Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-03
WORK or BAR ASSOCIATION
Session at st. Paul Of Considerable Intsrss,
10 People Generally.
TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF. N, wooLwoRrH
Nebraska Occupies Hlgh Place In
Meeting and Receives Recognition
at Hands OF Association at
Last Meeting.

AMERICAN bar ASSOCIATION, the great law
yers club OF the country. holds It's annual
meeting, the public sees the lawyer ct
J play. Usually the gathering excites lit
tile general interest outside Of the pro-
fession, but at this session the lawyer at
play has a practical suggestion which can
not fall to call the attention OF the peo-
pie. The three days session at st. Paul
just closed was one OF the best in inter-
est and attendance In the history Of the
association. One hundred members. many
with their wives and numbering dis
tingulshed lawyers and judges from almost
every state came together 10 celebrate the
twenty-ninth annual meeting and to enjoy
the hospitality OF the people Of st. Paul
and Minneap polls.
The daily sessions were held in the newly
finished capitol building at St. Paul.
beautiful marble palace, one OF the great
capitol buildings OF America. of which the
people of Minnesota are justly proud
When lawyers congregate II il expected
that the event will be talk-fest. But
the program at st. Paul was varied AZ
TO permit excursions to points Of interest
with functions and receptions to ME ladies',
ending with a banquet at the new audi
forum at Minneapolis
The principal addresses were delivered
by George r. Peck of Chicago president
OF the association, Judge Alton b. Parker
OF New York. Roscoe Pound OF IAncoln
and Thomas J. Herman OF louisiana The
addresses supplemented each other and
were notable for directing the atteution
TO the present day abuses in the admins
'tration of law: too many statutory laws.
too much undigested legislation, too many
courts, too many judges. too much techni-
cality In Its administration, leading to con-
fusion. intermfnable delay and denial Of
Justice. II lie pointed out how the rub
bish OF Journalism and Narchaicism Of the
law has long been swept into the ash
barrel by progressive nations like Eng
land and Germany BY singular per-
versity America IL fifty years behind the
times In the administration OF law as
compared with her contemporaries What
Is needed Is uniformity OF law and sim
plicity OF procedure. minimum OF courts
ana expense and a maximum of justice
so that the law may keep pace with mod
ern business methods In swiftness and ef-
ncacy. This is the preachment Of the
American Bar association at st. Paul for
reforms which the business world de.
rnands. but which are singularly slow In
their coming and through no fault of the
lawyers.
Parker Bfg Man.
Alton 3. Parker OF New York is easily
the biggest man at the convention. Six
feet in his stockings. as straight as an
Indian and with shoulders that would
|. make ID. e. Thompson of Lincoln green
with admiration, Judge Parker towers q
giant In physique. His personality "a
most genial and his youthful face, not al
all like the heavy scowling pictures with
which the people were familiar in 1904
bellies his ffty years.
Some one may want to know who Alton
B. Parker is. Such are the mutations OF
time that at the very moment when vii.
liam Jennings Bryan Is received iu New
York City with the plaudits of conouerei
and the eyes OF the whole country arc
turned toward the homecoming of the
distinguished Nebraskan, Alton b. Parker
or New York was quietly reading a pape,
on legal ethics before a select compan,
of lawyers at the capitol of Minnesota
had the pleasure OF introducing Eleazei
Wakeley to Mr.. Parker in the lobby Of tn,
Ryan hotel The venerable Omaha juris
with much sincerity grasped the out
stretched handl Judge Parker" he said
"I have long wanted TO meet you an,
thank you for the opportunity had II
voting for democrat. For two success
sive presidential elections was compelle,
to vote for republican, and I am oni,
sorry that there were not enough demo
Gratis in the country in 1904 to elect you
The reply OF Judge Parker was no les
hearty. 1T congratulate YOU" he said
for your support and your courage. TIL
trouble L am having these days IL 4
md any one who is frank enough to ad
init that he voted for me at ALL" An
the little knot OF lawyers about the tw
distin guished citisens took up the lausl
or the late democratic candidate for presi
dent.
Nebraska In Evidence.
Nebraska was decidedly In evidenc,
Next to Minnesota the Antelope state ha
the largest representation at the conven
tion. More than twenty OF Nebraska
leading lawyers were in attendance fror
Omaha. Lincoln. Hastings. Beatrice Keat
ney and other cities. This too, not IN
Guiding Dave Mercer who stiil register
from Omaha. but lives In Minneapolis, o
w. w. Keysor and william Curtis, bot
Of 81. Louis. or our well beloved Henri
Estabrook for the time being in Ne,
York, but who sat with the Nebrask
delegation.
In more ways than one Nebraska r,
eeived recognition which reflects the hig
standing of It's lawyers. Two number
on the program were assigned 20 M
bfaske. The address OF Judge Rosco
Pound on "Some Causes of Dlssatisfa,
tion with the Administration Of Justice
60 which reference has been made, was
most careful presentation OF the pitfall
into which American Jurisprudence
stumbling.
In the lighter vein. but no less efrectiy
John Dryden OF Kearney appeared on A
toast card Of the banquet Friday nisf
and responded 20 the toast, "rhe vanisl
- ing Pass which he characterised "a
bird of passage In flashes of wit an
keenness OF satire that set the tables /
roar. s- -.s
Ralph w. Breckenridge was re-elects
as a member Of the executive commit,
Of the convention, and as chairman Of n
responsible committee ot commerce mr.,
scented most ably his well known ailv.
cacy OF the control OF insurance by co,
Bress as branch, or commerce botwee
the states.
To this list must be added the nan
OF Judge w. H. McHugh. selected as q,
OF the vice presidents OF the associate
for Nebraska-
Tribute 90 woolworth's Memory.
The tender and loving tribute OF Pre-.
dent George r Peck in his address 10 a
memory of James N. Woolworth (not -
the nresa ranoraaA fo,,na