Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-17


tiful. This beautiful place, tins
lovely September day engender good
feelings. In the second place, the
| ladies' are here with us. They ada
grace and beauty to the occasion. In
| the third place, the meeting is made
memorable as being IL celebration OF
| the fiftieth anniversary of the ad-
mission of our president to the Ken
nebec Bar. Not often does this event
| happen. Fifty years. is a long span
! of life in the practice of law. But
| few reach it. SO many times the
| LAWYER turns aside into other actiNi-
ties. SO many times do they who
continue fall before that golden age
| is reached.
l am most happy to be here TO-
| day and I come as the bearer of
| three-fold fluctuations to him whose
| fifty years we celebrate.
| bring in the first place my per-
sonal Fluctuations. Brother Carleton
was, when l was admitted to the
] bar, in active practice at the begin
ming of his career, with an already
| eSta bliShed reputation for legal q BILL
| ity and force and power in advocacy,
which increased as the years passed
| on and not long after my admission
to this bar we met in action as OPP
posing counsel. (The Judge here
! told of two cases before the jury,
where he and Mr.. Carleton were on
! opposing sides. His description of
! incidents in the trials and of the
! outcome cOnNulSed the members,
and President Carleton threw back
! his head and laughed heartily, as he
| does.) Through all the years since
my respect for Brother Carleton and
| nlty f,.iA nc II. stn il,-
| In the next place l bring the greet
| ingS TO him from a little farm up
among the hills of Franklin county,
! the farm where he was born. 1t is in
| Phillips on the road to Weld. l went
! there once some ten years ago. But
! the other afternoon, after the ad-
| jOurnmcnt for the day of my term in
! Pennington, | was invited to 80 to
| ride. / asked to be taken to this farm
! for | had this very occasion in mind.
| Again | found it in its beautiful en-
| VirOnment among the Franklin hills.
l went upon it, 1t spoke to men and
! bid me to bring to HIM today this
| message. it said Tell him l have
not forgotten him. That | have
| watched. him all these years. | saw
! him leave me at the age of fourteen
| to be mustered into the service of his
! country in September 1861. | saw him
heriocally and brave danger and death
i'll the defense of the nation. / saw
| him leave the service and by hard
work. by teaching and going to school
! himself, fit himself for admission to
| the Bar. | saw him admitted to the
| Bar and his election and service as
county attorney for eight years. |
saw him for fourteen years the head
, Of 'iSh ic.
of the state. | saw him serve his
| State in the Legislature. l am proud
! of him. Give him my love-
And lastly | bring to him the greet
/ iNgs of the KcnnCbcc Bar. lie has
i been devoted to it and TO his associa-
| ton. He has been 4 loyal president
for many years. [ know. Brother
! Carleton, the kindly and affcCtiOnate
| feelings of your associates toward
{ YOU. their president. IN the mcmor-
| able words of LongfclloW in the Gold
! en- Milestone.
1--WE may build more splendid habi-
| tatiOns,
/ Fill our homes with painting and with
| sculpture
But we cannot buy with gold the old
associations"
/ But we, your brothers at this Bar,
have sought to express our feelings
toward you in some CndCarins form,
| and this | now bring to YOU. May
this little token tick out for YOU many
! more years o. happiness and when
| YOU look at its face, remember that
YOU arc looking into cur faces and
I think Of US.
/ Within it YOU Will find inscribed
/ in beautiful letters these words.
1 Lot. f1srNrn
| his fellow members Of the Kenncboc
| Bar on the ffticth anniversary Of
| his admission at the AUGUST Term,
1873. September +. 1879
! President Carleton was Visihly af-
! fcctcd by the gift and the words Of
! appreciation. and buried his face in
| his hands as the entire company
| rose, cheering. to it's feet according
| him spontaneous and enthusiastic
! ovation. and it was some moments
| before he could sufficiently command
| himself to respond.
| Words are inadequate" he said,
ito express my feelings of appreCia-
| ton OF the honor shown me. and
my only feeling is one of deep hui
militv. feeling that this tribute of
: my associates is much more a trih-
ute to the great profession which
/
self"
He referred briefly TO his feelings
as a boy of II at the front in the
great Civil war. saying that he was
scarcely more frightened then. than
upon his first appearance as a law
Yer. and" he added, II am almost
as frightened now"
| To the older members Of tho Bar,
! Mr.. Carleton said, the future is but
! brief indeed; what has gone before
| seems long time. lie spoke with
| much appreciation of the Giants Of
those DAYS" Ezra Kcmpton. a. G, Otis
and Wallace White, his near neigh
! bors. Joseph Baker. Eben Pi1lsburv,
Gard" Nose. stephen Lancaster,
| Samuel TitCOmb, VIM Penn White
house. their county attorney. ARENAS
| Libby. Orville Baker. William STRAIT
] ton (Clork Of Courtsl Lcndall Tit
| comb, w. Scott Choatc, James Brad
| bury, Eugene Whithouse and Hiram
Choato of Augusta, Frank Jackson
| of Hallowell, Lorenzo Clay. \. G.
! Stilphcn and Henry r. Webster Of
! Gardiner. +. \. Waldron. J. A. Drum
mond. RuChcn Foster and Leonard
| Carver Of WatcrVillC. These were
all members when | was admitted"
| said Mr. Carleton. ''Not one sur
! wives. Appleton was Chief Justice.
| Cutting. Kent. Walton, DiCkcrsou,
/ BarroWs. Danforth. and Tapley. asso-
ciate Juticcs. All gone. as have
many appointed in their places. like
| Chief Justice Peters, WiswcU. Savage.
/ Whitehouse, and Emery, and a long
| list of Associate Justices. Nh gone
to appear before tho Eternal Tribunal.
| where no exceptions arc allowed or
stays Of judgement, no dcmurrors arc