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Senator Courtright, from the committee appointed to prepare resolutions in memory of the late Senator E. M. Sargent of Grundy county, submitted the following report:
MR. PRESIDENT Your committee appointed to prepare and submit resolutions in memory of the late Senator E. M. Sargent of Grundy county, beg leave to submit the following:
WHEREAS, Honorable Elbert Marion Sargent, a member of this body in both the regular and extra session of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly departed this life at his home in Grundy Center, Grundy county, Iowa, on the 7th day of January, A. D. 1904; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate has learned with sorrow and regret of the death of Senator Sargent, and that in his death the State has lost an able and high-minded citizen and legislator, who at all times was a staunch and untiring advocate of the interests of the people and of his fellow citizens.
As a business man, Senator Sargent achieved success; his high ideals of honesty and his fair dealing gave him not only the absolute confidence of his people but of the business world generally. As a legislator, his fairness and comprehensive views of affairs gave him the respect and confidence of his associates.
Resolved, That the Senate joins with his neighbors and friends in sorrow at his loss and hereby tenders to his family its sincere sympathy in this their hour of sorrow and bereavement.
Be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Senate and that a properly engrossed copy, authenticated by the President and the Secretary, be sent to the members of his family.
O. B. COURTRIGHT,
WARREN GARST,
THOS. LAMBERT,
Committee.