The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
HON. HANN|S TAYLOR
Delivers Annual Address to
the Lawyers
HEARD by LARGE CROWD
Reports from Association Com
mIttees Received
invitations Received From Western
Resorts for Next Years Convention.
Delegates Today Will Visit southport
and Fort DISQUALIFICATION of Of
fccrs viii be Held This MORNING.

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The bar association held two sessions
yesterday, one in the morning and the
other in the evening. The feature Of
yesterdays programme was the ad-
dress Of Hon. Hannis Taylor, Of Wash
lngtOn, ID. G.
Ihe greater part of the earlier scs-
siO was consumed with the reports of
various standing committees. One OF
the important recommendations
made was that of the committee on i'll
dietary which recommended that the
method Of examining applicants for IL
Cense to practice law be changed by
allowing the examination in law 10
DE gwen by a committee of four mem
Beers OF the association. The
tIOnS are now given by the Judges OF
the supreme court of North Caroline.
each Of the five judges on the bench
putting up an examination in turn. An
application to the mex general assem-
bly, 20 pass a special law to this eff
feet will be made before the next Sas
sion.
The report of the committee on les
lSlatiOn and law reform was presented
by the chairman, Mr.. T. T. Hicks. q
Henderson.
The only address of the morning was
delivered by 7. w. Beckett. of the
~Iouisburg bar. He spoke on the sub
Ject, THE Personality of the Judge as
Affecting the Case Mr.. Bicketr's
talk was lnterspersed with interesting
"reminiscences and it sparkled with wit
tind humOr He received many can
STatulatiOns from his audience after he
had concluded.
The evening session was called to
order by President Clement Manly, Of
THE W~instOn-SaIem bar. The first
business transacted was the report OF
the membership committee presented
10y the chairman, Mr.. S. Gallert. Thir-
ty-eight applications were reported
upon favorabiy by the committee and
those applicants were unanimously
elected members of the association.
Col. S. V. Pickens, one of the most
popular members of the association. in
a characteristic and humorous speech
extended a cordial invitation to the
association to hold its next annual
meeting at H~enderSOnville. Other in
yitatiOns were received from TOxaway
and the Battery Park hotel at Ashe-
vile. The selection of the meetin"
place Of the next convention was, by
consent. deferred until this morning.
Thomas w. Davis, ESQ. on behalf of
Ghe Wilmington bar, extended a cor
dial invitation to the association to
take a trip to Southport and Fort cas-
well today. The invitation was unani-
mOusly accepted by the members of the
association. The steamer Wilmington
will leave Market street dock at 9 y. n.
and will return to the city not later
Khan s o'clock tonight. Permission has
been secured from the government to
visit Fort Caswell and several hours
will be spent at the fertilization. Ap-
petizing and dainty refreshments VIII
he served the visitors during the trip.
Next came the introduction of the
speaker of the evening, Hon. Hannio
Taylor, of Washington. ex-minister to
Spain, by President Clement Manly.
Mr.. Manly reviewed the career of rhe
distinguished visitor in a few well cho-
sen words and made particular refer
ence to the fact that Mr.. Taylor is "a
Carolinian to the manor BORN and a
loyal hearted son of the old North
State.
Mr.. Taylor, who is a handsome and
well preserved man, about 55 years
old, in his troductOry remarks made
several pleasing references to the peo-
pie Of New Bern and Wilmington. He
declared that he had the fondest recoI-
lecttons of both places and that he
was endeared to them and t their peo-
pie. .
Mr.. TaylOr's general theme Al con-
limitations on the powers
Of congress. He demonstrated that the
of congress were specifically
by the express terms in the
constitution and that when congress
exceeded these powers there resulted
an encrOachment upon the rights and
privileges of the federal courts. His
papr was written after the passage Of
the rate bill by congress and he prov
conclusively that congress by its
arbitrary action in passing such a
measure in addition to setting aside
every precedent heretofore established
had in reality taken to itself powers
delegated, not to congress, but t the
federal courts Of the United States and
ohat such a proceeding was absolute
~ illegal and without justification.
Mr. Taylor's address gave evidence
ol careful preparation and in itself was
an evidence of the wealth of informa-
tlon possessed by its author. It 1e-
viewed he formation Of OUT govern
ment showing that theAinherent prin-
clples OF the same had been obtained
from English and Roman law. He &,