The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-11-18

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could not refrain from saying some
thing about our deceased friend Mr.
/ Grouse. He was always kind, he was
ever ready to do anything for any
one as lawyer. He was always kind
). to the poor. / have seen him on sever
al occasions defend prisoners at this
| Court without dollar, and on these
| occasions he was never more earnest.
He also moved the adoption of the
resolution -a@" ~"r ar.N# 4. -lI
| Mr. Charles O.. Clemson spoke feel
ingly of his sorrow. His remarks
\ were carefully prepared, and were
t eloquent and touching. Fu- "t .1HsS
| Mr.. Joseph d.. Brooks stated, Il
went out to see him ana while talk
ling to him he spoke to me about his
| experience at the Hospital, and he
\ said he told the physician there, that
If his life awas taken, or in his own
words. if his spring was about run out
he was ready to 20, he was not
| afraid" - e5I9 a -ag-y wv LEl -.rgs4a
+ Mr.. George l.. Stocksdale.u stated
that he had known Mr.. Benjamin F.
Grouse for many years, when he was
| in the law Office of VIM. p. Maulsby,
land had had many cases against him,
and admired his qualities.
T. Francis Neal Parke expressed the
feeling that enough had been said to
render it unnecessary for any one to
attempt to paint those virtues and
ability displayed in the life of Ben
| jamin F. Grouse That it seemed to
| him that after living in this commun-
Il 'an
good That Mr.. Grouse was a man
| victions. And therefore if 1t pleases
bar, who were his associates when
in life, it seems to me that courtesy,
| which was always manifested in every
sphere of life in which he was placed,
| together with his strong convictions,
were prominent trials Of his charact-
er. He spoke also of his success in
all he undertook and the great loss
| the county and State had suffered.
George o. Brilliant felt that it was
sad duty to second the adoption of
the resolutions, yet knew Of no more
appropriate way of testifying to the
respect and memory of Mr. Grouse,
That number Of years Of his life
| he spent in filling public office. His
name will be an honor to the bar
which now mourns his loss. AS a
man and as friend Mr.. Grouse had
no superior. That one Of his striking
virtues was that he was ever ready
to go out of his way to do favor F;
he was unselfish, upright, fearless and
kind to friends. s-
Rev. w. L. Seabrook, deputy Clerk
| @c &~I IL -
they were boys together. eve were
came a member of the bar only lit
tie while after Mr.. Grouse. For five
years I was chairman of the State
Central Committee of the Republican
party, Mr.. Grouse Chairman of the
other party. I feel that not,one word
has; been spoken by one member Of
the bar that was not due him. But
believe that back of all that has
been said of him, his kindness to his
u friends, his generosity to his foes
| his faithfulness to any obligation
4 his loyalty to any conviction or duty
was one thing and that was, q deer
and abiding religious conviction and
principle" I4
Theodore Brown also moved the
| 1uOpt1Oh Ol bAAC AOOO1olIOh.
Judge Thomas in replying for the
Court said:
Gentlemen Of the Bar:-In re-
spending, on behalf of the Court, to
the resolutions and the glowing trib-
utes that have been paid to the mem
ory of Mr.. Grouse, the Court, this
member of the Court, finds some diff
ficulty in approaching the matter in
control of it's own personal feelings
There are relations of friendship that
make it difficult to view the breach
with any sense of composure, but we
owe duty to him apart from feelings
of our own personal loss.
Mr.. Grouse has occupied singular
4 ly eminent position in this commun-
| ity. Since my acquaintance with him
in 1886, beginning at that time, he
has been in measure the leader of
one Of the great parties in this cOun-
| ty and to some extent has impressed
upon the community the traits of his
\ own character and calibre. lit IL per-
fectIy proper for me to say, because
7 have had the opportunity to observe,
that in his personal relations, 30 far
as they came under my observation,
they were always marked by an alb
gO1ute loyalty To his friends and fair
ness to his opponents, and the same
| traits characterize his course in re-
I 1atiOn to the county and State and the
services he rendered them, and be-
came a marked feature of his pro-
fessional career. He was a man who
defended the cause Of his client with
all the energy and ability he posses
sed, but in no single instance have II,
in observing him, as I have from the
bench, ever known him to do or at
tempt to do anything that would place
his opponent in an unfair position.
Of his services, in the offices he has
filled in the State and county, much
has been said already, and certainly
he deserves it all. Of the impression
he made upon his fellow townsmen
and those with whom he came in
closer contact in the county, others
have fittingly and eloquently spoken.
Few men, living here or elsewhere,
who came in close relations with him,
failed to gather from their association
the same feelings that have been ex-
pressed here today. AS to all those
characteristics that made him truly
loved by his personal friends, will
not here venture to speak. My feel
ings are such that hesitate to trust
myself to public speech.
The Court, as Court, realizes the
great loss it and the Bar has sustain
ed. Speaking for myself individually,
I have lost a true and dear friend.
The resolutions will be spread upon