St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-01-15
ST. LANDRY BAR BAN
DUET JUDGE O'NEILL
alu Law. strive Nightly, But Eat and Drink as
Friends" Motto PeFmea'Ing the Affair.
WAS A BRILLIANT GATHERING
Tho escasIOn Was the leaVe-TaklRg Of the
Distinguished ST. Mary JuFist, Who
Has Been Sitting Here.


and drink as friends"
Such was the spirit that permeated
the banquet rendered by the bar Of
st. Landry to Judge O'Neill of st.
Mary, acting judge of this district
during the illness of our Judge Per
rault, on Saturday evening, Jan. 9Th,
at the Lacombe Hotel.
Judge Perrault had applied to the
Supreme Court to have the order ap-
pointing substitute vacated, be-
cause he thinks he can assume the
duties Of his Office, and the banquet
was leave-taking Of the acting
Judge.
Judge 0'Neill has made innumer-
able friends here, both among the
bar and the lay class. His profound
ability as a jurist and his affable per-
soHalitY naturally drew to him the
esteem and friendship of those with
whom he came in contact.
The banquet was a brilliant affair
among the most brilliant ever held
in OpeIousas. Wit and wisdom flowed
from the fountains of knowledge of
the members of the st. Landry bar
bar noted throughout the state for
its eminence in personnel and knowl-
edge of law.
Judge Perrault was to have been
the postmaster, but on account of
his inability to be present, Hon. Dud-
ley L. Guilbeau acted in that capacity,
and acted with distinctive ability.
The menu was well, it was pre-
pared under the direction of Mine
Host Cretin and his estimable wife,
and that's 'nuff said.
Space forbids commenting on all
of the brilliant toasts made by the
various gentlemen on the program.
One that appeals particularly, be-
cause it throws back a retrospective
light On the many remarkable men
who have served at the bar in the
past, was made by Judge Gilbert 4.
Dupre. tt is as follows:
1T was my good fortune to become
acquainted With the older members
Of the bar at a time when my meul-
ory was "Wax to receive, marble to
retain" This was thirty-four years
ago. There were giants in those
days. Men of learning, culture, re-
fnement, students all ! shall
briefly refer to them in order of
their deaths.
The first to die was Judge Adolphe
Bailey. One Of the ablest lawyers !
have ever met. A student all his
life. Brilliant and vitriolic in his
conversation, it was a delight to hear
him draw distinction, or establish a
comparison. In ordinary conversa-
tion, his diction was pure and chaste
and abounded in such expressions as
these: Thou flag staff of hell.
The next to pass away was Judge
John 3. King, a gentlemen Of the ole
school, who believed that what was
worth doing at all, was worth doing
we'll. Thus imbued, he brought tc
the Courtroom we'll prepared case;
which he disposed of with a grace
and diction unsurpassed, then o.
now. His scholarly abilities shont
forth with great splendor, ant
whether on the hustings, or at tht
forum, an address from John B. King
was a mastery presentation Of th'
subject under discussion.
George w. Hudspeth, apparently
cold, taciturn, stern, but to thos'
who knew him Sweet as summer.
He was at all times in love with hi
work and brought to the discharg'
of his duties a we'll trained mind
which, by continued application, sell
dom failed of attainment. His de
cisions, while on the Bench for clever
years mot often reversed attest hi
learning and ability. These are hi
monument. More enduring thai
marble.
B. A. Martel. Sprung from tn
plain people. he was their idol Edu
Gated at the University Of Har'
Knocks, he was never at loss i
any emergency. He could out-hero'
Herod upon any occasion. 70 illus
trate: If some one should chanc
to speak of Horse radishes' b
would reply, Very good for horses
but still better for COWS. Whel
some one with brutal frankness re
fused to support him for Judge fo
want of his capacity, the retort came
My friend, it it is not the capaelt
that makes the Judge, it is th
votes. He never had read line
Latin, but could introduce docu
ment to prove Rip Sam With th
assurance of Lord Mansfield. 4
was the Roderiek Dhu Of bis clat
and with his demise disintegratioF
set in and dissolved one of the mos
powerful family alliances ID thl
State.
Judge Joseph NJ. Moore, aperfee
gentlemen, Slow but sure. Faitf
ful in the discharge of his dgtiei