The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-15
Speech of Wilson.


 In presenting the resolutions of the l bars. Attorney General Massey Wilson said
 Tt is altogether appropriate and right l Tor the supreme court to pause In it's 1 labors and to hold memorial exercises in | honor of one whose services on the bench of the court have been so valuable as 1 those of Judge Mcclellan. We honor l ourselySs in acknowledging his worth 1 To thoN who have been intimately as- 1 socated with him there Is inexpressabe l sadness in the thought that he has for | ever passed from our midst. Those who 1 had but slight acquaintance with him | saw in him a masterful intellect. an un- l bending will power, and uncompromis- I ing integrity: those who were thrown l in close contact with him recognized not ] only these characteristics of greatness but also innumerable smaller virtues the l sum of which add so much to the ele- ments that combine to make character. l In his personal relations with others he | was one of the most considerate of men. l Strong minded himself. and with decided | convictions. he never belttled the views | and opinions of others. Consideration l and respect for the feelings and opinions | of those with whom he was thrown, was | a marked trait of his character and a l large factor in making and maintaining l the cordial relations which existed be- | tween him and his associates and CO., laborers.
 ] No less marked than the disposition | of which l have been speaking was his | sincerity and freedom from all ostenta- 1 ton and love of show In his association with his personal friends, and in the discharge of the important duties of the | high office he filled, he was always the | same genuine man. evldencing the sim l plicity of character and straight-for- | wardness of manner and habit which en- 1 deared him to his friends. We who knew 1 him well gladly bear witness to his con. 1 sderate and generous nature his manly and sincere department, his loyalty to 1 his friends and to duty and to his un- | swerving honesty and integrity,
 His work on the bench will be his most lasting monument Here he labor l ed steadfastly and continuously. bringing | to his task the great mind with which nature had endowed him. seeking to find and to apply the truth and to do justice | in the administration of the jurisprudence our our state. In mind. In tempera- ment and in character he was pre-emi- nently fitted for judicial position. and his record and services as judge of this court prove him to have been a worthy sue cessor of the great men who have pre- ceeded him as chief justice of our supreme court. These inadequate words are but faint expressions of the esteem in which we held Judge Mcclellan as a man and as a judge
 Speech of Chief Justice. Chief Justice Weakley. who spoke on behalf of the court said:
 The court has listened, with sympathetic interest to the reading of the resolutions and to the remarks by the attorney gem eral and members of the bar. expressive of their high esteem of the character and public service of the late Chief Justice Mcclellan, and of the universal sorrow which prevailed when the fatal termina- ton of his illness was announced. All tEat has been written and spoken in braise of his qualities, both man and judge strikes q responsive chord In the breast Of each and every member Of this | court: all of the judges, either From as- I sociation with him here of longer or | shorter duration. or from having pi1ctced before him. for the entire period of his | judicial service. feel q keen sense of per l sonal loss, that he has been removed l from that field of labor in which he ren-