Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-16
TEXAS BAR.
Last Days Proceedings Of the LAWYERS
In Convention at the City
OF Dallas.
Capt. 4. . BoRll ~ Fort Worth Elected
President for the Ensuing
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DALLAS, Tx, July l5.--The Texas
Bar meeting ediournodsine die this after.
noon after busy session OF two and
half days. The attendance this morning
was rather meager as compared with that
OF the day before, many of the members
having departed on the early morning
trains, and others having left after the
| adjournment Of yesterdays session. The
banquet at the Grand Windsor hotel be-
| gan at 10 o'clock last night and was kept
| up until O'Clock this morning, and so
bright, pithy and entertaining were the
responses 10 the various toasts that only
O lew VI those present vacated the
| banquet hall until the programme
| had been carried out. AS consequence,
the legal luminaries did not appear TO be
very bright and fresh this morning, and
were not very prompt IN filling the seats
at the opera house. The proceedings were
| opened this morning by Gov. Roberts ia
Il short but earnest speech advocating the
widest scope In carrying cases to the
supreme court. lie objected to pressing
the substitute for the judiciary article IN
the absence Of so many members of the
association, and undoing the work OF the
! day before. Mr. Green vigorously
defended his position aud urged
the adoption Of his minority
| report, and was ably seconded by other
members Of the association, but when the
matter came TO a vote after protracted
and exhaustive discussion, the substl
tute was lost by vote OF twenty to
ttUanfu-nun bn 81
majority report as amended Yesterday,
was adopted as whole, and the chair
was instructed to appoint committee of
ten TO present the amendment to the
legislature, and TO urge that itsbe sub
mitted TO u vote OF the people. President
Peeler said he would not appoint the
committee at once, as he desired
TO select such gentlemenas would be sure
to give the matter proper attention, and
he wished TO take plenty of time TO con
slider his appointments before making
them.
The report Of the committee on judicial
reform and remedial procedure was
adopted The report embodied resolu-
tion TO have the constitution OF Coahuila
and Texas and the general laws of the
state up to s7g published, and also re-
questlng the legislature to enact law
directing that records IN all appealed
cases to the supreme court be published.
On motion the chair was instructed to
appoint Il member Of the association from
each county TO present the amendment TO
the constitution to the people of the
county or district in which such member
lives, and make Its provisions and the ne
cessity for its adoption clear TO them.
IL was past the noon hour when the
| nFnnnanInnG init Nn1
enough to admit new member, whose
application was accompanied by his initi-
alton fee, and the appearance Of
II treasury note In the meet
ing appeared to suggest the idea that
members owed some pecuniaiy ohllga-
tons TO the association and that con-
stltutional provision required that such
obligation should be Cancelled within a
specified time. The secretary made
some explanatory remarks and asked for
instructions with reference TO making
collections, when Col Seth Shepard put
u quietus TO further discussion by sug-
costing that all delinquents be excused
from payment until the regular meeting
a suggestion that was promptly and
unanimously agreed to.
Mr.. Wheeles of Austin had been en-
gagged at the commencement OF the sitting
TO make stenographic report OF the pro.
ceedings. Some members were DESTROYS
Of having the full report, including the
debates, published, and there was some
discussion as to the powers OF the print
ing committee, board of directors, pTesi-
dent ana other officers. In answer 70 a
question, Mr.. Wheelcs Informed the az.
soclation that IT would cost $500 TO have
the steDographlc report published, and
that settled IT, Col Shepard immedl-
ately moved that the stenographic re-
port be not published, and his motion
met with an enthusiastic Endorsement.
The president announced that the next
thing IN order was the selection Of a
time and place for holding the next an
nual meeting OF the association, and
thereupon Mr.. Winter, IN behalf of the
bar Of Waco, extended cordial invita-
ton to the association TO meet IN that
city. The invitation was accepted and
the second Tuesday In July liked as tine
time for the meeting
In the election for officers, only one
ballot was taken. There were TWO nomi-
nations for president, T. j Beali Of Fort
Worth, and Judge Crawford Of Dallas,
and In the ballot that followed the former
1 received a majority Of votes. Col. Beall
made graceful acknowledgment Of the
honor conferred, and promised 10 his Ut
most TO merit the confidence reposed
In him.
II. II. Prendergast Of Marshall was
elected yice.president, and Secretary
Morse and Treasurer West were reelected
without opposition, aud the association
then adjourned sine die.