Evening star., 1902-02-11
LAWYERS AT A FEAST
BANQUET UNDER AUSPICES OF A
LOCAL ASSOCIATION.
List Of the Speakers and the Topics
They Discussed-Needs Of
Patent Office.


The Patent Law Association Of this city
gave banquet, at Rauscher's last evening
when about fifty men prominent in the law
and in the conduct of the patent office de-
voted themselves to consideration, first.
OF an attractive menu and next to the
need OF the patent Office, In which they are
all interested. Among the guests were
Commissioner Allen and Assistant Commis-
sioner E. B. Moore of the patent Office r.
$. Campbell, assistant secretary or the In
terror Department.; Judge Seth Shepard OF
the District of Columbia Court Of Appeals.
and Benjamin F. Leighton, president or
the District Bar Association.
After an informal reception the guests
Were seated III ,ne banquet nall at the ta-
pies forming a horseshoe, which were TASTE
fully decorated for the occasion. Shortly
after IL o'clock Mr.. VIM. Crouch Mcintyre
called the assemblage to order and intro
duced speakers of the evening. he reIerreo
to the efforts of the association to advance
the efficiency Of the patent office, and to in
troduce improvements to facilitate business
and for the accommodation Of the patent
par he made especial reference to the as
soclatlOnS 8 library and the opportunities II
affords members Of the bar. The assoca-
tlon, ne said, Is growing in Importance ana
the best evidence of that fact was the
present OF the guests Of the evening For
.A0 AZ - llLie III Inc dSSOCldlioH AiStoAS
the commissioner of patents was its guest.
The Addresses.
Commissioner Allen of the patent Office
being introduced expressed qualification
over the cordial relations that existed be-
tween the patent office and the patent bar.
He spoke Of the system in vogue In his Of
flee, and especially Of the method of ap-
peals followed in patent cases, which he
thought as perfect as could be devised. He
was glad that the association had improved
1ts own law library and hoped to see the
library of the patent office grow In use
fulness.
Judge Shepard of the District Court Of
Appeals, upon being introduced, expressed
his qualification upon being present at the
gathering Of members of the patent bar.
When he first came here he had very little
ln1ormat1on about the patent office. He De-
lleved that the Inventive spirit Of the coun-
try was really responsible for the invasion
by our manufacturers Of the markets Of
the world. This inventive spirit had been
encouraged by the patent office and by the
patent system of this country, which gives
to the inventor reward for his invention
The captains Of industry" take upon
themselves credit for much that has been
accomplished in building up our industries,
but he thought that an investigation would
snow that the inventive spirit was RESPONSE
Die for the magnificent growth Of the coun-
try. Invention had made a mans work in
this country worth two or three mems
work abroad and this had cheapened our
manufactured products so that they can be
marketed everywhere. This it was that had
brought success rather than the efforts Of
j. Plerpont Morgan and other capitalists.
Mr.. Benjamin F. Leighton, president Of
the District of Columbia Bar Association,
responded when called on and expressed the
readiness of the District bar to respond to
any effort~to advance the interests Of the
patent bar
Messrs. Henry E. Davis, F. L. Campbell,
Simon Wolf, j. III. Brickenstein and E. NJ.
Dawson made brief addresses when called
upon by the chairman.
List Of Those Present.
Among those present at the banquet
were Messrs. Thomas Stewart, Alexander
Scott, B. F. Church, J. NJ. Coyt, r. ].
Fisher, NJ. l. Dayton, J. A. Edison, E. B.
Stocking, ]. H. Whitaker, H. ]. Prindel,
Henry Colver, c. L. Sturtevant, W. H.
Finckle, F. I. Ritter, VIM. G. Henderson,
F. L. Sons. Vernon Hodges, E. w. Brad
ford, F. G. Dietrich. Melville Church, How
ell Bartel, j. A. Wiedersheim, w. F. Ro-
gers, G. H. Morton, 8. T. Fisher, A. p
Greeley, l.. s. Bacon. E. M. Chapman, R.
T. Frazer, ]. NJ. Newton, Philip Mauro, W.
II. Doolittle, Judge Morris, Gen. Sloate,
Thomas E. Robertson and Henry Orth, jr.