Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-29
LAWYER-P0LITICIANS' JUNTA
Transactions of an Alleged Meeting of
the New Mexico Bar Association
Yesterday Afternoon.
THOMAS BENTON CATRON INDICATED
What Judge Collier Said in Dismissing
Proceedings Against Catron and
Spiess-Judge Laughlin will
Hand Down a Dissenting
Opinion-Last Nights
Love Feast.

Immediately after the adjournment of
the territorial supreme court, at o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the adjourned SEES
sion of the New Mexico Bar association
opened with President j. G. Fitch in the
chair and Secretary E. l.. Bartlett at the
desk.
The following is list of those in at
tendance upon the meeting: L. B. Cat
ron, G. A. Spices, F. W. Clancy, E. L..
Bartlett, R. E. Twitchell A. L. Morrison,
l.. q. Read, H. $. Clancy, William Breed
en-, w. j. Eaton, L. Bradford Prince, R. O..
Gortner, Geo. W. Knaebel, Fernando
Nolan, Max Frost, W. M. Berger, Neill B.
Field, w. s. Williams, Frank Springer,
Silas Alexander, W. d. Lee, j. R. McFie,
A. A. Freeman, Miguel salazar, L. G. Fort,
Jerry Leahy, s. B. Newcomb, W. H. H.
Llewellyn and j. G. Fitch, all being
avowed Republicans except Messrs. Field,
Knaebel and the retiring president. Dur
ing the meeting several Democratic law
yers dropped in for few moments,
but took no part and soon disappeared.
After the reading of the minutes of the
late meeting at Albuquerque, the chair
announced that the first business in order
was the election of officers for the ensu-
ing year.
A ballot for president resulted as fol-
lows: Z. B. Catron, "a; Geo. w. Knaebel,
Upon taking the chair, Mr.. Catron brief
ly rendered his thanks for the honor con-
ferred upon him. Referring to the trying
ordeal through which he had just passed
and the vindication he had received at the
hands of the supreme court, he indicated
that this election to the presidency of the
bar association was more gratifying to
him than the vindication of the court.
He spoke of the high duties and re-
sponsibilities of the lawyer and paid a
general tribute to the bar of New Mexico.
Vice presidents we're then elected by
practically unanimous votes as follows:
First district, l.. Bradford Prince; I'd dis
trict, w. d. Lee; 3rd district, J. R. Nc
File; 4th district, W. G. Wrisley; 5th dis
trict, A. A. Freeman.
Gen. Bartlett was unanimously re-elect-
ed secretary.
Mr.. E. A. Fiske, who had been treas
urer of the association since it's organ
ization, was abruptly turned down, and
Adjutant General Knaebel was duly
elected treasurer.
In this connection the reporter heard
one or two members remark that Mr..
Fiske must not be reelected on account
of the evidence he had given in the late
trial of Catron and Spiess and these OBJ
servations clearly voiced the sentiment
of the meeting.
Delegates to the American Bar ASSOC
citation we're elected as follows Messrs.
Field, Newcomb and Fort.
Delegates to the National Bar associa-
ton: Messrs. Twitchell, Springer and
Richardson.
The appointment of standing commit
tees was left to the president with the
understanding that they would be passed
to the secretary in time for printing in
the proceedings.
At this junoture Mr.. Field moved a re-
consideration of the vote whereby he had
been elected one of the delegates to the
American Bar association convention and
moved the election of Mr.. A. A. Jones, of
Las Vegas, to fill the vacancy thereby
sought to be created.
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