The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-27
LAWYERS ARE HERE.
Bar Association Begins Its
Sessions in Topeka.

Chief Justice Clark of North Caro-
lima who has won fame IN the south
as an orator and jurist, will address
the State Bar association tonight. The
subject of his address Will be Some
Considerations Upon the Constitution
of the United States"
Judge Clark arrived in Topeka last
night and stopped at the Throop hotel,
He was Immediately taken in charge
by Judge J. G.. Slonecker. Judge Clark
was present at the election to the
United States senate al noon today OF
Chester / Long. He was visiting
around in the house and senate and
meeting a few of the prominent law
makers and interpreters of the state
when the house was called to order for
the cut and dried ballot. During the
recess before the ballot was taken,
Judge Clark met Speaker Pringle and
said that he was glad to meet a fellow
jurist who was in d position of high
honor and trust.
Judge Clark has a pleasant face and
the Unborn grace of a southern gentle
man. His career as a jurist has been
a long and brilliant one, and still he shows
little symptoms of age except a white
mustache. He is favorably impressed
with what he has seen of Kansas and
its capital.
The State Bar association met in the
supreme court rooms at 10 o'clock this
morning, the first meeting of the ses-
sion, to attend business of the assOcia-
IlOn. ana near the reports OF the "a
ecutive council, the secretary and treas
urer. The afternoon session, beginning
at O'Clock, observed the following pro-
gramsne:
Presidents annual address. THE SUI
preme Power in the State" B. F. Mil
ton, Dodge City.
Report of judiciary committee: J. c.
Pollock, chairman. Winfield.
Report of committee on legal educa-
ton and state university law school;
J. w Gleed chairman. Topeka.
Address, Some Phases Of Legal Edu-
cation at Home and Abroad" W. L.
Rurdick. Lawrence.
Founders day exercises. Short reni-
niscent addresses and early day exDe-
riences by ]. H. fitzpatrick. Leaven-
worth: c. 3. Graves EmDOria: Clark
a. Smith, Cawker City, and others.
Miscellaneous business.
The meeting tonight is open to all,
and ladies are specially invited to be
present. The Ad Astra Quartette will
furnish music.
At the banquet, which will be held at
the Hotel ThrooD Wednesday night,
January rs, the following toasts will be
proposed:
THE Law and Its Makers" Senator
Wulfekuhler.
The Law and It's Interpreters" Judge
LObden.
Editors and Lawyers Charles S.
Finch
Guilty or Not Guilty" ". S. Roark.
keep OI the CTIdSSs FREQ OufnOnl
Smith.
THE Stranger Within Our Gates. .
Chief Justice Clark of North Carolina.
TOMORROW'S MEETING.
Following is the programme for the
session tomorrow:
Report of committee on amendments
to laws. James T. Herrick. chairman,
Wellington.
Report of committee on probate
courts, B. F. Milton, chairman, Dodge
1 City
Report of committee on universal con-
/ gress of lawyers and jurists, J. G. Sion
/ ecker, chairman Topeka.
/ Address, "Extradition." Eugene F.
/ Ware, Washington, D. c.
Address, The Doctrine of Reasonable
/ Doubt"
The most meritorious of the papers OF
/ the senior class of the State university
law school, in contest for this honor.
4 Address. THE Case of Shelley VS.
/ Westbrooke" Il JAG 1861 r. A. Burch
Salina.
Miscellaneous business.
AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 O'CLOCK.
Report Of committee on admission to tht
! bar. Abijah Wells, chairman. Seneca.
! Address. The Contracts of Married WO.
men" Julia F. V. Harris. Wellington.
Address. THE Unwritten Constitution oil
the United States Chancellor Frant
j Strong. La wrence-
Address. The Loves of a Lawyer vii
liam Thompson. Burlingame.
Question box, conducted in the interests
of county attorneys. J: S. West Topeka.
Election of officers.
Miscellaneous business.