Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-09

stant familiarity with the litera-
ture of his profession and pro-
found reflections upon the prob
lens Of its philosophy.
"As judge, he was faithful to
the integrity of the law as it
is written in the books, and in
its administration, he held the
scales of justice with so firm a
hand, that not even the eye of
envy could suspect them OF
trembling in the balance. His
asspciates all loved, trusted and
admired him, as for myself, I
shall ever remember with pleas
ure and profit the too short term
this good and great judge adorn-
ed the bench and Illuminated the
law"
So strong had Judge Burnam
become with the voters that the
Legislature in 1908 was COM
PEELED to gerrymander his district
in order to elect Judge Cantrill.
After retiring from the bench he
was elected to the State Senate
without opposition from either
party. While a member of that
body he introduced and was in
strumental in passing the present
Kentucky School law, and also
he law giving much larger annual
appropriations to the State Uni
versity and also the two Normal
schools. He was the National
Committeeman of his party from
Kentucky during the Taft ad-
ministration. For President Taft
he had very poor opinion as \
party leader, regarding him as
both vacillating in his policies
and ungrateful toward his friends
He had been delegate at large
from Kentucky to the National
Convention which nominated
Taft. In fact, with the Cochrans
of Maysville, Mr.. Marshall Bull
lit of Louisville and R. w. Knott
Editor of the Louisville Post.
and others, he helped defeat
Senator Bradley in the State
Convention for delegate because
he was for Fairbanks, and posi-
lively against Taft. After the
election, Taft ignored all his
friends in Kentucky and turned
over the whole patronage of the
state to Senator Bradley. The
result is we'll known as evidenced
by the election of 1912.
AS National Committeeman he
as disgusted with the Chicago
convention of that year, because
he thought, and often said that
with any show of fairness, Col.
Roosevelt was entitled to the
nomination.
Judge Burnam was not only an
able lawyer and good political
organizer, but he was a splendid
business man. When thirty years
of age, he was elected President
of the Madison National Bank
and helped direct and conduct the
affairs of that institution for
nearly forty years. He subse-
quently became Director and
President of the Southern Ma
tional Bank, while still Direct
or in the Madison National Bank.
He also took most active part
in every business venture relat-
ing to his community.
After leaving the bench, he
gradually retired from the prac-
tice of law, and devoted a great
deal of his time to the manage
ment of his farm. In this, as in
all other matters to which he
gave his attention, he succeeded
admirably. Like all Kentuckians
he loved horses and at various
times he bred and raced quite a
number of fast trotters.
From every point of view, his
character represents the best
type of the "Old Kentuckian,"
and his passing marks distinct
loss to his family, his county and
his state.
In November 1874 he was mar
ried to Miss Margaret Summers,
of Quincey, Illinois, who with
five sons and three daughters
survive him. They are DR.. Curtis
Field Burnam, of Baltimore, Geo.
S. Burnam, of New Orleans, an
official of the L. & N. Railway,
A. r. Burnam, Jr., Lucien A.
Burnam, Paul Burnam, Mrs.
Warfeld Bennett, Mrs. Jennings
Greenleaf, and Miss Madge Bur-
nam, all of Richmond.
In addition to his immediate
family, Judge Burnam is surviv-
ed by two brothers, Messrs. T. S.