Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
JUDGE CASS0DAY'
MEMORY H0N0RED
LAWYERS FROM ALL PARTS OF
WISCONSIN PAY TRIBUTE AT
MADISON MEETING.
GREAT MAN, SAYS WINSLOW.
Fellow on Bench Recounts His Work sa
Head of State Supreme
Court
GEN. WINKLER IN AN ADDRESS.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 7.-[Special.I
Memorial addresses in honor OF Chlef
Justice Cassoday were held in the SUI
preme- courtroom this morning after
which court adjourned until Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The opening adj
dress was made by Senator John White
head, representing the Rock county bar,
and be was followed by L. J. Nash OF
Sheboygan for the state bar Senator
Paul Husting spoke for the Dodge coun-
ty bar and Gen. 4. G. WinkIer repre-
scented the members of the Milwaukee
bar. Judge A. j. Vinje spoke for the
Douglas county lawyers and Burr w.
Jones of Madison represented the Dane
county association. ....-
Whitehead Honors Memory.
The session was closed by the reading
of Justice Winslow's address, who spoke
of the tWenty-seven years OF service OF
the late Chief Justice.
Mr.. Cassoday lived his life i'll James
vile as a practicing attorney among, and
as one of the people" said Mr.. White
head HE was a good, upright, selt-r
speeding citizen, a fast friend and kind
ly neighbour
Tribute of Judge Winslow.
Justice Wjnslow then spoke in part as
follows:
His advancement to a seat upon this
bench came naturally and almost inevitably.
He came here in the very fullness of his in
tellectual powers and brought the same
high purpose, the same habits of labor and
the same determination to perform his
whole duty which had been the keynote Of
his life.
How well he performed his onerous duties
here is fnown to all More than eighty
volumes Of reports bear silent yet eloquent
witness to his wisdom and ability as a
7yNdn Nv &c npNivo in
has enriched the great body of our law
and added luster to court which already
numbered on its list names which have
been accorded high places on the honor
roll of the nations great jurists
Long Labors on Bench.
For more than twenty-seven years his
labors have been here In season and out
of season his long and regular working
hours have found him at his desk regard
less of the heaviness of the task, if only he
might f1n6 and pronounce the law and do
to every litiganT equal and exact justice.
Through, all these laborious years he re
tanned his simplicity of heart, his sympathy
with youth, his kindness of manner and his
earnest Christian faith in all their fresh
ness without abatement. Age advanced
upon him and bent his frame but could not
bend his will, nor abate his interest in his
fellowmen. No good work appealed to him
In vain, no philanthropic movement lacked
in the full and true sense a man, and
nothing pertaining to man could be mat
ter of Indifference to him.
A Vacant Place on Bench.
You who are at the bar will sorely miss
his hearty handgrasp and cordial welcome
as you come here to argue your cases, but
by his brethren of the bench his death
will be far more keenly felt. Involuntarily
we shall listen for his CHEEKY salutation and
look for the slightly bent but active form in
it's accustomed place. but we shall listen
and look in vain, and we shall turn with
saddened hearts to the picture which will
ever hang on memory's wall as all that is
left to us Of him who has gone before. But
of noble human life is left, not only to
us, but to those who follow us; the good
man does not die he only yields his breath
seeing his example, catch the inspira ton of
his life and raise their own to a higher
and nobler plane. This inspiration can
never be taken from US and for this we
may we'll rejoice upon this day of sad
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