St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28
TIE CONVENTION OF THE AMER
ICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
OPENS.
CARTER ON STATE LAWS.
THE UNIFORMITY AND THE
LACK OF UNIFORMITY IN
THEM.
DON NJ. DIcKINsoN,s WELCOME,
Members of the Association En-
JOY the Hospitality of Detroit
Lawyers.

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 27.-An in
tellectual-looking assembly Of jurists
and members of the bar was present
in Y M c. A. hall at 1880 this
morning when President James G.
Carter called to order the eighteenth
annual convention of the American
Bar association. After thanking the
Detroit representatives of the pro-
fession for the cordial reception ten
dered the visitors, the president read
a short list of the most noted jurists
present, who were invited to seats
on the platform. President Carter
then proceeded with the reading of
his address. He said in substance
that, in pursuance of the especial
duty laid on the president Of the as
Sociation to communicate the most
noteworthy changes in the state and
congressional statutes during the
year, he had made a general survey
of the work of nearly forty legiS-
latures. Mr.. Carter proceeded to re-
view the work in the several state
legislatures at length, stating the
most salient features of the new en-
actments. In commenting on the
legislation thus summarized, he said
that the association, in promoting
uniformity of legislation, wishes that
object effected by a general accept
ance of the best forms of legislation,
and not by bringing about merely a
conformity. After speaking of the
intricacies Of taxation laws and the
impossibility of properly enforcing
them, Mr.. Carter said:
THE condition Of what are called
sumptuary laws is equally discredit-
able to our knowledge both of the
science of legislation and the teach
ings of experience. The task of en-
forcing them against the passions,
the beliefs and the interests of multi
tudes can be accomplished only by
despot armed with unlimited pow
En- L know of nothing more needed
among us than a deepened convic-
ton that the sphere of legislation.
like that of other forms of human
activity, has its proper limits. which
can never be exceeded without mis-
chief and a sufficient knowledge of
what these limits are The positive
legislative determinations of nations
can be assimilated or reconciled onlv
by conscious and concerted action
Much has already been ACCOMPLISHED
IN this direction by localities and bv
1hose concurrently adopted regula-
tons operative upon the sea. the
common domain of all nations Tho
wise 1urtherance Of this beneficent
work depends on The intelligent
oversight and cooperation of the en-
hghtened jurists of the world
me executive committee present
ed the election of thirty-seyen new
members during the last wear The
general council reported its annrov-
d! Oh l2S nominations for member
snip, all of which were thereunon
elected unanimously. The secretary
reported Liza members on the roIls
besides those elected TODAY and d..
ing the year.
DICKINsON's WELCOME
During the afternoon the Association
OF Legal Education held a meetina -
winch a general address was e,iva7, ~,
lle CT lrman, Prof. James Rrad1aJ,
mayer OF Howard university. Panars
were read on Legal education in tic
re!atlon to the evolution of nositiva
Jaw by Prof. Otto Krichner. of tho
University of Michigan, and on "T,eea1
Euucatlon In England" by Prof. C. IT
Ehmot, OF Johns Hopkins university
"A comparatively small number of dele
gates attended session of the section
VI patent law, which was held at the
same time. The Detroit Bar associa-
ton extended its hospitality to the
American Bar association at an infor-
NAL meeting this evening. Hon. Don
NJ. Dickinson was delegated to wei
come the bar association to Detroit
and Michigan, Hon. George V. N
Lothrop, eN-minister to Russia and
president of the Detroit Bar associa-
ton, being i'll. Mr.. Dickinson bada
the visiting lawyers a cordial well
come and remarked that they were TO
be congratulated on being in Michigan
and Detroit. "a few days ago." said
the speaker, "a senator from New
York referred to Detroit as situated on
the shores of Lake Michigan. We
would have him know that a commerce
passes the port of Detroit, in the seven
months of open navigation, seven
times as great in tonnage of merchan-
disc as the entire years carrying trade
of the North Atlantic highway. And
now, with our sister states of the
Northwest, we are asking-nay, we