The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
GEN. HARRISON
 CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Continued from Page Three.)
Senator Pcttus to MT. Troy.

General Pettus said:
 Members of the Association-Since l came into this room, I have been re- puested to make this presentation to bur honorable Secretary. I suppose l was requested as the man furthest in the past, that could recollect some things beyond twenty-five years, I do not see any other reason, because 1t seems to me that if was expected to make the presentation they ought to have given me about two weeks time to put on the flowers.
 still, having been called on to per- form this pleasure giving task, I de- sire to say that my memory enables me to go back as far as twenty-five years in the past. I remember a man named Houston from Limestone, who would come down here among us and preach the purest doctrine, and you all sanctioned it: and took charge of your own affairs. and after you got your own affairs regulated to suit yourselves, the lawyers rose up and formed this As sociation, and they elected our distin- guished member there its Secretary, and he has been Secretary ever since and he has been attending to his du- ties with q faithfulness that would have done credit to the Association. and reflected honor on the old Tar Heel State, and he IS not only from the Tar Heel State, but ne has got tar on his heels. and has attended to the duties well. -:-.. .. F. T had just as we'll tell the truth. it is before you all. do not wish to con- ceal anything-he has attended to all the business of the Association for the past twenty-five years. l am not talk ing to strangers, but I just wanted the members of the Association to know that fact, and 1t is a fact. -.>
 Well. Brother Troy I just want to say to you, right now-even though the lNAIl will go on for twenty-five years more. then we will consider if we cannot do better. and make you President, or something. after twenty-five years more service. -...:.-..- .
 q read in book once a description of Red Jackets speeches. apd I re- member that If man has no other merit to his speech he can al least have said for it that 1t was short"
 At the close or his remarks Senator Pettus handed to Mir. Troy a splendid silver berry bowl from the Associa- ton.
 Response of MT. Troy.
 MT. Troy in replying said in part:
 There is no one, and there can be no one. who more keenly feels, or more fully appreciates the esteem and re- spect of his fellowman than I do This beautiful present of course Is priceless on account of it's association, and is V, by being presented by the distin- guished gentleman who has rendered 1t to me. distinguished Senator from the State of Alabama. a grand old. square block of granite-General Ed mund w. Pettus of Dallas. We all love him, and no one in the State of Alabama mentions his name except with reverence and affection.
 'The Association has done me too much honor. I have done some of the work of the Association, but its sue cess is not due to me or to any man or set of men. If you would ascertain the secret of Its success. ask this same distinguished gentleman who has made this presentation to me; ask the accomplished Cooper, or the eloquent Harrison. or the brilliant Roulhac. or the Londons. or Tillman, or Parker. or Weakley. or you. -or you (pointing to several members) all of you. and you will say that you believe that every lawyer owes duty and an obligation to his profession, and that this duty and this obligation can be better dis charged by united action rather than by individual exertion; that 1t Is which brings you here in the sweltering days of June to transact the business oi this Association. a" %r
 mental law of this Association de. clares that 1t was organized for the purpose of upholding the honor of tho profession. The bar of the State looks to the Association to accomplish tha result: the people of the State look tt the Association for the accomplish ment of that purpose, and thank Heav. en, the day Is at hand when they will not look in vain. There were those al the organization of this Association and others who have since aided IT building 1t up-the fragrance of whose memory still permeates the air. whict fills the hills and valleys in this State
 "It Is the memory of these men. anC the distinguished men who yet occupy positions at the bar of the State, whicl makes it an honor to belong to the profession of the Law, and should make a man feel ashamed to do an unworthy act in his profession. Az I have said the bar of the State, and the people look to this Association for the carry ing out of the object of its organiza' tion, and while it is young. in the his tory of this State we do not recognize that there is in it's lexicon any sucl word as fail' in its efforts. It pro poses to go on with this work until tho name of lawyer is again respected ant honored from the beautiful valley o ths Tennessee to where the waters o the Gulf wash tho sands at Mobile.
 T accept, gentlemen of tho Associa'