The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-08

: IIQN, ~ Ocll6V6 tllat ISlOII1l SlS EA1eeNSu -
our nisf prius courts believe weshave
grown Indifferent to their needs largely
on account OF the facility with which we
afford appeals.
REFORM NEEDED.
I believe these courts should be better
paid: that they should be made 30 nonof-.
able and dignifed that our best laWseIs
would be ambitious to be Judges therein.
& I believe this reform Is practicable py ei,-
larging our circuits. increasing the So
aries and adopting methods In haf11l s
with the twentieth century. ~
/ have always been classed WIZ .1ie
conservatives: indeed. by some am con-
ssdered a Bourbon, but I believe the t'l TN,
has come when the car of justice snoulo
quicken its pace.
your experience and mine, teaches US
that the delays in our procedure very Q. . .sn
result In an absolute denial Of justice,
and 1T Is a common remark that the COM
mercial classes are beginning to snun
the courts because they cannot aftoro 10
wait two and three years for an ADJUST
ment of their differences 49,
The Legislature should remove this
ground of complaint. Our terms. II terms
we must continue to have, should be more
frequent, and the time for pleading
shortened. Appeals should be simplitled,
and the questions certified for decision
to the Appellate Courts should be con-
cisely stated, and the expensive and. nur-
densome transcripts pared down with d
heroic knife.
believe that the bar of Virginia SO
glorious in legal reforms In the past
a bar which produced Jefferson WIG
without precedent wrote your statue %
descents and distributions, and therepy
furnished a model for the distribution OF
propertv throughout ne United States, IN
language so lucid that not controFe1ss
arose over sentence In 1t tor .orts
wears bar which boasts its John Mar
shall, Patrick Henry, William VIII. -
ia.u1in Watkins Leigh. the fuckers, Ho"-
erteon Daniel, Moncnre. Green. Staples
Rurks. Joynes and Christian. and 'neir
1reat contemporaries, and you will per-
mir me- TO add the bar which constitutes
tbis association. is the body to fnan-
g1,ra te and carry forward this much need
ed reform.
VIRGINIA MUST BLAZON WAY.
Those Of us who have learned what
manner of men you are, by asso cl1.ioil
with YOU from 1861 to 1865; who account
ourselves your brethen by the noly eies
- a common sacrifice, and who nave
witnessed your triumphs IN more ieeen'
trials. have absolute faith IN your
pacty to devise. your courage 10 iiiau
gurate. andvour power, to secure every
needful reform Your Judiciary SYSTEM ana
furnish a guide for your brethren In your
sister Commonwealths All over tnls
broad land there are thousands yet WHO
remember that 1t was g. Virginia law
yer. Patrick Henry. who hrst lea IN,
aparently forlorn hope OF CONSTITUTIONS
liberty on these Western shores; th'it
1T was a Virginia lawyer who penneo tlie
Declaration of Independence; that I'M,
mortal declaration which the gifted
CHI inscribed
the portals of every royal palace. ana
hung in the nurserX OF every King IN
Europe; and that Jonn Marshall and
James Madison, two other Virslnlans'
were the great expounders OF the Con-
stitution Of the United States, Con
| stitution which q Virginia Legislature
| first proposed.
There are thousands OF us yet VINO
cherish with filial affection the memo
ries of the struggles of .:.ne Old Mother
to preserve that Constitution. and the
RIGHTS it guaranteed to us and our
children. and we are still willing to place
YOU in the vanguard, and support you
/ in the future as we have done In the
past in your efforts to preserve the spirit
+ of liberty on your consecrated SOIL, ana
I to transmit 1t to those who shall come
after us, and as in the past, we iooh
to the bar of Virginia to blazon the
/ path and lead in the solution of the great
| questions which are croWdiDg upon us
| in common with you.
For the high privilege Of bearing you
! is message to-day, I am profoundly
! grateful
Memorials Of deceased members were
presented and will be printed as fol-
| lows: Leonard Marbury, A. w. ARM
| strong, George A Mushback, AleNan-
| dria: John Page, Beaver Dam; r. R.
| Saror n MI nj
| Judge John Paul, Harrisonburs; Robert
! c. stribling. Newport News; Thos. NJ.
/ Miller, Powhatan; Archer L. Payn
! Roanoke: General James A. Walker,
| Wytheville
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Standing committees were announced
to-day as follows: Admissions: George
A. Prick, Norfolk; Bartlett Roper, Jr.,
Petersburg; James Mann, Blackstone; r.
| H r. Adams, Jr., Lynchburg; Paul Pet
| tit, Palmyra; James E. Cannon. Rich
mond; E. E. Montaguo Hampton; J. W.
Fleet. Bristol: F. W. Sims, Louisa;
Gardner L. Booth. Alexandria: E. E.
| Stickley. Woodstock; Fitzhush Elder,
staunton; Harvey 4. Hall. Roanoke; R.
R. Henry, Tazewell; D. D. Hull, IT., Bris-
toll; Geo. C. Peery, Wise; ]. Lawrence
| Campbell. Bedford City.
Legislation and law reform: Charles r.
Lassiter, Petersburg; S. Gordon Cumming.
Hampton: J. Boyd Sears, Mathews; R.
| G. Southall, Amelia; George e. S1pe, Har-
risonburg.
Judiciary: J. D. Horseley, Lynchburg;
J. F. Bullitt Big Stone Gap: John A
| Coke, Richmond; Lewis T. Hanckel,
Charlottesville; George G.. Grattan. Har-
| risonburg.
Library and legal literature: Robert NJ
| Hughes, Norfolk; Marshall Hanger,
| Stanton; Charles A. Graves. Charlottes-
Vile; John II. Fulton, Wytheville; r. L.
| Parrish. Covington.
International arbitration: II. st. George
Tucker, Lexington: Ebert NJ Fulton,
Wise; D. Gardiner Tyler, Sturgeon Point:
James P. Harrison, Danv- .e; ". NJ At
kinson, Winchester; J. X. NJ. Norton.
Alexandria; J. T. McAllister. Hot
Springs; Samuel Griffin, Bedford City
/ Grievances: r. Carter Scott, Rich
mond; R. B. Davis, Petersburg: John B.
Jenkins, Norfolk; .Lucian II. Cooke. Roa-
noke; B. T. Gunter, Accomac-
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