The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-21
ENDED WITH A FEAST.
Close of the State Bar Associa-
ton Convention.
NEXT SESSION At SPOKANE.
.~x.u Elect omcers. Hear More
Papers, Have Lake kfearAoH
and End with Banquet =

a..ocs.sioa ended last night with the
.1,ovart,iaI .sfeast Of reason and low OF
soul :" Just as = sauce 10 various eho1ee
viands which produce feeling o. con-
tentrnent. and various wines when iupff
n,.e the wit warm the heart and MAKE
,nen actually love their enemies me
,,o-ning IA. spent ia winding NJ the
t,st.e.. a. the contention, eleetlng ON
Ger. and hearing papers on such sensa-
.forai subjects rs exemption laws and
ynatsyiai mems Iieus. The afternoon was (
devfassi 70 n trip on Lake Washington
,,naar cioudless Skies the Q fresh
breezes blowing away the legal dust ofthesS7
years work and a lunch ~ East seattle
breaking the trip in pleasant faSnion<
Ia the evening came the grand finese IN
the share of a banquet at the Rainier
hotel. az which the legal lights exercised
their sharp wits in saying kiHdtelngs
about one another 20 atone for past yarpal
conflicts in court The visitors via go
nome today wah recolLections Of pleas
ant Wait and the hosts will part with them
reluctantly
Tn. invitation Of Frank T. Post 20 the
association 20 hold ITS next meeting al
guokane was unanimously accepted, ano
then the election Of officers for the next
wear came mp, Judge NJ. A. Root ana r. r.
Blaine being appointed teaers- %
Judge OrAnra aeobs suggested that the
next presideu &c selected from Spokane,
hut Charles l. Eishbacs said that the
adoption Of the policy OF selecting the next
president from the place selected for the
next meeting would have the elect to5g-
more Members in smaller towns lie then
nominated Judge T. y. Allen. of Olympia
President Arthur suggested that owing to-
the labor incident TO arranging Tor these
annual meetings the president should re-
side nj the point selected. +. G. Hughes.
OF Seattle. nominated George NJ. Forster.
Of spokane. who vas seconded by judges
Moore and Jacobs, and Charles ii. Aver.
OF Olympia, seconded the nomsnation OF
Judge Allen. The ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Forster, 81; Allen 10. Mr.. Forster
made n brief speech OF acknowledgment OF
the honor.
T. n. Alien, OF Olympia: Charles 3.
Fogg. of Tacoma, and Harold Preston, OF
Seattle, were elected first. second and
third vice presidents respectively. Matthias
:. Porter, of Olympia, was reelected sec
rotary. and James b. Howe. of Seattle,
was reelected treasurer. The following
delegates 10 the National Bar Association.
atssSaratoga Springs. y. Y, in August.
were elected. Judge John i. Hoyt, Frank
II. Graves aud George Donworth. The
delegates were authorized TO select sub
stitutes.
The chair announced the following
standing committees;
Jurisnrudence and law reform--George
Turner. Spokane; r. w. Conner, Tacoma /:
Elwood c. Hughes, Seattle; John l..
Sharpstein. Walla Waila, Charles II. Aver,
Olympia.
Judicial administration and remedial
proeedure-Thomas CARROLL Iacomai
John r. Reavis, North Yakima; Frank
III. Graves, Spokane; Harold Preston. Sc
attic: Austin Miers, EllensbuaS
Legal education and admissions 20 the
bar--oieorge NJ. Forster. Spokane; II. j.
Smiveiy, North Yakima; i. n. Alien,
Olympus; George Donworth, Seattle; T. G.
Sullivan, Tacoma.
Commercial Iaw--John b. Alien. Ssssasle
Gaiusha PRISONS. Tacoma: Frank NJ. Geo
uhegan, Vancouver; Thomas III. Brents.
Walla waila; Louis Williams. Port An
geles.
Uniformity of state laws William Ii.
White. Seattle, Charles A. Murry. Taco
ma; Frank /. Post. spokane; Milo A.
Root, Olympia, y. l.. Brown, New Nha9'
com. e, q
Publications Nathan s. Porter. Olym.
pa; Elwood Evans, Tacoma: Roger :.
Greene. Seattle; w. e. Sharpstein, Taco
ma: Orange JACOBS. Seaale. 80
GFiavau saS--Charles y fogg, Tacoma
Richard Slxe Jones. Seattles Stephen
O'arien. Tacoma: S. RS Stern, Spokane
Charles +. Flshback. Seattle.
Obituaries Nathan ;. Porter, oily mpia;
Charles q. Bates. Tacoma, John f.
Humpbfies. Seattle.
". III. White. Of the committee on prep
arauon of amendments TO the state con
stitution relative TO the election OF th,
judiciary, reported that no amendment i,
necessary so far as the election Of adges
OF the supreme court Is concerned. Sec
ton 5. Article " Of the constitution. relA
tive TO the election of judges of the 81
perior court. should be amendei so as /,
read,
There shall be IN each Of the organize,
counties in thlS state superior court, fol
which at least one Judge shall pe electe,
hy tho qualified electors OF the county a
the times aud places az which state officer
ere elected, unless SOME other time be pro
yided hy the legislature.
and the latter part of section s shoulG
be amended 20 read
s'if vacancy occurs IN the Office q
fudge Of the superior court the eoyorno
-sAall appoint pe7son 30 hold the osic
until che eleeti0a and qualification ot
Judge TO tn the vacancy y htch election
shall he az the next succeeding c,ectlon a
which judges arc 20 he elected
Ii was the OPINION OF the committee tha
no further amendments wcrc necessary
and that The question should be len opei
for the Legislature 90 determine. Is sp2c' a
elections arc provided by The segIs.aturc
the eonstitutiSa should further pros "a
th.t ~ stt.h sTkstsI elaett.,ns NO ofFieev
other than lg5L.ciai should Be elecsad. IA
report w6s adogteds on molten OF SIR
White the ss5ssrafy -sas instructed &
communicates life Substance 81 This yepor
70 the gapsrpor ia eFiex t9as be might,
hedsemFd it9pfopsrS lAy thesg{,1sc. befor
the nextleg. sIltaseS = Sc
A9pafeccasac4s Exem6tg6n Laws" "a
then. read by 2 aas.s9 q keAyis, OF NqTt'
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tue6t0f $tlie7exeg 94ss t'fif.slls4as Nv intesrFs
talon Isl fffaa sStgessS3 Ian lie aSseFgc
s6ai jaoneW sfaftifa asszssao& be MADE n @
IN 5aiasistearlyo vita The existing laws
=rs ss1i .ssAess .ylf 4sstsoza2 ealargisg an
stsj16iiiff6aa what Is asfsad established
If30s she ocaarts have come 20 tAe cor
asllegatson 81 the modern laws He quose
lie MaSaie rule thai dEbtor Should no
lc rfssave8 Is his creditor. bat sA0ula
treated s. hltvd servant and soioaFns
ana bs fed and cRathed 81 his Creditor
The state requires the creditors 60 z9ppol
the siebtog aud lei him not became a pat
lie ehArgc and. a hsa bondage f7F debt an
ultimately Imprisonment wAs forbidden
this PROVISION fos ths mainseA&aoe 81 "a
creditor was made " exemption 81 tools
foQd. eloLhsns. furniture and hem'