Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-04
VIRGINIA WYERS.
LAST DAY OF THE MEETING OF
THEIR ASSOCIATION.
THE COMMITTEES Ire ANNOUNCED.
The Address of Judge Humphreys
His Subject the impeachment Trial
of Judge Chase-sociaI Features
The Banauet-The Tonsts.

HOT SPRINGS. VA, August 3.-(Spe-
| cial)-The third and last day of the meet
ing of the Virginia Bar Association was
an ideal one. on yesterday evening the
clouds threatened a downpour and the
rumbling thunder deferred the more
timld souls from undertaking the eve
ming drives. But the clouds passed with
out rain.
The attendance to-day was the largest
Of the meeting and when, at II o'clock,
the association assembled 10 hear the
annual address. the Casino was crowded
to its utmost seating capacity, and q
goodly crowd gathered on the porches.
The secretary announced the commit
tees for the ensuing year, which are as
follows:
Committee on GHeYances-N. c. Man
son. Jr.. of Lynchburg; John T. Harris,
Jr., of Harrisonburg; y. L. Gunter, Jr.,
OF Accomac; John II. Fulton. of Wythe,
ana L. ID. Starke, Of Norfolk.
Committee on the Judiciary-J. C.
Parker, of Southampton; J. Z. Harrison.
OF Danville; e. w. Saunders, Of Frank
lin; H.. NJ. Fulton of Wise, and a. w.
Patterson of Richmond.
Committee on Legislation and Law Re-
FORMS. S. Z. PattesOn, of Richmond;
w. A. Glasgow, OF Roanoke; II. ID. Flood,
Of App0mattox; NJ II. Burks, Of Bed
ford. and r. c. southall, OF Amelia.
Committee on Library and Legal Liter
ature--R. NJ. Hughes, Of Norfolk; w. Nj.
Lyle, of the University OF Virginia; j.
Stewart Bryan of Richmond, and Thomas
ID. Ransom, Of Stanton.
Committee on Legal Education and Ad-
mission-Jam Lewis Anderson, j. l..
Jeffries, John w. Stephenson, and II. q.
Peters.
The members OF the Committee on
Admissions are: From First Circuit.
James y. Goode; from Second Circuit,
Charles Hall Davis; from Third Circuit,
Thomas NJ. Miller from Fourth Circuit,
james T.. Edmonds; from Sixth Circuit,
Frank Giimer; from Seventh Circuit, w.
Brydon Tenant; from Eighth Circuit,
w. j. Mems; from Ninth Circuit Clag-
gett b. Jones; from Tenth Circuit, f. w.
SIMS from Eleventh Circuit. Gardner l..
Boothe; from Twelfth Circuit Z. i.
stickley; from Thirteenth Circuit. j.
Baldwin Ransom; from Fourteenth Cir
cult. w VI. Pierce; from Fifteenth Cir
cult, Samuel c. Graham. from Sixteenth
Circuit, S. V. Fulkerson; from Seven
teenth Circuit. X. T. Irvine; from Eish-
teenth Circuit, William Eubank.
The members of the Committee on In
ternational Arbitration are: Hon. II. 81.
George Tucker, OF Lexington; ID. Gardiner
Z. Ter Of Surgeons Point; Marshall Nc
CormlcI, Of Berryyllle; Il. =. runstall,
OF Norfolk; George x. Anderson, OF
Clifton Forge; James L. Cannon, OF Rioh-
mond; r. a. Moore, Of Fairfax; John u.
Williams, of Orange, and w. b. Pettit'
OF Palmyra.
the only new member of the associa-
ton elected to-day was Mr.. George
Bryan, OF Richmond
JUDGE HUMPHREYS ADDRESS.
What expectation Of welcome Hon.
Alex. Pope Humphrey, Of Louisville, may
have had when ne came here Is not
known. But that tho welcome was q
royal one no one can deny. From ule
very BEGINNING Of his address the speak
err had his audience completely in hand.
He has none of the tricks Of oratory, but
for alp that he Is an orator. Rounds or
applause greeted him during the delivery
of his address, and at its conclusion no
held quite a levee to receive the con-
gratulatiOns offered him.
The address Of Judge Humphrey was
on the impeachment trial Of Judge Chase.
The speaker gave a clear view Of tho
impressive scene in the hail Of trial. rms
hail WAS destroyed by the British When
they burned Washington in 1911. lie gave,
I'm a few crisp sentences, pictures OF
Aaron Burr, the presiding officer; or John
a.. 1dolph, OF Roanoke, the principal hs-
ure among the managers; Of Luther Mar
lin. the Federalist bulldog, chief counsel
,ol tho defence, and then drew in a rapid
but clear manner pen picture OF Judge
Chase.
The three chief articles, said the speak
er of impeachment were the trial or JOhn
Fries, for treason; the trial of Cailendar'
the printer. in Virginia, for seditious libel
and the delivery of a political Grafton III
an address to the grand jury. The hrst
involved tbs question, now wei settled
whether a lawyer can argue against the
instructions Of the court; the second was
a trial under the famous sedlton Jaw,
looked upon by the bar of virginia IS
monstrously unsuccessful. In neither case
was there a dispute as TO the facts. Inc
third charge broke down In the PROOF.
After noting the failure OF the impeach-
ment the speaker proceeded 10 show why
the impeachment had been underldNs.i.
That II was a political prosecution from
beginning to end cannot he said, be de-
MED. Judge Chase had marked nlinseii
for such an attack. An ardent feuerdl-
ist. he was not only in favor or the auop-
ton OF the sedition law, but brought the
powerful weight Of his character ana
legal attachments 10 its enforcement II
was this law and the alien law that were
regarded. Of all others, as the most aIpl-
trarv OF the Federalist measure. ln'y
had called out the famous KENTUCKY
resolutions and the Virginia Assembly
declared them Unconstitutional
ANOTHER REASON.
AGAIN Judge Chase was of that charac-
ter of Judge which is 70 a lawyer the
most exasperating-com aierI
sarcastic. able. Another reason why
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