The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09


at 10 o'clock this morning. Tick
cts should be secured from Score.
tary Troy. The special train Will
return to the city at a:so p p M a.
but the lawyers who desire 10 90
SO, may return on a regular train
at p. m.
Through the warp and woot OF the
irst days proceedings OF the tWenty-
seventh annual meeting OF the state
Bar Association of Alabama. there ran
the perceptible gratincation OF the
members at the work acconnpiii,snne s ny
the high standard of the legal profess
sion in Alabama.
In raising the moral tone Of the legal
profession the year just closed mas peer
more fruitful of results. perhaps, than
any previous twelve months in the
twenty-seven years of history or the
Association. The twelve months just
closed had brought with them added
work Directly these opportunities
came from the Legislature of Alabama,
but their origin was in the State Bar
Association.
The last Legislature opened a clear
and definite way for the ejectment of
a lawyer who might yield to tempta-
tion in the practice OF his profession.
citation, jealous Of the honor Of their
profession, work to do in keeping clean
the name and fame Of the legal profess
sion. The opportunities and the work
came to the Association because the
members wished 1t and because they
labored with the Legislature to secure
There was no thought when the
movement started that the legal pro-
fession in Alabama needed reform and
the pruning knife. 1t enjoyed then In
simple justice the highest standing In
the Southern States. But there has
been work to do in ferretinS out more
or less rare cases of unprofessional
conduct and making the repetition of
such conduct impossible from the same
man What the Association has done
has been done with no fanfare of
trumpets and no public spectacle has
been made of any mans misfortune. II
NAV be that report of the Central
what has been accomplished In this
work. Again and again qualification
was expressed at the raising in the past
year Of the standard of professional
tive feature of the days proceedings.
ROUSING ADDRESS BY
HON. r. III. BUsBEE:
In the historic hall of the House Of
Representatives where the meeting was
called to order by President Edward
deGraffenreid of Greensboro, Hon; pa,
bus H. Busbee. a Southerner bred and
born, Of Raleigh, N. c, addressed the
assembled lawyers on, The Southern
LAWYER and the Negro"
In the name of his mistress, the law
sssrs rs appsase a sn te Cultivate
public sentiment that would secure to
the members of the colored race the
protection in person and liberty, which
the constitution solemniy guarantees
to every person within her borders"
At the outset he divorced the ques-
ton of the Negroes participation in pol
ltics, and his right to justice before
the law. The domination or the white
race in governmental affairs was now
established for all time in the South
and it would never be placed in jeop-
aEdy.
speakable horrors of mob violence. It's
indefensible cruelty and injustice. He
eCpealed for an enlightened and arous-
ed public sentiment which would COM
ba. mob violence until 1t had become
only m unpleasant memory.
Alabama OF all Southern States he
said. offered the most fertile field for
this work. More than any OF her sis
Ter States she was showing an aroused
conscience to the majesty and suprem-
acy of the law.
Mr.. Busbee is a convincing. logical
speaker a user of chaste and beautiful
English His ideas are >marshalled and
trained in Irresistible order ana they
are clothed and uniformed in clear
And vet Mr. Busbee makes no at
tempt at oratory. as the word is popu-
iarly understood. There is no studleo
raising and lowering of the voice. no
would-be impressive periods of silence;
and no attempt to speak In rouno anu
sonorous periods.
His earnestness is the earnestness of
nature, and when one Is earnest nat
urally his words are not enunc1ated IN
a clear and measured wav. Mr.. Bus
hee's voice is the voice of the lawyer
and the advocate rather than the voice
Of the orator.