Representative John Wilson View All Years

HON. JOHN WILSON.

MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public services of Hon. John Wilson, beg leave to submit the following report:

WHEREAS, The All-Wise Father of us all removed from this earth on October 4, 1908, John Wilson, an honored member of this House from Jackson county in the Eleventh General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, The life and character of the deceased were such as to entitle him in unusual degree to the admiration and respect of all who knew him; his attainments and his success so conspicuous as to be an incentive to all men to be upright, pure and true; and his service to the state and to his fellow men of so lofty character as to command the homage of mankind, and to entitle him to the “well done, thou good and faithful servant,” which is the highest benediction of the Almighty; therefore be it

Resolved: That in his career, which had its origin near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1823, and the major portion of whose eighty-four years were spent upon the prairies of our own beloved commonwealth, we recognize a type of useful, helpful living which we deem worthy of recognition and of emulation; that we admire the indomitable courage with which he lifted himself from humble beginnings to a position of influence which gave courage and hope to others; that we commend his unselfish devotion to public and private duties and his unwavering fidelity to the cause of right and justice; that we recognize those qualities of large-hearted generosity, of tender sympathy, of wholesome good cheer and consideration for others which made him a power for good over all with whom he came in contact; and be it further

Resolved: That in token of our appreciation of his well spent life these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House, and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward engrossed copies of the same to each of his two surviving sons, as evidence of the high regard in which posterity holds the memory of their father.

PAUL E. STILLMAN,

KARL J. JOHNSON,

JAMES W. ELLIS,

Committee.