Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-15
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
THE BAR ASSOCIATION COM
PLETES IT'S WORK.


Gen. LawtOn Awakens the Enthusiasm
of the Members by His Annual Ad-
dress-The Citizens Ticket in the
Field-Meeting of the Trustees of the
State University.
ATLANTA, Aug. 1.-THE Georgia Bar
Association met this morning at 1C
O'Clock with c. G. Jones in the chair.
The Executive Committee made a report
putting in nomination the following gen.
tlemen for officers for the ensuing year:
President, William Reese. of Wilkes
county; First Vice President, f. H. Mil
Ter, of Richmond county; Second Vice
President, L. F. Garrard, of Muscogee;
county; Third Vice President, w. S.
| Basinger, of Chatham county: Fourth
/ Vice President, w. M. Hammond. of
| Thomas county; Fifth Vice President.
| III. z. Bell, of Forsyth county; Secretary,
W. b. Hill, of Bibb county; Treasurer,
| S. Barnett, of Fulton county Without
a dissenting voice the nominated officers
were elected. Hon. e. G. Jones, First
! Vice President, in the chair, announced
that the next business in order was the
annual address. Gen. A. r. Lawton was
| then introduced by the Chairman and de-
! llYered most eloquent and logical adj
| dress. He was frequently interrupted
| with loud and prolonged applause. At
the conclusion of Gen. Lawt0n's address
| Capt. John Milledge introduced the fol-
| lowing resolution, which was unanimous
ly adopted:
| ResOIUed, That separate from the regular
| printed matter 1900 copies of Gen. LawtOn's
! eloquent annual address be printed in pamph-
! let form and distributed among the members
! of the bar.
VOTE OF THANKS
The following resolution, introduced by
Judge Lester, was adopted:
Resolred, That the members of this associa-
! ton do avoW their grateful appreciation of
| the instructive, entertaining and excellent
address this day delivered before the associa-
ton by Gen. A. Il. Lawton, and that as mem
| bers OF the Georgia Bar we will endeavor to
| exempllfy in our life and practice the teach
Ings and suggestions embodied in the eloquent
address to which we have had the pleasure
of listening.
The Chairman read a letter from Judge
Hopkins, expressing regret that sickness
III his family, and other Providential
causes, prevented him from preparing an
essay on the evidence act of 1866.
Z. Z. Jones read paper on Judicial
Salaries" He showed that the Judges in
Georgia were paid less for their services
than in any cOmmonw wealth in the United
States. They deserved and should have
tairer salary than is now paid, and.
when this was done, better, purer and
more capable men would seek to occupy
the benches.
MR.. JONES ALSO REMEMBERED.
At the conclusion of the essay, F. G.
DuBignon introduced the following reso-
lutions:
Re80Jgcd, That the thanks of this association
are due, and are hereby extended, to the Hon.
Z. Z. Jones for his mastery and timely adj
dress.
Re8ol0ed further, That the Executive Com
mittee are requested to have printed 1900
copies OF the same, with the accompanying
correspondence, for the use of the bar and for
distribution among the members of the next
General Assembly, so soon as they are elected.
An essay on the British Constitution by
John w. Park was then read, which was
followed by the reading OF a paper of
Lewis F. Garrard, entitled s'The Writ of
Habeas Corpus"
An adjournment was then had sine die.
This afternoon the Local Bar Association
procured a sufficient number of carriages
and drove the guests about the city. To-
night the Georgia Bar Association is be-
ing banqueted at the Markham house.
THE CITIZENS TICKET.
A large meeting Of citizens was held in
the Superior Court room tonight in the
interest Of the reform movement, for the
purpose of acting upon the report of the
committee of thirty-seven, the duties of
which committee were to frame a muni-
pal ticket to be voted for in December. p
l.. Mynatt made majority report, which
was signed by thirty-siX members. H.
Cramer offered minority report signed by
himself only. The majority report read:
George Hillyer for Mayor, John r. Gram
ling for Alderman-at-large, VIM. Middle
brooks. w. j. Garrett, ID. A. Beatie, E. F.
May, 4. A. Rice and Jno. G. kirkpatrick
for Councilmen. Cramer's minority re-
port was headed by Volney Dunning, for
Mayor; John r. Granting for Alderman
at-large, and j. o. Perkins, T. p. West
morelaud, j. G. Woodward, w. g. New
man, b. f. Moore and Robert WinshIp
for Councilmen.
The reading of the report tonight
brought forth considerable discussion, in
which the labor question commanded
much attention. Cramer held that the
ticket headed by Hillyer did not have
upon it labor representative. On the
other hand, it was held that the ticket
presented by the majority of the commit
tee argued that the slate was made up
with view of putting the best men in
municipal harness that could be
found regardless Of any class of citizens.
After heated discussion Of the two re-
ports, that of the majority was adopted.
Judge Hillyer was brought in and made
speech of acceptance, which was loudly
applauded.
It is understood that w. A. Hemphill
was to have been named for the first place
on the ticket, but declining to serve,
Judge Hillyer was substituted for him.
Volney Dunning will make the race for
Mayor against Mr.. Hillyer. The cam
paign promises to be quite heated.
Tyler Couper, present member Of the
Council, will oppose Granting for Alder-
man-at-large,
STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES.
The Board of Trustees of the State Uni
versity held called session in the Senate
Chamber this morning to take action on
several important matters needing atten-
ton. There was very full board pres
ent. 1t will be remembered that a few
years ago it was found that all the trus-
tees of the Gilmer fund, excepting Gen.
Robert Toombs, had been removed by
death, and it became necessary when the
Superior Court met in Washington county
for the Judge presiding to appoint other
trustees in their stead. 1t was desired by
these trustees to turn the management Of
the fund over to the Trustees of the
State University, and it was for this
purpose chiefly that the meeting
of the board was held this morning. The
fund amounts to $4,000, and provides that
its accumulatIons are to be used in the
education of pupils in the studies of read
ing, writing and arithmetic. The board
took action upon the matter and the man.
agement of the fund is now in the hands
of the trustees. The board ratified the
election of -. S. G.. McLendon as Pres
ident of they hch college at ThomasyilIe.
The sessioKaEs of short duration and was