Arizona republican., 1898-01-13
MEETING OF ARIZONA LAWYERS Annual Election of Bar Association
 Officers

The annual meeting of the Terri torial Bar association for the election of officers and the appointment of an
 executive committee was held in the
 district court room yesterday after
 noon. Routine business was pre-
 ceded by an address by Col. B. J. Ed
 wards of Globe. who said that it was
 charged that the practice of law in
 Arizona had been brought into disre-
 pute by unworthy members; that it
 was more specifically charged that
 one member was practicing upon a
 forged license and that his course of
 acton was such as to reflect upon the
 legal profession. It had been, charged
 Tn the case of another member that
 having appeared in one case in which
 Judgmert was entered, he subsequently,
 came into court and asked to have
 the Judgment set aside on the ground
 mat his appearance had been without authority. The name of neither of the
 accused attorneys was spoken aloud
 hut the investigation was put into the
 hands of committee which will re.
 port at an early adjourned meeting
 when action will be taken which will
 lead to either the exoneration or the punishment of the accused. The mem.
 bers of the Investigating committee are c. F. Ainsworth, B. E. Ellinwood.
 William Herring and E. J. Edwards.
 Then the admission of new members of the association occurred, after which
 the following officers were elected. 5: M. Franklin, president; A. c. Baker. v1ce-president; Wade H. Rulings. ssc- retary; Walter Bennett, treasurer, and William Herring, Thomas D. Bennett Thomas Armstrong, IT,, B. J. Edwards and T. iE. Norris, executive committee men, 7s.
 Judge W. H. Barnes addressed the association on the subject of the ele- vation of the profession. It was nsc- essary either that this be done or that the existence of the bar cease and that by law litigants might be represented in court by any agent. Col. Herring spoke upon the necessary activity of the association in increas- Ing it's importance. He suggested the appointment of two members to at- tend the annual meeting of the Amerf- can Bar association Judge Street also spoke upon this subject and de scribed the difficulty of securing rem resentatfves to the American Bar as- soc1at1on. United States Attorney FL l llnwood said that he had attended three of these national meetings. One of them at Saratoga, N. Y., had cost i him S1,6OO. He moved that the honor or attending the next one. which will | again be held at Saratoga this year. be heaped upon Col. Herring. The daily | rates at the Grand Union hotel are as low as S8 day Col Herring was selected and i'll accepting, he said he had frequently visited at Saratoga and 1 had stopped at the Grand Union. He had. however, while he was there | never undertaken to play a game with out limit. Judge Street was also named as a representative to the na- tional meeting.
 The matter of adopting bylaws. which has regularly been turned over 10 a committee at every meeting of the assoclatlon, was similarly disposed of. It was also decided to hold the an- nual banquet on January IS at an ex- pense not to exceed s5 a. p]ate Messrs. Ellinwood, J. L. B. Alexander and F. H. Hereford were named as members of the banquet committee II At the close of the meeting a meeting of the committee appointed several ago to prepare resolutions lpon the death of the late Chief .Tus- Ice Truesdale was called. Its renort will be submitted at all adjourned meeting of the association next Ines lay, when other unfinished busi-ess