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Mr. Wise, for the committee appointed to present resolutions of respect to Edward Townsend, deceased, reported as follows:
MR. SPEAKER Your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of Hon. Edward Townsend respectfully submits the following:
WHEREAS, The Honorable Edward Townsend, an honored member of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third General Assemblies, from Black Hawk county, a member of the Iowa Soldiers Monument commission, also a member of the board of trustees of the Iowa State Normal school, was called from the labors and toils of earth to life eternal, at his home in Cedar Falls, on the 19th day of January, 1900, and
WHEREAS, The life and character of the deceased were such as to command our esteem and love, and his public services to the state and country were of such a character as to command the respect and gratitude of his fellow citizens, therefore, be it
Resolved, That in his death his family are bereft of a kind and loving husband and father, the state loses the services, valuable counsel and exemplary life of an honored, upright and representative citizen, and the cause of education, a true friend.
Resolved, That we share and deeply sympathize with his family in their great bereavement, trusting that “He who doeth all things well” will sustain them in their sorrow, and that they have the assurance that this affliction was permitted in love and mercy.
That these resolutions be printed in·the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to transmit an engrossed copy of the same to the bereaved family.
C. A. WISE,
W. L. EATON,
J F. G. COLD,
NATE WRIGHT,
WM. THEOPHILUS
Committee.