New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-23
CIVIC DUTIES OF LAWYERS.
EX-JUDGE COOLEY BEFORE THE AMERI-
CAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
OPENING DAY OF THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL
SESSION AT sARATOGA-EX-JuDGE DILLON
AND OTHERS HEARD.
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Saratoga. y. Y, Aug. 22-The seventeenth an
nual meeting Of the American Bar Association.
which assembled in Convention Hall to-day. was
well attended. The president, Judge Thomas NJ.
Cooley, Of Ann Arbor. Mich, being detained at
home by illness. his address was read by the pre-
siding officer Judge Samuel F. Hunt. of Cincin
natl 1t both able and voumlnous docu-
ment. two and one-half hours being consumed
In its delivery.
Judge Cooley proceeded to a discussion of The
Year In Its Constitutional Aspects; the Lawyer
a Teacher and Leader" He first referred
briefly to the Coxey movement showing that it
distinctly antagonistc to the most conspicu-
ous and most Indispensable feature of our Con-
sttutlonal fabric; and he said he desired to inn
press upon members OF the legal profession that
every OF them is or should be- from his very
position and from the license which gives him
special privileges in the determination of legal
questions and controversies, a public leader and
tea cher.
The address then called attention to the in
creasing frequency Of lynchngs in the North and
West. as we'll in the South. and pointed out
the public perils arising from acts of tolerated
mob violence. Judge Cooley then presented dis
passionate review Of the facts, still fresh in the
public mind. concerning the recent Pullman boy
colt or strike lie continued in substance:
one question fairly arising upon the circumstances
OF this strike AMI which. 50 far as ! know, has
hitherto received attention. | think may prop
erly call to notice here. II concerns the rights
affected by the strike should one be- declared, ana
raises the question whether. under principles sup
posed to prevail wherever free government exists
the strike az against them could BE- fu.Iy JustdH-i
without careful consideration of lt5 piop"n;e % LII
upon their interests being first had. ana II pfacu-
cable an opportunity IIIeh lH,n 10 10 ~, uS' ,rtri
from their own standpoint against us De's 'h'''cu
upon. . ,,.t,,,s,,. onoc,ed
were allowed be heard through their genera % nal
ayers or any authorized committee on IN. pgesttoa
whether IL would be just reasonable To declare
a strike against them for what was h0t 'nen H''. t
Of the order witch was then considering the aaes
tlon that the objections 10 IT from tie Cnr
~ ther EMPLOYERS were altogether reasonap'e, So
ond the Government Of the United state w. W.
transportation OF the mails ana croS Sntert"red
at,b and perhaps the service Of Federal proGf.s11
obsructe and. third the Peop-s pr-ssrSportoi S5 and to
Sey iher property carried by mail was 10 TO trik gy m
ppan,lnme n al cost them which in all & FfoDapb 1b
rnlIst In the end be counted by l,vI.I hearing
II would seem might have Deeh an alo" es boards OF
thr"ugh business organizations srcr ers n Aiiance
rad or through bodies IKE the rner claim to
ana htnr % for il was the Government ot uy ,rf~red
themselves and the acton wi,'" n common with all
Wln VIZ n9i - the United states enJoytn oH ,y, mat
AMI the Government mish, lnn"sr.Ii.ionai n"r functions
. the psrformance OF i' DomS,,, f5r one assigned
va h,mperel now In an at,eihp. p.,nanies M, to take
| app ffff
70 ae1n it mgh, possibly On i9mr 6d render
p,Sion for reasons SIN ess C,b nave also
iP1 on, that the declaration ot su d arbI,rary
would be the exercise fn 9t 'nrsVeils is by
lo"'Ir' Ir'Ni.J for since free peope W. rs.yikers
pronounce urenaui'D', ',,zsns never consent 10 be
'ann,,iailrs,ci IN, by a aw which would a''h'' o' 49,
,,o,.rr,rr 70 the contention Of Governor A'-
| -, -, 1iiIr,,s that the President had no r's"t
- sord Federal troops into the state u''''' '''
- 10 so. Judge Cooley said, in part:
a., ,,... ,ani, that ,he position taken IS gS' ~
r,uslble I; had warrant %n4'S'nttr ntrary is dis
efal Nons.'tu +. Th. Pres.den, IS 10 AK 'nI ,nI
nat ihe & - no, ma ale to dp.nd upon the Wi'' nj
| ".rscut II any Sta,-. J u" Y",' 49, ami In the
In ,hr rh his" ~ i, he : suhoriinaic TO m' go 80
| aytt"rity. Ye,. II the view, OF tn,, h stoppeI at
accepted %s %rs.in, Syf comm,rc. broken up ana @ ,ne
process Of United Siaies fou' was dominant
| =, ~ suppress I. or u ca. up" "''
90 filtration. as the word has come 10 uS by
| mn Icrstool TO mean the voluntary ,nntters on
thr ,hcy dner TO the decision ot one hii "r he
imuartia persons. whose awaI. .,riutic is that the
nnarI The most notable characttrls,ur Th~ trib-
ii,1I,ion OF the proceeding IS voluntar{( n5wer
mmaIs to which the law gives ,IlIaIs are the
over me ma o~cn thcse are to deal only WIN Pl'n
ton, OF legal right and esal o'It e.s the aw mas
not ehiofn" ,,t,cs legal also But the vast maJo'Lg
OF labor controvers."s nNoSN; ycr of legal right
D.-,les % them no question wNit.N'l VI ,,h,t ynud
pi@fu, @ nassng this question. let IA see VIM. ~
nav nave -, D, 4, arose there had been NatioAI @ @ro,a
OF Arbitration and a,rs laM %r tr submit to arbi-
iabote,hh n. lispntes obviously after me ponTn %
had looked into the case. Isy thnv could give
pc''r ,,s,v Tor IL had application WH,'', W,H,h ,,n
the case but. II 1t were po@so, ybcrc W The contro-
yersy was not between the parues 10 s red by
shouin rother than those not inJuIet am, ar,
whose interests are sympathe,,inn ,n "e,v''' iew
10 r m ersonai m liberty OF both the employer a,u NAM ,'
laborer is necessarily TO be f'spe tf whether ne
mwst be- left to determine for hlmsen IL r,nnenfa al
n,uSt NM hS.rvc ana perform such moral or 81,
obiigatiors recognize S,r, S'Cn into legal duties
Sas never deemed 1t wise to conVcit ~ i, 7hiecfs
mas III r,ghts I'pon these and kindred supIv.' -
true leader may may,itc ia con,lcts will become mex
sahle and also uncommon. But ne can ,,,i a. he
o", i9at reyeSs by 1proyded by be gray
extended: that the Sudden h aptv can be pro-
| vlJnd against. and that any otls. W. 70 guard
! portant s ipI u,,,scouonccs OF misfortune may De
aS" adn nart of the terms Of employ mem. ,.ar no
There is one ,pratSn GinTS o That is sympa
strike and the reason Is pain me p% p,orsy nat
strike ar % %c.,icd and IL the sympathizers are nein
iusncd the original quarrel s''" ''''''''
| mincd
t.if,v-four new members were elected
,.ro,al council. consisting of one member from
c,,,o e tho I-nlon was elected. EX-Juige
! yytItan n Robertson. of Katonah, was Se'eV'e"
for Nev-York He succeeds Charles ~ Ieao'u''
| If New-York City The treasurer, fiAhcl7 I'""'0
If philadelphia. rendered his report Inc
CENTS during TIE year. including last year
balance. were 1852 e. and the disbursements
san 10. showing a balance Of S3'io2' % !" t"e
,raas,rv The report Of the secretary Jon"
unkley Of Baltimore showed that the m'eior irates
snip VI s.,ada arr represented and there are
,NcThors in the Inian Territory. Itah @',r tI
oklahoma President Hunt announcer '"' i'
! lowing committees
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Fuller Massachusetts' IA HamPto%G pf Georsia M Emln
Mc3iain OF iowa: John j. Hall OF ono; owon Of