Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-14
RAMSEY COUNTY BAR.
A Meeting to Arrange for Reorganizatio
and Infusion of New Life.


A Meeting to Arrange for Reorganization
and Infusion of New Life.
A meeting of the Ramsey County Bar
association was held in the district court
room yesterday afternoon. The meeting
was called to order at 2:3O o'clock by the
president, Mr.. G. b. Bigelow, the attend
ance being only fair. Mr.. H. L. Williams
was selected to act as secretary.
Mr.. I. V. D. Heard explained the object
of the meeting. He said that for several
years the Bar association had, with few ex-
ceptions, lain dormant; Notwithstanding
that all that was required to become
member Of the association was the
payment of fee of S., the roll con-
tanned but comparatively few names.
He thought a committee should be ap-
pointed to call on all the lawyers and re-
quest those who were not members to
sign the roll. There was an annual due of 81
and the dues should be collected. It had
been suggested by one of the judges that
the association should start library to
contain the reports; Minneapolis had such
an affair started and the speaker thought
that an effort should be made to at
least start nucleus. A commit
tee on library should be appointed
committee should also be appointed on
jurisprudence and reformation of the law,
the bills should be Strengthened out and
this should be attended to. The matter
of professional conduct also came under
the Jurisdiction of the association and
this should be attended to. It was also
proper for the bar to have some voice in
the appointment of the judges in case of
death, removal, expiration, etc.
Mr.. Beals thought the association should
be incorporated under a general law.
The chair stated that it was now
voluntary association.
Mr.. G. D. O'Brien said that the matter
of organization should be looked after:
S. was pretty small fee, and additional
requisites should be demanded besides the
mere holding of certificate. All appli-
cations should be strictly passed upon in
order that no one should be admitted who
would not exert beneficial influence on
the association.
Mr.. O. M. Metcalf thought the whole
subject should be relegated to a commit
tee to report plan of future action.
Mr.. w. D. Cornish offered the following
which was adopted:
RssolUed, That committee of five be
appointed to report at future meeting a
plan for reorganization of the Bar associ
alton of Ramsey county.
On motion the chair was authorized to
appoint the committee.
Adjourned until O'Clock next Satur-
day.
Moral and Legal Suasion Divorced.
To the Editor of the Globe:
John Edgar, of Rochester, in his at
tempts to oppose the progress of the
Prohibition party, in an article in the
Tribune, charges the leaders of said party
with the grave offense of leaving out
moral suasion, in their efforts to obtain
prohibition. In proof of this statement
he quotes Col. Long as saying: II am
sick of hearing of moral suasion." He
also said should have heard the colonel
compare it to negro scratching for the
Itch"
I have listened to the eloquence of
Col. Long, and can testify that he
made most earnest appeals
for the building up and sustaining of all
the moral forces. With glowing words he
painted most vivid picture of the sinking
craft of the fallen, and
pointed out clearly the duty we owe to
them; and exhorted Us to extend the SYM
pathizing hand, and with words of cheers
and comfort and hope endeavor to help
the rum-cursed victims, TO their feet again;
he denounced the GOODNESS and indifference
of very many Christians, and urged the
great need of moulding public sentiment
and educating the rising generation.
1t Is very easy matter to mis-
represent man even when using
his own words. For instance
we read in the Bible that, "Judas went and