The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-07-27

Proceedings ~ the "ccit"E
Yesterday TricndI> bii'
IsctO cen She seniors .
ANA .puninr..

five ar forty, tut the purpose Of forming
a local ar aas, cUt.uu. j.. \. Mckinney,
E4u, wns appointed chairman, aud Il. &.
Smith. -cpftlr, After the meeting
was organized, Judge l.. c. Alexander
was called upon 20 gIyo some account Of
the pruccrd ~ of tue statc bar as-uCin-
ton recently held at Galveston, tu
winch he WAS one NJ the de egatea. His
remurk- were prcfncrd y rcndlnR the
constitution and bylaws " the new
state us-orutiuu II was moved 10y
Capt Blur that Ii committee ui five he
up, uiutcd tu sc Get permanent officers.
Moved az substitute, TINT the chhir
appoint committee NJ three to draft IL
I cons tuition md by Iuws. Substitute
/ carried. " l. Prathcr Capt l.. c.
/ Alexander mud Capt VI, d. Herring werc
appointed 10 committee % draft u con
/ 4titutipu and by.mNa II was moved
and carried thai fine present chairman
be- continued u Office until TIA report d
! the commute, pr heard Nr. l.. \ Nc
| Keunep then explained that this would
. be- o temporarily ornament organization
! till tine boar u--Ociatiuu WIS organized.
/ Mr. Alexander desired tn hear from the
members BOO regard to their views ns 10
. the puri usr 81 'hv contemplated nssocl-
alton Such 900 ussocihuou, iheoret-
cnl y. VIA fuf the urpu.u II elcvntlnR
the prufr sion, practically such HssociH-
tons made their first and primal object
% p,cuumry ONE. H., desired to know
II uu element wu- tp bee latru-
ducrd seeking 20 regulate
schedule 4 prices, or IN other
words 90 form conspiracy 'u tho pro
posed us-ocinuou H. wished to know
whether -ucl WAS to- Boz the case before
he brcnii, Oh member H. Thought 70
schedule Yfpucr- uu.U-t aud imprHctl-
ca' lc Many NJ Tia. members INK
I young lawyers iust admitted to- the bar
thcy COZ afford to work for fccs
which other practitioners would not me-
/ ccpt There wnsG difference ~ capacity
/ which justified difference in fees.
| When Judge Alexander sat down mo
/ ion was mhdo, and Capt NJ d. Herring
arose to endorse the objection ot Judge
Alexander 70 schedule ~ fees, and was
follow i by Judge Battle to the same
purport Mr.. Jenkins spoke about the
adylsabilty " establishing minimum OF
ices. Hhor, were members ~ the Waco
bur who were iu the huNt ~ charging
only uuc-iuurth ~ what they -hpuld
charge. Judge Alexander interrupted
to All Il such persons were not charging
~ much 49, Their services were worth.
Mr. prhthcr Thought thuta schedule ~
'.rg wa. "A mere mend ut OF uu nrgnuizt
ton. lie plead tor harmony and yet he
aid know thut clients were I'm the habit
~ ,olng from one LAWYER to another and
taking bids and urcupting the lowest.
Mr. Alexander lrsirrdto become mem
her ~ In. dissertation He thought that
IT would be- very respectable body If
men. but M. would NOT become mem
Der VI any body which would destroy hi-
individuality lfr could not bee accused
az changing GOO hitI.. He u vrf had
L.,.,,. acru.rl ~ ilut Juiy. Alexander
then went ou .nu ven, clrnr and lucid
rluutl.r io.-In,t.p inn ra,cticnhIlIty of
a sch,dulr ~ prices and how 1t could be
p.ry.si-I nv. irru,uur.-,h',. uuriir.
Col. Anderson .nii hr ha frequently
seen tho aystcm of schedule pricos tried
IN bur .1snriu'lll!, and they IA IA iuvurl.
,bly rrnynl I.,l l.it.r- Their. were
nthar uuI grrtt objacts for "a bHr nsgo.
,iuti,u. which lr at ont very forcibly.
In tp Tim. tim, p.rrl,. had Lr,p rnni.
only hy the oder urlDhers of the har.
Cul,t BIair tnnk am fine ca,Ise o., fine
yonrgrr member. He Thought that
In. trent troublr of low pric.. came
NOR from the older msmbors OF the bar
Thru the Younger. II had been his ex
prriuurc TINT the older members ~ tn,
bar. who had mnlc their re- utatiun IN,
= mRdc money, could afford to work 10
Sc less thun younger members and IN
, down price. 4 client had come to hin
! aud asked his charges for writing "a dee,
l. aud had been told five dollars, when h
q remarked that hr could get such an,
: such a distinguished lawyc TO write /
Il Tor two dollars aud half M Blal
n presented ,u very striking manner tn
3, injustice ~ old lawyers who had made
u reputation AMI % fortune and who conf
Z AFFORD ~ Wurl, ior nothing, cutting dow
e prices and 10y thut means keeping yuuu
y, lawyers lmpocuuious. lie made yer
II atroug personal appeal to the oldc
!, members Ia do justice to new beginner
Il that they should not nuke thcmsclv,
tin agents for keeping young mon III
70 state ot starvation by We king for HmH
T. frca The Int WIS very happy on
a, completely turning the tables. CHptAI
'c tLr ynuu,,r element vino huJ al
VI silent, and new counter current sct
'i and several speeches were made fro