Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09


late justice, Mr.. Jones said in part:
During his many years connection
with our law school, his learning, his
affection for young men and his gen
tie dignity, profoundly impressed the
many hundreds Of young men who
came under his influence. He was pc
culiarly fitted for this work as well as
for his labors upon the bench.
HE had studied deeply the sources
OF our law; the old English reports
and those great constitutional deci-
sions which had widened the founda-
tons of American law. He had fond
ly studied, too, the lives of the great
lawyers ana judges of England and
America. He venerated them as apos-
ties of liberty and justice. He sought
to emulate them and their work, and
his whole unsullied life of toll and
high endesVor was an inspiration to
the young men who came under his
influence. When they came back to
argue their causes, it was always with
grateful remembrance OF his work
and influence, with the certainty of
hearty welcome, and that any merito-
rious work they might do would have
his keenest appreciation" Mr.. Jones
then called attention to the charge
made especially in the large cities
that he administration Of justice does
not entirely escape the demoralizing
influence of commercial greed and
said that the late chief justice was
one Of the many men who have always
sought to uphold the highest ideals
of an honorable profession.
THE memory of such a man and of
such a Judge is a pricely legacy not
only to his family and his profession
but to the state"
Senator Whitehead spoke of the
community life of Judge Cassoday
while he was a practicing attorney at
GAINESVILLE and of the regard and es-
TEEN in which he is held in that city.
May his life and example inspire the
members of this association, young
and old, to pursue such course OF
life and conduct that the end of life
may be as the beginning-full of hope
and promise" he said in concluding
his address
His advancement TO a seat upon the
bench came naturally and almost in
evitably. He came here in the very
fullness of his intellectual powers
and brought the same high purposes,
the same habit 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 known to ALL More
than eighty volumes of reports bear
silent yet eloquent witness to his
wisdom and ability as a Judge. BY his
opinions in great cases he has Ell
riched the great body Of our law and
added lustre to court which already
numbered on its list names which
have been accorded high places on
the honor roll Of the nations great
jurists.
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 regardless of the heayiness of
the task if only he might find and pro-
nOunce the law and do to every liti-
CANT equal and exact justice.
Through all these labor,ous years he
retained his simplicity of heart, his
sympathy with youth, his kindness of
manner and his earnest christian faith
in all their freshness without abate-
ment. Age advanced upon him and
bent his frame but could not bend his
will, nor abate his interest in his fell
lOWmen. No good work appealed to
him in vain, no philanthropic move
ment lacked his active sympathy and
support. He was in the full and true
sense man, and nothing pertaining
to man could be a matter of ind fer
ence to him.
You who are at the bar will sorely
miss his hearty handshake and cord
ial welcome as you come here to ar
que 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 act
i've form in its 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 not all, thank God, not all! The
inspiration of a 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. His life
goes on in the lives of others who,
seeing his example catch the inspira,
ton of his life and raise their own
to 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 fareweus.
The departed chief justice had
worked with his usual regularity and
effectiveness up to the time of his last
illness; he had fondly hoped to fill
out his term of Office and thus volun.
tarily lay down his sacred trust fully
performed.
During his illness he looked forward
with eagerness 10 the time when he
could again take up his work. But
this was not to be. The final call
came suddenly but found him not un.
prepared. Conscious to the last, with
implicit reliance upon the divine