Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-17

courts n the officers of the American
Railway union in Chicago the paper will
doubtless attract considerable attention.
At the opening of the second days ses-
sion Moorfeld Storey, an able Massachu-
setts lawyer, will make an address, and
papers dealing with Jurisprudence and
Law Reform, "''Judicial Administration
and Remedial Procedure, = Legal Educa-
ton and Admission to the Bar, ICON
mercial Law - international Law and
Grievances" will be read. In the evening
special committees on various needed re-
forms in law and practice will report, and
the convention will again wrestle with the
vexatious divorce problem.
On. Friday the business of the conven-
ton will be wound up by the election Of
officers for the ensuing year, and in the
evening the annual dinner of the associa-
tion will be held.
The association was organized in the
courtroom of the town hall in Saratoga on
Aug. 81, 1878, by about 100 lawyers,
among whom were such famous jurlsts as
Benjamin H. Bristow, WilliamM Evarts,
George Hoadley, Edward j. Phelps and
j. Randolph Tucker. The membership
has since grown to about 1000 and rep
resents nearly every state in the Union.
The constitution declares that the object
of the association shall be to advance the
science of Jurisprudence, promote the adj
m%inistration Of Justice and uniformity Of
legislation throughout the United States,
uphold the honor Of the profession Of the
law and encourage cordial intercourse
among the members Of the American bar.
Any person who has been q member Of
the bar in good standing in any state is
entitled to membership in the association.
Following is a list Of the presidents Of
the association since Its foundation: James
o. Broadhead, st. Louis; Benjamin H.
Bristow, New York; Edward j. Phelps,
Burlington, VT; Clarkson N. Potter,
New York; Alexander R. Lawton, Sa-
vannah; Cortlandt Parker, Newark, N.
J.; John W. Stevenson, Covington, KY;
William Allen Butler, New York; Thomas
j. Semmes, New Orleans; George G..
Wright, Des Moines; David Dudley
Field, New York; Henry Hitchcock, st.
Louis; Simon E. Baldwin, New York;
Judge John F. Dillon, New York; j.. Ran
dolph Tucker, Lexington, Va, and Thomas
M. Cooley, Ann Arbor, Mich. AS the
names plainly indicate, some Of the great
est lawyers America has produced have
held the presidents gayel.
Whenever occasion requires, special COM
mittees are appointed by the association to
bring needed reforms in the laws. Forex-
ample, in 1890 the association Endorsed
the bill for the relief Of the overworked
supreme court Of the United States. In
1883, when the association for the first
time departed from its usual custom of
meeting in Saratoga and convened in Chi
cago instead, letters were received from
Me- 1nI1k0r.~ ~y.S BAho HcL@34T - Tll-l
Justice Coleridge Of England heartily in
dorsing the bar associations stand In IA.
vor Of an international court of Justice
which should settle all disputes between
nations and bring about that utopian
time when wars shall cease to the ends OF
the earth
American Bar association, was born in
Attica, n: y, 20 years ago, and when 81
years Of age was admitted to the bar OF
Michigan, much to the surprise Of the law
yer he had been studying with. This wor.
told young Cooley that he would never
wood was more In his line. How well the
young lawyer has since proved that his
legal mentor was q false prophet SIns1857
Mr. Cooley Was$chosen compiler Of the
Michigan state laws and q year later be.
came of1oialreporter Of the supreme court.
In 18593h organized the law department
SOf the University of Michigan and IN
1854 was appointed Justice Of the supreme
court Of Michigan. Three years thereafter
be was elected chief Justice, q position he
held until 1885. He was chairman Of thu
Interstate commerce commission for sew,
oral years, but failing health compelled
him to resign insl891.
EARLE 81. EATON.