The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
Lawyers Adopt Eloquent Memo
rial for Old Associates.
A. L. Williams and Judge ID. M.
Valentine Remembered.
J. G. WATERS TRIBUTE
Touching Address to Memory
of Old Friend.
His Long and Brilliant Record
Reviewed.

Most impressive incidents at the an
nual meeting of the Topeka Bar assoc
citation which was held this morning
in the district court room, were the
reading of the memorial resolutions
over the deaths of Judge Daniel M
valentine and Archibald L. Williams
These resolutions were read at the
conclusion of routine business. and 1t
IS only necessary for one to read them
to imagine with what fntentness anu
interest the many lawyers present iot-
lowed every word of them. Tor amer
ing as thew do in construction, they are
models of their kind 1t was the eA-
pressed opinion of many or the Jaw
yers present that these memorials
were the finest that had ever Deen pre-
sented to this bar association. or 10
any other for that matter. 1ney wee
adopted without a word or oeoate. OF
rather of further eulogy- COPIES VI
them were ordered spread on tne nh ~.
mites of the association and sent TO inc
families of the deceased
n II. LOOMS was chairman OF inc
tcommittee appointed to prepare pre
memorial resolution to ArchiDa1o L.
sVriIliams With him on the commit
rec we're T. F. Carver. J. G. Slonecker'
s H Allen and Otis E. Hungale. As
soon as the Valentine resolution no
been adopted Mr. LOOMS took the
6oor and stated that his committee
Rad requested Captain ]. G. Waters TO
rrenare the memorial for the commit
tee because of his long and lnIiInate
acquaintance with Mr.. WlnaIhS,
dafing hack to a time before either OF
them came to Kansas. and that was
MANY wears ago. He said that the
committee desired Captain WateIs a.
read the resolution. When the Tedu-
inv was concluded Mr.. LOOMS moved
the adoption of the memorial anu the
motion was carried 4-t..
The memorial as prepared starts
out with an original poem by captain
Waters and is in full as follows;
known persistency affecting mortal
wonid dare to call it Hfe-this instant
flash and flight. +h.+
Athwart the dead black screen 1i"S
shrouds a darker night, :,
And stilI the eve would blindly reason II
Alright
A bird. high overhead. on broad expanded
sans PEACEFULLY and swift, earth's flaw
less azure ring; 80.
No chart or map has he, nor compass does
Yet n he Shall shall find grove in which to nest
and sing.
A stately shin. from out the sea it seems
To our far hail it makes no signals nor
It gives no port, nor tells of name. nor
cline. nor skies $780,.
And somewhere, SOOIl, Oil oSCe1AAS
rim it dies
Oh. flying bird. unmarked thy lofty flight
Oh. sailing ship, though gales delay and
tempests soari
Thou bird hast scent OF bloom, tnou SNIP
a glimpse of star ,,,4oz
harbor bar.
1t IS made the duty of your COM
mittee to prepare and present to the
Topeka Bar association, a memorial
of Archibald L. Williams. 1t is a duty
that we sadly undertake, and we hope
as tenderly and lovingly to perform 1t.
Mr. Williams had the splendid equip
ment of an illustrious house and an
heroic time. His father was as great
a lawyer as there was in the Unic
and it follows. as the oak the acorn,
that he came by his great ability as
lawyer through a strain of the blood
AS a boy. he knew Lincoln, who was
often a sojourner at his fathers house
Around his fathers board, grave men
assembled to discuss solemn prob
lens and high concerns that threat
ered the Union and its perpetuity,
and involving the very existence of
den1ocracies on the face of the earth.
1t was the one magnificent era in this
country's history, and. if needs be. in
the annals of the world; an altruistic
and heroic period In the ear was the
drum. in the eye was the flag, and in
the ne3TI q 4ONe Inal DEOOke0 no 0OlSs
that scorned no sacrifice. In the
churches, this high spirit dominated
each prayer and text each sermon.
Valor held the only place in the edi-
torial colmun. and the loyal land
stood together, as common men in
common cause. which they knew met
the approval of the Almighty. 1t was
this environment that filled him with
intense patriotism and humanity; it
was a fire that consumed his dross.
10 = 81 ~, ff-
border citizen who stood for COM
mercialism above citizenship, or who
held the dollar nigh his eye to blind
his vision to distress, or who averted
his gaze to avoid seeing helpleSsness
or affiiction.
An heroic cause widens and deepens
all manhood and leaves it's healthy
mark on after generations Who
would not rally under the flag when
the chivalric and mistaken south
Numbered its challenge from the
muzzle of its guns? Who would con-
verse or barter and trade when they