Excerpt from Memorial Addresses in Honor of General John B. Sanborn, at the Monthly Council Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, in the State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn;, Monday Evening, October 10, 1904 Mr. Sanborn acted a prominent part in the framing Of the laws of the State. He was a member Of the famous legislature of 1859, whose wise and judicious work in planting the new state government on solid ground, and in throwing safeguards around: its vital interests, is universally recognized; and, as chairman Of the judiciary committee of the House of Represent atives, he took a leading part in that legislation. He repeatedly afterward served in the House and Senate. When some one was wanted to represent with ability and fidelity the interests of the city and State, his neighbors repeatedly turned to him, and though he was a Republican in politics and lived in a city of Democratic proclivities, I' do not remember that he was ever defeated at the polls. By this service he became identified with much of the important legislation of the State. In civic life there was no one more ready than he to lend a hand. He was never too busy or too tired to take vigorous hold of matters important to the welfare of the community. He did not need urging. He saw the need or danger, and readily and cheerfully co-operated with. His neighbors in devising and executing measures to supply the one, or to avert the other. He was always a' busy man. I do not think he knew what idleness was. Bless-cd by nature with a vigorous constitution, he hardly realized the necessity of rest and recuperation, either by himself or others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.