Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-15
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MAINE LAWYERS. /,
Annual Meeting Of State Bar
Association at Portland.
W. V. Lander Of Rumford Falls Ar
rested on Conspiracyto Deffaud.
lack Swan, the missing Norway Photographer.
Reported 10 Be Sale.


Association held its annual meeting in
Portland Wednesday afternoon, prominent
lawyers from all parts Of the State being
present. Besides matters of business,
President Charles F. Libbey of Portland de-.
livered an able and exhaustive address on
what is known AZ the Australian or Torrens
system of registration of land titles.
Mr.. Libbey showed the faults of the
present system, the great waste of labor
involved and the uncertainty of records.
He told how these defects are overcome by
a system which does not register evidences
of title but the title itself. Under the new
system no search of records is necessary
and real estate transfer is made as quick.
ly as a transfer of stock in corporation.
The system has been in use in Australia
since 1858, and almost the same system in
Prussia, Bavaria and elsewhere in Europe
for over 100 years, notably in the city of
Hamburg for over 600 years. 1t also is
used in Toronto and Manitoba and bills for
its introduction in Illinois and Maesachu-
setts have been introduced.
At business meeting this afternoon,
OIL GERS we're elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Charles +. Libbey of Portland; vice.
presidents, Orville d. Baker of Augusta,
Albert r. Savage of Auburn, and +. A.
Wilson of Bangor; secretary and sreas-
urer, Leslie C. Cornish Of Augusta; ex-
ecueive committee, Charles F. Libby,
Frederick A.Powers of Houlton c. L. Little
field of Rockland, I. c. Payson of Portland,
Albert M. Spear, Gardiner. A. L. Lam
bert, Houlton, is chairman of the commit
tee on legal education, George c. Wing,
Auburn, chairman of the committee on
membership, Chas. F. Libby, chairman of
committee on law reform, and J. H. Drum
mond, chairman of committee On legal his
tory.
After election of these officers, A. A.
Strout, Esq. presented the following reso-
luton
Resolved, That the State Bar Associa-
ton of Maine respectfully urges upon the
Legislature the propriety of providing for
the appointment of q commission to er quire
into the necessity and expedency of legis
lation to aid in the establishment of uni.
formity of legislation relating to forms and
registration of conveyances, establishment
Of wills, probate procedure and other like
matters, so far as the same shall be found
advisable and consistent.
This resolution was passed and the fol-
lowing were appointed to bring the matter
to the attention of the Legislature A. A.
Strout, F. A. Wilson of Bangor and W. G.
Philbrook of Waterville.
At the Falmouth hotel tonight the annual
banquet was held, 20 members being seated
at the tables, which were elegantly adorned d
with flowers. Hon. Charles +. Libby pre-
sided at the afterdinner exercises. The
time was almost wholly occupied by Judge
William l.. Putnam, who made an elabo-
rate address on George Evans, a native OF
Maine, born in 1897, gra luated from Bow.
doin in 1915, elected to Congress in 1929
and the Senate in lS4l.
The speaker said the main purpose was
to throw light on Evans career as alawyer.
He first sketched the career of Evans in
Congress. As a parliamentary debater he
is entitled to high rank. Upon entering the
Senate he had the distinction never before
or since conferred on a new member, OF
being placed at the head of the committee
on finance. Webster pronounced Evans an
incompatible speaker. He ranks next to
Webster in that respect among New England
debaters in the Senate. After he left the
Senate the political situation was such that
he retired from political career. Judge
Putnam then proceeded to discuss Evans
legal abilities. He called attention to the
important cases in which he was
engaged. Evans was versed in the
principles Of equity, and courts
have listened to his arguments In
chancery cases with air of pupils rather
than Judges. The speaker related various
incidents of Evans legal career, quoting
freely from his arguments and addresses.
Judge Putnam closed as follows In all
the literary and scientific pursuits Mr..
Evans was, a. have already said, dill
gent student to the last; he wasted no time
and interested himself during all his later
wears in matters of that nature, as though
he had all of life before him and was edu-
eating himself for its struggles.
He was patriot and conversant with po
litical matters only as they bore on the IN
terests of the country. He was most pa
tient man under the physical suffering
which for the last years or his lite were
FREQUENT and intense, Id from which he
had no guaranty of CO atinued relief; but
while they sometimes cast . shadow upon
him. they never induc I'd bitterness or COM
plant; and all these traits he exhibited t.
the last.
Once in the front rank Of the great lead
ers of the Whig party, idolized BY its
masses, selected especially to bold mp the
hand of Clay, known tn, oughout the coun
ellis of the nation, along with other distin-
auished men of his day, he has for the
most part passed out of memory.
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