The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-11
Attorneys Of State Pay Tribute to
Memory Of Charles QuarIes
Formerly of Kenosha
KEARNEY TELLS OF POWERS
Racine Attorney Speaking Before the
Supreme Court Tells of the Great
Career of the Late Kenosha-
Milwaukee Attorney

Attorneys from all parts Of Wiscon-
sin gathered at the Supreme Court room
in Madison Friday afternoon for a
memorial service and the feature of the
service interesting to Kenosha was the
memorial paid to the late Charles
Quarles, formerly of Kenosha and Mil
waulzee A similar memorial service
will be held in the Circuit Court here
during the coming June term at which
time memorials will be given to the
memory of the late Judge Frank N.
Fish and the late Charles Quarles. At
torney Z. M. Kearney of Racine and
Judge Winslow of the Supreme Court,
were the principal speakers at the mem
orial service on Friday
"When invited to consider the
attributes Of character and marked ac-
complishments Of Charles Quarles, the
mind halts at the task which fondness
and deep respect for the memory of
the dead would impose, and in the be-
coming dignity and perfect eloquence Of
that silence which personal bereave-
ment knows, it would direct us to his
grave, there, with the stately oaks he
knew as our witnesses, to nourish with
the tear drops which pride would not
hide or manly strength suppress, the
sod which in it's June time freshness
robes his resting place." said Mr..
Kearney.
"While living and moving among us
and doing his part in the daily work
of life, Charles Quarles endeared him
self to all with whom he came in con-
tact and to those who enjoyed his clos
er confidence and friendship, he became
an almost indispensable companion,
friend and guide.
"'The bonds Of friendship and respect
thus forged are not easily broken.
"Whoever shall essay the work of
outlining in but an imperfect way the
attributes of character and the accom-
plishments of this professional friend
and brother, must choose the best of
implements for his task, draw with deli
cacy, trace with accuracy and precision
execute with courage and a trained
hand, and must present in the complete
picture a harmony of light and OF
shadow, of strength and Of tenderness
in becoming representation of the per
feet man, the cherished work of God
For this was no passive character we
here contemplate and in appreciation
of which we humbly ask that the
records Of this court may forever speak
It was not nodded to fit into it's sur
roundings cOmplacently, as the plastic
clay accommodates its form to the
wheel Of the potter The frail form of
this friend was the residing place of a
great, fearless, independent power, NOV.
ing Of it's own volition, reaching it's own
results, accomplishing it's own purposes
in it's own inimitable way, unerring in
it's directness and it's openness, strong
and persuasive, soft and forgiving
nevertheless, broad, varied, beautiful,
complete.
Gin his relations with his fellowmen,
Charles Quarles held no controversies
with conscience He stood for the
right as he saw the right and compre-
hended it, manfully and without apollo
gy, and refused to follow unless the
star of duty stood above the way.
"Of the mind which reigned in do
minion over the life ended, description
fails and attempts at tribute lose po-
tency. Alert, incisive, luminous, search
ing; quick in the discernment Of the
false or the imperfect, intuitively grasp
ing the truth, with which it seemed to
be in natural and constant accord, al
lured by the apt and the beautiful in
literature, in art and in nature. acQuir-
ing without seeming effort, retentive
Of all that passed in review before it
or transpired within it's almost bound
less zone, it became a great storehouse
of all that was choicest and best, from
which, with prodigal yet unassuming
ease, this friend drew the choicest Of
materials to season a discourse, adorn
an argument, illustrate principle, de-
light an audience, overcome an oppon-
ent or convince court.
10 this was added IN him COM
mand of language, classical aptness
of speech, remarkable for it's purity and
it's excellence. He dressed his thoughts
so fttingly, expressed them with so
much of directness and of clearness, not
as others do, but in his own engaging
way dropping gems from his mental
workshop here and there as fancy
prompted him, to delight the hearer and
allure men to him. It may truthfully
be said of Charles Quarles that he never
suffered for. an attentive audience al
though in his modesty he seldom sought
one.
I'm the praise and commentator Of
what was the right, in the little
Acknowledgements so pleasingly bestow-
ed upon his friends, in the modest refer
ences to that family life where all was
perfect in it's trust and its simplicity,
this man touched the finest chords of
/ human sympathy with the hand of a