The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-18
MEETING OF LAWYERS
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE AMER
ICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
Several Indianians in Attendance
President Howe's Address-Some of
the Benefits of the War.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 1.-THE Ameri-
can Bar Association began its annual ses-
sion in convention hall to-day. The pres-
dent, Hon. William w. Writ Howe, of
Louisiana, delivered the annual address.
| Among the members admitted from Indiana
were: Quincy A. Myers, of Logansport;
Emory Sellers. of Indianapolis, and Judge
Gould. The following members of the assoc
cation from Indiana are in attendance:
John A. Finch. William. A. Pickens, William
A. Ketcham. and Louis .Newberger, of In
| dianapolis; William P. Breen and John Nor
ris, jr., of Fort Wayne.
In the course of his address President
Howe said:
In reviewing the work of federal legisla-
confronted with questions of war. annexa-
ton and conquest. To those of us who took
part in the late civil war and knew what
that our Nation should be again
subjected to a trial by wager of bait
tie; But the trial came, and we could
only stand together, each in his own
way, for the flag. There is no use to
disguise the evils of such a conflict. But
we may look also at the compenSatonS OF
calamity If we have yellow journalists
and lingo politicians, who ply their voca-
ton at safe distance from the range of
even modern projectiles. We have also such
men as Dewey, of Vermont; Sampson, of
New York; Schley, of Maryland; Hobson,
of Alabama, and Augustin. Of Louisiana.
as types of American manhood-if were to
name them all, l would simply be calling
roll of thousands of heroes from North,
South, East and West-and we feel that
now, at least, we have a common country,
wherein we may forget our controversies
in the past, and together press forward to
some better and higher national life.
Another compensation may perhaps be
found in the triumphs of educated skill
which have thus far Illustrated the progress
ac XTA oil 11,x~r IAraN 1trr-
ing wears that are past how some member
of Congress would now and then emerge
from from hs native tive and ara rave ns gNS aw
port War College, and the Leavenworth
Post Graduate School. and declare that
they were hotheads of aristocracy and pro-
ductive only of dudes Why should the
public money be wasted on culture so UNI
democratic? Why not apply it to improve
the navigation of Bitter creek in the hills
of the members own district? But when
this time of trouble came we quickly found
THAT 1t was to these educated dudes that
WePaust look for great deeds From wnlcn
facE those of us who believe in the higher
eddcs lion in law, as well as IN other pro-
LESSONS, may take comfort to our souls"
In discussing the government of our new
possessions Mr.. Howe said:
THE annexation of Hawaii and the pos
sibility of the acquisition of other islands
inhabited by races quite different from our
own, will present many problems in law
as we'll as politics. On the one hand we do
not wish to abandon the idea of a repre-
sentative republican government, devoted to
the securing of the rational freedom OF the
Individual who cheerfully obeys its laws be-
cause he has made them by himself or his
mandataries. On the other hand, we are not
quite prepared to believe that the gospel OF
the town meeting will necessarily be a
means OF saving grace to the Islands ian SO OF
but at the same time they may have rea-
sonable fears of the future. 1t might be
well for Congress to consider plan OF
government which has existed in Louisiana
at various periods of its history, sometimes
were applied to the Hawaiian islands. the
President, with the advice and consent or
the Senate, would appoint, say, governor,
treasurer attorney general. superintendent
of education and such other executive and
administrative officers as might be nec ess-
kind would. ex offisio, form a Legislature.
The statutes enac,ed by this legislature
would be the law of the rerritory-unless in
treaties of the United States. If such a
government were honestly administered 1T
might be successful. If corruption and
abuse crept in, the President of the United
States could at any time remove the Of
tenders and appoint honest and capable sue
cessors. l merely suggest this in passing
as something worthy of discussion"
The speaker then gave a summary of con-
gressional and state legislation for the year
past, with special notice of the more inn
pOrtant laws.
The association this afternoon nominated
and elected members. The report of the
general council was submitted. The reports
of the secretary, John Hinkley, of Baiti-
more, and the treasurer, Charles Rawle, of
Philadelphia, were presented and referred,
as was also that of the executive committee,
of which President Howe, OF New orleans;
Connecticut, tonight read an able paper on
Uniform State Laws. paper was read
by L. c. Krauthof, of Kansas city. on
Malice as an Ingredient of Civil Cause
of Action"