Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-07-03
made remarks on the report and heartily

made remarks on the report and heartily
coDcurred in its recommendations.
THE NoN-AcTIoN OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Mr.. Ruhm was called upon to explain
why the last General Assembly failed to
do anything toward relieving the Supreme
Court docket. Mr.. Ruhm said party
politics was perhaps the sole cause of the
failure. He said when he made his ar
gument before the House on this subject
he held record in his hand of 2100
pages. He had invited some lawyer
| friends to examine the record, and all
had agreed that all that was necessary to
go into that record would not fill over
| twenty-five pages. He concluded by
calling upon all lawyers to vote for good
and able men for members of the Legis-
lature and judiciary without regard to
politics, as he had always doue.
The Hon. NJ I. Bryan was also called
upon and said the opposition in the
Senate to the measure was found iu the
arguments of the country lawyers that 1t
was trick in the interest of the city
| lawyers.
The association adjourned till 2 o'clock
pm, when Judge Cooley, Of Michigan,
delivered an address on THE Lawyers
Duty to the State The american says:
The address was read in high pitched
| voice 10 an attentive audience. The ad-
dress itself was pitched upon high note
of legal morality, and the relations the
| is man of slight stature, plainly
| dressed msn of three score years, clean
shayca upper lip, after the fashion of his
section Of country, aud an iron gray
| beard covering the rest of his deeply
1 lined iah Of mol
| spectacles rest serenely below forehead
| OF uncommon h'ghs, leading back to a
head of wiry gray hair, brushed straieht
back. He is maniiestly a scholar. aside
from the evidence of his creditable lite
rary record in behalf of the higher walks
| of law TO its manifest and permanent i'm
provement. His peroration to Tennessee
toward the close of his address was a
| striking point. Prolonged applause fol-
| lowed the gentleman as he retired from
the stand, and JuGge Cooper arose aud
moved the thanks of the association to
| Judge Cooley for his entertaining aud in
structive address. \ recess of ten min
utes was then taken, and the guest of the
| occasion was surrounded by the members
anxious to shake him by the hand. The
compliment was modestly and genially
received by the central figure The name
OF the HOB, lnomas VI. cooley was pre-
sented by Judge Pierce for honorary
membership in the association. He was
so enrolled
Mr.. NJ. B. Trezevant read paper on
the late Judge Archibald Wright and
Judge George Andrews, of Knoxville,
and one on THE Possibilities of I'm
provement in the Practice of our Courts -
A paper which was to have been read
upon the Elective Judiciary" by James
L. Shields, was omitted owing to the alb
sence Of that gentleman and the absence
| of manuscript.
| The following new names were added
to the list of membership:
| c. W. Metcalf, G. T. White, W. G.
McAdoo, jr., Tomlinson Fort, j. A.
Pitts, j NJ. Head, 7. A. Atchison, c..
d. Porter, S. A. Champion, j. Ii. Ack-
len, C. G. Smith, j. F. House, j. j. Du-
bose, Newman Erb, f. T. Edmopdson,
J: n. GREGORY, c. W. Heiskell John 7.
Moss, NJ r. Patterson, W Ii. Postou,
d. NJ. Seal, 5, Watt Strong, S. D. Weak
ley, w II Swigsert, w. S. MrLemore,
Thos f. Iarwood, W H. Polk. II. p.
Figuers, Il. n Hood, J W Scales, NJ.
\. Lowe J. NJ. Young, J. H. Louder
dale, I. ". Brown. W. \. Collier, u. w.
| Tyler. NJ. Savage, +. p. PoSton.
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