The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29
Resolution of Criticism Causes
 Much Discussion
SPEECH BY JAMES BRYCE
American Bar Association Has Lively Session Over the Roosevelt Reso- lution, Winch Is Tabled.
 Bryce on Com non Law.

l Portland Me, August 2S.-A resolution criticising President Roosevelt for com menting upon the trial of the beef trust case in the northern district of Illinois year ago and adversely criticsing the ] presiding judge and his rulings was in- troduced~ at the final session today of the American Bar association, by George l Whitelock of Baltimore It met with n- 1 stant disapproval from all parts of the hall and President Parker repeatedly asked MT. Whitelock to withdraw it, but l Mir. Whitelock Insisted that 1t be acted i upon. motion to lay it on the table
 was carried. During the attempts to dis
 pose of 1t. a gentleman in the audience 1 from Chicago, who failed to secure rec 1 ognition, shouted:
 Some one has said the American Bar
 association has no right to crticise the l President of the United States l hold
 that when the President of the United ] States violates his trust it is the duty of the American Bar association to crit i icise him."
 1 The event of the convention was the l address of British Ambassador James , Bryce on "The Influence of National l Character and Historical Environment on 1 the Development of the Common Law" ! The nominating committee reported the list of officers and the report was adopted as follows: President, J. M. Dickinson, Chicago secretary, John Binkley, Balti- more; treasurer. Frederick E. Wadhams, i New York
 Much Business Transacted. l The capacity of the city hall was se- verely taxed by those who desired to hear ! the annual address before the American Bar association convention by Right Hon. James Bryce. British ambassador to tht l United States
 A large amount of business was in or der today, including the nomination and election of officers, and reports of special 1 committees on classification of the law; Indian legislation, penal laws and prison ! discipline, federal courts, title to real es- i tate, proposed copyright bill, James Will i son memorial services, John Marshall
 memorial fund, and comparative law. ! business meeting of the Association 1 of Law Schools was held at 3 o'clock this i afternoon The annual dinner was given ] by the National association to it's mem | DerS today at FalmOuth hotel.
 ! Ambassador Bryce and party were given
 an ovation when they took seats on the i platform. President Parker, in a few words, complimentary to the ability of
 the distinguished speaker introduced the amDassador.
 He was received with cheers the au- ] dience of 20O0 people standing for fully
 a minute while cheering and applauding
 MT. Bryce's Speech 1 MT. Bryce's subject was the common ! law. which he characterized as being the
 common possession of the United States
 and England and a bond of sympathy
 between the two peoples. whose value
 hardly be ove-rated. It is the result
 of events, he said, as well as of the
 mental and moral qualities of the peoples , Tracing it's origin he described it hav- | ing sprung from strong men and pug i nacious men, who respected authority and | could, at need, control their impulses. A bulwark of English freedom, he said, ! had been the right of every citizen to | be tried by his peers. but i've in Eng 1 land have no longer that confidence in | the wisdom of jury in certain classes of | civil actions which we once had, and
 the tendency of recent years has been | to narrow the sphere of it's employment.
 At the conclusion of Ambassador ! Bryces address. a short recess was fol- | lowed by q business session.
 1 Arthur Stewart of Baltimore presented
 the report of the committee on proposed
 copyright bill.