The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-31
RAMSEY LAWYERS D|NE
FOURTH ANNUAL BAN0UET OF
COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION AT
THE ABERDEEN
CLAPP rs GUEST OF HONOR

A particularly pleasing social function
was the fourth annual dinner of the
ramsey County Bar association. held
last night at the Aberdeen hotel. OF
the disciples of Blackstone in St. Paul.
nearly 200 lent their presence to the
occasion, while the flow of wit and re9
son that follow ed a menu of unusual
excellence lasted until we'll after the
midnight hour.
=. d. O'Brien, as president of the asso-
citation, presided over the gathering as
POSTMASTER, around him being Senator
Moses e. Clapp, the guest of the even
ing; Hon. john A. Lovely of the SUI
prene court; Judge Jaggard, of the dis
trict court; the venerable Judge Wilson
former Judge Flapdrau and J. D. Grover,
OF West Superior, Wis, a member of the
Wisconsin State Bar association. Includ-
ed in the number was Marcus D. Grover.
counsel for the Great Northern Railway
company.
The opening remarks of the toastmas-
ter, c. D. O'Brien, which followed the
complexion OF menu of eight courses,
apounded In complimentary references to
the guest of the evening" Senator Moses
h. Clapp, whom he characterized as a
man OF ability and capacity whose selec
ZION to an office, the highest in the gift
OF Minnesota, was not without apprecia
a.
ton, who honored him as a member.
senator Clapp,. in rising to respond,
was greeted with an ovation that was
nearly, the hand-clapping lasting several
minutes. Modestly he thanked the mem
bers for their appreciation, remarkinc
1t is always pleasingsto man to be
IN the company of his fellows and know
that ne mas their respect, and more so
when it, that appreciation and love.
comes m hpr of
have only the fondest memories of the
courtesy accorded me while attorney gen
eral, and it has none the less diminished
now that fill a higher office.
Il suppose some remarks are expected
OF me regarding my brief visit to the
capital OF this nation in the capacity of
one OF its lawmakers, but the time is
! TOO orlef for me to give you in detail all
that have seen. The American neople
have one marked characteristic and that
is their indifference to the future The
present only engrosses their attention
Coupled with this is another attribute
that gives firInness and a foundation to
our government, free government, the I'M
shackled man. It is a constant struggle of
individual against individual, section
against section, and, as we see it now
nation against nation. We are not drift
ing, there is port, success, and we are
sailing along the great channel, guided
by Judgment and, greatest of all, the
American people,
Hon. John A. Lovely responded to the
toast, "Co-operation in the Legal Profess
sion" By cooperation, he said, many Of
the difficulties that now oeset the courts
would be obliterated
In responding to the toast, s"rransporta-
t1on,' Mr.. Marcus D. Grover, as general
counsel for the Great Northern railroad
company, spoke on a subject that he was
eminently qualified to discuss Following
up the growth of the tonnage and milea ge
OF railroads in the United States. and the
| progressive countries of the Old World
he gave in detail the numerical strength
OF the iron horse in each, together with
the increase by decades since it became
/ means of transportation for the worlds
goods. No better object lesson. he said,
! could be pointed out than the Great
Northern railroad. To the Orient he said.
| the world was now turning, and the
struggle for it's business was one in which
| all the big nations of the Old World were
engaged. Russia threatens, but she must
not have it. America alone must win the
prize. With the launching of two big
American ships on the Thames in Con-
necticut will come the nucleus of a fleet
that will bring to the shores of the Unit
| ed States and the Great Northern bust
| ness that will be a credit to this progress
sive nation
Following Mr.. Grover, J. A. Murphy. of
| the Wisconsin bar, read a witty essay on
the Contingent Fee Judge E. A. Jag
! gard concluding the programme with a
brief talk on the "ProvincialisrS of the
Law" G.. M. Nelson, president of the
State Bar association, and Daniel w.
= LaWler also contributed informal talks.