The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-12
LAWYERS WILL MEET.
NEXT ANNUAL SESSION OF THE
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.

Lord Russell VIII Be Its Guest ana nsaKs
the Annual Address-In international AR
bitration the Subject other Distin.
guished Visitors Expected at Saratoga.
The American Bar association, which
holds it's nineteenth annual meeting at
Saratoga this year on Aug. 10. 90 and
81, was organized in 1873 ito advance
the science of Jurisprudence promote
the administration Of justice and uni
formity Of legislation throughout the
union, uphold the honor of the profes-
sion of the law and encourage cordial
intercourse among the members Of the
American bar For many years its
meetings were always held in Saratoga
but in 1889 it met in Chicago in 1891
in Boston, in 1898 in Milwaukee and in
1895 in Detroit and i'll the alternate
years at Saratoga.
The meeting this year will be partic-
ularly interesting on account of the
presence of Lord Russell of Killowen,
the lord chief justice of England, con-
sidered one Of the ablest judges that
England has produced of late years,
whose annual address before the associ-
alton will be on the subject Of inter-
national arbitration. Lord Russell
was known to the bar, Of which he was
a great leader, as Sir Charles Russell.
He was the leading counsel for the Brit
ish government before the Paris tri-
bunal in the Boring sea seal fisheries
case.
Montague Crackanthorpe, ESQ, an
eminent queens counsel, will also read
a paper on THE Uses Of Legal His
tory. Mr. Crackanthorpe is an accom-
plished legal scholar and is an honorary
fellow Of St Johns college, Oxford.
Lord Russell is expected to arrive in
this country on the 18th of August, ac-
by Lady Russell and his
Sir Francis Lockwood, @. G.,
NJ. P, who was formerly solicitor gen.
9ral, and his wife and daughter; Mr..
CrackanthOrpe, and Mr.. James Fox OF
he English bar. Sir Francis Lockwood
S also known as the wit of the English
BAR and as an accomplished caricaturist.
The party will be met at the steamer by
! committee of the Bar association and
of the bar on the yacht of
Mr. Henry Willard and will spend Sun
lay at Mr.. Willard 5 place on the Hud-
son, at Dobbs Ferry, going up the
Hudson river on Tuesday and arriving in
on Tuesday afternoon in a spe-
sial car. 1t is understood that Lord
Russell viii 90 north to Montreal i'm
after the adjournment of the
on the 22d Of August and
that he will spend about a month in
America.
In the IS years Of the associations
existence it has done much to carry out
its principles. Through its efforts com
missioners have been appointed in
ma Gritty Gritty Of the states and territories to
secure uniform state laws on various
important subjects These commission
ers hold an annual meeting at the same
time and place as the meeting of the as
ISOLATION for the purpose of carrying on
their work. Through their efforts d
number Of states have passed important
acts tending to make uniform the laws
of the various states.
Prior to the act of congress in 1891
constituting the circuit court of appeals
the subject of the relief of the supreme
court from the excessive burden Of liri-
CATION was largely discussed by the as
ISOLATION, and the act providing for the
new courts was passed chiefly through
its efforts, with satisfactory results in
the administration Of justice in the
United States.
The subject of legal education has
been discussed by the association during
the last FIVE years in the fullest manner
AS a result the standard Of education
for the bar has been very much raised,
and three years law course has been
established in large number of law
schools. 1t is partly this work Of the
association which led the lord chief JUS
tice of England, in his address to the
inns of court in 1895, to speak in terms
of commendation Of the high efficiency
OF legal education In the law schools Of
the United States. a section Of patent
law, consisting Of eminent patent law
yers, has charge Of the amendments OF
patent legislation IN congress. --Cleve-
LAID Plain Dealer.