The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-08-26
WARMLY WELCOMED.
Lord Russell Given a Great Ova-
ton at Saratoga.
England's Chief Justice Speaks on Inter-
national ArbitratiOn-Praises the
United States-Engiish People
Must Work Together.


United States-English People
Must Work Together.
Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 21.-No greater
ovation was ever presented to any speak
er in Saratoga than that accorded Lord
Russell, lord chief justice of England,
when he entered Convention hall Thurs
day morning to address the American
Bar association in the nineteenth annual
convention here assembled. Applause
was long continued by the audience of
$500 persons. In introducing Lord Rus
sell President Storey said:
IT have now the very great pleasure, not
of introducing, for he needs no introduce
ton to any English-speaking lawyer, but
Of presenting to you Lord RUSSELL of Kill
lowen, the lord chief justice Of England.
who will deliver the annual address on
international Arbitration
AS Lord Russell stepped forward the
audience broke into unrestrained APP
plause, which continued for fully
minute. He prefaced his address by
saying:
MY first words must be in acknowledge
ment Of the signal honors done me by in
viting me to address you on this interest
ing occasion. You are a congress of law
yers, met here to take council, in no nar
row spirit, upon questions affecting your
profession, to consider the needs for legis-
alton which time and experience develop:
to consider the tendencies of legislation.
state and federal, and the course of judicial
decision" [Applause.]
Speaking of the formation of interna
tional law, Lord Russell complimented
the United States thus:
t. 49,
doubted stream of tendency in modern in
ternational law to mitigate the horrors
of war, to humaniZe or to make less in
human its methods and to narrow the
area of its consequential evils, is largely
due to the policy of your statesmen and
the moral influence of your jurists."
Speaking of the difficulties in the way
of effective arbitration, he said:
but there are differences to which. even
as between individuals, arbitration is in
applicable-subjects which find their coun-
terpart in the affairs of nations. Men do
not arbitrate where character is at stake
nor will any self-respecting nation readily
arbitrate on questions touching It's ma
tfonal independence or affecting it's honor.
again, a nation may agree to arbitrate
and then repudiate its agreement. Who
is to coerce 1t? Or, having gone to ar5itra-
ton and been worSted, 1t may decline to be
bound by the award. Who is to compel it I?
These considerations seem to me to
justify two conclusions. The first is, that
arbitration will not cover the whole field
of international controversy, and the Sec
ond, that unless and until the great pow
ers of the world, in league, bind them
selves to coerce a recalcitrant member of
the family of nations-we have still TO face
the more than possible disregard by pow
erful states of the obligations of good
faith and of justice"
COnolndipO the sneaker said.
mr.. President. 1 began by speaking of
the two great divisions : American and
British-of that English-speaking world
which you and represent to-day, ana with
one more reference to them I end.
who can doubt the influence they pos
sess for insuring the healthy progress and
peace of mankind? But if this influence is
to be fully felt, they must work together
in cordial friendship, and each people in
it's own sphere of action 1T they have
great power, they have also great re-
sponSibility No cause they eSpouse can
fail; no cause they oppose can triumph
The future is, in large part. theirs. They
have the making of history in the times
that are to come. The greatest calamity
that could befall would be strife which
should divide them.
Let us pray that this shall never be-
Let us pray that they, always self-respect-
ing, each in honor upholding it's own flag,
safeguarding it's own heritage of right,
and respecting the rights of others. each
in its own way fulfilling its high national
destiny, shall yet work in harmony or Inc
progress and the peace of the world"
Lord Russell concluded his address at
1915 o'clock. AS he closed the audi
cnce vigorously applauded, and then
Edward j. Phelps, of Vermont, moved
that the thanks of the association be
presented to Lord Russell for the elo-
quent address which they had had the
pleasure of hearing. This was carried,
as was also the following:
Resolved, That the American Bar asso-
citation concurs with the principles enunci-
ated in the eloquent address of Lord Chief
Justice Russell Be it further,
Resolved, That it be referred to the
committee on international law to recon-
mend such further cause Of international
arbitration.
Robert d. Benedict, of New York,
chairman of the committee on judicial
administration and remedial procedure,
presented a very voluminous report
which, in the main, favored appeal in
criminal cases.
Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 22.-When the
American Bar association convened at
1880 o'clock Friday morning for their
concluding days session, the first bust
ness taken up was the election of Of
ficers for the ensuing years. The of
ficers elected were as follows:
President = James M. Woolworth, of
Omaha, Neb
Secretary-John Huxley, of Baltimore.
Treasurer-Francis Pawle. of Philadel-
phia.
Executive Committee-Alfred Hemen-
wey, Boston: Charles Claflin Allen, st.
Louis; William w. Howe, New Orleans.
A vice president for every state in the
union and members composing the local
council in each state were also elected.
The assnciatinn comnleted its labOrS