New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-28

JAMES c. CARTER.
saross ~ Mr. Carter was like those Of most %
MS predecessors learned. exhaustive ana thoueh'-
mi and 1t will be OF value to lawyers everywhere
IN bringing together the most important enact
roents Of the last year Mr.. Carter is in his sixty
eighth year. and has held in a long career many
,,roseeslonal places OF honor and Importance
though he has never sought public ONCE lie was
one OF the counsel for the United states oeio'c
the Bchrlng sea Commission ana maze one u III,
chef arguments Tor inc pfoSe'N""o" VI Wv '
,Nustry OF Alaska.
M, large gathering Of lawyers to-day was IN
sharp contrast with tho small number groupen
together a, the opening meeting OF the association
M Saratoga In August. 1873. About twenty-five
LAWYERS then gathered together In response TO
cau signed by william NJ. Evar,s benjamin IL
prstow Henry Hitchcock. Richard d. HUBBARD OF
Connecticut, Alexander II. Lawton. X I. McM"r-
,rie Stanley Matthews. John X. Porter ana other
vcll-known lawyers. some OF whom had Desh !"
tho habit Of passing AZ least part OF their vhca-
lions At Saratoga Springs. The earlier meetings
OF the association were all held at Saratoga pu'
afterward became the custom 10 hoid meetings
IN alternate years in Saratoga and In some large
city in another part OF the country Ihe result oi
holding meetings in various cities has been 10 IN
crease the membership in the State In when inc
annual meeting held. and the ASSOCIATION mas
thus secured a large and representative MEMBER
h,, ,broughout the United States. Massachusetts,
has the largest individual membership, the numDer
from that State being IA Many OF these members
were elected in the year in Whch Boston was INC
rlace for holding the convention. New ork mas
,os mAnbers PENNSYLVANIA 49, Illinois So Missouri
"a Connecticut and the District OF Columbia each
a. Wisconsin A. Ohio and Maryland each 90 "eof-
sia a. Mississippi 80. Louisiana and New-Jersey
each g. and the other States and Territories smaller
numbers
The association has carried out several important
reforms and is still active in urging others Inc
Evarts bill under which the Circuit Courts OF APP
peal were organized. had its origin in the early de-
he
transaction of business in the United States courts
Mr.. Evarts member of a committee when re-
ported at one OF the early meetings of the assoca-
t.on but, strangely enough, signed minority re-
port opposing the plan for intermediate tribunals
although he afterward became the author OF Dill
providing the remedy which he at first believed 10
be inadequate. One OF the most important ques-
tons TO be considered this year by the association
is the ACCESSIBILITY Of the enactment OF Feaerai
criminal code, and endeavor may be mace 10
Urge Congress to codify other portions Of the United
States statutes The need Of codes OF criminal pro-
cedure and perhaps Of civil procedure In the United
States courts greatly felt The present procedure
is complicated and uncertain, and only a rev e1-
peris profess 10 be well informed on man! Oh TIC
questions which arise.
The meetings OF the Section Of Legal Education
which began this afternoon. promise TO De OF great
value in leading 70 improved methods OF instruction
In law schools Austin Abbott, OF Newly orK' ). d.
Thayer Of Harvard; Judge Simeon +. Baldwin OF
Yale and many other well-known instructors have
given special attention 10 this branch OF the WORK
Of the association Its influence has been ieit III
increasing the length OF the course OF s'uuy III
some Of the law schools, and in a greater interest
in the study Of the principles of law as distinguished
from a mere acquaintance with local laws ana rules
Of practice such as would enable a law student 10
pass an examination for admission TO the par. Inc
programme AT the present meeting exceeus III in'ei
est that any of the previous gatherings Vi IL"
school instructors.
When the association convened in the auditorium
Of the Y NJ. c. A. Building this morning the nan
crowded with delegates and members oi inc
local bar. Among those VINO occupied inc P'a'-
form were Justices Brewer and Brown ol 'he
United States Supreme Court and justice W. H.
Taft Of the United States Circuit Court james -
Carter the president Of the association cahed ,he
session order. and Immediately pfocesuvu W., W.
the reading Of his annual address. MT. Caite' sou
that he had made general survey oil ,he "o'n
Of nearly forty legislatures. In comHe"'i"s .p p,
the legislation which he summarized he sau 'ha'
the Association for Promoting Cnfomy OF al ac
lst,on wishes that object effected Dy d gchsldI a.
cepance Of the best forms of legislation ana not 9
bringing about merely general co"ioi"''' "
continued In part ,,,do,,
society OF men Individual WIN the
s,stutorv laws OF such a society become analogous
10 the Voluntary resolutions Oh pn 9,99 DO they
represent resolutions OF wise ana SCI, or those
man which are 9etus serve only TO Indicate
! Of
ceence between public and private WORK I've, ne be
likely that the selection Of legislators ca" advance
mae with uniform wisdom; but gfeat aur iagI..
will be- made when those that aspire 10 pe ,oaice
istors begin to GEEK the knowe'Be ING UNIV
requires , ,ov.,i,n If IA ainaz-
lnr - think lint enlightened States, abonnu.nk ~ -,
Productive wealth. which wouid eh hVg,l insst on
ample revenue. II properly ,apPeu' .aion even after
retaining an Intricate system OF 'ah""' ,r,ycd OH.
II has proved 10 he abortive Tor US mat ,"rn "a,
lects. And yet Thu Is what }" every
hbitCd. -, . ,,oule ,ould
deliberately adopt policy that ios,e l .nI he
crease of crime contempt for the ""n , "r'n ,es
debasom.nt OF character IN pom. ,on'nn.",i,iiltv
notably ia the City Of N,w-f0fh, wy ,h Avs ana
OF general and equal cnforocn'it ui w a"c had
the revolving lnjustc' Of phitnl ma ac,s wholly
the effect Of leading The "NecuuN' ",1i.I enforce.
to abandon any serious attempt AZ nHYn 'rssiiis
mont And YET, these worse man uS',''d 4, nuv
OF ltS.,a,ivc action seem nowhere ~ cal 10 ne
serious Inquiry into the real nature 0, .n' '.an,y
Tn. Executive Committee reported 'na' NV 40.
seven new members had been admitted 10 me ~, -,
citation the last year ihr sr'I,.t" aseoclaion
uonlna lions Tor membership IN inr .",,ncil
which had been passed ~ III IT,, .s,gh,y.ssycn 0f
There were l2s names IN the lhl, usH,s - ,ss I'm.
whom were from Michigan. me sno' wers declared