Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-11
THE KANSAS BAR.

Havo q Social Tlme-Generai Ewing
Present.
Topeka, Kan. Jan. S.-The annual
meetingof the Bar Association of Kan
sas began last night in the State Senate
chamber and proved to be the most en-
pertaining held in years, partly because
Of the presence Of the first members OF
the Kansas Supreme Court-General
Thomas Ewing, of New York, the first
Chief Justice, and ex-Associate JUS
tees S. A. Kingman and L. d. Bailey.
For the first time in nearly thirty
years these former associates on the
bench met and renewed their old friend
ship. The lawyers present-and the
State bar was largely represented-ap-
preciated fully this unique occurrence.
Judge Guthrie, president of the as
ISOLATION, took his seat OF honor at
eight o'clock and made a forty minute
address on 1.-The Powers and Duties OF
the Judiciary" He reviewed atlength
the triple system of government of the
United States, in which the legislative,
the executive and the judicial were
interdependent. The last Legislature
submitted TO the electors of the State
an amendment to the Constitution in
creasing the number of Justices OF the
Supreme Court to seven. This would
he voted for and against next Novem-
Der. If adopted, it would amply re-
lieve the Supreme Court and secure to
the suitOrs in that tribunal speedy de-
termination of their causes. Every
consideration of economy and justice
should induce the people to adopt this
amendment to the Constitution. The
Judge discussed at length the needs of
the judiciary of the State and the prob
abilities of relief from constitutional
convention and closed with an eloquent
tribute to that judiciary, which won
applause.
General Thomas Ewing was next in
troduced and the mere announcement
of his name was the signal for burst
of applause, which amply evidenced
the regard In which he was held. For
the next thirty minutes "Auld Lang
Synen held the floor and the Generals
we'll timed remarks brought response
from many present to whose minds the
scenes recounted and faces recalled
were of ever-present memory.
In commencing his address General
Ewing took his hearers back twenty
nine years to the time when Kansas
was struggling for admission to the
sisterhood OF States and when he was
chosen as the first Chief Justice for the
new State. He then briefly sketched
the wonderful development that had
come to the then infant State, dwelling
with especial feeling upon the days OF
struggle just before the war.
The tribute paid by this gallant SOL
der to the comrades of the olden time
who we're opposed to the boys in blue
in that memorable contest and his
hope that the bitterness thus engen-
dered might fade away forever were
among the most notable efforts of this
gathering. The same could well be
said of his account of the part played
by Kansas in the fight for freedom.
General Ewing then discussed favor
ably the proposition to abolish the re-
Quirement of unanimity in jury trials
in State courts and civil cases, leaving
the requirement of unanimity in GRIM
inal cases unchanged, and also recon-
mending proposition to adopt in each
State complete code of the general
principles of what was termed by text
writers 1.-The Private Law" This was
the law which governed the personal
regulations and business of men and
which was now to be found scattered
through the old English, Irish, Scotch
and American works.
Judge Scion .. Thacher also deliv-
cred an address, and Judge John Mar
tin, chairman of the committee, ap-
pointed to draft resolutions OH the
death of Judge John IL Usher, made
his report.
Hon. A. l. Williams, of Topeka,
eloquently eulogized the memory of ex-
Judge Usher, of Lawrence, LincOln's
Secretary of the Interior, and ex-Jus-
tices kingman and BAILEY also spoke.
1t was late when the session came to
an end, but every lawyer present felt
that he had spent an enjoyable evening.
Montana Democrats.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 9.-The Demo
Gratis met in joint session. Diligent
effort on behalf w. A. Clark brought
out a quorum and on the first ballot
Clark and Maginnis were elected
Democratic Senators from Montana by
a vote of 70 each. W. A. Clark was
president of the late constitutional
convention of Mon ana. He is a well
known banker and mine owner OF
Butte. Martin Maginnis has repeat
edly represented Montana as Delegate
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