The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-30

Numbering; as it does, heavy. per
centage of tho leading men of the
country among it's members, the Ameri-
can, Bar association naturally collects
at it's annual meetings. The twenty
ninth annual meeting now in progress
in St. Paul is no exception to this rule.
Perhaps the man who is talked Of the
most and who says. the least is Judge
Alton B. Parker of New York, some
time democratic nominee for the presi-
dency. Judge Parker has established
the record Of engaging in free and
frank conversation for three days y, With h;
situation. This has been done in the
face of repeated and determined at
tempts to draw from him some comment
on the political situation, past, present
or future. 1854. IL
Canada is represented in the person
of P. B. Mignault of Montreal. Mr..
Mignault is the kings counsellor for
| the National Bar association
Insurance Law Expert.
R. w. Breckenridge, who is the chair
nina Of the committee, which made
strenuous campaign at the last session
of congress for the passage of federal
statute regulating insurance, is engaged
today in elqeidating his views on this
chairman Of the association commit tee
on insurance: whose report was present
ed today. This report takes the
ground that, under the interstate COM
merce clause Of the federal constitu-
ton, congress has power to pass laws
regulating insurance.
Judge Henry E. Davis Of the SUI
preme court of the District Of Columbia
is in attendance.
Judge Henry s. Dewey, Judge Enlin
, McLain Of the supreme court of Iowa,
Charles F. Libby, insurance commits
sioner of Maine; Charles Blood Smith
Of Topeka. Kan; "Private' John AL
len Of Mississippi, R. A. Mercur Of
Towanda, Pa, Henry F. Etterbrook,
general, attorney for the Western Union
Telegraph company; Frederick W. Leh-
mann Of St. Louis, newly elected chair
man q the general eonne Past Pres
EFs3 Lane Of. 'Iineoln,.Neb., assistant
United States attor.nre YF;;.H enry Brown
Of Omaha, who defeated Mr.. Rosewater
In the recent Nebraska convention;
Irving F. Baster of Omaha, assistant
United States attorney. -
From the Law Schools.
The law schools of the country are
well represented. James Barr Ames,
: dean of the Harvard law school, was in
attendance until the conclusion of the
session of the Association of American
Law Schools last night. Dean p. W.
Huffout of the Cornell law school, took
Ia prominent part in the deliberations
Of the commissioners for uniform state
laws. Roscoe Pound. dean Of the col
lege Of law Of the, University of Ne
braska, was one of the speakers at last
night $ session of the association. Dean
w. S. Pattee Of the Minnesota college
of law has been in attendance at all
meetings, both of the commissioners
and the association. $3.50, -
4 :.Nestor Of the Barr
Judge E. E. Wakeley of Omaha il
a prominent figure at the sessions OF
the conference and in the crowd
which congregates, at off hours, in the
lobby of the Ryan hotel: Judge Wake
ley4~was admitted to&the bar lin, sl944
and is still engaged in active practice
ADMITTED in Q 2 Judge Wake'le ey
Whitewater, Wis. While practicing
in Wisconsin he attended the trial Of
Sherman H. Booth of Milwaukee, OF
the charge Of harboring fugitiv.
slaves, which took place in the early
Sos. From 1857 to 1851 Judge Wake
ley served as a justice of the suprem.
court Of the then territory Of Nebras
ka. For a while he resumed practic,
in Wisconsin, principally at Madison
but returned to Nebraska, where h,
served for nine years as judge of TIN
district court in Omaha.