Identifier: annalsofiowa09howe_0 (find matches)
Title: Annals of Iowa
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Howe, Samuel Storrs, 1808-1888 Parvin, Theodore Sutton, 1817-1901 Lloyd, Frederick Huff, Sanford W Aldrich, Charles, 1828-1908 Harlan, Edgar Rubey, 1869-1941 Iowa. Division of Historical Museum and Archives State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa. Historical Dept Iowa. Historical, Memorial, and Art Dept
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Publisher: (Des Moines, etc., Iowa State Historical Dept., Division of Historical Museum and Archives, etc.)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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d. JUDGE JOHN F. DILLON.^ BY EDWARD H. STILES. The retirement of Judge Dillon from the bench was theoccasion of profound regret; so strikingly and spontaneouslyprofound that I cannot omit some of its public expressions,as they Avill serve to throw light upon his character as a man,upon his fitness as a Judge, and strongly tend to establishproper estimates of both, as well as to confirm what I havealready said or may hereafter say in that behalf. His letter to the president tendering his resignation wasdated May 26th, 1879. By its terms it was not to take effectuntil the first day of the following September, in order thatin the meantime he might dispose of the unfinished business,and his successor be enabled, if nominated and confirmed be- iThe first instalment of Mr. StUes article appeared in the April Annals.The portrait accompanying that part of the article was made about the timeof his removal from Iowa (1879). The one which appears in this numberrepresents him at the present time.
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I .IlJlXiE JOHN 1<\ l)IIJ.()N 105 forv 1h(^ adjouriinicnt of (•()n<^r*(ss, to (iiialiiy in time for lliefall terms. lie was notified that his j-csi^^riation had beenaccepted, on the eleventh of June, Ihiou.uh a htter expressingthe re«»rot of tlie president and that of the attorney-<^-eneralfor the loss the judieial serviee of the government would sus-tain by his retirement. The bar of every State embraced in his circuit took promptaction through meetings, resolutions, addresses, and other tes-timonials to show their personal affection and their ardent ap-preciation of his rare qualities and valuable services. Theywere of no ordinary character, and from some of them I makebrief excerpts. The following are from an address presentedby Mr. A. L. Williams, late Attorney-General of Kansas, onbehalf of the Kansas bar at the opening of the June, 1879,term of the United States Circuit Court at Leavenworth, Mr.Justice Miller of the United States Supreme Court, presiding: It is seld

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