The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-01

| c. Mcclellan. D. c. Almon. D. c. Marks. G. M. Inge, W. T. Seibes, w. R. Chap man, Stewart Mckenzie, G. M Marks, P. H. Stern, r. s. Ball, D. c. Cook, E. w. Pettus, Jr., c. C. Whitson, Claude Riley, A. M. Garber, E. H. Dryer Eu- 1 gene Ballard, ". T. Grubb, A. c. Birch and A. Roulhac.
 1 John V. Smith was instructed to cast | the vote of the association in favor of | the motion.
 Presidents Address. President Roulhac then delivered his an- nual address.
 He touched upon the war between Rus sia and Japan. He said new lessons in warfare was shown in nearly every bat ;. tie. He pointed out that nearly all of 1 the modern vessels had their origin in the southern states. He also took oc- casion to tell of the struggle between the l states and complimented the southern | soldier.
 | Every citizen should be proud of the l Amercanism in him as a citizen of this great nation, said the president | He said it had excited the admiration | of the other countries by the way this nation made treaties to avoid bloody wars, and the diplomacy of this country is looked with wonder by the peo- l pie of the world.
 I | of the United States and said 1t was a 1 place where every citizen can follow his own calling He took up the labor situation and said that unionism was natural, but it should not threaten an l honest mans effort to earn living. The | president stated that Alabama had law to prevent boycottng. which he thought was passed by the legislature 1 in good faith
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 John P Tilman. of Birmingham, moved that committee be appointed to select the officers for the coming year. l This was carried. The president stated | he would name them later.
 w. w. Callahan, chairman of the cen | tral council. asked that his report be | heard tomorrow This was granted | Alexander Troy read the treasurer's | report. which showed there was a bal ance on hand of s101.s0. The dues collect I ed during the year was $910. Disburse- I ments were $92775
 w. M, Blakely, of the executive com mittec read his report He commend l ed that a committee be appointed to draw up suitable resolutions on the death of K. l.. Hpp, of Cullman, and l P. c. Massie. of Montgomery. The com | mittee had examined and approved the | treasurers report.
 H s. D. Mallory. of the committee on tu. It was only routine.
 w. L. Chambers Talks. w. L. Chambers, formerly of this city, but now of Washington, spoke on "The Ministry of the Lawyer"
 He said the lawyers of the state pro- tect society from violence and defend- | ed the home of the people.
 "It is no mean thing to be servant in good cause.' said the speaker
 He pointed out that the lawyers were the servants of the people.
 The first library, he said, owed it's ex- istence to the layers. The lawyers are here to bring order out of chaos said MT. l Chambers.
 The speaker for some time discussed the origin of law and the duties of the att torneys who he said were ministers of state.
 | A recess of five minutes was taken.
 Just before recess President Roulhac l appointed George w. Jones. J. P. Till man, w. s. Thornngton and Judge J. H. Aston as a committee to escort John w. | Judd of Nashville, Tenn. who is the | principal speaker to the stand. | After the recess the committee escorted | him to the chair.
 George w. Jones, the we'll known Louis- | vile and Nashville attorney. introduced the speaker in a few happy remarks. Mir. Jones said:
 | MT. FreSluenI, Ladies ana Gentlemen-- 1 l learned several years ago that if a man wished to popularize himself in introduce i ing a speaker he should say nothing. But I even if I had no scruples on that subject, | I am sure that I could not do this oc- | casion justice. therefore, l humbly wish | to say that I take pleasure in saying 1t | Is a great honor to have the pleasure of | introducing to you of the most dis i tingushed jurists of the south, the Hon. ] John w. Judd.
 Mr. Judd Speaks.
 Mir. Judd then delivered his address on
 "rhe Fourteenth Amendment; It's His l tory and Evolution"
 | The speaker read the amendment and told of the purpose of it's passage. Prior to the war between the states | the states rights were recognized, the 1 speaker said.
 He stated that the real history and purpose of the passage of this amend ment has been generally misunderstood. He believed that the future historian | would say that the reason of the pas | sage was on account of slavery.
 The speaker was of the opinion that the south to a certain extent gave cause | for the passing of this amendment. Several reports were made at the after noon session. The meeting will be held at Jackson's lake tomorrow. the first item to be the report of the committee on legislation by the chairman. Hon. w. l.. Troy. The following programme will be rendered.:
 Paper by Lawrence Cooper, Esq. on Our Railroad Commission as Political Factor"
 Report of the committee on publication by the chairman. Alv- Fitzpatrick. Esq.
 Paper by Emmet O'Neal Esq. on 'The Power of Congress to Reduce Represen- tation in the House of Representatives and in the Electoral College
 Report of the committee on Grievances by the chairman. Daniel Coleman. Esq.
 Paper by Henry Fitts Esq. on "A l Comparative Study of Judicial Systems" Report of the committee on local bar associations by the chairman, W. T. San ders. Esq.