The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-10
Is CALLED BACK 10 LIE |
MINNEsHOTA BAR ASSOCIATION
REVIVED Ard eoItFICERs
ELECTED
HIRAM D. STEVENS PRESIDENT
IT Is'stlis 4Htent4on to- Agftaae for
rRsxlsi Ii a aef statutes. at at Pres
~3ss emit SESSION SOf, key ,si,
sisfllfsIs+ure.c ..iyi 2fa

Very ftiel&be Ettte and ofarged with a
deal of digaiH@d and quiet enthusiasm
was the meeting ca1led to order by sSena-
tor Young ilf Che senate chamber yeSter-
day afternoon4is And chat was beftting,
because tsptizpose was to- blow from
the still glowing ernbers the Phoenix OF
the sBdiflnesb fas Bar association. As-tssil
The nneetshgsWas the eatcome'of pre-
lirninary Informal meeting of a number
! of prominent attorneys about ten days
ago at the Ryan. ait which II had been
decfded@to cal4 Eto ST Pail al stated num-
Der of attorneys from each congrtssion-
al distffct to form the neM assecfation
And some of them CAME, and were Joined
by Others, members of the 1eg1s lature
ard a few noted Twin City attorneys.
One of the most important features OF
the ME citing Was the appointment Of
committee to suggest "a plan for the
thorough revision of the statutes of the
stare Similar toSthe re9isions which have
been made in iowa and Wisconsin, and
to submit and plan recommendations to
the legislature at its present session, ask
ing it to appoint a commission, which
shall report to the next legislature This
commission to make specific Recommended
. tons. There has been no revision of the
statutes since 1856 The personnel of the
committee appointed to suggest such a
plan is as follows: Messrs. Gail, Weber.
Brown, hammers and Erickson.
The officers of the association as elect
ed are: President, Hiram F. Stevens,
st. Paul vice president, NJ. B. Weber,
Winona; secretary, Stiles w. Burr, St
Paul; treasurer, T. V. Brown, Minneapo-
lis; board of governors, T. Young, Apple
ton; Augustus Armstrong, Albert Lea;
2. w. Gail, Saltwater; L. F. hammers,
Heron Lake; S. D.. Catherwood, Austin;
Halvor STEVENSON. Crookston, and j.
G. Williams, Duluth.
The annual meeting of the association
will be held at a time and place to be
designated by the president, upon the ad-
vice of the board of governors, after six
ty days notice has been given members
The -const tuition was approved in sec
tons and was read by F. V. Brown. q. w.
Burlington, Bffnn&a polls, acted as secretary.
The work of the association, acquiring
membership and keeping alive the Spirit
of fraternit will be mostly assumed by
Messrs. Stevens and Burr, and will be Ill
rected from st. Paul
Somewhat oagftated was the suggestion
that comfffendations be made with let-
erence to some needed reform as to tes-
timony and 'vofdminous reading matter,
which at gfeat cost to litigants and great
inconvenieriGe' to counsel, is loaded upon
the supreme court in cases of appeal
A committee two, Messrs. Burple-
haus and Armstrong, was appointed to
wait upon Che examining board today
with referefice ito proposed legislation
with reference to discipline Of members
of the bar and association.
Noticed among those present were
Messrs. Hiram f. Stevens, Augustus
Armstrong, F. V. Brown, John L. Town.
ley, 6. w. Burlington, NJ. B. Webber, f.
w. Gail, Woodward, F. M. Thornton.
R. F. Burbfehaus, Attorney General
Douglas, Lieut. Gov. Smith and Senators
Greer, Horton, Lord, Schaller, Underleak,
Young, Barker, Collier, DAILY, Everett and
McGovern.