The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-29
JUDGES AND LAWYERS GATHER.
AMERICAN nan ASSOCIATION IN
SESSION AT BUFFALO.

ny the ASSocintion-Ai Jews on Pub
lie Questions-TruSt~ Discussed In.
Edward q. Kcarbcy OF Newark,
y. j.
Buna.o, n. Y, Aug. 2S.-JudCes. states
men and lawyers of national prominence
composing the American Bar Association
met in the aldermanic chamber OF the
Common Council to-day. and were vel
coined to the city by Sherman S. Rogers
of the local bar association. and Walter 5.
Logan of the State Bar Association
In the absence OF President Joseph II.
Choate, ambassador to the Court Of st.
James, Senator Chas. +. Henderson. of
Neprdska, as acting president, delivered
the annual address. He said in part:
In the twenty-five years that have
passed away since the American Bar As
sociation was organized conforming it.
ser to its lofty purposes and high aims.
II mas surely suhserved the public wei
rare and lived up to its original declar-
alton that il would advance the science
OF Jurisprudence. promote the admnistra-
uon OF justice ana uphold the honor OF
the profession of the law
To-day every state. except Nevada.
ana every territory is represented in its
membership OF 800 lawyers.
\ notable and encouraging sign of the
49, 49,, tlcS'S'uS inueh good to the pro
ieSs'oH ana peheht 20 the public, is the
's0 V,'9'u interest Ielt IN the proceedings
OF the local bar associations. Nearly
every state has an active, vigorous or
san'zaton. and very many of the counties
90 yu"','di uiStil''s nave their societies.
I'm ~" "i the nesl professional material
-, '''S NIclrlly' lhey nave
~, ",'i haleraily elevated
r oa's. saaudHIu oil qualllcatIons for adj
Iii's9iou 10 'He pdT' nave promoted the re-
49,, r,aioi %''H peilechoh oil codes reformed
"iduy "eIectNe statutes; helped materi-
any ,' 10 'Ie uniformity OF laws, promoted
80 tS ~ ""i''ha' d''oh OF justice,
rrr, ~ 'no "iolN advancing ever 90 the
i.CtI 'he pure stdndatd OF professional
'.I d,,,b. 70 l.. 49,.
a., 49, - III guy tW'lNe months since
, t'le tSullua a OF our STATE governments
,', ..f' ~ "oVh 50 nuch leEisiatloh- foriy-
- " t"' 9'"'c9 anu territories nave held
7'Si''iNe SESSIONS. IN some Of the states
e.,S 'ssi ,, Jaws ior 1873 MI over one thou
a1'I' Pase9' anu tne average number of
P'sSo 10 iiiuch over HNe hundred The
qua.,S Is NOT suiiicient warrant for the
an@'i'''S anu II II pv lrue mat the coun-
iy - soNeiHed pest winch Is governed
80 zen Iuuted most OF the states are
~ a aoi PhSuu crlucaI examination
% tiV9e t'"s wiz not oHiy FORCE the con-
SiUS-oh tlat we are governed too much.
i ,'n WIN us 7oclailsuc tendency. its
80 ue'iuH Oh udlNlduah'y' interference
W. pVi9"''ui il"'ItH enforcement upon
P1VpVi'S iIs"tS' Hlahins OF the state not
OlilE ios.SIiIb Idthef' nut a nursing
n't"eI' VIII aIIsht every true lover of
merry MANY OF lhe statutes viii become
uea1 tetters ana ran OF enforcement, thus
aoo'hs 10 that dlsrespeci Tor law that IS
one or the eVlls OF me time Fortunately
~ 80. "Is oau hhu ne VINO VIII look
tHiYuBH the hst OF the session laws Will
ma many that VIII command his APPROX
~
ne gathering or the grain from the
poouy Helds OF war mas been had, but
what the harvest may be Is as yet an I'M
soiVed problem
WIN the fhIhppine Islands, IN armed
fesls ance TO tne exercise of powers L.
glllmateiy ours and the performance of
duties lrresistlbiy devoving upon us, the
situation Is intensified Much dispute is
tneIe as 10 what are these powers and
what these duties. Many of the argumen
are more hysterlral than logical, and are
based upon theories utterly subversive of
the fundamental PRINCIPLES of the law Of
nations, and practically destructive Of NJ
law making power.
The plain duty that devolves upon Dis
country is to suppress this revolt with
hrm, strong hand put down this insurrec-
ton and when our sovereignty is ac-
fest with kindly guidance and generous
aid lead these people OF the Asatic seas
to self-government and insure to them
domestic tranquility provide for their
common defense, promote their general
welfare and secure the blessings of liberty
to them and 10 their posterity' as provid-
ed in the constitution Of the United States.
If a separate autonomy can be safely had
for these islands, and ! sincerely hope il
may be, we can surely trust the Congress
that IL will be granted If with Hawaii
and Porto Rico they are to become de-
Tendencies, colonies or territorial possess
sions We can safely rest upon the wisdom
Of a people, that, in the past. has wrestled
with far more difficult problems, taken
with safety territory more vast and, I'M
der then existing conditions, more re-
mote, assimiiated populations most dis
tinctly foreign, rid itself of the fearful in
cuh 5 of domestic slavery and qucllng an
insurrecton greater than any that history
records restored "A digTQp mboTql union and