The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-01
BAR BANQUET A
BRILLIANT EVENT
DISTINGUISHED LAWYERS GATH.
Err AT TWENTY NINTH DINNER.

DISTINGUISHED LAWYERS GATH
Err AT TWENTY-NINTH DINNER.
With the Retiring President, George
r. Peck. as Toastmaster, Speakers
from North and South, East and
West, Respond to Toasts with Spark
ling oratory. ...' d
Briliancy was the keynote of the
twenty-ninth annual dinner of the
American Bar association, in the Min
neapolis Auditorium last night. With
the labors, which have engaged their
disposed of the delegates and members
of the association were disposed to
relaxation, and their gathering last
night for the last formal act Of their
meeting was marked by laughter and
good. fellowship. All the differences
which engaged them during their bust
ness nssa session 81 were forgotten and they
iniunction printed in the program to
DO as adversaries in law, strive might
lily, but eat and drink as friends. -
Lavish decorations of bunting, palms
and flowers transformed the big Audi
torium into a splendid banqueting hail.
over the stage were hung portraits Of
Justice Marshall, Chief Justice Fuller
and Daniel Webster: A large photo
was hung at the back of the stage.
An orchestra from the Minneapolis
Symphony, led by Frank Danz, fur
nlshed music thru the dinner, and
chorus of sixteen of the best singers
of the Minneapolis bar led in popular
and patriotic songs. In the balconies
were the wives of the members of the
zens of professions other than the law.
The handsome gowns of the women
added a pleasing touch Of color to the
brilliant scene.
g. At the Speakers Table.
! More than 400 delegates and mem
beers Of the association were seated at
hall, just in front of the orchestra,
acco inundated the POSTMASTER, the
speakers and many of the more distin-
guished members. Those seated at this
table were: President George R. Peck
Of Chicago, President-elect Alton B..
Parker Of New York, Governor John
A. johnson of Minnesota, P. B. Mig
nault Of Montreal, "Private', John
a Of 1a 5iss5pp T. %y Of f c &GSh
James Hagam nln? +. ]. Herman, WV ". W.
Hill, John N. Dryden Of Ne braska,
Roscoe Pound, dean of the University
Of Nebraska law school; T. G.. Hume,
Jr., Of Texas; R. S. Taylor, w. s.
Smith, Rome G. Brown Of Minneapolis,
president of the Minnesota State Bar
n ~
land, Me; Treasurer F. E. Wadhams
HincEle S4y Of baltimore; '' G. A. sever:
ance Of St. Paul, P. W. Meldrin of
Georgia, J. M. Dickensen and Charles
D. Farnum of st. Paul. Thirty-six
tables, seating eight each, and two
tables accommodating fifty each. pro-
vided for the remainder of the diners.
Covers were laid for All.
Following a toast to the president Of
the United States, drunk standing,
George R. Peck, retiring president and
toastmaster, introduced Governor John
A. Johnson.
The Governors Toast.
HLess than half a century ago. said
Governor johnson, "peeple even more.
savage than you and I roamed these
broad prairies. You can see for your
OUAfCS UAC Ou0ASCS WA4Su AoNS COuuC
since then. Some years ago the COVER
nor Of Montana, Boosting Of the re-
sources Of his state at a gathering SIM
liar to this, said that the copper mined
annually in his state would be suffi-
Gent to stretch a trolley wire to the
gates of heaven. The governor Of Utah
promptly responded by saying that his
state produced enough to sink the en-
tire human race to the Internal regions.
The governor of South Dakota then
boosted that his state produced enough
all the people of the two first states on
an excursion. to both places and re-
turn. Had the governor of Minnesota
been 5 there he might have said that
Minnesota produced enough iron each
year TO build all the palace cars for
such an excursion, enough wheat to feed
the excursionists going and coming,
and enough of the best butter in the
world to spread all the bread made
sofa has brave men, and beautiful wo-
men Gas you have already seen) a bar
which is. unmatched for ability, and
bench whose honesty and purity has
never been questioned.' 49,. i
Judge Alton B. Parker.
Judge Alton B. Parker was the next
TO speak. After paying his compH-
ments to the POSTMASTER and the Min
nesota bar, he recalled the advice given
him at the start of his career, never to
accept public office not In the line
Of his profession until he had obtained
"a competence. '"And I have always
followed that advice,' he added. Gun
til 1904 another man held the champion
ship Of the great defeated, but I wrest-
ed it from him.
"Among the twenty-five men with
whom I have been associated while on
the bench, have never seen any trace
of political partnership. Just now we
are passing thru period of excite
ment. Laws will be passed which ought
not be passed. Prosecutions will be
begun which are not supported by evil
dence. Our final reliance must be the
judiciary and we know that it will not
fail us. But no judge can defend his
honor when it is assailed, as it will
be when these laws are declared un-
constitutional and these prosecutions
fail. It is for the bar to stand by
the bench and make that. defence which
the ethics Of the bench will not permit
it to make.' -
From Over the Border.
P. B.. Mignault, K. c., of Montreal,
spoke Of the unity of the bar Of the
United States and Canada. NThe divid-