New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
LAWYERS MEET IN BOSTON.
THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION IN AN
NUAL SESSION.
,.prRs READ by PRESIDENT BALDWIN, FRED
ERIcK N. JUDSoN AND WILLIAM H. hohN'
BIowER-EXTENDING coURTEsIES
TO THE VISITORS.
yBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1

horticultural Hall in this city with a large allcnU"
N wellknown members of the bar from all parts oi Wv
country The meetings of the association IN pIe''O"s
ycars have usually been held in Saratoga DuO 80,
cas chosen as the place for the meeting OF io''
,ns nlan now adopted Is to have alternate mcenss "
saratoga and at one OF the large cities Inv s
NJ the Boston bar have made liberal prcpaa"0 ,5.ad
,he entertainment OF the visiting lawyers -,
oparters have been provided at Of the par'o VI W
parker House. and besides a committee Oh Do' ' n
hers of the association committee Oh I-o - -, u,
Association, headed by President Jo'h ,,;,,.s
assst IN providing for the welfare ol w -. o,d
Mayor Matthews has welcomed the visiting +n
So. o,,dod = stoar,er on which the members Vi '"0
association. under the guidance Of iv'oPuD t,5n
r;t,eo Of the Boston Bar Association. VIII HAN tt
ahout Boston Harbor tomorrow aiter'loou' i,tod
noon session announced for tomorrow N'n ,,.,para
and an evening session will take rs P ,Ig,nouin
tions have been made for banquet "' GU or,ion of
Club rooms on Friday evening. y Iai9G ore from
IN. LOO members OF the asso'l'"o ., Now,
Nev.yorlx State but the attendanco COW
VII, members NJ the present meeuh5 -, g.
so,cpops rather from tho high repu'A'i0I !ho Vow
divldnals than from their number. -AIno"e nm,
yorl, LAWYERS present here eX-Juuso 'J penodtci
william b. Hornblower, Robert ,.,,or win.
Charles A. Peabody, Esoeft w and Uamil-
lam Norton Grnnell, Adeloert ~ ~hUo' ,o,-vors
. IAN y Tom,kips. Other well-kno"h a"'-r'
-. eo. ,rcro 7 O. BrOdhead, fIc"elNN ~
psso ord I : Metcalf, Of st. Lonis' ca -ODnr'V9'
nan Ricbard Vaux George d. kuP' b. -, - Co,a,n,'
W mana and G. c. Mercer, of PhiiSde'i'n" II
7 Bonaparte and Skipwith winner, - 80, 90
p b. sherman of Chicago; Henry "iso w n
y-asb,ncton. Thomas L. Bayne Of LoWS''"'' w.
MasnihS'o, O' - ,Itnod Rpssell Of Michigan; NJ F.
,,.r,nsor a, poston. W. B. HilL OF Georgia, JUN
Jnvcu NJ F. Dickinson, ir., +. D. 0"'
ada Frank Goodwin Charles T. hussoi.' 'l - -
Iones G. W Clifford II. W. Fuller ana H. -. O'a''''0'
~ poston: Cortlandt Parker ana =" -
NevJersey ;iR A. Hin Of Mississippi L. - ,,
l. E. Stanton. Gideon E. Welch anu ~ - - - ~
~ connecticut and members Oh inc 'sNO''''0n
s,,n. ,or, local bodies from almost every S'a'e
- ,,Ion The officers Of the association present
,roro Simeon E. Baldwin, president; hoWdr" Jus
,,tnt,ev ~ baltimore secretary; Francis ka"le' OF
troa surer; and ex-Presidcnt Henry Hitch
cock Of St. Louis Alfred Hemenway ana George ~
Mercer members Of the executive coHhh'Vce'
I,,otassor simeon F. Baldwin, of the Yale College
1ow school the president of the association called
.h ,neet,nr 10 order at this mornings session, ana
r,s,dent Lowell of the local Bar Association. made
sbort address welcoming the members to Boston Pro
t.or Baldwin then delivered the annual address Of the
nresdent noting the most important changes made IN
the mast year in American statute law. TIC acO OF
Congress providing for the relief Of the United states
supreme Court by the formation Of Courts OF Appeals
was first noticed. The reform in its main
feature has been strongly advocated by the asSoci
lion Professor Baldwin referred to the act as " q
combination of compromises" and rs hastily pushed
through in the last hours Of Congress. The N
crease in the salaries of the United saes Judges has
also been one Of the reforms especially urged by the
association and IT was partially accomplished at the
last session Of Congress by raising the compensation
OF the District judges TO $1,000 Mr. Baldwin added
on the general subject of Congressional legislation;
The wild whirl o; hurry end excitement which has
come 10 mark the closing days every Congress- and which
throws almost dcspOtic power into The hands o le"
leaders Is greatly be deprecated Ihe natural current
OF legislation is repressed the very end when It's ac
cumulaons break through all barriers like freshet and
eary everything before them part Of the members
having little knowledge even Of the main points in
bills for which they vote OF the 433 pages OF g'n-
eral legislation which constitutes the work OF the la,
session Congress- 2s4 pages covered by the
OF closing day, and 13o only occupied
by those Of the three months preceding The oppo'tun
ties for '1ogrolng' which such condition d things
Involves. the injustice the President whose attention
fifty bills pressed the moment and the ready
offers for eyadng the responsibility for any meas
ure in the shape il finally assumes are obvious The
remedies obvious too but there many and powerful
interests opposed to their adoption.
Reviewing the changes in the election laws, lie said
Our President reported year that fourteen OF
States and Territories had adopted the Australian ballot
The number has since twentynlne by the
sion OF Arkansas California, Delaware, Maine MAJ Jand
Nebraska, Nevada, NeW-Nampshfe, North Dakota Ohio,
Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Vermont and West Viz
gina. There practical nconyenences in adapt
ing this system TO American plan Of voting for
large number OF officers at the time
ticket. One Of the ballots printed by Montana for
election contained eighty forty
blank spaces for writing candidate
and nearly yard in length and nine broad.
Another difficulty arises from splits in party organizations
and rival conventions which eagh present the State
what claimed to be the regular ticket The new
In this generally provide for the recognition Of the
conventions called by regularly constituted auhO
ties axing each list OF not only the party
they claim under but the party principle they represent
President Baldwin also commented upon changes in
laws relating to private corporations. railroads com
mercial contracts, relief for farmers, protection for
labsr, rights and duties of minors education. aliens
and non-resdents, real estate titles, taxation,
admission to the bar. the courts. statutory Offences
prisons, the Jury system and Socialism
At the close of the presidents address
leo members of the association were elected
100 Of them being members Of the Boston bar. Mem
bers OF the General Council and Of Committees on
Reception and Publications were appointed. The
reports OF the secretary and treasurer showed that the
association is in fourishing condition. the receipts
and membership having considerably increased in tho
last year. One thousand and three members are on
the roll and the receipts last year were $4,100 5O
balance Of g. 800 0S remains In the treasury.
Frederick \. Judson OF 81. LOuis. read at the af-
ternoOn session address on "IndIvdual Liberty
OF Contract under the Police Power" lie carefully
NSWeu lhe decisions OF mo higher courts a. 10 uic
right Of the STATE to vary private contracts and
pointed out the danger of further legislation and
judicial decisions in the same direction
Inc paper read by William Il. Hornblower, Of New
YORK on "The Legal Status Of the Indians
listened TO with great attention and excited a lively
discussion among the lawyers present. A recent de-
eislon Of the United States Circuit Court of south
Dakota that the killing by an Indian of an officer in
tne service OF the United States was not murdered,
because the state Of war existed between
the United States and the tribes 10 which
the indian belonged referred TO as directing
special attention to the subject Mr. Hornbiower
showed by quotations from decisions and statutes the
peculiar position occupied by the Indian tribes. which
are treated IN some respects as nations, and yet
without certain rights Of foreign nations Congress
has the night to regulate the legal position Of the
indians ana some steps have been taken toward
denatioDahzing them. Ths speaker cop,inr-d:
Having advanced thus far, IL would seem eJnncntly
proper that the further step should D. taken, that