Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-16
The STATE BAR
Holds Annual Business Meet
ing and Banquet.
Important Matters Considered to be
Presented to Legislature.
A Delightful Evening Passed at the Banquet
at Hotel North.

The fourth annual meeting of the Maine
State Bar Association was held in the
Senate chamber, Friday afternoon. There
was good attendance and interesting dis
cussions of several legal questions.
The following officers were elected
President, Charles +. Libbey of Portland
vice presidents, H. M. Heath of Augusta,
Seth NJ. Carter of Auburn, Hannibal f.
Hamlin of Ellsworth. Leslie G. Cornish
of Augusta was reelected secretary and
treasurer
A resolution was adopted urging the
passage by this Legislature of the State
library resolve appropriating money for
the purchase of law books to complete the
sets of American laws statutes, digests
and law reports in the library and of the
English law reports
On motion of Mr.. Baker, the committee
on law reform was requested to consider
the question Of improvement in the mat
ter of printing cases for the law courts, so
graphers' fees and printing.
The committee on legal education was
requested to consider the question of a
uniform examination in all the counties
of the State for admission to the bar.
The president and secretary were in
structed to go before the committee on
legal affairs to protest against the repeal
of the law of 1893 prohibiting judges
from sitting in review of their own
rulings.
O. ID. Baker, L. L. Carleton and Il. G..
Cornish were added to the special com
mittce appointed, last year, to argue
before the Legislative committee the prop
osition of appointing commission to
inquire into the expediency and necessity
of legislation to secure uniformity rclat-
ing to forms and probate matters.
The next annual meeting will be held
at Bangor, the second Wednesday of Feb
ruary. 1896.
The banquet at the North in the even =
ing, was one of the chief features OF the
meeting and was equally as highly en-
ioyed as any of the exercises. Landlord
Burns had the dining hall very attractive
" arranged and upon the tables were
beautiful flowers, and at each plate was a
boutonniere for the guests, who numbered
about so, as follows:
A. Wilson, 6. L. Andrews, O. ID.
Baker, Fred w. Brown, L. II Carleton,
Seth NJ Carter L. ID. Carver, W. ;.
Choatc C. f. Daggctt r. f, Dunton, L.
b. Dcasy, j. S. Estes, W. II. Fisher, c. A.
Hamilton, NJ s. Holway, H. NJ. Heath,
!. c. Holman Treby johnson, A. M.
King. J. NJ. Libby, C. +, Libbey c. f.
I.ittlefcld, j. W. Mitchell, Geo. n.
McCann, Henry A. Mitchell, j. W. Man
son, J. f. Moore, Barrett Potter, G. II.
Prescott, r. W. Shaw, Frank Staples,
A. r. Savage, Bedford f.. Macy, a. Il.
Varrill, c. f. Woodland, H. 5. Webster,
George c. Wing, Judge Whitehouse'
Judge Haskell, l.. C. Cornish, ID. A.
Small, Judge Hall, +, f. Timberfakc, f.
G. Dunn, II. n. Pattcn, j. A. Locke, W.
J. Knowlton, S. II. Plummer.
Extending across the cast end of the hal
was the table at which sat l.. c. Cornish
ESQ, master of ceremonies, Judge Haskell
Judge Whitehousc, President Soldiers ant
Hon. C. +. Libbcy.
The spread furnished by Landlord
Burns was delicious one, finely pre-
pared, nicely served and greatly enjoyed
by every participant
Among the speakers were; Hon. Chas'
+. Libbey, president of the association
Judge Haskell, Judge Whitehouse, Judge
Hall, Mr.. Soldiers, president of the Senate
Senator Hume, Mr. Wilson of Bangor, Mr.
Baker of Augusta, Mr.. Carter of Auburn
Mr.. Littlcficld of Rockland, Mr.. WOOD
ard of Bangor Mr. Moore of Thomaston
Mr.. Deasey of Bar Harbor, Mr.. Timber
lake of Phillips, Mr.. Dunton of Belfast
General Choate and L. c. Cornish of Au-
gusta.
The president announced that Gov
Clcayes was too i'll to he present, and tina
he had letters of regret from others Wit
were unable to be present.
There is another new crank coming t.
Augusta. 1t is one that will undoubted
" add to the pleasure of the young
a., ~ no .ccampanied by pedals OF pecu