The Portland daily press., 1896-05-01

A Fine Dinner and Interesting Addresses
From Members and Guests-The Last
Meeting For the Season.
| The Law Students club of Portland
dined at Weferlings last evening under
most suspicious circumstances. 1t was the
annual banquet of the club, and the din
ner proved to be one of the most delight
full in the history Of the club. The ban
quet was served in Weferling's private
dining rooms and the viands were OF the
choicest
The following members of the club and
guests were seated around the tables:
Alpheus T. Hansoome, Edward @. Rey-
nolds, Esq, Joseph A. MCGOWAN, Frank
I. Moore, Henry j. Conley, Frederick J.
Laughlin. Samuel L. Bates, Frederick N.
Thompson. Thomas Ell. Galley, James II.
Dennis, Florence f. Driscoll, W. j.
Glendenning and Elliott G. Mitchell.
When cigars had been lighted the presi-
dent of the club, acting as POSTMASTER,
after abiding in very complimentary
terms to the various lectures to which the
club had listened with so much benefit
and satisfaction during the past year.
He gracefully introduced as the first
speaker OF the evening, Edward G. Roy
nolds, ESQ.,, a great friend of the club.
MR.. REYNOLDS SPOKE
in very happy vein and with much
earnestness in regard to the work already
accomplished, and to be done by this
club, which is such a valuable adjunct
to the studies and readings of the law
student of Portland. The speaker was do
lighted to be present as he always is TO
associate with the younger members of
his profession. He believed the club has
great future before it. Mr.. Reynolds
discussed briefly what should be the lead
ing characteristics of the good legal
practitioner. He deplored the amount of
| business which is done in the probate
courts, by persons unframed to the work,
work done by them ordinarily calls for
| long and expensive labors on the part of
trained legal minds to straighten out the
tangle which the unfortunate offioious-
ness of the bungling laymen has pro
duced. The speaker urged the members
of the club to their best efforts toward
the attainment Of honorable success in
the grand profession of the law.
THOMAS Ii. galley,
vice president of the club, was the second
speaker, and made d very pleasant
speech. showing the duty of the law
student of the present day and hoping for
| greater success and larger usefulness in
the future. Mr.. Gately made many
bright and telling hits which were much
appreciated by the company.
FRANK I. MOORE
was called upon to respond to "The
Lawyer in Politics. He said be hardly
knew why he should be honored by being
called to speak for the politician; it WAS
because he had been honored by being
made sacrifice: having been chosen to
lead the fforlorn hope" in the sacred
precincts Of old Ward 4, and to have been
regularly showed under by an avalanche
of Democratic ballots Mr.. Moore paid
a most glowing eulogy to the lawyer in
politics, claiming that the lawyer practi-
oally leads the politics of the country.
Out of twenty three Presidents Of this
great nation, seventeen have been
lawyers. In Cabinets and Councils, Sem
ate and Halls of Congress, lawyers have
always led the way.
Persevere in your profession, said the
speaker, the grandest profession on Gods
footstool. Be true 90 yourselves as a man
and you will be an ornament to your
| calling.
| MR.. JOSEPH A. MCGOWAN
was introduced as man who though
not member of the club itself, yet still
was one of those who takes the keenest in.
terest in it's life and welfare.
Mr.. MoGowan's very witty and enter.
tanning remarks had for text "The
Spider and the Fly" The funny hits O,
the speaker were greatly enjoyed, and his
closing sentiment, in a more serious
strain was a most fervent tribute to the
profession of the law.
HENRY J. CONLEY
was introduced as law student who had
already attained the title Of honorable, .
and who is said to bear most striking
resemblance to Shakespeare. Mr.. Conley
delivered very elaborate and interesting
address upon the life and writings of the
immortal "Bard of Avon" He closed
his sketch with wonderful plea OF
Othello before the tribunal which tried
him for his love and marriage with
Degdemona.
e.. G. Mitchell for the Press re.
sponded briefly for the newspaper pro-
fesslon, and Mr.. +. J. Laughlin re-
sponded to the. sentiment "The Law
Student of Today" making a brief but
pointed address,