St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-14
@. X. DAVIS FAVORS A CONSTTs
TUTIONAL CONVENTION FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
INDUCES IN A DISCUSSION OF
THE SUBJECT AT IT'S AN
KUAL MEETING.
ILL OFFICERS REELECTED.
ID. F. Simpson Secures an Impor~
tant Amendment to the By
Laws.

The state bar association held its
annual meeting yesterday afternoon
in the supreme court room Of the
capitol with about forty prominent
members of the profession from diff
ferent parts of the state in attend
ance. The meeting was called to
order by President w. j. Hahn, and,
in the absence of Secretary Ozmun,
Hon F. G. Stevens was elected Sec
retary pro tenn.
The president gave a short ad-
dress, in which he outlined the pur-
poses OF the association, urging the
members to maintain the dignity Of
the profession and keep the stand
ard high. He advised them to
strengthen the organization and be
ready to present a solid front to the
legislature in demanding remedies
for the evils that threaten the asso-
citation.
A discussion of the question "ShalI
there be constitutional convention.
and, if so, when?" followed, led by
Senator C. K Davis, who urged the
necessity of revising the constitution
and getting some of the tangIe out
of the laws. The discussion was gen.
eral, most of the members present
taking part
All of the officers were reelected
Tor the coming year, the list being:
w. j. Hahn, president; H. F. Stevens.
vice president; E. H. Ozmun, secre-
tary, and d. F. Simpson, treasurer.
quite a spirited discussion arose
over a motion offered by Mr.. Simp-
son In regard to amending the bylaws
OF the association. He suggested that
IN order to bring local organizations
more in touch with the work of the
state society, the president and Sec
retary of every local bar association
ought to be made members ex-officio
OF the governing board. an amend
ment to the constitution to this effect
was finally made
Resolutions on the death of TiIden
K. Selmes were passed, and a motion
that all members of the bar in at
tendance whose names were present.
ed to the secretary for membership
be admitted TO the association adopted.
The new members are: a Mand, A.
B. Choate, A. Y. Meuille, John ]. Bax-
ter, j. NJ. Schoonmaker and George
E. Sellack.
HELD A BANQUET.
Twelve years ago three score of Min
nesota's brightest legal minds feasted
on wit, wisdom and eloquence on the
occasion of the first annual BANQUET
of the State Bar association. So much
good came Of that memorable gather
ing that 1T was unanimously declared
to be yearly event thereafter and
so 1t has been. Lawyers are as hard
10 Drlng together as newspaper men,
and While the banQuets have always
Deen attended by a limited number
OF men, still as rule the prominent
secuonS OF the state have been rep
resented and the gatherings have al
ways proved treats of a rare order,
to the hard-working and worried bar.
rister.
Last night they came together for
the thirteenth time at the Windsor
hotel, and half a hundred prominent
attorneys from different parts of the
state were present. Previous to the
dinner the guests and local attorneys
met in the hotel office and INDUCED
in greetings and social intercourse.
and at o'clock the feast was an.
nounced. Col. Monfort had prepared
an elaborate menu and fully an hour
and a half was spent in making 1t dis
appear, at the end of which time Gen.
W. ]. Hahn, of Minneapolis, presi-
dent of the association, raped for
order and announced that speaking
was in order. Judge Flandrau. bv
unanimous request, was the feature
of the evening, and his "reminiscences
were greatly enjoyed. He went back
to the pioneer days when the first
judge held court in one of the primi-
tive structures of that date, coming
to st. Paul on a raft or some other
equally rude mode of TRANSFORMATION.
The peculiar proceedings and charac-
ter of prisoners and crimes in those
earlier days were graphically de-
scribed by Judge Flandrau who. by
reason of his long residence and prac4
tice in the state, probably has a great
er store OF knowledge concerning the
rise and progress of the Minnesota bar
than any other lawyer in the state,
He is never so much at home as when
relating the trials and tribulations Of
the struggling attorneys in the days
when this neck O. the woods was
peopled only with Indians and plains
men. He related how the first judge
came here from Iowa to hold court
and pictured with rare fidelity the
experiences of the jurist in his wan
derings through the unbroken wilder
ness in search of the court house and
the only officer of the law the place
contained. 1t was recital that in
terested and amused in the highest
degree.
Hon. Hiram F. Stevens, of st. Paul,
vice president of the association. At
torney General Childs and others con-
tributed short talks to the assembled
disciples Of Blackstone. An effort will
be made to make these occasions of
such interest that they will be more
largely attended in the future.