Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-20
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a., evrention. whenever a great railway
has passed into the control OF court
,be creditors have first learned the fact
through the newspapers.
uc holds that whoever else may be
selected the former managers OF the
nronertv should NOT be made receivers.
Continuing to point out the evils that
attend the methods he criticises, Mr..
Storey says:
OF EVIL EXAMPLE.
.sprocee8inrs like this are OF very evil
ovample. Many a man sees the savings
of "a lifetime swept away by the mis-
,,,o,aoernent Of q corporation, and sees
t,,, ,,3ropers continue I'm charge, IN spite
- Oh onnositfou that creditors can make.
10 the reckless use Of power by the man
opars Of great corporations. and by those
who nroft I'm their DOWNFALL, We must at
tribute much Of the discomfort, the
hatred of capital and capitalists, OF cor
noratious. and their officers, which un-
derlies the movement which now excites
our alarm.
..Tt is 10 the courts that we must look
for rrotecfion. Their authority rests
DocuIiariiv on the respect Of the people
for tbeir absolute impartality. and in
The long run they cannot preserve that
rc.nect unless they observe the we'll
rettled rules Of judicial procedure, and
unless they respect and enforce every
,eosl claim Parties must be left to
deternfne for themselves whether their
interests will or viii not be served by the
assertion Of their rights. The moment
the courts undertake TO vary their con-
tracts or deny their rights. that moment
u4nafVau
a shock. and no man knows on what he
can rely II the courts had always re-
fused 10 entertain these applications for
receivers when made by a debtor cor
poration. or even If they had selected
irnpartial receivers and facilitated the
enforcement OF every agreement, railroad
oompauies would have been reorganized
more promptly and on more enduring
basis than Is now possible, while the con-
fdeuce OF the community in the efficacy
Of law and the sancuty OF contracts
would have been far greater. judicial
action which impairs the obhgauon OF
contracts is more dangerous than any
statute which aims at the rame result
"vVben court through it's officers Un-
dertakes TO manage q railroad for years,
ara that chiefly without hearing the
questions which arise IN its operation;
when IL appoints these officers ana il
so doing grants the final relief sought
without notice. 10 violates the funda-
mental rule OF our constitutional sys-
tenn"
The convention then proceeded TO the
election OF the members or the general
council. among whom are the following;
Alabama. .. j. NuletL
Arkansas. VI. ~ C0hl.
Georgia. =. W. Meldr.m.
Florida r. W. Williams.
Louisiana, W. ". Howe.
Maryland j. T. Mason.
Mississippi. r. II. Thompson.
North Carolina. j. l. Bridgers.
south Carolina. c.. A. Nettles.
Tennessee }. II. Dickinson.
Texas J. z. r. Scott
virginia. james Lyons.
The report OF Secretary Hinkley' OF Bal
timore. for the year. showed that there
were 1901 members at the close OF the
last meeting. Th.rty-ive members have
been elected by the Executive Committee.
All OF the states except Nevada, and all
Of the Territories. except New Mexico
are represented in the membership.
The attention or the vice-presidents and
rnambers OF the local councils was again
called TO the resolution charging them
with the duty of endeavoring to secure
by legislation the appointment OF COM
missioners on uniform state laws.
At $50 p. VI. the association met as a
section on legal Education in Conven-
tion Ham, Chairman McCaiu appointed
Dr. W. n. Rogers. of Evanston. ILL.,; p.
III. Bennett. or Boston. ana W. ".
Howe. OF New Orleans. a committee 10
nominate officers OF the section for the
ensuing year Chairman Mccain then
delivered an address on "The Law Cur
rfculum-Subjects 10 BE Included and
the order Of Their Presentation"
The association then adjourned until
1880 o'clock tomorrow morning