Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-07-03
FIRST Days PROCEEDINGS

first Days Proceedings.
The Nashville Banner, of Wednesday,
reports that the Tennessee Bar Associa-
ton met in the morning al 1870 o'clock.
and was called to order by President
Wheeler. Among those present were
supreme Judges William T. Cooper and
I: j. Freeman, NJ T. Bryan, W. H..
Washington, of Nashville; Judge III. III i.
lngersoll, OF Knoxville; Andrew Allison.
JOHN j. Vertrees, I. f. Matthews, W.
A. Thoma, of Nashville; John II. Saw
age, OF McMinnvilie; Judge d. NJ.
Key, of Chattanooga; Judge W. B..
Reese, A. S. Colyar, John Ruhm, of
Nashville; XSenOphon Wheeler, of
Chattanooga; Tully Brown, W. o. Yer
trees, W. K. McAlister, Of Nashville !;
NJ. Mckay, of Columbia H. NJ. Wiltse,
of Chattanooga; J. w. Bonner. Col. Bax-
ter Smith, j. NJ. Dickinson. George B.
Guild, Wesley Gains, NJ. NJ. Neal. j. S.
Pitcher, of Nashville; Noble Smithson,
of Pulaski; John w. Childress. J. G.
Bradford. NJ. r. Priest. Eli T. Morris.
w. J. Sykes, H. H. Harrison. Samuel
Watson, of Nashville; Judge II. II. Lur-
ton, of Clarksville; j. NJ. Millikin.
Judge Frank T. Reid, I. l.. Dodd'
Judge Nat Baxter, Judge McLemore.
Judge Tinnon and Albert n Grisham.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
President Wheeler read his annual
address, paper replete with wit. wis.
dom and philosophy He said the
tendency OF young men of the present
day was to forsake the legal profession
for busiuess career; and this was not
surprising when it was understood that
the profession of the law was not a
money-making one. 1t had been said
with some degree of ruth that LAWYER
worked hard, lived well and died poor.
No young man should be admitted to
respectable lawyers office who did
not possess a good English educa-
ton, at least. Illiterate ATTORNEYS
were disgrace TO the profession. The
system OF examination adopted ih Ten
nessee and other States for applicants for
law licenses was a mere farce. Mr..
Wheeler said the present system of ex
amination should be abandoned and a
State board OF examiners substituted
therefor. He would make law license
mean, something, Good judges made
good lawyers, while bad and Inefficient
Judges and bad lawyers of necessity went
hand in baud. All had seen the shame.
fal waste of public time in the court
rooms presiIc11 oT3c,r o5'cr by hy lazy indolent,
inefficient Judges, who sit all day with
their feet eepkea upon the des k and
allow things to so pretty much as they
might. lie was inclined to lay large
share OF the disrespect for our courts at
the door OF our judges. What, he said,
could be, thought of the courts
of several towns in Missouri where
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quilted and the scenes that followed
his several aequittaisp Who can wonder
that the citizens of Cincinnati should
burn down jails and courthouses? Some
of the blame for these things are attached
to the lawyers Themselves He knew of
lawyers IN this State who had collected
money for their clients and failed to nav
it over, and yet he had never known a
case of disbarment IN Yennessee. There
were good lawyers in America who had
dobe things Tor which they would he
deb5rred IN England He spoke of the
acts of the last General Assembly. and
said it was to be lamented that every
General Assembly feltitto be incumbent
upon them to change the revenue laws.
Of course, the last Assembly changed
the mechanics lien law 1t this could
not have been done he doubted If any
session could have been held. Laughter.
SECRETARY AND TREAsURER's REPORT.
Mr.. Bonner submitted his report as
secretary aid treasurer. as fellows
Amount received from former treasurer.
S341 SO; amount of dues and initiation
fees collected, $665. Total, SlOO6 SO.
Disbursed on ace pnt Of ASSOCIATION,
1886 09. Leaving balance o. S5l0 so
on hand July l, 1885. No salary has
been drawn up to this date.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL
ADMINISTRATION
The Committee on Judicial Admi is
tratiou reported through its chairman.
The committee doubts whether the re-
districtipg law of the last General AS
sembly will accomplish the desired re-
suits Of fair and impartial distribution
OF the work OF the judges of the inferior
courts and a limitation of the number of
courts TO those actually necessary. Tho
report says attempts to relieve the over
crowded docket of the Supreme Court
should be directed toward the cause Of
the d fRculty. This cause is found in
the appellate jurisdiction in ehancery
cases. The committee recommend that
the association declare itself in favor of
relieving the Supreme Court by
Pr, senting an assignment of errors
as condsion to appeal from
the chancellors decree; linn
itatiop of the record to matters necessarF
to the assignment of errors; printing of
the record in all such cases. The com
mittee further recommend that the asso-
citation ask the Legislature to declare by
stain to that baraa frar tho ronnrtS af fha
Supreme Court shall be- i styled sTenpes. en- uss
see Reports, and be numbered accord
ingly, and to fix the number of each vol
ume of the reports heretofore printed.
Supreme Judges Cooper and freeman