The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-19
Hudson County Bar Associa-
tioTl Gave It's Annual
Banquet Last Night.
MR. CHAS. I. CORBIN'S GREAT SPEECH
Mr.. Hornblower of New York
Praises the New Jersey Bar
Wit and Humor Galore.

tOO SERIOUSLY lnOSS uOuDlnS InOmdSeS
should have dropped into the Hotel Wash
ington last night at the annual dinner of
the Hudson County Bar Association. For
one night these gentlemen of the long
robe dropped their qu1ps and quiddets
and generously permitted their long
suffering clients to take care of them
selves their interests and anything else
which may have been left to them to re-
tain.
When members of Hudson County $
Bar meet for dinner there is always
plenty of fun and plenty of wisdom, and
there is not one of them who would even
dream of objecting, taking exceptions or
asking for ruling on the character of
the oral testimony submitted there. Such
gathering was that of last night, and
those who We're present never enjoyed a
better dinner in all the gastronomic his
tory of the association.
splendid example of the claws de-
lays' was observed there The dinner
was set for half after six o'clock 1t be-
gan at nearly half after seven, and even
after Judge James S. Irwin, President Of
the association, and the guests had been
seated lawyers came dropping in for all
the world as they do after their case
A4e1o pSSu Sailcu III court.
AT the table of honor Judge Erwin had
beside him Mr.. William B. Hornblower,
the distinguished New York lawyer who
narrowly escaped being made Justice of
the United States Supreme Court; Mr..
charles L. Corbin, Judge Henry NJ.
Nevius. Mr.. Gilbert Collins, Mr.. Rynier j.
Wortendyke, Mr.. James B. Vredenburgh,
ex-Judge A. @. Garretson, ex-Judge ]. A.
Blair, and at the cross table Messrs. C. L..
Carrck, ex-Judge w. T. Hoffman, Col.
Chas. w. Fuller, w. D. Edwards, Mar
snail Van Wrinkle, Spencer Weart, W. A.
Lewis, Isaac Romaine, H. w White, r.
Lawrence, G. L. Record, Otto Grouse,
Chas. e. Black, w. C. Wahl, j. Palmer,
Jos. M. Noonan. W. H. Speer, R. Carey,
e Schumarln, Condict. j. Griffin, Roe,
W. e. E. See. G. Kelley, c. Hartshorne
DE Witt Van Buskirk. E. K Seguine, c..
Parker. w. Davis, E. Manners, C. Linn,
j. Anderson. ex-Judge H. Puster Max T.
rosenberg. J. W. Heck. Max Salinger, j.
I. Gordon, ". P. Midlidge, Justice ]. H.
Potts, Warren Dixon, w. E. Maxson, w.
a. Barricklo. J. Keller J. c. Inwright,
Y. Wenner Flaacke, G. Robertson, H. C.
Ewald, Willard c.. Fisk. NJ. Marks, g. C.
remnant Ieyeridge. j. A. Duffy, w M.
klnk, H. M Traphagen. L. V. Booraem,
MAJOR T. Bedle, w. Hughes, j. "a. Braden
Percy Cook and A. Simpson.
Then when seats had been found for
| everyone the dinner was served. Mr..
George Linn ably superintended the cul-
mary department, while the facile and
witty pen Of Mr.. Otto Grouse furnished
the poetic accompaniment of the follow
| ing excellent menu
Blue Points.
My dear, my better half.''
Green Turtle Soup
a mixture OF lie. doth ever add pleas
ure.'
CucumberS. Olives. Celery Radishas
Sailed Almonds.
some reish Of the saltness of time'
Broiled Spanish Mackerel.
.s,,ba 49,. sauterne.
Sliced Tomatoes. Pommes Duchesse
Tenderloin of Beef
.re ). Pontet canet.
| II It were done, when it's DONE then
'twere well it were done quickly.
Asparagus Tips on Toast
p. Potato croauettes.
.4,o Cigarros.
Vermont Turkey.
| Mumms Extra Dry.
THE Justice
IN fair round belly with good capon
Tortoni Ice Cream Fancy Cakes
The last taste of sweets is sweetest
! last
Roauefort 4,,;I Cheese. Toasted Biscuits.
| Fruit. Coffee.
| Liqueurs.
"Serenely full, the epicure would say,
Fate cannot harm mel have dined to-
! day."
i Then after the dinner received it's due
attention, President Erwin began his wei
coming address, and in his accustomed
incisive way spoke of the aims of the
Bar Association. He was extremely
frank about it's sins of omission and
| pointed out what its members might and
could do beyond attending its annual
dinners and. neglecting to attend its reg
ular meetings and paying up dues. He
next, in a felicitous manner, introduced
the speakers, saying all manner of pretty
! things about them. The first speaker
was Mr.. William B. Hornblower, who
was down for .The Lawyer as Teacher
of Political Common Sense and Conser-
vatism," and appended to this topic Mr..
Grouse waggishly wrote this couplet:-
"I know both where and when my
i
And wher with safety to be freely
Mr.. Hornblower was graciously vel
coined, and after humorous introduc-
ton dived into his toast and said-
May I venture to utter word OF
warning to the New Jersey bar? Do not
| be led astray by specious arguments in
favor of reformed procedure Be con-
/ tent to let well enough alone You have
| the State of New York before you as q
| terrible example of the effects Of riotous
| and excessive codification. / believe our
practice today is Infinitely more technical
! than that in New Jersey. Even the at
| tempt to abolish forms of action and
especially the attempt to abolish the dis,
tinction between law and equity practice
have been 6ismal failures.
THE distinction between trover an6
| assumpsit is today even more rigfdly
| maintained than under the common law
practice. II Is impossible to amend upor
| trial from trover to assumpsit or vice
i versa.
.If the plaintiff sues for conviction
when he should have sued on contract. ol
| vice versa, he Is non-suited at the tria
| however OF any outward or Visible dis
/ tinction in the process or outward or Wis.
| ible label upon the complaint, the Court
i is forced tc, c0nstrue each complaint as
1 it comes before 1t, in order to determine
whether 1t Is In tort or on contract ane
/ we are frequently obliged to GO to ths
| Court of Appeals to find out, and ever
! there the Court Is frequently divided 1t
/ opinion.
! actions has also proved a sdelt sion and 9
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