Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-23


William F. Cochrane, esquires, were
appointed committee to propose res
olutions expressive of the sentiments
OF such members on the melancholy
event of the recent death of Honora-
BILE Alexander Hughes, for many years
one of their associates and fellow
practitioner in this state.
The committee, in behalf of such
members reported the following reso-
buttons which were unanimously
adopted by the assembly, and the
chairman instructed to present them
| to the court at the earliest opportun-
| ity.
Resolutions
Since the last session of this court
| one of the most distinguished prac-
titioners before it, has been removed
| by death from the scenes of his earth
ly activities. The mortal career Of
that wise counselor and able advo.
cate, Alexander Hughes, has termin-
ated and his spirit, we trust, gathered
to the realms of imperishable justice
and peace.
The bar has been deprived of one
of its brightest ornaments and Soc
iety of one of it's most public spirited
and courageous members. His per-
ceptions of the trend of public affairs
were far reaching, broad and gener-
ally correct. In court he was alert,
skillful, aggressive, masterful-tena-
tious of every contention in behalf of
his client and to opposing counsel.
Those of us who have witnessed his
untiring industry, strenuous zeal, and
laborious devotion to the cause he
advocated, and admired his talents,
learning and keenness of perception,
can not permit an event so solemn
and affective to pass unnoticed.
Few of those who took part in shap-
ing the affairs of the territory of Da-
kota in its formative period, or Of
this state, can claim or have earned
a greater need of commentator for
wisdom. and devotion, or higher
claim to public respect and gratitude.
AS a legislator he searched with ex-
| traordinary powers and understanding
! and appropriated the learning Of the
past in the framing of laws to pro-
mote the welfare of the people, and
many of the broad and liberal provi-
| sions still retained in the statutes
of the state attest the success of his
endeavors and value of his services.
Though We indulge in just pride in
the attachments of one so efficient in
the field of the profession and as a
public officer, we cam not forget the
extraordinary social qualities and am
liable department in private life which
endeared him to friends and acquaint-
ances. We recognize that while in
his high and responsible public sta
tons he commanded the esteem and
coincidence of the public in the or
binary duties of private life he won
and retained the respect and friend
| ship of all who were associated with
| him in the community where he liv-
ed. He was a devoted husband. in
dulgent parent, generous friend, kind
neighbor and patriotic citizen.
| When one so trusted and appreciat-
ed descends to the tomb in the full
vigor of manhood, and before his
work is finished or his usefulness i'm
paired, the loss is the more felt, and
the occurance presents a fit OCCASION
for his bereaved friends and the pub
lie to express their grief and to at
test their generation and respect for
the memory of the deceased.
Therefore Resolved:
l. That we hold in the highest es-
timation the remembrance of the
learning, industry, public and private
integrity and services and the com
| mendable virtues of the late Alexan-
der Hughes, and deeply depIore the
loss which the bar, the court, and the
| community have sustained by the
death of one so eminently qualified
to meet the burdens of professional
business and social life
/ 2. That we commend to all those
who may, at any time, enjoy the bless.
ings of the greater civil liberty for
which he fought and suffered, his dis.
tinguished patriotism and self-sacrific
ing devotion to the preservation of the
integrity of the nation at the time of
its greatest peril and need.
3. That we sympathize with his
bereaved family in their affliction and
join with them in mourning SO great
| a loss. Though his living form has
passed forever, and a great sorrow is
present, there is consolation and en-
couragement in the thought that re
membrance shall ever remain, and, az