The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-12-31
OF ESTEEM
MASSEY

As a tribute of the esteem in which
the late Senator w. A. Massey was
held by the Nevada Bar Association, !
the latter organization has adopted
a memorial. which has bben spread
on the minutes of the association. The
memorial was drafted by Sardis sum-
merfeld, acting for the committee IN
legal biographies, and is as follows;
In Memoriam, w. A. Massey.
W.. A.. Massey, the generally acceps-
ed leader of the bar Of the state Of
Nevada, died near ~Susanville, Cal,
On the 9Th nay of March, 1914, while
in the course of his duties to his
clients in impending litigation.
This distinguished member Of the
Nevada bar was born on the Tth day
OF October, 1856. in Perry county,
Ohio. During his youth he was edu-
Gated in the public schools and the
Asbury university of Greencastle. Tn
diana, AMI was later admitted to the
bar in Sullivan, Indiana. In 1886 he
east his lot and his fortune with the
people Of the state Of Nevada. locat
ing in Flko county, Nevada, and due
ing his entire life manifested a pro-
%nounced and exceedingly warm df-
lection fer the people of Elko county.
He was honored by the people of Elko
county in 1896 by being elected to
the legislature of the state of Nevada.
Later he was elected by the people of
that county to the office of district at
tcrney, and by the people of Nevada
to the Office of nudge of the Supreme
Court of the state of Nevada. After
having, by his masterful intellect, ex-
celled in Illuminating a recorded iur-
isprudence Of the state of Nevada. rs
shown by the decisions Of the SUI
preme Court of this state no reeiora.l
that high office for the express pur-
pose Of re-engaging in the practice of
law. a profession which TO him over
Swallowed in Importance all other
civic duties. At a later date he was
appointed TO the Office of senator II
the United States and immediately
made his voice heard in probably the
most learned fodv of able men in
tn, world. Few. if any, Of all the
lawyers who nave practiced in the
courts of the state of Nevada better
understood the fundamental principles
OF written law, equity and the nat
ural principles of Justice between
man and man. Tender hearted as n
child in ~endeavoring to see in all mat
tiers in which he was concerned that
substantial justice should be done, at
the same time he was always as brave
as a lion in defense of his clients in
~terests. No mean whatever. how
ever insiGious in form, that might ne
n escntcd. yer swerved him from
street adherence to the ines of duty,
integrity and a high sense of honor.
As a lawmaker Of the state Of Neva-
da, as a law enforcer Of the integrity
of the state of Nevada, as an inter
prefer of the laws Of the state of Ne
yada in it's highest tribunal, and as
a senator of the United States, he
always, at all times and under all cir
cumstances, measured up to the full
est extent of a champion for the right
and an inflsxible opponent of the
wrong. His zeal for the right was
without bounds; his loyalty has never
been questioned; his integrity was un-
spotted and unsullied. His death was
a distinct loss, not only to the iuri-
prudence of the state Of Nevada, but
to every wool and fiber of the com
monwealth in its each and every en-
deavor to fortify itself as one Of the
honorable commemorative of our
Union.
To the surviving members Of thu
family of our deceased brother we ex-
tend our heartfelt condolences and
sympathy.
In conclusion, with special refer,
ence to our brothers. death, we adopt
this expression of eur sentiments:
"While the man whom We call dead
In unspoken bliss, instead,
Lives and loves you; lost, tits true,
For the light that shines for you;
But in the light ye cannot see
OF undisturbed felicity