The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-08

nay even OF the whole world. it re-
I deems humanity from the curse OF de-
spair that would otherwise rest upon
! IL.
| How often have you found in life that
| he whom YOU thought to be your
| friend. because he had suffered some
| fancied wrong at yonr hands. because
| you have done something which he
| did not seem TO think exactly right.
| or perhaps did not seem right TO 9th.
| erS. or that tho world frowned upon
how often have YOU found such a man
desert YOU and turn his back upon
you, and be your friend no longer
But to me and doubt not to many
OF You, such was not the course OF
life of this man of whom | speak, for
though We may have made what
seemed 10 him mistakes, though we
may have done what seemed TO him
wrong. vet there was Samuel II. Cave.
Ike the rock OF ages ready to de-
lend us from criticism or from Sian
der or from attacks of whatsoever
nature. not merely with his voice. but
II need be with such strength AS he
had In his right arm, ! shall not lilC-
en- The frienship that existed between
Us TO chain, for a chain of whatso-
ever metal made will rust OF tarnish
and Will break and wear apart. rath-
er shall ! call II that mysterious ce-
ment OF the SOUL which cannot be cor.
rupted by rust, nor torn asunder by
human agency. This afternoon | am
glad indeed for my sake that to his
dying day he had faith In me and
glad for his sake that his faith In me
comiorted him to the last Though
parting with this friend has been
hard, yet 1t is sweet to think that in
that world beyond I have one moro
friend than / had before.
Though l have only sought this az.
ternoon to speak Of the life of Samuel
H. Cave In two aspects. yet / feel that
| would be faithless TO his trust in
me did | not say. as ! have come to
know It, that though as young man
listening TO the call OF his beloved
state, he felt impelled 10 take up arms
against the country of his forefathers,
yet In after years he recognized the
mistake of his youth. He was won't
TO say that the trouble with great
many OF those who were associated
with him In those trying times was
that they couldn't forget that the war
was over. and no man In this land of
ours. throughout its length or breadth.
loved his country or honored its flag
more than he.
Though others perhaps are better
able to speak of his loyalty to this or
der which Is in charge of these cere-
monies this afternoon, yet I came to
know from my daily association with
T., ,ft,, lA l.
right, therefore that I should speak |
OF it, for he was faithful at all times |
to the highest ideals for which it !
stands.
Then l should speak In passing also |
of his anxious love and solicitude for |
his home and his wife and family, |
for though he boasted not nor brag- |
ged of II, yet he always showed that |
about his tireSide there was all that |
was nearest and dearest to him In |
this world. / am told that during the !
last days Of his Illness he said that |
next to his wife and son and his, he !
loved ME best of ALL and would this |
afternoon that had the power TO ex- !
press the love and the affection which |
| bore to him and will ever bear. as |
long as God gives ne the breath of |
life.
Now would speak OF him not |
simply as a man, but as an officer of |
the court of general jurisdiction of |
this district, and In speaking OF him
as such, / am satisfied that | but
feebly express the same judgment |
which my predecessor upon the bench
would give, were he speaking here in, :,
stead OF me. In this day and age, with
the giving up Of the forms and cere-
monies which played so important
part In the lives Of our fathers, there
has been perhaps a certain loss OF
respect for the dignity of courts OF |
justice. and II was well therefore for
this community that Samuel H, Cave
lived in it, for he had all the respect
that our fathers had, not simply to-
wards those who composed the court,
but for the court itself and the justice
for which II stands, recognizing that
justice Is after all the end OF all gov.
ernment, OF all civilization. When he
entered the court room it was with a
reverential step. when he opened and
closed Its sessions 1t was with rev
erential mien, and all during Its pro,
ceedingS be sat In reverence for the
great work which II was little by 1T
tie accomplishing. 1t is given to few
men to perform their duties with such
consummate skill as it was given to |
Samuel H. Cave to perform the duties |
of balliff of a court IL YOU and l
should die this moment. or tomorrow.
or year from now, except in the cir.
Gle of our loved ones our places
would be so easily filed that we would
soon be forgotten, but we will look
In vain to find such bailiff as was
Samuel H. Cave. It was perhaps not
a large sphere of influence which he
occupied in the worlds work, but in
that little corner in which he labored
he did his work with such exquisite
perfection that we will look in vain