Evening star., 1922-01-06
BAR PAYS TRIBUTE
ITO MEMBERS DEAD
EuIoqies Pronounced Upon
Twenty-Five Attorneys Who
! Have Died Since 1916.

IWeHly'lWU Httoi'oJS
! Have Died Since 1916.
The Bar Association of the District
of Columbia held memorial service
mt 8 o'clock this afternoon for twenty
two of its members who have dleo
since 1916. Members of the bench and
bar crowded the courtroom IN the
court of Appeals building and listened
TO eulogies of the dead lawyers.
Addresses were made by justice a
A. Hoehling of the District Supreme
Court. and Attorney Roger j. White.
ford. James NJ. Beck, solicitor general
of the United States, was expected 70
speak but was prevented by illness
from attending.
Henry w. Sohon, president Of the
Bar Association, presided, ana Georst
q. Gertman was secretary. Ihe ar
rangements were in the hands OF q
committee comprising Joseph A
Burkart. chairman; Alexander II; Bfll
Horny e. Davis, Jesse Z. ADKINS
George H. Lamar and United states
Attorney Peyton Gordon.
The list of the departed lawyers IN
cluded: John d. Coughlan. John b
son Williams, Edward l.. Gies, John
Ridout, Conway Robinson, James n
HAYDEN, Alan o. Clephane, Daniel W.
Baker, Samuel Maddox. William henry
Dennis, A. L. l.. Leckie, H. B. F. Mac
farland, +. Walter BrandenDurg
James Francis Smith, Thomas {. ray
lor, Edward \. Newman, Joseph J.
Darlington, Evans Browne, b. r
Leighton and Mason N. Richardson.
This meeting has been called py
the Bar Association of the District OIL
Columbia in memory OF It's deceased
members, and to me has been given
rhe privilege" said Justice Hoehling
.of paying the tribute of respect OF
the court to those whose names and
useful and honorable professional
service we are proud to honor.
In giving expression to the tender
and loving regard OF the bench 1oi
those who have thus departed, 1T
perhaps may be fitting to consider the
lawyer in his professional relation tc
the clieat, to the bar ami to the
bench, and, therein. the extent te
which these several relations were
met and sustained through life by
those who so recently were with US.
The justice then outlined the duties
and qualifications of a lawyer, his
status as a citizen and the relations
sustained to his fellow members OF
the bar and his relations to the court
as an advocate, and declared that:
The usefulness of the bar and o1
its members to the court cannot be
overstated. The upright, intelllgen,
and learned lawyer is always helpful
TO the court. His preparation and
study of the case in support or de-
greatest assistance to the Judge who
is called upon to determine and decide
the questions involved, with some, OIL
possibly all. of which questions the
individual judge, heretofore. may not
have had occasion to acquaint himself
particularly or fully.
Attorney Aid to Court.
"And thus it is that the attorney is
a distinct aid to the court in the ad-
ministration of justice; and the meas
ure of that aid is in direct proper.
tion to the integrity, learning, ability
and experience of the attorney en-
gagged in the particular cause.
The list of the former but now de.
ceased members of the bar, in mem.
ory Of whom the members Of botf
bench and bar are here gathered. is
indeed, a roll of honor. Every name
inscribed thereon brings to the minc
OF each of us a life honorably spent
in the great profession of the law
and a success honorably attained; anC
to each the bench is indebted as hav-
ing been of real service and aid il
the administration of the work of the
court"
Justice Hoehling expressed regret
that time did not permit him to dwell
on the lifework of the individual law
yers whose memory was being honored
and said 1t was his good fortune to
work. he asserted, ''honorably, up
rightly and well. and their names give
an added luster to the ever-increasing
roll Of honor Of the deceased members
Attorney whiteford. speaking the
lament of the fellow lawyers>for the
deceased, said they honored their de.
loyal light in which they lived, but we
loved them for their practice of fidel.
fly, for the exemplification of the daily
virtues, and for the constancy Of theiI
friendship"
Mr. Whiteford declared the associa-
tion with the departed enabled them
TO plant in our lives the offspring OF
their virtues, and, through us, unto
coming generations. the forces of theiI
lives will be felt. Character survives
goodness lives and love is immortal
The speaker grouped the deceased
lawyers into three classes, the elder
men, the middle-aged ones and the
he singled out Joseph ]. Darlington
to whom he paid a special tribute and
whose memory, he said, would be for
ever green. He described him as
typical OF human virtue, radlatine
courtesy and good humor, God-fearine
ing and almost divinely patient" and
asserted that "above his intellectual
gifts, above all he attained, rises his
integrity. like some great mountain
peak, and there it stands, firm as the
earth beneath. pure as the stars
above"
Passing to the younger men, the
speaker referred to Alan o. Clephane
the first member of the bar to die in
the war. OF Lieut.. Clephane he said
mis- life and character were .'brighter
even than the CLINT of the gold star
representative of his sacrifice" for in
him was exemplified the patriotic
urge SO necessary in the life of the
ideal lawyer.
Included in the third classification
of the speaker was the name of Hen
ry B. F. Macfarland, former District
Commissioner. who can forget" he
said, "the earnest application to civic
welfare and political duty manifested
in the life of Henry B. +. Macfarland.
At the sacrifice of personal gain ant
professional employment he devoted
The best years of his life to the vel.
fare of our community, and muny ol
our civic advantages are a monumen,
to his industry"
MIR. Whiteford also paid tribute t.
the other deceased members of tn,
association and declared that eacI
had left to the present-day lawyer
some qualification worthy of emula
ton.