The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-28

A Paper on Bribery" Read by AdoIph
Moses Of Illinois.
Congress Urged to Enact LegisIa-
ton to Enable the Creditor of
Debtor Who Is Suuandering
His Property to Secure the In
terposition of the Courts to
Protect His Rights.

Protect His Rights.
CLEVELAND 90, Aug. 81. = The
opening session of the National Bar
Association was devoted to suggestions
from members of the common CONNER
cial law, and under this head Walter
/ S. Logan of New York offered a COM
prehensive report urging the enact
ment of legislation to enable the cred
itOr of a debtor who is squandering his
property to secure the interposition of
! the courts to protect his rights, al
/ though the debt may not yet be due.
/ The convention instructed the commit
| tee to consider the subject and report
at the next annual meeting.
President Woolworth then announced
| the appointment of two special COM
mitteeS, as follows:
| Committee on Parole of Prisoners and
! Cognate Subjects-S. F. Hunt of Ohio,
j. Stenness of Rhode Island, r. Will
Jams of Florida, S. j. Newland of
| Maryland.
Committee on Courts of the United
States Edmund Wetmore of New
York, c. F. Libbey of Maine, G. u.
| VANITY of Michigan, r. A. Mercer of
Pennsylvania, J. H. Raymond of I'LL
nois, H. c. Tompkins of Alabama and
j. Hoyt of Ohio.
! The special committee of three to
which had been referred a resolution
| introduced by the Committee on Judi
cial Administration and Remedial Re
form, reported that it thought amend
ments to the law should be asked of
Congress to provide an appeal from the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals from interlocutory orders of APP
pointment of receivers and interlocu-
tory orders granting temporary re-
straining orders. The convention APP
proved the report and instructed the
committee appointed to present the
matter to Congress and urge amend
ments to provide for an appeal in the
two classes of cases named.
An important paper on Bribery" was
read by Adolph Moses of Illinois. He
called attention to the decision of the
Supreme Court-in the Counselman case,
which caused Congress to amend the
Interstate Commerce Act in 1893 to eff
fectually grant immunity against
the Standardization of a witness in
testifying before a court Mr.. Moses
urged that an examination be made of
the various statutes, national and
State, to determine whether they offer
sufficient protection to the witness, and
to prepare uniform statute for the va
rious States.
1.-The public mind" said Mr.. Moses,
has become firmly impressed with the
belief that powerful aggregations of
capital have had considerable success
in corrupting legislative and municipal
assemblies and public officers. 1t be-
hooves the American Bar Association,
as leaders of public opinion and franz
ers of proper legislation, to suggest
such amendatory legislation as may be
effective on the compelling of bribe-
givers and bribe-takers to testify
against each other under promise of
constitutional immunity" A resolu-
ton to that effect was adopted.
Nominations for officers for the. en-
suing year were reported as follows:
President, William Writ Howe, New
! Orleans; Secretary, John Hinckley,
Baltimore; Treasurer, Francis Rawle,
Philadelphia; Executive Committee
Alfred Hemingway of Boston, Charles
Clafiin Allen of St. Louis, Charles Mo-
bile Gregory of Wisconsin. The NOM
inees were elected without discussion.
| The list of Vice-Presidents is as fol-
lows: Alabama, Thomas n. McClel-
Ian: Arizona, John c. Herndon; Ark
ansas, w. A Rose; California, John A.
Gibson; Colorado, Moses Hallett; Del
aware, George Gray; Idaho, Herman
! Stuart; District of Columbia, Henry E.
Davis: Florida, John c.. Avery; Geor-
gia, Frank Fl. Miller; Illinois, Thomas
Dent; Indian Territory, j. W. McLoud:
Indiana, r. S. Taylor; Iowa, j. H. Nc
Conlogue; Kansas, John D. Milliken;
Kentucky, Charles S. Gibbs; Louisiana.
T. S. Temmes; Maine J. w. Simonds;
Maryland, David w. Sloane; Massaehu-
sets, NJ. F. Dickinson, Jr.; Michigan.
A. c. Baldwin; Minnesota H. A. Stew
ems; Mississippi. c. B. Howey; Missouri,
G.. A F'ilkenberg; Montana, NJ. W.
| Dixon; Nebraska, c. f. henderson,;
New Hampshire. John L. Spring; New
Jersey. Charles Borcherling; New York,
J. Newton Field; North Carolina, John
L. Bridgers; North Dakota, Bourke
Corbett: Ohio, S. F. Hunt; Oklahoma,
j. T. Ollie: Oregon, C. H. Carey; Penn
sylvania, S. P. Wolverton; Rhode ISL
land, James Tillinghast: South Caro-
lima, Clarence Mattel; South Dakota,
Frank r. Akens; Tennessee. J. w. Bon
ner; Texas, T. S. Miller; Utah, r. B.
Shepard; Vermont, VIM E. Johnson:
| Virginia, Jackson Guy; Washington,
George NJ. Foster: West Virginia, w.
w. Van Wrinkle; Wisconsin, J. L. Lud-
wig; Wyoming, John A River.
Judge r. s. Taylor of Indiana offered
a resolution on the subject of trusts,
which aroused considerable interest,
but was adopted without discussion as
follows:
Resolved, That the Committee on
JURISPRUDENCE and Law Reform be re-
auested to submit to the association at
its next annual meeting a report upon
the subject of existing laws in relation
to trusts and combinations in business
| with reference especially to the ques-
ton whether or not it is practicable 10
provide by law for such discrimination
among organizations of the character
by reference and TO the reasona bleness
of the contracts on which they rest,
their effect upon the public interest
or the interest of those engaged in
| them as TO place it in the power Of
the law and the courts to deal more