The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-08
RHODE ISLAND
DAk Al DINNER
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The SIXTH ANNUAL EVENT
Portrait Of Late Thief Justice Siapiss Re-
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The SIXTH ANNUAL EVENT


One of the p,sssantsst And most lnksr-
sstins gatnsnnso ot me seaSsn was Iae
sixth Annual meeting and oianex or tas
RAoae lsiand bar association at tae
hIolss Oh FRANKLIN street last evening. A
supptusus dinner was preosded sy
brieI eusiasss sesaisn. at whiep the an
nual elssuop o1 ehiesrs ives heaA
AZ Q uaxIter OF course BrdnIlp Cslwsu
walks re-slsoted VrsGaent ana HAlan a.
aorgan was re-sisotsd seorstArS. tor
every lawyer knows that tina SUCCESS the
association has made 40 due TO tnsig IN
urlng ettsxts and hard and seasonAele
work The other officers chosen were:
First vice president ftsphen \ Soose:
treasurer, Wiiiiam H. sweeuand; szeeu-
tive committee. Robert W. Burbank, yohn
W. Hogan. Theodore y. Green, John Hen
shaw and James A. Ptrce;
Hon. Moorehela Storey Of Boston, an ex-
president OF the American Bar sssocia-
tion; Hon lie Baron b. Colt, Judge OF the
United States circuit court Hon. SaS[isS .ss
Rhode Island supreme court; Associate
Justice r.. c. Dubois Of the supreme court
OF Rhode Island. Judge stephen a
Cooke, vice presidenI and william A.
ON oors9 sresids:.. soiweils seft sat his excel
lency 1. r. c. Garvin, governor OF Rhooe
Island. Hp. Horatio Rogers, former as
sociass justice Of the supreme court, 1itsd hond
b4ahs circuit court; Hon. augustus
ME<r. mayor Of Providence; Amasa M
, Eaton and Dexter p. Potter.
POST PRANDIAL EXERCISES.
President Colwelr after due attention
| had been paid TO the dinner addressed the
members Of the association. In an in-
terestlng way he told OF the work OF ths
association and dwelt particularly on ts
49, f.f ha n
stitutional amendment providing for the
reorganzation OF the courts. Mr.. Colwell
also urged that the members lend their
| aid in the drafting OF the laws made
necessary by the change in the constitu-
| ton In closing, the president called at
| tention to the portrait OF the late Chiei
Justice Staples. which hung on the wall
and introduced ex-Chief Justice Matteeon
! The last named was given the same
warm reception that he always receives
when he appears before the ASSOCIATION
| He said:
my personal knowledge OF Judge sta
| ples was very slight Soon after coming
| to Providence as a school boy In 1885,
began to meet from time to time upor
the street at all. spare man. His long
white locks, tall silk hat with vide prin
| and his white neckerchief OF ample pro
portions, attracted my attention. HIS ois
nined and venerable appearance impressed
me greatly and marked him as man o
no ordinary note. This man, / suose
ouently learned was Chief Justice Staples
then state auditor, an office created soor
| after his retirement from the bencn aht
OF which he was the FIRST incumbent
continued so 10 meet him until his death
but | never had the privilege of his &C
auaintance Whatever else may say IL
regard TO Judge Staples must be IRON
the record and the testimony OF others
and not from personal impression.
HIS EARLY LIFE
william Read Staples was born II
Providence Oct 10, 1898. He was educate'
in Trown University, and graduated IRON
that institution In the class of 1871. IL
studied law In Providence, In the onlce