The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-24
FINE TRIBUTE OF
BAR ASSOCIATION
Lawyers Pay Final Respects in
Court to Thomas Ma
loney'S Memory.

IN compliance with the wishes of the
Weber County Bar association. Judge j.
a. Howell set yesterday morning apart as
the time Tor receiving the resolutions Of
respect passed by the association in re-
spect TO the death Of the late Thomas
Maloney. There was large attendance
OF the members Of the association present
in court when the court announced that
this matter would precede all other busi-
ness. After the converting Of court, J. H.
DeNine, secretary of the bar association.
read the resolutions which were printed
at the time of their adoption by the as
ISOLATION. Addresses were then delivered
by Judge A. r. Haywood of ogden and
attorney \ J. Weber of Salt Lake. Judge
Haywood said in part,
The other day I thought perhaps to
ger IN better touch with this question |
would seek little local cOlOring from The
Olnce of Brother Malouey. Sitting i'm his
mar 1 reflected back 10 when ne was
Ihere. How many times have seen him
Mheh not Interested i'm "a client with
booh IN ms hands. and ] thought of the
scenes that had shifted by his horizon
as he would sit there each day.
Lived Through Stirring Times.
+4tis career dates back so that he has
seen many of the living. active times of
ms country. As ne sits there. he first
thinks of his old employer Andrew John
son. nat a career was there: what an
must "a ION 81 the possibilities Of our
country Brother MalOney knew lust
what Johnson had been through; knew
Jhat when ne was ma rried he could
scarcely read. and that by the efforts of
MS wife he was able to acquire some ed
uc1tOn. saw him next as senator vice
president, president, and then 20 down
IRON the hearts of the people: saw that
liitcfate man going down. saw him rise
again TO be United States senator. and
career again opened before him. only to
Dc dashed To pieces by the grim hand of
death He saw this man coming almost
from the hOtbed of secession; he saw this
man and heard him make more radical
speeches against those people than could
be heard in almost any state in the north
excepting possibly Massachusetts. He
saw that man become military governor
OF what seemed To many people on that
SOIL a foreign country; military governor
over ilat peOpie-SaW all these things.
saw himself starting as a humble sol
der rise To be beloved by his people In
his own books he could read the cOnStf-
tuuonal history of this country. He could
read all about the early founders of the
government who had put their thoughts
In that office alone may it please the
court. right there may be read the history
of this country since the time of the fOun-
datlOn Of the Republican party. which per
ha@s is the second or third epoch of the
important data of the country. He could
see right there in his own history what
mad transpired in that of his government
There came to my mind likeness to the
captain Of the Nautilus, who asked that
when he had breathed his last his friend
should open the valves and let that boat
so to the bottom with him alone in it and
mere rest forever and thought if
Brother Maloney had had his way, if he
could have had that office. with his
books around him, that old, humble office
If In some way the earth could have
opened and that office be dropped down
with Brother Maloney, and the earth COW
cred over 1t, 1t would have been the best
Illustration and the most fitting resting
and an honest man.
Mr.. Weber Speaks.
In part Mr.. Weber spoke as follows:
My acquaintance with Hon. Thomas
Maloney began in 1890 and ripened into
friendship in 1885 In the latter year oc-
CURED the memorable political campaign,
in which UtahS first supreme court and
state officers were elected. The Demo-
cratic state convention was held at Og-
den. and though he had not sought the
nomination. and, in fact. had not thought
OF II until day OF two before the con-
ventiOn. Judge Maloney was with S R.
thurman and r. w, Young, nominated
for the supreme bench. 1t was character
1stlc of Mr.. Maioney that he never tried
TO advance his own political fortunes and
never solicited either judicial or political
honors.- His nomination was the result of
the general conviction and opinion among
lawyers and laymen of his peculiar fit
ness for the place and the belief in his
honesty and the recognition of the quail
tiles that constituted a sterling manhood
During the campaign he and 1 spent a
number OF weeks together and visited
many of the counties of southern Utah
and during that time there was formed
between us a friendship that was never
broken or dimmed. / shall never forget
his good nature, his extreme patience his
gentle kindness during that campaign.
Forgetful of self, his constant desire was
Tor the success of the principles repre-
scented by his party. Always cheerful, al
ways contented, his aim was to Danish
the bitterness of political strife and to
have Others well as himself avoid I'M
Pleasant personalities and extreme par
tisanship- In the storm. he was always
calm; in the strife of politics and Of par
tisanship. he was always the courteous
gentleman. and these qualities were char
acteristic OF his whole life. While modest
as a woman and gentle as child, he was
intense in his convictions. and having
once determined his duty To the satisfac-
ton OF his own judgment and conscience.
he was fearless in pursuing the course
upon. which he had decided.
Lover of His Country.
That he became a volunteer soldier in
the Union army was what those who
knew him best would have expected.
Broad in his patriotism. with a love of
country that knew no sections, a true dis
ciple of jefferson and of Jackson. the
friend of johnson, the admirer of Lin
coin, he thought secession wrong and had
the courage TO fight for the flag which
he believed should float over an indissOl-
uble and indestructible union of states. In
ordinary times a military life would have
had no attractions for him; war was
hateful TO his nature. To him the vic
tories of peace seemed grander than the
friumphs of war With him. going TO
battle for his country was purely a mat
ter of manly duty and of unselfish pa
triotism. And in after years he proud
~ wore the simple, yet suggestive, badge
of the Grand Army of the Republic, If
which he was an honored member to the
time of his death. Whether at the bar
or in politics. he was the friend of the
people. and with untiring vigilance guard
ed their interests. He helped frame the
constitution of Utah, and among that
body of able men. who well and faithfully
performed their important duties. no one
did more to impress his ideas upon the
constitution of this state and to make
that instrument model of its kind. While
he did not often take part in debate, he
was a leader whose conservatism and
sound Judgment were admitted and ad-
nired by all, and whose advice was
sought lIpon all important questions.
s.As lawyer he was ever ready to
listen to the humble; the poor and the
friendIess. the widow and the orphan
could always without money and without
-,ase-t syu,pathN and secure his