The Legal World Daniel J. Richardson of New York, whom Secretary Nagel of the Department of Com merce and Labor made his confidential clerk, was educated at the Syracuse University and at the law school of George Washington Uni versity. On his graduation from the latter institution he was awarded a prize of $250 for the best legal thesis. Forrest C. Donnell, an attorney connected with the office of former Judge Selden P. Spencer of St. Louis, has been appointed attorney for the collection of the collateral inheritance tax, from which the Missouri State University derives a large part of its revenue. Mr. Donnell is a graduate of both the collegiate and legal departments of the University of Missouri. He has been active in two campaigns, making speeches on the stump throughout Missouri. Martin W. Littleton of New York City, in telling a New York Herald correspondent his observations on a few months' vacation in London, expressed surprise at the lack of sentiment which enters into British legal proceedings. "They seem to discount the value of emotions," he said. "Lawyers ad dressing juries confine themselves to dry statements of fact and depend for success upon adroit methods by which they procure admission of evidence. In America it de pends a good deal on appealing to a man's feelings, and personally I believe it is a fairer method, because when the decision comes from the heart it is more apt in many ways to be right than when it is purely a product of the head." Bar Associations The Iowa State Bar Association has ac cepted without change or amendment the canons of legal ethics reported to the American Bar Association a year ago. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the West Virginia State Bar Association was held at Webster Springs on July 7 and 8. W. E. Haymond of Sutton was elected president, and Charles McCamie of Wheeling secretary. Hiram T. Gilbert made an, elocjuent appeal for legal reform before the Illinois Bar Asso ciation at its recent meeting. Edgar A. Ban croft of Chicago was elected president and W. R. Curran of Peoria, Ill., vice president. The Washington State Bar Association held its annual meeting at Aberdeen and Westport, Cohassett Beach, July 29-31. J. B. Bridges delivered the president's annual ad dress. A new constitution was adopted. One afternoon was spent on the beach, where after athletic games and sports the lawyers ate clams and went bathing in the surf.
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The eleventh annual meeting of the North Carolina State Bar Association was held in Asheville on June 30 and July 1 and 2. The annual address was delivered by James W. Osborne of New York City, whose subject was "Reminiscences of the New York Bar." Among the papers read were "The Progress of the Law," by E. F. Oydlett, of Elizabeth City, and "The Life and Character of Lord Coke." Col. John W. Hinsdale of Raleigh, was elected Sresident for the next term, and Thomas W. •avis of Wilmington was re-elected secretary and treasurer. The thirty-second annual meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association was held in Birmingham on July 8 and 9. The annual address was delivered by William L. Curtis of New York, on the subject,"The Truth About the Panama Canal." The papers included, "The Ideal Trial Judge," by W. O. Mulkey; "The Majesty of the Law/ by S. L. Field; "Buying a Piece of Land," by E. W. Faith; "Common Law Marriage," by R. C. Brickell; "Quadrennial Sessions of the Legislature," by Emmett O'Neal. Emmett O'Neal of Florence was elected president. The Texas Bar Association held its twentyninth annual meeting at Austin, July 6-8. The annual address was delivered by William C. Fitts, ex-Attorney-General of Alabama. The address of welcome was given by J. Bouldin Rector, City Attorney of Austin. Other addresses were: Judge N. W. Finley, "The Profession of Law as Distinguished from the Business of the Law"; Judge R. L. Batts, "Inefficiency in the Administration of the Law"; Judge R. B. Levy, "Criminal Laws of the Early Period"; Judge S. P. Jones, "Un reasonable Delays in the Final Disposition of Civil Suits." The thirteenth annual meeting of the Indiana State Bar Association was held in Indianapolis on July 7 and 8. President Daniel W. Simms opened with an address on "The Law and the Lawyer." The annual address was delivered by Hon. Alexander Humphrey of Louisville, Ky., who took for his theme, "The Last Year with the United States Supreme Court." Other papers read during the meeting were "Indiana Courts," by Hon. James S. Dodge, "Modern Views of Com pensation for Personal Injuries," by Hon. Addison C. Harris, "The Trouble with the Law," by Hon. William Dudley Foulke, "The State Bar Association of Indiana," by Hon. Emory B. Sellers; "Lawyers and Courts," by Hon. Cassius C. Hadley. John T. Dye of Indianapolis was elected president, and George H. Batchelor of Indianapolis secretary. The Tennessee Bar Association, at its re cent annual meeting at Chattanooga, elected Henry B. Anderson of Memphis as its new president. A report was presented by the
