Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-12-12

preme court of Maine. He was learned In
the law and possessed to an eminent degree
the judicial temperament. His decisions
have added to the high reputation which
Maine courts enjoy throughout the country,
Just as his personality and character have
added to the respect in which our sup teme
court is held by all those who have dealings
with IL. He was man of culture. and broad
sympathies. and by much reading and wide
travel had acquired fund of information
with which he enriched every topic he dis
cussed. Always courteous and kindly in his
manner. he was. nevertheless, always mind
fu Of the dignity due his position, and the
best traditions of the bench were safe in his
keeping. While the members of the bar re-
spected his intellectual qualities and honored
him as an upright and scholarly Judge. they
learned also to love him for his qualities of
heart. He honored every position he
filled, proved faithful to every trust and gave
in unstinted fashion TO the great cause of law
and justice the best that was in him. His
private life like his public career was without
stain. He will be mourned and missed by
the bench and bar of Maine and by the wide
circle of friends, but the memory of his life
and work will long be cherished among us.
PORTLAND Express.
The sudden death of Chief Justice Andrew
p. Wiswell, of the NJ vine supreme court,
comes as shock to the people of Maine,
whose servant he has long been, and whose
interests he has so long and so ably labored
to promote In the p ime Of life, apparently
robust in health, possessed OF a mind of un-
usual keenness, and judi ial turn which
made him peculiarly adapted to the work to
which many years of his adult life have been
given, it would seem that his usefulness
among his fellows could not yet have been
over. Thebench loses its brightest ornament.
the citizens a highly honored and trusted
official, and his friends, genial kindly man,
devoted to them no less than he was to the
! public work which he was called upon to per-
( form. In his untimely death the whole State
/ meets with loss that is well nigh irreparable.
| Le,oisfon 'ournai.
| The sudden death Of Judge Wiswell creates
q shock throughout Maine. Judge Wiswell
was everywhere regarded to be eminent in
character and in ability. He was especially
/ learned in the law. He was univer-
! sally popular with the bar. Among the peo-
pie he was well and kindly known, approach
able, genial and cultured. He was conserva-
tive and perhaps unusually So, blu, his sense
! of justice and Of fair play was keen. eau
ton is part Of wisdom on the bench, in par
ticular. And Judge Wiswell possessed that
4 faculty well balanced with social forecast.
His death devolves new and grave RESPONSE
! bilities on the State.
| Waternille Sentinel.
| II Andrew p. wiswell had not been chief
! Justice, IL he had not been on the BENCH il he
4 had never been member of the bar, il he
/ had not been connected with any bank, II he
had never held public Office, his life would
have left its impress ON his generation and
his death have been public calamity. There
are, and have been, more learned lawyers, on
the bench and off than he. There never have
| been judges more anxious to do justice. There
are, and have been, men possessing greater
business capability than did he. There never
| was business man with q finer sense of
honor. Because Of his love of justice and his
keen sense Of right and determination to do
it under any and all circumstances, he had an
influence over every man who came in contact
with him, which made for good. He was q
fne product Of Names civilization, possess
ing the brain, the heart and the manner of a
gentleman. which he in truth was, by inner
ent right of birth, Of training, of tempera-
ment and of nature. He lived quiet, modest
life, filing high positions, because he was
fitted for them and because the voice of his
people called him to them, but always with
out ostentation, without undue pride, without
affectation Of greatness. Elevated in a sense
above his fellows, he remained one with them
and now that he is gone and they are bet
ter for his having lived, they mourn him as he
lived and as he would wish to be mourned, In
simple, man y flshion.