The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-01

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soclatio n, in the chamber Of Part ! Of
the circuit courts, court house. yester.
day, was quite interesting in many par.
ticulars, During the morning q paper
on sIhe administration OF Justice in
Federal Courts in West Virginia" was
to have been read by Mr.. B. NJ, Am,
bier, OF PaEkersbprs, but that geptIs'
man autographed that he could not be
present and his paper was like the Gn-
thor, absent. II was stated that Mn,
Amblar'a paper criticised certain OIL.
ciala OF the federal courts, and for that
reason there was objection TO its being
printed in the proceedings with other
papers read nt the meeting,
The discussion gu the paper read on
Wednesday by Mr.. Forrest w. Brown,
OF Charlea.Towu, was continued, The
paper was entitled, "Onr statutes re.
garding costs in Criminal Cases. and
the discussion was quite extended and
interesting. Mr.. j. D, Ewing took the
ground that in most cases the cause
juatiies lynchings; Judge Lynch goes
wrong not 30 often as the regularly au-
thorized courts OF Justice.
A vote OF thanks was rendered Hon,
j. Randolph Tucker, Of Virginia, for his
eloquent and thoughttul address de.
liyered Wednesday evening at the
Grand Opera House. Mr.. Tucker was
present aud made a few feeling remarks
relative to tho separation Of the two
states, which, however, are yet ono in
feeling.
The committee on legal education
made Its report through lts chairman,
Prof. WI. Wiley, Of Alorgaptown. An
amendment to the law regarding adj
mittance to tho bar was suggested. The
report then says;
LEGAL EDUCATION.
"The bill proposed for this purpose
was carefully prepared, was deliberately
discussed, and, in tho end, received a
practically unanimous endorsement OF
this association. II has been prevented
10 each successive legislature for the
past ten years, and has either been dis
cussed to death, or has failed OF adop.
ton by reason OF prejudice, in.
difference and a strange mis-
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est which the public has in ii,
"Howeyer meritorious the proposed
bill, and however conclusive the claim
Of the profession and the public TO its
benefits, we regard it rs in the nature
OF Improbable %pertiuaclty for this asso.
citation to continue after ten years OF
failure to stand at the doors Of the leg.
isIature from year to year and from
session to session asking for the passage
OF this particular measure. II there ia
anything from which the legal pro.
tession in this state ia suffering more
than a%nother-if there 10 anything in
which we arc falling behind the progress
OF the times, it Is in this very matter OF
throwing proper aud reasonable restric.
tions around tho privilege Of admis-
sion to the profession. We are be.
hind every other profession in this re.
gard, aud we are recognized as being be.
hind almost every other state. We an.
not afford TO lose any more time, or to
risk losing any more time.
I'm view Of these facts and conditions,
we feel constrained to call the attention
Of the association to the general trend
OF the more recent legislation In other
states regulating admissions to the bar,
which would seem to invite our adop-
ton as Offering q moro certain,
speedy and satisfactory solution Of the
difficulties we have encountered. and,
in fact, reaching the same end by only
q different route.
'This plan is to have the highest
court Of the state prescribe and fOrmu.
late, by authority OF the legislature, the
rules aud regulations which shall gov.
ern admissions to the bar.
ave believe that q court composed OF
representative lawyers, distinguished
in their profession, can always be dc.
pended on to tx such a standard aud
impose such restrictions % shall protect
the profession and the public from in-
competenta and imposition.
1--WE believe, too, that IA legislature
will be more ready u delegate TO this
high court tho authority so to regulate,
than they would DO to prescribe the
conditions in the form Of a statute. In
other words we believe We IAN get more
from the legislature III thisway than We
eau get Ia any other way, and get 1t
more speedily. The larger stateI Of
the union have already adopted
this plan. Others are falling
into line. There seems to be no reason
able objection to the plan. II the
supreme court should fail to meet the
expectation In any respect tho senti-
ment OF tho profession when brought
to bear, would soon work a remedy.
"Ihe committee arc therefore con-
strained, after viewing tho whole stu
alton, to recommend that this a%asocia.
ton ask tho legislature to simply
amend the existing law as follows:
Sin lieu OF the provision Of soc. -
Of chap. - Of the code, which pro.
vides for examination Of applicants
by three circuit Judges, substitute
the following: Tho supreme court
OF appeala shall prescribe aud
publish times aud places for hold.
Ing examinations Of applicants for adj
mission to practice law, and shall pro.
pare and print rulos for the conduct OF
such examinations, which shall DO uni.
form in their application to all candi'
dates, and any applicant for oxRlnina'
ton who shall frat satisfy the court
that no has been u diiigeht student OF
tho law for two successive years next
before such application, and shall havo
the certificate from tho county court 70.
quired by law. shall be admitted 10 an
examination undUr tho ruioa 30 pro.
scribed aud II the court shall thus as
certain that Ito IN duly aud sufficiently
qualified to practice law In tho courts Of
this state, II shall grant him u license
In writing TO do So
"The committee recommend that this
measure allull DO committed to q special
committee on legislation, which com.
mltteo shall DO requested 10 putt and
othor measures that may DO proposed
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