The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-08
THE CLOSING SESSION.

THE CLOSING SESSION.
Papers Read and Officers Elected in
the Afternoon.
The closing session of the State Bar Asso-
cations meeting was held yesterday after
noon and final business was transacted.
For president of the association Noble G..
Butler, of this city, Judge r. S. Taylor. of
Fort Wayne. and Judge Monks were nomi-
mated. Judge Taylor was elected. Judge
Timothy Howard. of South Bend, and Maj
G. V. Menzies, of Posey county. were nomi-
rated for vice president and Judge Howard
was elected. Merrill Moores, of this city,
was elected secretary. and Judge Davis, of
Noblesville, treasurer. both by acclama-
ton. The additional members of the exc
cutive committee are Judge S. b. Davis.
of Terre Haute William P. Breen of Fort
Wayne; S. A. Ralston, of Lebanon, and
William A. Ketcham, of Indianapolis.
Judge Bartholomew presented a resolU-
ton declaring against the acceptance of
railroad passes by judges, but the resolu-
ton was referred TO a committee with much
n erriment. Among the recommendations
of the executive committee which were
adopted were the following:
Under the bylaws of the association
your committee is authorized TO make such
suggestions concerning, matters as in its
ton. Pursuant to this provision, your COM
mittee suggests that the committee on law
reform be required to report at the next
annual meeting the propriety of securing
the enactment by the Legislature of In
diana of what is called the negotiable in
gtrumentS bill.
Your committee respectfully submits
further that the law of this State concern
ing corporations Is in . confused condition
1t therefore recommends that the committee
on law reform be instructed TO report at
the next annual meeting upon the propriety
of the codification of the law on this sub
ject, and IL such committee shall reach the
conclusion that the law on this subject
should be codifed it shall report bill to
that effect. ''
ments to the Constitution of the State of
Indiana. one relating to the reorganization
of the Supreme Court and the other regu-
lating the admission of attorneys to prac-
tice law. These will come before the people
at the next general election. To be adopted
they must receive a majority OF all tn. the
be given by the attorneys of the state, and
particularly by this association. to these
pending amendments there is grave danger
that they will not be ratified by the people.
In view of this situation, your committee
recommends that the committee on publica-
tons be instructed to take such steps as
NAV be necessary to secure the ratification
of the proposed amendments.
ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS.
The committee on the admission of men,
bers reported that at a meeting held in this
city on April 16 last George l.. Reinhard
was elected chairman of the committee, to
serve the remainder of the current year.
He was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Charles b. Stuart. The
committee further reported that the follow
ing persons were found to possess the quail
fcations requisite to membersip in the asso-
citation: Joseph l.. Custer Marion; Maurice
NJ Townley. Indianapolis; Charles P. Drum
mond. Plymouth; l.. b. Nash. Upton; Virgil
5. Reiter. Hammond; Anthony Deahl Gosh-
en-: Claude Thompson. Charlottesville; Peter
Maier Evansville; w. f. Chapman, Samuel
NJ. Hench. a CT. Keegan and Robert Drei-
belbss Fort Wayne: Edward Cough Boon
Vile: John l.. BretZ and William A Traylor.
Jasper; James F. Morrison. William =. Pur-
dun, w. c. Overton and Conrad Wolf, Ko-
komo: James s. Drake. Goshen: Ebert Nj.
swan. Rockport; c. NJ. McCabe. Covington;
Samuel F. Baird. Lafayette John r. Peter
son. Crown Point Andrew A. Adams; Co
| William b. Austin RensselaerS e. a. Ely,
Petersburg; George E. Clark. South Bend;
| James f. Rose and j: n. Rose, Auburn
William II. Martin. Bedford: Oscar NJ. Wei
| born Princeton: Frank FotZ. Rensselaer,
| Daniel E. Kelly Valparaiso; Thomas ]. Co
| fer Danvile; Henry Colerick. Owen n. Hea-
| Elmer Leonard. Fort Wayne: Rowland
| Evans Indianapolis: Perry l.. Turner. Elk
hart; Emmett A. Bratton, Angola; N; /.
Transport: Alexander Downing. New Albany;
/ II. c.. Allen. Indianapolis; II. b. Tuthill and
jeremiah b. Collins. Michigan City; Linton
gansport: Cyrus Cline, Angola; James w
| Fesler. indianapolis: Eli Stansbury. Will
Transport: d. p Williams and Louis b. Eu-
ford James B. Harper, Fort Wayne: w. Fl
Eichhorn. Bluffton: John w. O'Hara
Peru: Nelson X. Todd and j. J. Todd, Bluff
ton: John II: Miller and NJ. w. Fields
Walter p. Hotel, Bloomington: Edward
Daniels. Upton: William w. Cook, Green
field; George C. Harvey. Danville: Horace
| F.. Smith. Indianapolis; James Bingham anc
| Jesse r. Long, Muncie: Frank II. Donahoe
! Jacob d. Henderson, Dudley NJ: Shively
Francis NJ. Jackson. Walter A. Funk ant
Francis e: Lambert: South Bend; Thomas
l.. Stitt. Wabash Milton Kraus. Peru: Jas
| 4. Rohbeck. indianapolis; Lucius c. Embre'
| and Henry A: Yeager, Princeton: NJ. L
ton: Charles c. Binkley. Richmond; Jane:
| h. Wilson. Bloomington: Robert b. Hanna
| Fort Wayne; Frank B. Shuts. Aurora
| Frederick Wiley, Indianapolis: Charles A
| Weathers and +. c. Vaughn, Cannelton
| w w Woollen. F.. j. Reinhard and Georg.
| Clifford. Indianapolis
| The report of the committee on admission
| of new members was concurred in by tn,
| association.
JUDGE COMSTOCK'S PAPER
Judge Comstock read paper on "Evi
dence in Criminal Cases on Appeal" TIL
paper was chiefly technical. Judge Com
stock said it has been decided in many case.
that the judgment of a trial court will no
be reversed on the weight OF the veidenc,
| II the evidence be contradictory. He cit,t
| many cases in which this rule has beer
| followed and said il has usually been a well
recognized right of a jury to determine tn,