The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-02
LAWYERS GO HOME.
They Close Their Session With a
Banquet.

@A0y N4oSo 4Ae1r session ~ 4tu y
Banquet.
The last paper to be read before the
State Bar association was that of Judge
Thomas B. Wall of Wichita and in the
absence of Judge Wall himself. was read
by Mr.. O. g. Eckstein of that place
THE Bankruptcy Act of 1882 was the
title of the paper, and besides showing
the provisions of the act itself, gave a
brief review of legislation which had
preceded it.
After this the report of the commit
tee on amendments to laws was taken
up. The association refused to approve
of the change of venue bill now on the
calendar Of the lower house of the legis-
lature. After much discussion, action
on the proposed law allowing three
fourths Of g. jury to return a verdict
was deferred until next year. The as
sociation favored the revision Of the
statutes.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year were President. Silas Porter, Kan
sas City; vice president, B. F. Milton,
Dodge City; secretary, D. A. Valentine,
Dodge City; treasurer, Howell Jones,
Topeka; executive council, J. Z. Sion
ecker, Topeka; G. W. Smith, Stockton ;
F. Dumont Smith, Kinsley; H. F. Ma
son, Garden City; c. B. Graves, En-
poria-
Delegates to the American Bar AS
sociation p. r. Waggener, Atchison; 4;
W. H. Rossington, Topeka; H. White
side, Hutchinson. Alternates: L. H.
Perkins. Lawrence; H. c. Sluss, Wich-
tia. and H. P. Farrelly, Erie.
The annual banquet of the associa-
tiOn was held at the Hotel Throop last
evening and was attended by about eigh-
ty members of the Kansas bar The
wrangle usually expected when law
yers meet was postponed and the points
Of irrelevancy and i1nmaterialism were
not raised during the entire evening.
b. r. Milton, of Dodge City, was
toastmaster. Silas Porter, of Kansas
association, in responding to the toast
1.-The Court that Was eu1ogized the
work of the Kansas court of appeals.
He said that it had relieved the supreme
court Of work on about three thousand
cases, and for that reason not all the
good which it had done had been in
tered with it's bones.
Judge G. a. Smart, of Ottawa, made
'sThe Last Guess" interesting by his
criticism Of the way in which news
papers report proceedings Of law.
Eugene F. Ware prophesied what s'The
Lawyer Of the Future" would be, re-
ferring especially to the future Kansas
lawyer who, he was certain, would be a
bright fellow and not a crank.
''.The Printer and the Lawyer was
treated from the printers side of it by
Henry Allen, private secretary to Gov
ernor Stanley. Besides referring to the
relationship between the two profess
sions. he discussed the development of
newspapers within the last half CEN
tury.
Judge F. L. Martin, of Hutchinson.
talked briefly about Law Books,'' and
Judge J.. c. Pollock, of Winfield, newly
appointed member of the supreme court,
represented that tribunal with few
words on THE New Supreme Court
]. G. SIoneclxer, in speaking Of Kan
SaS Lawyers proposed a health to
Judges Horton, Valentine and King
man, members Of the Kansas bar. The
health was drunk standing Samuel
Kimble, retiring president Of the asso-
toast.
The $50 members of the association
who have been attending the meeting
for the last two days returned to their
homes today.