Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-24
Touches Upon jamestown Expo
sitiOn, Dual Personality and
Bars Relation to Shysters.
DISTINGUISHED GATHERING
Two Supreme Court Justices and
Prominent Jurists From All Sections
of the United States in Twentieth
Annual Meeting of the American Bar
Association at Narragansett Pier.


N3y Associated prcss.)
sNARRAGANSETT PIER, Il. l., Aug.
23:-Prornincnt juriSts from all Soc
liens of the United States gathered
here lc attend the opening sessions
toqay of the twentieth annual meet
iile Of the American lar Association.
INCLUDED in the number were Justices
White and brewer. OF the United
States Supreme Court. and many uru-
lessons az the varions law schools II.
tecicti with the great American uni.
versitics.
Tho conferences will continue
through tomorrow and Friday. AS the
ilrst feature of tCday'S sessions. the
president of the association, Harry ST.
George Tucker. of Lexington. Va. de-
iivercd his address, paying especial at
lcntiOn to the most noteworthy
changes i'll statute laws ON points nj
general interest made by congress and
III the various State legislatures during
the past year
This address was followed by the
nomination md election of members
and the presentation Of departmental
reports.
The address is quite lengthy. charac.
tcristic of the man and is beautifully
prepared. He said, in part:
Mr.. fuckers Address.
Genticmcn cf the American Bar AS
,sucialiOn:
y q A ds he life of our idiss6dciiatiron, anu
we are gathered once more in cur
harvest home To recount the struggles
nf thc' past year. to tell the stories OF
many hard-fought battles mingled
with the joys of victory or the pangs
of defeat.
Two years ago we me- beneath the
Shadow of the blue mountain of the
Old Dominion, where you left il lasting
impression for good and where u are
today freshly remembered by the Vir:
ginia Bar, who await your coming
again with eager expectancy and con
lident hope. Last year, abandoning
the contracted dCniain of the East, We
crossed the Father 'of Waters, ANA
pitched IL tent amid the glorits of
the worlds exposition where we drank
deep from the sources of knowledge
that science, art, philosophy and nm-
pie means has provided for the i'll
struction Of The world. The hospital
ity of the bar and the people of the
great city in which we. were. located
during our stay i'll that center of
Western energy. ] feel justified ip say.
ing. will always be remembered by IFS
AS among the most pleasing memories
of our lives.
To-day ! count it fortunate that the
authorities Of the association have
deemed it proper, after our visiiations
to tho Virginia mountains and the
broad plairics of the West. to recall
nur wandering steps and bring us back
to one of the earliest nurseries of
civilization on The continent, to the
rCck-bound coast of New England, by
The deep sea and music In It's
rOnr.' " =
jamestown Exposition.
Among The statutes of most inter.
est passed by tho last congress was
the act to authorize, In connection with
the jamestown Tcrccntennial. an in
tcrnational naval, marine and military
celebration. The statute was passed
in the closing days of the session, and
approved March 4, 1908. Ii makes al
appropriation of S250.000 for the pur
pose of holding in connection with tho
exhibition Il government celebration in
the waters of Hampton Roads. IL MP
points the President. the secretary Oi
the treasury, the secretary Of var and
the secretary of the navy a coinmIs
sion to- have full charge of The govern
mcnt exhibition at this time.
The jamestown Exposition. To DC
held i'll 1907, in order to celebrate thf
first permanent settlement uf the Eng
disappearing rue upon this cUnti.
nent, is all event of unusual interest
and unique in its opportunities. M
other exhibition has had such facili
ties for Il marine display, as no Other
has been held upon such IL magnificent
sheet of water rs Hampton Roads
upon which can ride the lave Of iht
world. The President has ,ssucI hi!
proclamation inviting the nations q
the world IN take part in the cclchra
ton. and il is believed thar the great
est naval display the world las eycI
witnessed will be one OF the chief mt
tarctions.
To Leave Beaten Track.
"Tlic managers of the exposition II
self express an intention of lcavin:
the beaten track Of other exposition
as far as possible. and emphasizing
not SO much the industrial as the his
%torical and% literary development o
the nation. lii this they have Il rar,
opportunity. 1t was these water
which first saw the small craft sound
ing their way inward. and which late
heard the gums OF tho Monitor an,
the 'Mcrrimac' during the Civil wa