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


aociatio n, in the chamber Of Part | OF
the circuit courts, court house, yester.
day, wasquite interesting in many par.
ticulars. During the morning a paper
on "The administration OF Justice in
Federal Courts in West Virginia" was
to have been read by Mr., B. NJ, Am,
bier, OF Parkersburg, but that geutle'
man telegraphed that he could not be
present and his paper was like the Gu-
thor, absent. II was stated that Mr.,
Amblar's paper criticised certain otlt-
cialA Of the federal courts, and for that
reason there was objection TO its being
printed in the proceedings with other
papers read at tho meeting,
The discussion GU the paper read on
Wednesday by Mr.. Forrest W. Brown,
Of oharlsl.ToWn, was continued, The
paper was entitled, Our 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
justides l~ynchings; Judge Lynch goes
wrong not 30 often as the regularly au-
thotized courts OF juatiCe.
A vote Of thanks was rendered Hon.
j. Randolph Tucker, Of Virginia, for his
eloquent and thoughtful address de.
liyered Wednesday evening at the
Grand Opera House. Mr.. Tucker was
pfeseat aad 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 it's report through ita chairman,
PROT W. Z. Wiley, OF M|organtown. An
amendment to the law regarding adj
mittance to tho bar was suggested. Tho
report then says;
LRGAL EDUCATION.
1.-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 pre'anted
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 und a strange mis-
GbASpptAGh VI w. oIlGNbt - Wv y
est which the public has in it,
"HoweYer neritorious 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 %pertipaclty for this 1850.
citation TO continue after ten years OF
failure to stand At the doors OF the leg.
islatare 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 stRto is suffering more
than auother-if there 10 anything in
which We arc falling behind the progress
al the times, it Is In this very matter OF
throwing proper aud reasonable %reItric.
tons around the privilege Of admis-
sion to the profession. We are be-
hind every other profession in this re.
gard. and We arc recognized as being be-.
hind almost every other state. We can.
not afford to lose any more time, or to
risk losing any more time.
''In view Of these facts aud 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 a 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 aud formu.
late, by authority OF tile Legislature, the
rules and regulations which shall gov.
ern admissions to tho bar.
"We believe that Il court composed OF
representative lawyers, distinguished
in their profession, can always DO dc.
pended on to tx such u standard aud
impose such restrictions "a shall protect
the profession and tho public fFpm in'
competenta and imposition.
eve believe, too, that "a legislature
will be- more ready u delegate TO this
high Cour tho authority 80 to regulate,
than they would DO TO prescribe the
conditions in the form oil a statute. In
other words we believe We can get more
from tho legislature in thisway than We
eau get in any other way, and get 1t
more speedily. The larger stateA Of
the union have already adopted
this plan. Others aro failing
into line. There seems to be no reason
able objection to tho 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.
"The committee arc therefore con.
strained, after viewing tho whole stu.
alton, to recommend that this associa-
ton ask tho Legislature TO simply
amend the existing law as followa:
"'In lieu Of tho provision of soc. -
Of chap. Of the Gods, which pro-
vides for examination OF applicants
by three circuit judges, substitute
the following: Tho supreme court
OF appeals shall prescribe and
publish times aud places for hold
Ing examinations d applicants for adj
mission to practice law. and shall pre-.
pare and print rulOs for the conduct OF
such examinations, which shall DO uni
form in their application TO all cnndi'
dates, and any applicant for oXanina'
ton who shall lrst sntisiy tho court
that no has boon u diiigent alud0nt oil
tho law for two successive years next
before such application, and shall have
tho certificate from tho county court ro'
quirod by law. shall be admitted To an
examination under tho FI!cs 80 pro.
Bcribad and II tho court shall thus na'
certain that Ito ia duly aud sufficiently
qualified to practice law In tho courts 81
this state, II shall grant him u license
In writing to do BO.'
"lhO committee recommend that thia
measure aitRli be- committed TO a spociAI
committee OH legislation, which com.
mlttoO shall bO requested 10 putt AMI
othor measures that may DO proposed