The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-27

versal Congress whose sessions were just
closed. in importance of the events Of the
Worlds Fair year Is the Universal Cen
Eress OF Lawyers. which. in conjunction
with the twenty-seyenth annual session OF
the American Bar Association. is dominat-
Ing the events of the Exposition this
week
No less renowue! in the profession In
which they are active factors are the law
yers than were the scientists who partici-
pared in the historical gathering OF last
week -; no less ability and Of standing
and reputation are the attorneys than
were "a" -aYsnts who participated in the
multiplicity oi sectionism of the congress
Just closed.
The essential roin; Of difference between
the -yO lies N the fact that the lawyers
are interested in the main in but a sin
gle line OF thought and by no means pa--
ticipate in kaleidoscope of interests such
as appealed to I'll. leaders of the many
branches Of the worlds thought.
The American Bar Association fills the
Programme fOr TN. first part Of the week
More than -, delegates have arrived. the
previous record for attendance being -.
Among the NOR. prominent arrivals for its
sessions are Justice Brewer OF the United
States S1pr"me Court. John w Foster.
former Secretary OF State: Judge SanbOrn
OF Minnea pnl.s. Judge Nandeventer Of
Cheyenne. Wy. Charles F. henderson Of
Nebraska. Judge Philips of Kansas City.
50. .ri.
For the frs, session. Of the association
"a aGdi-''lc. "i 90 gathered IN Festival
Hall Aimittlrc- was ty card only. and
those who wer. pr.s'lt were nearly ali
act!v" practiriuT.rs before the bars OF the
various courts Of III" United States. and
a. such v"re the most notabl. represent
:;lyeS Of The legal profession of ia. nation.
Grouped on she stage were the former
Secretary 81 STAT" John W. Foster. former
Secretary Of the Interior John ". Noble.
IL
Walter Il. St@y'Hs Of tn. Exposition. How
ard J. Rogers Director Of Congresses. and
Congress Of Lawyers In a party were
these former presidents of the American
Bar Association Cortland Parker Of New
ark. y. J. Simeon 4 Baldwin ~ New
John =. Dillon "i New York City. Hugh
NJ. Rose of I-;rrlc Rock. Ark. and Francis
Rlwle of Philadelphia.
a former president. Francis R7vic.
called the assembly TO order at II o'c,ork
and introduced To the association irs pres
ideEt. James Fas":m2u Of st Louis
LAWYERS ARE WELCOMED.
The lawyers were welcomed 20 she Fsx-
position Lv President Francis. who sToS-
briefly os. the scope Of the Exposition and
of the honor which had been brought TO
St Louis and 10 the Fair by the presence
Of 50 many % the brilliant men OF the
legal pro'a.sior gl fehalf of the Mis-
sJuri Rar Association. its president. John
d. Lawson. welcomed the visitors. and for
the ST. Louis Bar Association Judge Jacob
Klein briefly threw open the hospitabie
doors of - Louis to the delegates.
At the morning session the ANIMAL al
dress before the association was DELIVERED
by Piesiden; James Hagerman 0; st
Louis.
An interesting part Of his address was
his reference 20 the codifIcatior OF IN"
laws governing the Philippines. Porto Rico
and IN. Panama canal zone faTIs o.
President HaEerman's address follow:
STATUS OF PORTO RICO.
I, seems TO lie the consensus Of opinion that
ze are 10 permanently retain Porto Rico- The
political question remains yet % b G-ieruined
sh=th.s a. are % pe.Esn.uy rs,ain a., ,ne 5.to
hic, mu-t he treated a territory of the
aif m . s,iiss a.s. ae e her L u .ha BE tteTInine
20 permanently retain ;h- Philippin.s. must not
s5sas sAie TENT % = y % IA. Un;i-d siste- and
their Inhabitants citizens of the lnii-d stAte-
raiss Iae Roman T:sa1inee. nor as England.
through tie Eas; India COMPANY: rniea the
rie. /; may pe that the f-ieFa;ive pr!T.cipi.
which forms the bass Of our Gos.rr.n1sn' -
distant countries and diner:nt race. OF other
tsrri;ories We permanently retain. ana what
eve. sTsrb p~;g n:, se rSy.fned q. ean.tiiuiicnsi
Republic should govern according 10 Amer
of o. the Gorsrfrssnts i oi another henisph-rs
fs il MOI equally clear that not only should
sag ;ss.. r. ' ei,i1srs Of he pn,,sa States ba;
e ;a: sns al n rs.n ,s nass q ihas
trade. which. since the adopt:on Of The Eed-,sl
Sta,e. ef the Union. and the territories q.
the United states with respect 20 themselves
Are not the hneric1n people .gern,,,in< 20
the rresen; tariff between the Phiiiprin.s ans
temporary necessity and because IL has not h.-n
determined 20 permanently retain the Philip
In my Judgment. IN. need Of the time, !. tha,
TIE ;nana': .hOns g cor;. 70 o.. The s anssas sas
sar that Territ9Tiss can only he p.rnan,.,n.ily
ts.i fs,i x. ne Te,!aan9s % and irhasiant- sSsiI 6
c.tizsns 81 n. ylLtet siai.. snd .,s. inai h..
within ,hs- zoae Of free rIsd- which IA. here
,'' ;he light 'tS II such rinia,s ard with xnovi,
edge u The Conditions which It eNaets the
Territory Is 70 Be permanently retained
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Following the presidents address. the
business OF the session was taken up
New members to the number of 10 were
elected to membership
According 10 the report Of Secretary
John Hinckley. forty-eiCht members have
been elected 10 the association during the
past year. and all the States OF the Union
are represented except New Mexico. Var
ious Territories are also represented. In
Guiding the Philippines and the Hawaiian
Islands. The secretary's report indicated
further that 3T5 local bar associations
We're represented at the general meeting
The report " the Executive Committee
showed that. according 70 one OF the re-
cent rules OF the association. about S.'S
had been appropriated by the association
during the last year for the maintenance
Of committees on Jurisprudence, Legal Ed
ucation and Admission to the Bar and
Uniform State Legislation.
According TO the report of Treasurer
4 t..
balance on hanc at the meeting OF the
present session amounted TO Ss.42-s2. the
balance on hand this time last year being
S. 1854 and The receipts during the year
amounting to %.Ss-H.
MEMBERS OF GENERAL COUNCIL
Members OF the General Council were
elected as follows:
Alabama ". II. Thomas. Alaska. Melville c.
Brown ATl.ona; 9 Hei1dol; Atsansas: xsn,
loio-ad5. I.aeias ". HOyt; Connecticut; simeon
z Baldwin; p-la.ars John r. Ni.ld- Dis
Williams: VII an 5;e@isis. Ruben r Arnold; Hawaii.
Ray,a Ms. l. ihs. .HiIsisa l%,a 7l;: a79 SMILE Ma indian
Territory. clifford l. Jackson: Indian. William
Gaf Msn l?"s < DVsliE William kfn MceSy com
5s h2ss MsTsnd < vSass Msse Ss.r. Ms.i
William !. January. Minnesota. r. ..B
l ea2En sRsl Ia%sa: Montana. wiss1 Tfssn s.s Mis.
ders. Nebraska, r.. Is. BIeck.nTidSe: New
]. a BeTren: Nsw Metieo, Tsoms. T +. csiron: af5n
Nee York Walter 8 Logan. North Carolina
J. Craxferd Rigs; North Dakota. Andrew A.
Bruce. Ohio Francis Il. James: Oklahoma Ter
ritory. Henry z: Asp: oregon. X $ Bean:
Pennsylvania. w: I Hensch; Philippine Is
lands David ". Iancey: Rhode Island. Amasa
NJ Eaton. South Carolina. T. A. Mordecal:
south Dakota. Coe !. Crawford. Tennessee.
Henry H IngersoIl: Texas. 4. Spoufs: Usah.
Charles 5. ya-ian: Vermont. Elihu b Taft.
Virginia. s Griffin. Washington. c. H Han
ford: West Virginia. George Z. Price: WILSON,
sin. Burr W Jones: Wyoming. Charles y.
Potter.
The feature Of the afternoon session was