Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-12-20
A NOTABLE EVENT IS THE
 BAR ASSOCIATION BANQUET
President Norris Royalty Entertains The Members at The
 Hotel Burke

be left in us. to afford a meeting in peace, an hour without a fight. The bylaws and rules have established that toward the close of each year some member supposed to possess the mater ial qualifications shall be chosen pre- sident, whose custom-bound duty it then becomes to banquet the ''bunch. The bylaws provide for an election early in December, and previous ban quets have followed during the hOli- days between Christmas and the New Year; but I was spotted early, and the election called ahead of time, and I have had desperate struggle to postpone this event, even to the mid dle of the month, although, if l assert ed it, you would deny my ineXperienee in postponements and delays. HOwev- CT. through the aid df the matchless Mike Hickey in gathering good things together. you are here, and l trust you will ratify the untimely election; or, if not satisfied, declare it void, and the office vacant, select another vie tim, and I will help you do it all over again.
 It is hoped that you cradled all your differences and put them to sleep be- fore you started here this evening. That you bundled all vour contentious, wrapped them in rubber bands, and closed them in your desk. If, however, you did not, the welcome you have is great enough to chloroform any lurking animosities and administer ether to every grudge. For in the "cases' we are trying tonight. there is no diff ! ference between us as to the law or ] fact. I venture that when we have completed the trial of them all we shall be agreed. Let then your souls be lifted in air; let the music of the ! evening soothe and enliven the spirit of generosity. For one hour divert ] your minds from the accustomed poir Ing out of your brothers short comi and his clients sins, to the no delightful acknowledgement of the -o1l's harmony and fraternal fei low-k.p. Let this occasion serve it's part toward welding us together ia support of the growth of our fraternity.
 It is popular to declaim against the lawyer, but trouble leads men to th' ] betrayal of great respect when the, ] lv to you with uplifted arms fo. 1 help. Therefore, deep sense of na- ! tural justice is a necessary fuHdameli- tai basis for a lawyer, as sunshine IS to line. The just practice of our pro fession does not always lead us to the forum. Our highest services are of ten rendered in pointing out honor able and diplomatic settlements Os differences. 1 higher degree of skill is practiced in showing proposed liti- ] gants the way out of trouble without surrendering their independence of their rights. A charming and delightful art is that of the promotion of peace among men, and our most lasting 1 deeds. and those of the greatest valuc to the individual and our country. are | thus rendered. Let's hold aloft the principles of our profession. the char
 acter and personnel of our association. 1 We are gratifed by the evidence of esteem in which our association is held by the presiding judge, in referring to 1t questions of the bars own membership. The importance of your ! personal integrity and organized de corum are thus emphasized.
 1 The Northern Arizona Bar associs- l ton is in a fourishing condition. congratulate you that absolute har- mony prevails. Ii owes nothing. and has no dues. 1 wish l could say as much for the Territorial Bar associ1- i tion, which seems so far to lack in fra ternal energy. We should feel that we are in reality potent element in the civilization of our great westoil country. that we are an important fact or in its dynamic strength.
 ] There are great reasons why tho Bar of Northern Arizona should be prominent and responsible. Few of us are natives of this soil. We took up our lives, and for the most part our i professions, in widely divergent Guar- ters of the country. We have come, by the help of God, through the shadows to the wilds of the west to establish our homes. for which like magic we ! develop a love and devotion. Our aims, our hopes, and our sentiments are | all for Arizona. She holds no great CT or more beautiful attraction than the open skies above. and her naked value She has welded us, for better { or for worse. to her fate.
 1 We wait with breathlesS anxiety this evening the action of our national Congress, in whose hands the scales of her destiny are tottering with alarm ing uncertainty.
 All honor to those valiant represen- tatives who, out of a just regard for a cline far toward the setting sun, shall support her in the maintenance of her i individual identity. -------.-
 We love no less the homes of ou- childhood and the scenes of our youth. ] but we love the land of our adoption more.
 "Give me no home, meath the pale
 blue dome, of our native Easter i skies;
 i No cot for me, near the salmon sea.
 that far to the southward lies;