The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-09
BAR MEETING
has CLOSED
Banquet Was Given 10 Honor
of the Visitors.
AFTER DINNER SPEECHES
Muskogee Man Gave Some
Valuable Information

Guthrle, y. L, Jan. Sine Oklahoma
Bar association closed its annual meet
ing with banquet after the election Of
these officers for the ensuing year:
President, Roy V Hoffman. Chandler
yice-presdents, c. q. Horner. Guthrie;
w. w Noffsinger, KIngisher; B. B. Bla-
keney, Tecumseh; ]. F. Palmer, Pawnee:
c.. J. West, Enid; Luther Martin, Alya;
L. E. Grinstead, Anadarko; secretary
Charles H. Wood, Guthrie; treasurer. S.
S. Lawrence, Guthrie. Other elections
were: Members of council, f. c. Hum,
Saltwater; c. /. Botsford, Norman;
Frank Wells, Oklahoma City; w. L.
Eagleton, Pawnee; Seymour F'oose, Wa
tonga; G. E. Black, Taloga; e. L. Ken
nedy Lawton. Delegates to American
Bar association, Selwyn Douglass, Okla
homa City; Z. Z. Blake, FL Reno; Jesse
j. Dunn, Alva. Delegates to worlds con-
gress of lawyers c. T.. Ames, Oklahoma
City; NJ. J. Kane Kingfsher; S. III. Har-
ris, Perry; a. VI. Mackey, Pond Greek;
S. ]. Cunningham, Lawton
One hundred guests attended the annual
Banquet of the Oklahoma Bar association
last night. The banquet was served in
the dining room of the Elks hotel and
the decorations and service were of the
finest.
The feature of the after dinner re-
sponses was the address of Hon. Clifford
L. jackson OF Muskogee, in response TO
the toast '"The Man without Country.
Mr Jackson is for single statehood. He
was a Guthrie boomer and arrived in this
fair city on the first day He knows Ok
lahoma and he knows the Indian Terri
tory. He told about both and his hearers
We're instructed in the methods Of the
Indian Territory, in the aims, desires and
deserts of that fair land with the elo-
Quence that has made for Mr.. Jackson
reputation wider than the area of the
two territories.
He showed that there are more full
blood Indians in New York state than
there are in the Indian Territory He
announced that the Indian Territory is
the victim of a bad system and that it
is woefully misgoverned for that reason.
He referred TO the proposition to annex
the Creek and Seminole nations to Okla
homa at this time and let the rest follow
later and announced that the plan would
be pleasing to him were it not wrong and
he hoped that statehood for the two
simultaneously and as one
Ernest E. Blake of FL Reno was
toastmaster. He introduced the various
speakers with the customary eioquence
and happiness of demeanor that charac-
terizes his efforts at speechmaking all
of the time. He had some happy allusion
to make each time there came a new
name on the program.
The first speaker was Judge F. r. Gil
lette of the supreme court. He talked
of the Black Cat. 1t was a sermon in
some respects against the trust evol. But
1t was interspersed with wit and happy
suggestions that brought out demonstra-
tions of approval.
c. b. Ames of Oklahoma City respond
ed 10 the toast Attractions of the Legal
Profession" 1t was an elegant bouquet
for the ideal lawyer. The speaker eulo-
gized the profession of the law and an |
nounced to the audience that a lawyer is
the noblest work of God.
War and Peace was the caption of
o happy effort by s. NJ. Cunningham of (
Lawton Mr. Cunningham told some |
catchy stories and related a number of
anecdotes that helped the lawyers to en- /
joy the evening. He described case /
that was tried in the district court OF /
I.awton in a manner to create an uproar |
OF laughter and applause. Mr.. Cunning
ham is one of the long-haired Texans
the style of Senator Bailey-and his COM /
mand of She language is a sort of birth /
right that belongs to the gentlemen of /,
the bar of the south
Judge c. p. Lincoln of FL Reno re-
sponded to the toast The Woman in the I
Case" His talk was eloquent. The wo- 1
man in the case is usually the most i'm /
portsnt factor. The judge realized it.
Don Carlos Smith of Guthrie respond !
ed TO the toast Good Night. Good Cheer. /
May You Have a Prosperous Year His /
speech was witty and caught on.
The toast Impressions of a Visitor
was responded to by y. H. Huston of 4
Guthrie. He told the members Of the /
bar a lot of things, but the things were /
so funny that There was little opportunity 4
TO hear much of the speech for the laugh /
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