The record-union., 1896-08-22
Officers Elected for the Ensuing
Year.
Work Cut Out for the Committee on
Jurisprudence, and Resolution
Adopted Recommending Three
Years Study Before Admission to
the Bar Chief Justice Russell
Pronounces a High Eulogy on the
Association and Its Work.

SARATOGA, Aug. 21.-When the
American Bar Association convened at
1920 this morning for their concluding
days session the first business taken up
was the election of officers for the ensu-
ing year. The officers elected We're:
President, James M. Woolworth of
Omaha, Neb.; Secretary, John Hinkiey
of Baltimore; Treasurer, Francis
Rawle of Philadelphia. Executive
Committee-Alfred Hemenway of Bos-
ton, Charles Claf1in Allen of ST. Louis,
William E. Howe of New Orleans,
A Vice-President for every State in
the Union and members composing the
local council in each State was also
elected.
The report of the Executive Commit
tee relative to the establishment of
section on insurance as proposed by
Judge Howe of New Orleans, which
was passed over yesterday, was taken
up. 1t was lost by vote of 50 to %.
General E. F. Bullard of New York
moved the following:
Resolved, That it be referred to the
Committee on Jurisprudence and Law
Reform, the question whether the law
be so amended as to further protect
laboring men from the result of negli-
gence caused by persons unknown to
them and over whom they have no con-
troll.
Carried by vote of Il TO y.
A resolution was adopted providing
that the Committee on Jurisprudence
and Law Reform be requested to re-
port to the assembly the best method
of preventing the enactment of hasty
and slipshod legislation in general and
hasty laws.
Emil McClain of Iowa City moved
THAT the American Bar Association ap-
prove the lengthening of a course of in
struction in law schools TO a period of
three years and that it express the hope
that as soon as practicable a rule be
adopted in each State which viii require
candidates for admission to the bar to
study law fer three years berete apply
ing for examination"
Adopted without debate.
Invitations were received from Sara
toga Springs, Indianapolis and Denver
for the association to meet in 1897. Re-
ferred to the Executive Committee.
The association completed its labors
at 12:45 o'clock and adjourned sine die.
At $3.50 this afternoon the closing ses-
sion of the section on legal education
was called Austin G. Fox of New York
read paper on Two Years Experience
of New York State Board of Law Ex-
aminers.'
w. Powell of Washington presented
a paper on Study of Primitive Institu-
tions."
At the conclusion of the papers and
during the discussion which followed
Lord Russell, who Occupied a seat on
the platform, arose, and after referring
to the paper of Major Powell, said with
reference to the paper Of Mr.. Fox of
New York: II, perhaps, am better able
TO offer some observations upon the pa
per of my friend, Mr.. Fox. / think it
cannot be doubted that as justice and
its administration are amongst the
prime needs and business of life. so it is
important that those who are charged
with the administration Of the law
which is devoted to doing justice should
come to the important duties that they
have to discharge adequately equipped
for the purpose.
"As YOU are aware, there exists In
Great Britain a distinction which does
not exist here. Each member Of the bar
is. / think properly, described in this
country as counsellor and attorney. In
Great Britain there is the most marked
line of distinction drawn. The attor-
nev IS not q member of the bar: a mem
her of the bar is not an attorney and
the great feature of distinction is this
an attorney is the person who sees the
client: who in the first instance advises
the client: who prepares the statements
of facts and arranges for the evidence
necessary TO support the facts which
are to establish a particular right or
which affords another to the adverse as
sertion of some right.
II would like before I get down to be
allowed to express the~admiration / feel.
not only for the constitution of the
United States, lawyers, but for the
scheme of its operation and the wise
purpose to which it devotes its efforts.
It's work is not new to me- l have had
the pleasure of seeing now for some
wears the record of its proceedings and
II is to me as it was on hearing the ad-
rnfrable address which was delivered on
Wednesday, in the highest degree re-
freshing TO find that the profession of
The law in this country Is so earnestly
alive to the responsibilities of its posi-
zion: is so keen to observe, to weigh, to
Judge, TO discriminate. TO test the cur
rent of Judgment and OF legislation, and
that above all it keeps before itself
stcadfastly aud increasingly a high
IDEAL. not merely of what ought to be
the mental equipments and the acquire
rnent in learning, but the high moral
character of the profession to which
they belong"
Lord Russell and party sat for their
photographs at the United states Hotel
to-day. Aferward they We're photo
graphed at the studio of a prominent
firm.