El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-02-03

IAN fIt IuNHl AVthtcAtt 8HANN ihpttSS
Of New Mexico, received resolutions
this morning on the death Of Former
Governor William J Mills. Harvey B
Ferguson and Judge Edward A
Mann. ordered these resolutions
spread upon the record and then ad
journed federal court until 10 a. m
tomorrow out Of respect to the three
deceased lawyers.
The object of reading resolutions
aud expressing euIoaies was ~snccinct
" expressed BIZ Judge Pope himself
when he added bis eplpey tx those d
the lawyers present, saying;
I'VE see in the lives Of these three
incl ideals for the younger members
Of the bar; we have emphasized the
qualities that we might we'll attempt
to follow.
In conformity to Judge POpe's an
n0uncement made last week. the read
ing OF the resolutions and expressions
was the only matter considered to
day by the court
A few minutes past 10 this morn
ing, Judge Pope entered the court
room. He was accompanied by Chief
Justice G. ]. Roberts. Mr.. Justice
Frank w Parker and Mr.. Justice r.
II. Hanna. who took seats Of honor
on either side Of Judge Pope. Within
the railing sat Judge N. y. Laughlin.
Reed HOlloman, Judge Lorin c. Col
Inns, Assistant y. 81 District Attorney
Charles r, Easleyl Melvin r. Dun
lazy. Col. George M. pflchard. Assist
ant District Attorney IA. NJ. Edwards,
Supreme Court Clerk Jose ID. Sena.
Judge Edward r. Wright, Assistant
Attorney General H. s. Bowman. VIII
liam ]. Barker. John r. Merle. III,
7. H. CFist, % r.. Davies. Maurice
Thomas. u. s Marshal A. Fl. Hud.
speths U. S. District Clerk Harry
Lee, Corporation Commissioner Hugh
II. Williams, all Of this eityY Herbert
WI. Clark. Of Las Vegas.
After the minutes or the court
were read BY MI. Lee, Judge Pope
saia;
This morning hour has been as.
signed fof the confederation Of ree0-
lhti1us concerning 1.-THE life OF three
81 our departed members Of the bar,
Judge Mills, Judge Mann and Afr.
Ferguson He then announced
that the court would entertain the
resolutions which had been pre-
pared by three separate committees
Of three lawyers each, appointed BY.
the court. The resolutions were then
read, MI. Clark reading those con-
cerning Judge Mills Mr.. HolIoman
on Judge Mann and Mr.. Dunlavy on
Mr.. Ferguss0n. The resolutions were
brief, beginning with a short biogFay
phicaI sketch Of the deceased, fol-
lowed by a resume of the qualities Of
mind and heart which had endeared
them to the members OF the bar and
the people at large. and concluding
with an expression Of regret.
Following the reading Of the reso
buttons. Judge Pope asked the mem
bcrs OF the bar whether they had any
remarks to make.
col. prichard First Speaker
= Col. Prichard was the first to re,
spond He told Of meeting Judge
Mills in Las Vegas III the eighties
and said; Judge Mills was always be.
loved BY members Of the legal profess
sion. There Is one thing to be said
about him. truthfuIly. and that Is, no
man IN the profession WIS more o
teOus and pleasant to the members of
the bar than was Judge Mills He
added that the lawyers always had
an absolute confidence in the judges
integrity and ability
Regarding Judge Mann, the speaker
declared that he was q very pleas
ant Judge to thy cases before. HE
was just, he was kind and he was a
sound lawyer. added the speaker. HE
developed as q lawyer on the bench.
He studied hts cases well and assim.
lated the law rapidly. Judge Mann
was faithful and loyal to his clients,
as every lawyer ought to be-
Speaking Of Mr. Ferguson, Col
Prlehard said he had tried dozens OF
cases with and against him he refer
red to the late CONGRESSMAN as an
able advocate and still more able ora
tor. HE studied the great questions
Of the day" added the colonel, and
he was we'll informed.
Col. Prichard then dtEelt at length
on the one peculiar characteristic Oh
Mr.. FergussOn-the effect defeat had
on his temperament and said that 1t
probably had something te>do in has
tening his death:
Mr.. Crisis Tribute
AIR. J., II. Cfist followed lie re,
feFFed to the time III 1924 when he
had a very warm discussion with
Judge Malls on the gold and silver
ISSUE about the time Judge Mills left
the Demoeratic parity DESPITE the
heated argument, mr.. Crist said Judge
Mills was the essence Of courtesy
and good nature as Mr. Crist left him
Concerning audgR Mills Mr. sCflstl
peid this tribute lie was dignided.
able. PATRIOTIC particularly n his nual
address 10 the people 81 Nav Mexico
VIXEN be turned oyer the olRce OF
governor to Governor McD0Qald I'll
WINS an address whiIh splendidly pro
secuted what Judge Mills accomplish
ed while n the Office 0f governor
The speaker then paid brief
tributes to Judge Mann and to Mr.
FERGUSON; Il found Mr.. F~erguason
as worthy and as admirable an an
tae0nlai as ] found Judge Mann hal
said HE was NY friend. faithful
and Just
Other Tributes
John r. Merle Jr.. said a few
words concerning the courtesy 81