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Senator Wilson, from the Special Committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions commemorative of the life of the Hon. Silas Wright Gardiner, submitted the following report and moved its adoption:
MR. PRESIDENT—Your committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the life, character and public service of the late Silas Wright Gardiner of Clinton, Iowa, would respectfully submit the following report and resolutions:
Whereas, An all-wise Providence called unto himself on June 13, 1907 his servant, age sixty (60) years nine (9) months and twenty-three (23) days. Honorable Silas Wright Gardiner of Clinton, Iowa, who was an honored member of this Senate in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies, therefore be it resolved, That this body, recognizing the eminent and valuable services of the deceased in our state, and realizing that he did much as a legislator in our state.
Resolved, That in the death of Hon. Silas Wright Gardiner we are called upon to mourn the loss of an able, efficient and conscientious citizen, one who sought and devoted himself to the good of all and honored by all who knew him. A kind neightbor, a loving husband and father. In remembrance, therefore, we extol and revere the splendid qualities of his generous and noble mind, the high attributes that he showed as an ideal American citizen and we shall ever cherish the recollections of his manly life.
Resolved, That this body extend to the sorrowing wife and to the family, our sincere sympathy and respect.
Resolved, That these resolutions to printed in the Senate Journal and the Secretary is hereby instructed to mail an engrossed copy of the same to the widow of the deceased.
J. L. WILSON,
E. H. HOYT,
CHARLES GATES,
Committee.
Adopted.