The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-09

son or willard Dacusslon occasionally
reaches an excited stage, ind there ~
n Suggest loi, OF tho flcl,l instead OF the
forum IA n scene OF action. he only,
candidate III attendance ls Attorney Gen.
eral Anderson. Governor Montague aiid
Senator Martin have heretofore resh reg
THAR attendants. Il Y. WI 54i N
8FiThere are probably n hundred lawyeiH
$hcre tonight they have been coming
IN throughout the day BY boat and train
and will continue to do 20 tomorrow.
THE membership OF the associatlcyi,}
Hnrcording to the ann,,al report OF MI {,
IA. WI Patterson chairman OF tho cxec-
6t,tive committed. now numbers 438 active
members and IS honorary Tho repor!
contained tho surprising statement that
\ 8 members have been suspended fori non.
payment Of dues IA
The Mountains Next Year.
The session next yenr will be held az
the Hot Springs or tho White sulphur,
probably the former. 4, /. ~ ~. Il
when the session this morning was
called To order there were seated on t!le
rostrurn with Mr.. Alfred r. Thorn, the
president, MI. Harris Taylor. OF Ala
hama. minister to Spain Under MI
Cleveland, and perhaps the best known
American writer on leEnl subjectsa q.
81. George Tucker, dean OF the law lac ,aS
ulty az George Washington University '
washington, D. c. and presi'den -, o. s -
Hamilton. OF petersburg, and S.tC. Ora l's'
hnt,, of Tnza welt former presidents OF
the association, and Mr.. Robert NJ.
Hughes. Of Norfolk "A great many ladies'
were In the audience. sS
The Morning Session.
Mr., "a. w. Patterson, OF Richmond
chairman OF the Executive Committee,
rnrped the session to order at n:N
n,nlock. Hc called attention to the fact
fhatf.the association met hero at one o.
~ earliest sessionsi and had met here
frequently since. He said the Executive
Committee had selected sJohn B. Minor,
OF Richmond ! to q Ct as secretary IN the
stead 81 E1ige.1e Masaie, who has resigned
after long years Of faithful service, M.
Patterson concluded by presenting I. MI "
Alfred p. Thorn. the president, I'D !.
Mr.. Thorn was received with q burst o.
applause as he arose Ho said he did not
foresee when he accepted the position OF
president OF the association It would
not be possible for him to discharge al!
It's duties, ono OF which is the reading Of
an annual address. He has become gen
eral counsel Of the Southern Railway
since the association met at Hot Springs
last sumner. 3 Mr.. # HON said he had ex-
pressed 10 a CERTAIN IloIluoI " ttle 49,
ISOLATION that he wouldn't be able to
make an address.
Never mind It" said tho gentleman,
| "one-half will be glad and the other half
won't care.
81 have been accused 4 said Mr.. Thorn.
''of circulating the false report that I
wouldn't deliver an address In order to
get q good crowd. ..s
The Torrens System.
Mr.. Thorn presented Mr.. Eugene q.
Massie, OF the Richmond bar. who read o
paper on the Torrens system OF land reg
istration and transfer. Mr.. Massie be-
gan his address with number Of hu-
morous illusions to the failure OF Mr..
Thorn to deliver an address, and his plac-
ing somebody else in an attitude which
would elicit the criticism OF the audience.
Mr.. Massie has made closer study OF
the Torrens system than has been made
by any other lawyer In Virginia, and has
for years kept up q fight for the adoption
Of the reform. He promises to push the
fight in the Legislature, In which he will
have n seat this winter. He went into a
discussion OF the merits OF tho system
with considerable detail and was listened
to with close attention. There was pro-
| longed applause when Mr. Masse con
i cluded. 81