The Legal World court in criminal cases in the last year eigh teen were affirmed. The followin officers were elected for the ensuing year‘ resident, A. H. Reid, Judge of the sixteenth judicial
circuit;
vice-presi
dents. John B. Winslow, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, B. R. Goggins, attorney; secretary. William UMoore, Professor of Law. University of “'isconsin; treasurer, bsuis E. Reber, director, Extension Division, Universitv of Wisconsin : cotancilors, E. Ray Stevens, Judge of the Cir-cult Court; E. A. Ross. Professor of Sociology, University of
- Lsconsin; C. B. Bird,
antornev; H. H, acobs. head of University Settlement, . waukee; E. A. Gilmore, Professor of Law, L'niverm'ty of Wisconsin .
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The subject of Mr. Carson's address was "The Interest and Value of the Study of Legal Biography." Mr. Carson treated the great decisions of great jurists as records of the personalities of the men who wrote them and reflections of the times and conditions under which they were written. Mr. Littleton touched upon the present condition of the country as affected by the enforcement of the Sherman Anti Trust law. The Constitution and original scheme of government, he declared,
never
intended that the business interests of the United States should wait upon the Supreme Court. He believed that Congress should amend the Sherman law, so that it would become so simple that everybody could understand and would respect it.
The ofiicers elected for the ensuing year are: president, President, Cyrus Albert M. VanA.Slyck; Baker;second first vice
- Bar A ssocialions
.Yru'
York-The
annual
rneeting of the
Sc“ York State Bar Association is to
held
resident, William P. Shefiield, Jr.; secreta oward B. Gorman; treasurer, James
, .
January 19 and 20 in S)rracuse. The principal address will be delivered by Hon. Geo e_ V,
Pirce; executive committee, Dexter B. Potter, William A. Morgan, Amasa M. Eaton, Charles
Wicker-sham, Attorney-General _of the ' mted
C. Mumford and Chester W. Barrows.
States.
Senator Elihu Root will preside.
Philadelphia.—-The membership of the_Law Association of Philadelphia shows a gam of forty-nine for the past. year, the total enrol
- nent now being nine hundred and ninety
seven.
At the annual meeting, held Dec._ 6,
the Association considered. W‘lthout reachmg any decision, the report of the Cpmmntee on Registration relating to reorganization of thea‘ courts matter will Theodore be taken u l' and this vhen' Jludge ' ' r a res-Oamendments ution opposing the ii-tiihxslzdviégnggiutional ogflw kgi‘l'éilliild that thfiy would P1868 the Judiciary under the immediate
tan:
and
control
providing
of a oornxnittee
to
less objectionable
of the_leglsla_
for the
appointment
investigate and report on
remedies for the present
dela d in the courts of Common pleas. folloiiing ofiicers
were
elected:
The
Chancellor,
. ce-chancellor, Hampton Alex. sung-cigar“, Louis Barcroft Runk; .
‘mm’
-
V_
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' gig-leg?‘
Smithers;
committee
Heckscher, William B.
berts; board of governors, Rjgseph C- Fraley, Charles E.
Oregon-The Oregon State Bar Association held its annual meeting at Portland, Nov. 15 16. Reports were received from the com mittees on grievances, on legal education, on judicial remedial law and on legislation. The report of the grievance committee precipitated extended debate, ending in the adoption of resolutions instructing this com mittee to report the names of members deemed guilty of professional misconduct, and pro viding for the appointment of a special com mittee of five to confer with the grievance committee and report a code of ethics and amendments to existing statute law improving the procedure for disbarment. President Holman in his annual address discussed "The Uncertainty of Results Under the Initiative Amendments to the Oregon Constitution” relating to city charters. He averred that the crudity of many amendments was such that it had been necessary for the courts to amend them in making them into workable statutes. Mr. Holman particularly referred to the law relating to the application of the initiative to the right of a cit to eminent domain, the power to grant
‘Organ. John M, Strong , "d _'-Hon. lartin W. Littleton ‘RBMMISZJ r'eccnlly elected to Congress,
0! mo ' ampgf-xéeneral . L. Carson Philadelphia, and Hon‘ of ofPennsylvania, former Attof'ne1 5 akers at the annual _ _ b n 311 oixthe Rhode Island Bar rmdwnntef _ a pqrovidence, Dec. 5. The dinner by the annual meeting of the resolution
approving
“'1 .
was
adopted
sed action by Congress he moon bill, increasing the
ran
chises, the control of the streets and to build bridges over the navigable rivers wholly within a state. A. L. Veazie discussed the sin le tax and the efiect of the amendments to t e taxation laws which were defeated at the recent election. The speaker declared that Oregon was to be the battle ground u n which new ideas of taxation are to be foug t out. William A. Huneke, Judge of the Superior Court of Spokane, delivered an address on "Criticism of the Courts.” Judge T. J. Geisler spoke on “The Methoti, of
Selecting
a
Non-political
Judiciary
contemplated _ dges of the Supreme Court of
He said he did not favor the plan adopted
salaries of! Jé‘ta ‘es and of the Federal Circuit
by the lawyers, that the lawyers should
the District 'nite and Courts
nominate the judges.
