The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-15
The Bar Association Took the Mat.
ter Up at Its Meeting
Yesterday.
Resolution for Delay is Almost Unanimously Re
iected and Attorneys Are Chosen to
Present Case to Supreme Court.

The Barg Association at meeting
held yesterday decided to take the
action suggested by the town meeting
county act in the Supreme Court. The
Executive Committee was authorized
to arrange for a test, if one could be
successfully made and two counsel viii
be appointed to represent each side.
j. A. Matthewman will attack the case
and "A. s.. Hartwell will defend it. A
resolution proposed by Mr.. Stewart to
delay matters, with the intention of
awaiting the result of the Hatch mis-
sion was almost unanimously rejected
and the matter win be taken up i'm
mediately after a conference with the
vGovernor and the Attorney General.
The meeting was called to order by
President w. o. Smith in the Castle 50
Cooke hall shortly after four O'clock
There were present w. o. Smith, J. a.
1Iatthewman, A. S. Hartwell,s E. p.
Dole. l. A. Thurston, WI. Stanley.
A. A. Wilder. A. F. Judd, S. H. Derby,
w. w. Thayer, L. J. Warren, T. Nc
cants Stewart, r. d. Mead, j. L. Kau-
1ukou,. C. R. Hemenway, E. A. Mott
Smith, w. l. Whitney, B. L. Marks
and w. C. Parke.
MIR. Smith stated that the object of
the meeting was to consider the reso-
buttons adopted at the town meeting,
which Secretary Matthewman read, to-
gether with a short letter of transmit
tai from Secretary J. L. Holt.
A. S. Hartwell immediately moved
that the executive committee be author
lied to arrange a plan to consider the
feasibility of a test of the validity OF
the county act, and that two counsel
from the Bar Association be selected
to represent each side in the contro-
yersy to serve without compensation.
The motion was seconded by p. T.
Dole.
COMPLIMENT TO THE ASSOCIA-
TION.
General Hartwell in support of his
motion said he appreciated the COM
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yeyed by the resolutions adopted at
the town meeting. Action such as
taken at the public meeting in refer
ring this matter to the Bar Associa-
tion is unusual to say the least" said
Mr. HartwelI IT am glad on some
accounts for an expression of that
Kind of confidence in the bar. 1t is
an unusual thing for this Association
in,
way, but there is no question but
what it is a matter of great public
interest to have the county act tested,
and that as soon as possible. If we
are to have the law sustained We
should lose no time; If the Supreme
Court does sustain it it will be very
we'll, and il in the meantime the mis-
sion of Mr.. Hatch is successful the
case can then be continued or with
drawn entirely.
w. o. Smith stated that the appeal
from the citizens to the Bar Associa-
Sion should be needed and the resolu-
tions adopted at the town meeting
were again read.
JUDGE STANLEY. IN OPPOSITION.
Judge w. L. Stanley opposed the pro-
posed action of the Bar Association in
attempting to help litigation, when the
county act had never been attacked.
''I feel as does Judge Hartwell, that
we ought to appreciate the action of
the Merchants Association and the
mass meeting said he, ''in recogniz-
ing the Bar Association as a factor in
local conditions. The compliment to
the Association is unusual, but at the
same time, I for one, do not believe
that resolution of that kind should
be passed at small meeting such as
this is, where less than one-fourth OF
the members are present, 1t should
be left over until a. larger meeting.
This idea is not altogether the action
of the Merchants Association, but as
understand it was inspired by one
member of this Association. 1t is out
side the objects and scope of the Bar
Association to take up the county act
and have it decided by the Supreme
Court. It was only recently through
the public press that doubt was cast