterized him as
assidious In the performance OF his public
duties, incorruptlble In his public acts
devoted to our common country and
proud of our common destiny. His mosl
striking characteristic was his devotion
to his profession, which he esteemed the