The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-27
JURISTS IN
 CONVENTION Prominent Lawyers in
 St. Louis. ALABAMA REPRESENTED Twenty-seventh Session of Bar Association. sir William Kennedy, Chief Justice ef the High Court of England,
 Joins With Barristers
 of America.

history of the American Bar Associa- ton marked the opening session of the twenty-seventh session of the conven- ton, which convened today In Festival hall. on the Worlds Fair grounds
 Among the 500 members of the assc- citation. who were in attendance. was Associate Justice Brewer. of the United States Supreme Court: Hon. John W. Foster. former Secretary of State, and Sir William Kennedy, Chief Justice of the high court of England.
 During the convention. which con- tinues until Wednesday noon, when the universal congress of lawyers and jurists will assemble under the auspices of the association, it Is expected several important discussion will arise, chief of which will be that of the "Alaska boundary case"
 Of the several committee reports which will attract particuar attention. the report of the commercial committee is most frequently mentioned. This is due to the fact that at the 1903 conyen- ton this report was the center of con- trovery. and 1t is understood that, reia- tive to certain points at issue, a satis- factory settlement was not reached.
 The meeting was called to order by James Hagerman, of St. Louis, presi- dent of the association.
 Administration Criticized.
 President Hagerman said in part:
 Since the last meeting of this asso- citation Congress passed one very im- portant act. of far reaching conse- quence, to regulate shipping in trade between ports of the United States or ports or places in the Philippine archi- belago, and between ports or places in the Philippines.
 "In my Judgment the need of the times Is that the mandate should go forth to the American people as the judgment of their bench and bar. that territories can only permanently be held by the Unised states upon the con dition thatvthe residents and fnfab- itants shall De citizens of the United States, and that there shall be no tariff laws between such territories and the States of the Union. but all shall be within that zone of free trade which has included our States and territories. In the light of such mandate and with known knowledge of the conditions which 1t exacts the American people may decide that territory may be per- manently retained.
 T am not one of those who think 1t is absolutely essential that all terri tories of the United States should be ad- mitted to Statehood, for I believe that under our system territories can be governed as such in harmony with our republican, Democratic constitutional principles. The point which I empha- size is. and 1t seems to me that the ulti- mate judgment of the lawyers of the country will enforce it, is that the in- habitants of our territories must be en- titled to United States citizenship and they must have free. unavexed trade relations with us. Otherwise there will be departure from constitutional methods and principles which will be revolutionary in their nature and lead us to an imperialism which is incon- sistent with Republican Democratic in- stitutions
 Following the presidents address, the election of members and the reports of the secretary. treasurer and execu- tive were in order. The discussion of a paper presented by J. M Dickinson of Chicago, on the Alaskan Boundary Case" concluded the days session.
 General Council Elected.
 After the adoption of the reports of the Secretary. Treasurer and Executive Committee. members representing each State and Territory which had a mem bership in the Association were elected to the General Council, among them be- ing the following:
 Alabama. W. H. Thomas: Arkansas, John Fletcher: Florida, R. w. Will Hams; Georgia. R. R., Arnold Indian Territory. Clifford l.. Jackson; Ken lucky William H. Mccain: Louisiana, Thomas J. Kernon; Mississippi, E. J. Towers; New Mexico, Thomas B. Cat ron; North Carolina, J. Crocker Biggs; Oklahoma, Henry E. Asp: South Caro- lima, P. M. Mordecai; Tennessee, H. H. Ingersol: Texas. c. Stout; Virginia. F. Grimm. Directly preceding the re- cess for lunch a special meeting of the newly elected General Council was held at which Amasa M. Eaton of Providence, R. l.. was elected chair man. The nominations of 100 new members were then approved.
 The first order of business upon the reconvening of the session was the election of 136 new members of whose nominations the General Council had approved. J. M. Dickinson of Chicago. then read a paper on The Alaska Boundary Case" which occupied the re- mainder of the session.
 Following the adjournment of the convention, which was called at the conclusion of Mir. Dickinson's paper, more than one hundred members retired to the meeting of the section on legal education. The opening address was Ames. Dean of the Harvard Law School.
 A paper by George w. Kirchwey, Dean of the Columbia Law School on ''The Education of the American Law yer" was read by Prof, James Scott of Columbia University.