Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-01

( his warm words of defense Tor the quar-
| ifcations CT the bar of the STATE at
| large, were listened to with the gre2teSU
interest
Mr.. J. B. Wilson related some per-
s0nal observations bearing upon t1e
! idea that a student could Adequately
| study law in one year, and said he
! knew one man who went through the
University of Virginia in one year, and
came out with a bandage over enc eye
and the dyspepsia, while two or three
/ others had returned 10 the University,
after taking q 0ne-year course, and
added a second year. It was now the
rule Of the University and the recon-
mendation Of the Professors that two
years OF study be insisted upon.
Judge John A. Campbell supported
/ the recommendation OF the Committee
! He vas followed by Prof. Wiley in a
| brief summary of the whole past situa-
ton, and then Mr.. Conif expressed the
fear that in adopting the idea of the
( Committee. the Association would be
simply exchanging the file gnawed for
THE LAST TEN YEARS
for another file no softer in its nature
BY this he meant that the Legislature
would hardly be more anxious 20 grant
! the power asked in its present form.
than it had been to grGnt the old bill
/ AT various points in the discussion Mr.
Russell had moved TO refer to the Com
I mIt-ee or Grievances. Mr.. Clarke to re-
| ceive and file MIR. Atkinson to strike
! out the time limitation of two years,
/ and Mr.. Ewings amendment 10 strike
/ out two years and insert three. The
/ CDair presumed the first Of these had
! been made more by way Of argument
/ than anything else, ind Mr.. Clarke'S
motion 10 file was passed over. Mr.
EWlnS's amendment 10 sir. Atkinson S
: motion was rejected, as was the orig
lnal motion. A motion by Mt. Ewing
10 indefinitely postpone the further
! consideration of the report was lost, and
the report was finally adopted, ayes 23,
noes IS.
Mr.. B. W. Am5ler's paper on "The
! Administration of Justice by Federal
/ Cour-sin West Virginia" was next up
on the programme, but that gentleman
was not present The President read
a letter from Mr.. Amber, dated at Mar
| Lngton, Pocahontas county, explaining
J his inability to be present, and say
ing thar his paper was ready
/ but could not be read. Mr..
Wiley moved that the paper be pro-
cured and published in the West Viz
| ginia Bar, but this met with decided
/ opposition from Messrs. Meighen and
1 Atkinson, who appeared 10 be afraid
chaJ Mr.. Amber might have shaken a
| red rag at the Federal Court. This
fear and suDposition surprised Mr.. Rus
sell, who said he
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
how gentlemen could voice criti-
cism of a paper which they confessed
they had not read He had good deal
of cinfidence in Mr.. Amber. and had no
I notion he would attack the Federal
/ Court or anybody connected with it.
and quoted Mr.. Amber as saying he
/ had no intention Of attacking anyone.
and had no private vengeance to wreak.
In any event, Mr.. Russell added, if the
paper had been read ct the session. it
would be published in the proceedings,
no matter what il contained.
Col White amended Mr. Winey's
motion so that the paper might be pub
lished ia the transactions of the AssO-
citation, and said, in doing so, he had
every confidence in Mr. Ambler's judg-
ment and high character.
Mr.. Meighen disclaimed any inten-
ton of attacking Mr.. Ambler's charac-
ter or standing.
Mr.. George b. Caldwell endorsed the
sentiments uttered by Mr.. Russell. and
Mr.. Vandervort could see no impro-
priety in publication under the aus
picCS Of the Association. as It was pre-
pared by request Of the Executive Coun-
ell. He had every confidence in Mr..
Ambler's sense of propriety.
General Sturgiss did not think the
motion to publish was
THE WISEST THING TO DO,
under the circumstances. He would
rather see it read at the next session,
and then so into the proceedings. An
endorsement In the dark. which the pubs
LEGATION proposed amounted to, did not
commend itself to the speaker.
Mr. J. d. Ewing endorsed what Gen
eral Sturgiss had said. He was not
ready to give even a quasi endorse
ment to q paper prepared by Mr.. AM
bier, or anybody else, without knowing
what was contained in such paper The
paper was not now a part CT the pro-
ceedings Of The Association, and to pub
fish it as something it was not, would
be setting a bad precedent for the flu
ture.
A motion by Mr.. Atlinson's to table
Col Whites motion was lost by an
overwhelming vote.
General Alfred Caldwell then enquir-
ed whether there was q precedent for
the action contemplated by Col Whites
motion.
In reply to this. Col. White said there
had been a practical precedent in that
papers written for the Association had
been sent on and read by others than
the writer. AS for the point that Mr..
Ambler's paper was not a part Of the
proceedings. Col. White thought it was
q part. The title was
ON THE PROGRAMME,
the paper had been prepared at the
request of the Executive Council, and
the PROCEEDINGS would show various
motions and remarks regarding it. lie
thought q refusal to print would be a
great discourtesy.
The discussion was continued by
Secretary Westenhayer, Mr.. Wiley, Col
White. and others and then Col. White
Withdrew his amendment to Mr. vii,
ley's motion. and General Sturgiss Of
fered O. new amendment, asking Mr..
Amber to read his paper at the next
session of the Association General
Watts then addressed himself to Gen
eral Sturgiss' amendment and General
Caldweu's enquiry. and thought a pub
LEGATION Of a paper no gentleman on
the floor had seen. and about which no