Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
COUNTY NEWS.
Among the Lawyers.

been pfeclpltdUeu by the meeting III
Cumberland of the State Bar Associ-
alton Wednesday.
Over 30 lawyers from all over the
State, including judges of the circuit
and appeal benches, attended.
Wednesday afternoon they visited
New Shaft and same evening at Queen
City hotel the county body gave them Il
formal reception, the company com
prising about 2O0-hosts, hostesses and
guests.
The JOURNAL, most fortunately, fell
into the hands of Miss Ethelyn Moffatt,
one of the city's most charming ladies,
and no: ii dainty item upon the delicious
mrHu was missed.
Thursday evening the visiting lawyers
and few lay guests of the county As
ISOLATION We're banQueted at Wills Noun
tain Inn. Judge ID. w. Sloan presided
and acquitted himself handsomely.
The mcg" and service, combined, was
a marvel of exact adaptation to the gus
tatory needs and capacity of hosts and
guests alike, and the speeches We're at
tuned to a Joyous occasion.
At 10 O'Clock the crowd had become
reasonably lively. To that date and
hour the JOURNAL had never heard law
ycrs sing! But an orchestra, sitting
within earshot, gave provocatiOn for
chorus work now and then. Die Wacht
am Rhcin, "Hurrah for Sailors Rights
hurrah ~ Dixie" Marching Through
Georgia. and several other refrains
Were given with great volume.
About this time Il visiting lawyer,
looking cat the window saw the broad
eXpansc of city lights in the valley be-
low, exclaimed
Great Justinian, boys, look-the sky is
turned upside down.
At 1906 judge Sloan called the as
semblage to order, three cheers think
ing his audience ripe for the regular pro-
cecdings. He made an address frequent
ly interrupted by applause and laughter.
Ferdinand Williams responded to
The Bench and Bar" III very humorous
vein. Mr. Williams is an acknowledged
star us Il banquet orator.
EX-judge George NJ. Russum, of
Caroline, spoke entcrtainingly. Some
amusement was occasiOned by his way
ing aside protfered cigar-box, absolute
ly declining to smoke while speaking.
a. H. Joline, of New York, made re
marks which were warmly approved.
At II Laboratory now i'll full flow.
Charles S. HeuSler, of Baltimore, adj
vocated the glorious institution Of matri-
mony i'll response to the toast
Woman-thc edition is large one, and no
man should he without a copy.
He could have added
And now is the time to subscribe.
But Mr.. Heuislcr was eloquent. Sym
pathizing with the absentee half of the
world, the JOURNAL regretted it was IL
stag party.
The most pronounced incident of the
occasion, however, was furnished by
Hon. George L. Wellington, United
States Senator. Speaking i'll defence of
the Constitution, he cnjoined the law
yers to stand by that great instrument
the supreme law of the land-the law
without which fidelity to all other laws
is mockcry He affirmed undated al
legiance to his party, but he would not
follow that party into wrong Il am,
said he, ga thorough American and |
thank God for it - 1t was a fine piece
Of impromptu eloquence, round Of period,
dramatic i'll utterance and gesture. 1t
was the moving appeal of IL man who
had gone back and taken his inspiration
from the times and environment of
Franklin, jefferson and Washington.
1t was the voice of true, thorough
.lmrrjc0U, SOLICITORS for his cOuntry'S
welfare-his country's safety, and his
intensely patriotic words and tone We're
uproariously applauded.
Chairman Sloan very amiably dis
scented, but his Il believes" We're incon-
elusive. He felt that, the Philippines
having fallen into our possession, about
as Sut LovengOOd did when he con-
tracted the feaS, we can't let go. AS a
difference between high republican au-
thoritieS the incident was sensational.
\. NJ. Cunningham, of Davis, w. Va,
told several experiences Of legal life i'll
his State.
At 1906 speaking still going
Ferdinand Williams was called again
and responded briefly in his accustomed
witty style.
John p. Poe, eX-attorney general, not
accustomed TO public speaking and gen
orally disinclincd to talk anyway, he
spoke and talked until he thought it
time to go to bed, which was not long,
but all he said was, Of course, good. He
goes down i'll JOURNAL history as the
first orator Of the masculine gender
who ever used i'll the great papers
hearing the term, "a charming man"
Cheers and adjournment.
The Wills Mountain Inn property is
one of the most picturesque i'll America.
The view Of the Narrows alone is one
the scenic lover will never forget, and
that of the city, day or night, is pretty
and impressive. Across mountains and
valleys beyond the eye ranges over IL