The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-05
LAWYERS Of STATE
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
Judge John r. Phillips of Kan.
sas City Makes Principal
Address

There was no need of an injunction
to compel good fellowship at the an
nual banquet given by the Minnesota
State Bar association at the Ryan hotel
last night; it came spontaneously and
with will. The speakers were pleas
ing in the extreme. the menu was good
and all went merry. Staid lawyers and
judges forgot all about torts and COM
mon law, and reveled in the enjoyment
of being common men once more.
There was a wealth of good natured
raillery, and the lawyers said il was
good TO be on earth.
The annual meeting of the associa-
tion was held in the afternoon at the
old capitol, and the principal address
was delivered by Judge John F. Phil
lips of Kansas City, of the federal
bench. He spoke on the subject,
Something About Law and Lawyers.
His address was notable from the man.
ner in which he attacked pernicious
practices, which, he thought, were
creeping into the legal profession, n
de1ense OF the United States senate and
the federal law.
The business meeting of the bar as
sociation was held after the address
OF the association, and officers were
elected and reports of committees
heard. The banquet last night was In
the hands of ]. d. Armstrong. w. B.
Anderson. w. r. Begg, Rome c. Brown,
Z: w. Farnham. w. A. Kerr, A. ".
Rieke and w. H. Yardley.
The banquet was held in the main
dining room of the Ryan. The tables
were arranged two on a side, with the
speakers table at the end. Over 200
attended. Edward S. Stringer, retiring
president of the association, made a
few remarks. and introduced Roast
master j. L. Washburn of Duluth, as
the man from the ''unsalted seas"
After Dinner Speeches
Judge John F. Phillips was intro
duced by the "Roastmaster," and spoke
on Just as the Occasion Prompts"
Judge Phillips made quite an impress
sion as an after dinner speaker His
talk was in the lighter vein, calculat-
ed to please.
Speaking of government he mention
ed theory of a Chicago professor ex-
pounded a few days ago, that the bird
Kingdom would rule the world in TO-
100000 years. The judge had II all out
lined, as to what particular class each
would fiji. The pelicans would be the
congress. the lieutenant general OF the
army would be the golden eagle the
peacock would be the staff, the game
cocks would be the line, the sea gulls
the navy, the stormy petrels the ''tars,"
the owls the judiciary. the sage cocks
and early birds would be the lawyers
and the parrots and magpies would at
tend the pink teas and the progressive
euchre parties.
E. T. Young, attorney general, spoke
on the subject, How the Ship of State
Is Steered Between Scylla and Charyb-
dis" He noted that the speaker of
the house and justice of the supreme
court were on the programme to fol-
low him. He characterized the legis-
lature as Scylla and the supreme court
as Charybdis. The executive depart
ment had not been able to save the
control of the capitol from the legisla-
ture, he said, but had sent an expedi-
ton to Newport News last night. He
referred to the party that went TO
launch the battleship Minnesota. But
we won't give up the ship" he said.
He said that some Englishman had
said the legislature was omnipotent
and irresponsible. Minnesota's legisia-
otent.
Ciague Responds to Toast
Frank Clague had been chosen to re-
spond to the toast, "The Legislative
Scylla." He told Of the many trials
of the legislature. He was introduced
by the ''roastmaster', as a man who
had arrived" and not as a coming
man. He dubbed the supreme court
the coroner" of the state government,
because ii had the last word. He also
said that Minnesota was not too young
to monkey with the constitution"
The Minnesota judiciary" was the
text from which Justice Calvin L.
Brown preached. He thought the prin-
cipal job of the legislature was TO ap-
propriate money to pay the salaries of