Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-28
Marion County Bar Association.

Marion County Bar Association.
Gentlemen:
Your committee appointed for the
purpose of submitting resolutions of
respect to the memory of Hon. John A.
Carson, member of this association,
beg leave to report:
That we have had the matter under
consideration and that we feel that
anything We may report will be but
feeble effort compared with his excel
lent qualities, which we hold in affec-
Itionate remembrance.
Mr.. Carson was born on the 30th day
Of November, 1860, at Belfast, Ireland.
Shortly afterwards, his parents left
ireland, taking up their residence in
Canada, where he spent his early
manhood.
Graduating at the College of Liberal
Arts in Toronto, in the year 1884 with
the degree A. B. he began the study of
law, in the prosecution of which he re-
eeived the advantages of the English
system of legal training, and became
thoroughly grounded in the fundament-
Eal principals of the law.
Assuming his residence in Salem, in
May, 1889, he became a member of the
Marion County Bar, and remained in
the active practice of the law from
that time until his death.
He was a man of close application
and tireless energy. Though for
months his body has been weakened by
the advance of the disease from which
he was suffering, his will power kept
him at work in the office and in court
until the very day of his death.
A life is counted, not by years, but
I.by its attainment. BY application,
diligence and natural ability he at
tanned the standard as lawyer of the
best in the state. His services were
sought beyond his locality, and his sue
cess fully justified his employment.
In 1910, Mr.. Carson was elected
State Senator and served as such until
! 1914 In his service for the public as
in his private practice, his whole course
was characterized by strict integrity,
painstaking care and a thorough knowl-
edge of every detail.
He was genial in disposition, charm
ing as conversationalist, had a kind
word for all and was best pleased when
making others happy. He was logical
/ thinker, an aggressive speaker, but not
given to oratory. His points, he made
clear. Although his diction was singu-
larly pure he demonstrated his ability
to show that any other conclusion than
4 his would be wrong rather by clarity of
statement than by attempted eloquence
4 or vain rhetoric. He freely accorded
i honesty of purpose to those who diff
fered with him and combatted his opin-
ions. 1t was the good fortune of the
members Of your committee to know
i Mr.. Carson somewhat intimately for
more than score of years, and they
feel enriched by such association.
Il Our friend is gone, but we will ever
hold him in loving remembrance.
4 Entertaining the feeling which we do,
and conscious Of the loss which the
Bar has sustained, we submit the fol
/ lowing resolution; and move that it.
with these observations, be spread upon
the records of the Circuit Court in
Il Departments one and two:
II RESOLVED: That the Marion Coun-
ty Bar Association has sustained loss
in the death of John A. Carson that
cannot be replaced; that the State
County and City of Salem, has lost an
able and patriotic citizen; and his as
sociates and companions true and
faithful friend.
GEO G. BINGHAM,
VIM. GALLOWAY,
PERCY r. KELLY.