The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-02

the gift of fiuency and lucidity of speech;
fifth, habit; sixth, character; seventh.
personality. For If a man have the legal
mind, wise and accurate knowledge, q
ready and felicitous power of expression,
a habit of persistent methodical, pains
taking work, an upright, bold and COM
handing character, combined in VIM
some personality, and should concenCer
these manifold gifts, requirements, tai
ents and energies, his success would be-
come as inevitable as a demonstration IN
Euclid.
THE legal mind must be distinguished
from the judicial mind. The lawyer must
explore, discover, invent, exploit The Ju-
dicial mind is the common mind uncom-
monty lightened, it is sanity enthroned.
Washington was pre-eminently judicial.
He relied largely upon the advice and
wisdom of three great lawyers, Randolph,
Jefferson and Hamilton. Oftentimes these
great lawyers differed. If Hamilton ever
failed to carry his point, l do not recall
it. The reason is that Hamilton was the
greatest lawyer of the three. The quality
of his mind was acute and logical mis-
study was thorough, exhaustive and COM
plete, his knowledge of the law was COM
prehensive and accurate. He was law
yer in knowledge, in habits and IN tenn
permanent He was ambitious, it Is true,
as charged against him, but it was an
ambition that was noble and worthy. 1t
was no more Vaulting than Burr'S, but 1t
was founded upon honor and did not Yio-
late honor. He had a fine physique and
d
dustry was of the never-let-up kind, so
he was always prepared
Speaking of Hamilton's fidelity to his
clients, the speaker recited that when
the duel with Burr was arranged he IN
sisted that it be put off until the close
of the term of court, that none Of his
clients interest might suffer. He had IN
tegrity and moral courage, often declln-
ed cases with large fees because he did
rot think them just; never extorted ex-
orbitant fees from clients; his personal
lty said the speaker, was winning, ana
not distant, as was generally imagined
He was affectiOnate and affable, but had
schOoled himself to subordinate his at
fections to his cooler judgment. The
speaker closed by quoting tributes or
Hamilton's associates testifying to his
ability as a lawyer.
Election of Officers.
The association elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: President,
M. B. Weber, WinOna; vice president, F.
V. Brown, Minneapolis; secretary, w. R.
Begg, st. Paul; treasurer, c. w. Gail, of
Saltwater.
In resigning the presidency to Mr.. Web
Der. Senator Stevens said that he hoped
his successor would pledge himself to up
hold the precedent of a one-year term
presidency. Mr. Weber said he heartily
believed in the idea and should step down
and out after his one-year term.
The president was authorized to appoint
a committee of five to cooperate with
the statute revision commission in COM
plotting its arduouS task. The associa-
ton adopted a resolution citing the fact
that the publication Of the state supreme
court reports was not as prompt and IS
regular as it should be, and the president
was authorized to appoint a committee to
confer with Mr.. WenZell, the supreme
court reporter, and ascertain If It would
not be possible to publish the reports
more promptly, ofterer and a great deal
cheaper. Mr.. Wenzell had said that he
would be pleased to meet with the COM
mittee, and believed that the end desired
could in some way be secured.
The treasurer reported a balance on
hand of $3.50.