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Cleveland. ohio. August so.--Ths 49,
bcrs Of the American Bar associatloa ~
morning listcncd to al excellent address ~
John w. 0risss o. New Jersey On s'ktSt5-
lation and the Nceds OF Reform ii Ixv'
Making" and adopted resolution whiuk
committed the association to an effort ~
bring about International arbitration trsa.
ties with all enlightened nations Of ths
earth. During the afternoon there were
sessions Of the legal educational branch
| of the association and the patent law
branch Of the society. From three to four
hundred delegates were rendered rscep-
lion at the home Of Andrew Squire, Euclid
avenue, Governor Grigss being one Of thoss
present. n
This evening there was another session
| OF the Bar association. during which two
interesting papers were read and discussed.
after which the general council OF the a.
ISOLATION held meeting aud nominated
officers.
Cleveland. Ohio. Auguat 26..--There wAs
large attendance OF ladies' and members
OF the local bar At the meeting Of the Bar
association this morning at the Young
Mems Christian association building, In
participation OF tho discussion OF an arbitrA-
tion treaty which had been promised How
ever. the discussion did not materialise, A.
soon as tho meeting was called 70 order
President j M. Wooiworth introduced
Governor Griggs, who spoke.
contrary TO expectation there was no
discussion on the arbitration question,
which came next IN order. The committee
had drafted resolution which satisfied all
delegates, John Prentiss Poo read the re-
port as follows.
To the American Bar Association .--'The
special committee TO which was refer I'd
the report on international law, especially
the resolutions appended to that report and
the several amendments proposed there
to. with instructions to submit TO tina a..
ISOLATION resolution embody,rg their
Views as to the section proposed ~ lie
association, have considered the subject
with 40 much care ~ the limited time 4. h
iis disposal has allowed, and respectfully
presents an a substitute for the resolution
OF the committee and Tor all the amend
monts thereto. the following resolutions:
Resolved, The American Bar association, X
renewing with emphasis the strong de-
clarntion made by II at It's last annual
meeting In favor OF the adjustment Of cen
troversies between nations by the medium
OF enlightened international arbitration.
expresses Its earnest nope that the cffor,s
to establish so bcnenoIent a principle may
not In their spirit and purpose be rcIsx.d B
and that the administration OF PrsA.isnt
Mckinley win Take such sieps as maY 30 &
appropriate TO tho negotiation OF Just and K
liberal treaties with foreign powers for ITO
accomplishment OF the rssult.
Resolved. further. That a copy OF these
resolutions be signed by the president ana
nj ha nd - tIn
president Of the United states
John Pruniiss Poe, Maryland: Judge ~. I.
y. Sherman, Chicago; james H. fIoyt. 4
Cleveland.
motion to send the resolutions TO the \
house and senate was defeated.
At meeting OF the legal educational
section today Judge Henry Page OF Mary
land read paper on primitive Concep-
tions In Relation to Modern Law" which
dealt at length with the history OF juris- \
prudence. He was followed 10y Henry r..
Davis. United States district attorney for
the District OF Columbia, with paper on
The Law Of Insurance In the Law
Schools"
Al meeting Of the patent law section an
address was delivered by Edmund Wet
more on Patent Law"
Frank W. Reed OF Chicago read a paper
on Trade Censorship by Equity" and hs
was followed by J. IL. Raymond OF Chi !
t"S"t WIZ abFp'titu Tic thlHUliSuIucut VI .tt
a patent bureau by tho act OF cong css.
He proposed the appointment OF COM
mission OF Ave members to examine oil
applications for admission to practice In hi
the patent office, Tho discussion which fol- n
lowed intimatcd that the memb ,.s thought
the suggestion impracticnble
Fraucis Forbes OF New York read a paper Il
In which he reuitcd the history 81 The
movement for the protection OF industrial 4f
property. The papers Of Messrs. Reed RAY "a
mond and Forbes were referred to the conf. "A
mittee Of fifteen OF the patent law SO ION h
TO report next year. II
The report OF the committee on judicial "a
and remedial procedur, wss
presented by Judge Alvin MccraA.y ~ Y
Keokuk Iowa. rhe report. in brief, recon-.
mendH that a committee Of three DO an n
pointed by the president. charged vita The
duty OF personally presenting to the mem.
bers of congress and pressing for paseoge
an act TO amend the statute creating The u
circuit court Of appeals OF the United i
States so as % provide for an appeal for an
lnterlocutory appointing Of receivers u K
like manner TO that provided for lltsriora. II
tory orders OF injunction. The repor. was Il
referred TO the committee II
The report OF tho committee on iega. II
education and admission TO the bar sea i
presented by Judge George NJ. Sharp OF Hl
Baltimore. II recommended that the period a5
Of study BIO hxsd at three years and that IN
all candidates for admission to law schocls A
shall ut least have had q nigh schoo; sdu- MI
cation The report ives adopted. ri