The Topeka state journal., 1902-01-30
HaCERMAN WILL SPEAK.
st. Louis Attorney to Address
Bar Association Tonight.

The nineteenth annual meeting of the
Kansas State Bar association began in
Topeka today. The sessions are being
held in the supreme court room. At the
opening session the attendance was
small because there was nothing of in
terest to come UP and also because of
the great amount of politics that was
taking the time of the lawyers who dab
BILE in that sort OF thing, and they are
by no means few.
There was a large number of attor-
neyS here from over the state, and there
will doubtless be a good attendance at
the remaining sessions. A number of
new members were admitted this morn
ing A few formal matters were also
disposed of at the morning session.
One of the rules of the association is
that all members must have been admit
ted to the state supreme court before
they are admitted to the bar association
1t is the custom of the supreme court to
hold a short session during the meeting
of the bar association in order to give
attorneys from over the state who have
never practiced before the supreme
court a chance to be admitted Then
they are eligible to membership in the
bar association. The supreme court held
a session this afternoon for this pur-
pose.
The presidents annual address was
delivered at the afternoon session by
the president, SilaS Porter. His subject
Il
nor Stanley was also scheduled for an
address on ''Pardons and Paroles and
H. c. Dooley, of Coffeyville, was on the
programme for an address on the sub
ject, Powers Conferred and Limitations
Imposed on Cities in Kansas
The feature of the entire meeting will
the address by James Hagerman, of
ST. Louis, tonight 1t will be given in
the supreme court room and the session
is open to the general public. 1t is the
custom each year to invite some attor-
ney of national reputation to deliver an
annual address. This year Mr.. Hager-
man was invited to do this, and he will
speak on Lawyers and Bar Associa-
tions."
Mr.. Hagerman formerly lived in To-
peka- He was connected with the legal
department of the Santa Fe at the time
Judge McCrary was general solicitor
Then he went to the Missouri Pacific,
moved to ST. Louis, and is now general
solicitor for the entire Missouri Pacific
system.
Mr.. Hagerman has attained a high
place among the lawyers of America
always attends the meetings. of the
American Bar association, of which he
is member, says that whenever Mr..
Hagerman has anything to say in that
the attention of the brightest legal
minds of the nation. The Kansas law
yers are looking for something excep-
tionally good from him tonight
The association will continue in SeS-
sion tomorrow and close tomorrow eve
ming with the annual banquet at the
Copeland. The programme for tomor-
row will be as follows:
FRIDAY, JAN. 81, $50 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
Address, Assessment and Taxation"
Fred Dumont Smith. Kinsley.
Address. THE Most Meritorious of the
Papers of the Senior Class of the state
University Law School, in Contest for
This Honor.
Address, s'Probate Courts" Sidney Hay
den, HOlton-
AFTERNOON SESSION. O'CLOCK.
Report of judiciary committee T. N.
Sedgwick, chairman.
Address. Delays and Technicalities in
the Administration of Justice, r. NJ.
Picker, Smith Center
Address, 1.-The Loves of the Lawyers
John E. Hessin Manhattan.
Reports of other committees.
Miscellaneous business.
Election of OFFICERS.