Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-20
Emery O. Beane's Tribute
y II please the Court:

May 1t Please the Court:
| wish to add but very few words
to the sentiments of love, respect ana
esteem of those of our association who
have known Judge Hall many years
longer than have J. and l take this OPP
portunity simply to express a single
thought for myself and for those
younger members of this bar whose
recollections of him, like my own,
while not covering the length of time
of our elder brethren, yet are, be-
neve, as vivid, as lasting as theirs and
perhaps have made a still deeper i'm
preston upon us.
A considerable number Of our mem
bers began our practice of law under
Judge Hall in this room; consider
able number, like myself. tried our me-
morable first case" before him. we
recall him as our first judge, with
whom we became associated In our
professional life work. And we re-
call his kindly and personal interest
and assistance, which we so fuiiy ap-
preciated. To us, he was always the
Judge" and the impressions thus gain
ed from him, ! believe then stamped
upon us that high regard and respect
for our courts, which seems to me the
greatest safeguard of our profession
and of all our institutions.
To me, Judge Hall typified not alone
the court to be respected, but the good
man to be reYered. By his death, we
must feel that one of those rare per-
Sonalities that we can recognize as
actually moulding for the better each
of our lives, in and out of court, has
passed; but the influences, the i'm
pressions and ideals which he aroused,
established and strengthened, can, like
his memory, never pass, but will al
ways remain, to be what seems TO me
the finest and most lasting memorial
any man may have.
Resolutions on the late Frederick b.
I.ittlefield were presented by Charles
A. Knight of Gardiner, while those
on the late Asbury C. Stilphen were
read by O. B. Clason of Gardiner.
Resolutions on the Death of Frederick
B. Littlcfieid
Whereas Frederick 3. Littlefield.
member of this Bar Association, died in
his oath year.
Resolved: That by his death this Bar
has lost a member of much promise.
that while his career as an attorney had
been too brief to indicate accurately
what his attachments might have been;
yet his attention to the matters placed
under his care gave evidence OF cary
success; and that fact that during his
less than two years residence he was
elected and reelected to two important
offices of trust by his native city, in
which he finally located for the practice
of his profession. is indisputable evil
dence of the confidence of his associates
Resolved: That his buoyancy and flow
of spirits arising not only from his youth
but from a sunny disposition as we'll, his
genial manners and his optimistic cour-
age, while contending against a fatal
disease, all united to endear him to us
to an unusual degree notwithstanding
his short association with us.
Resolved: That we sincerely regret his
untimey end, the abrupt termination OF
his career before it was well begun and
while life had all the sweetness OF the
early springtime of youth and that We
tender to his relatives the sincere SYM
pathy of this Association as the, loss
which they have sustained in his death.
! CHARLES A. KNIGHT.
FRANK G. HARRINGTON,
| WALTER NJ SANBORN,
Committee on Resolutions.