The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
JUDGE PARKER MAKESADDRESS American Bar ASSOcia-
 ton Meets. MANY N0TABLES PRESENT Executive Session of General
 Council is Held. One of the Most Important Matters t@ Be Considered win be the
 Report on the Insur-
 anee Law.
MANY NoTABLEs PRESENT

Portland. Maine. Aug 2e.--The thir. tieth annual meeting of the American par Association, was opened here to~ day, and will continue through to- morrow and Wednesday, concIudiur with banquet Wednesday evening. TWO hundred delegates had arrived petore the convention was called to order and as many more are expected tomorrow. An executive session Of the general council was held at the neadquarters preceding the formal op-s ening of the convention. Prseidank' Alton B. Parker. of New York, pre- sided and the officers and Committees were present.
 One of the most important matters which will be considered at the meet ing will be the report of the standtnr committee on Insurance law, to be presented tomorrow morning, IL un-s doubtediy will be followed by a lively and lengthy discussion. This comfnit- tee has under consideration a bill to set forward the interests of life insur- ance companies and the policy hoid- CTS
 After welcoming addresses when the convention was called to order, Aiton B. Parker, delivered his address as president. He was loudly applauded.
 Eighty five new members were elect- ed and general counoiI was chosen nearly all the members being re-elect- ed. The new members of the general council include Charles Haw1ey of Mississippi and carles M Ames of Oklahoma.
 Treasurer E. wadharns, of Albany. N. Y., reported the total receipts for the year as s17,ss2 and the total dis- bursement S15,691.
 Secretary John Hinkley of Baltimore reported the membership at present at s.0sS, including representatives from all the States and territories of Alaska. Arizona, Hawaii. Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
 It was voted that a committee be ap- pointed to consider the establishment of home for indigent lawyers.
 c. A Prouty of Maine was the prin~ cipal speaker at the evening session.
 The Committee on the Code of Ethics will make its report tomDrrnw Tn concluding, it says:
 Ne recommend:
 First--That the Committee De contln- ued and enlarged by the addition Of Judge Thomas Goode Jones. authof of the Alabama code. which with but few alterations, has been adopted by the bar associations of eleven States. also that MT. Justice Brewer and the re- tiring and incoming presidents of the association be declared members of the Committee and also Hon George R.
 
 citation in 1905. appointed the initial committee on this subject. MT. Justice Brewer was named by President Par- ker a member of the Committee. but at the time felt constrained to decline. We have since had the oenent of hix advice. and we believe he would now deem 1t a duty to serve.
 Second--That the Association reprint essay on professional eth- ics. as a volume supplemental to the re- port of the proceedings at the 1907 
 Third--That the Committee be di- reeted to transmit before December 1. 1907. a copy of Sharswood reprint and of this report, to each member of the and to request careful of the documents set forth In the appendix of this report and the submission of opinions and suggesttons In the matter of the proposed canons of ethics; that the reprint and report to the Secretary of each State Bar Asso- citation in the United States, with sim liar requests. and to suggest that the same be referred to such committee as may be appropriate; and that your confer with the committees ,n professional ethics both In the States with codes, and in those without codes. out in which action is contemplated.
 Fourth-That the committee be di- rected to have the proposed canone oA professional ethics drafted by May l, 1908, and on or before that date to transmit copy to each member of the Association, and to the respective State Bar Association committees, requesting suggestions and criticisms, the final report of the committee to be ready 'or submission at the 1908 meeting.
 The members of the committee which prepared the code are Henry St. George Fucker of Virginia, James G. Jenkins # Wisconsin, William Wirt Howe of louisiana, Francis Lynde Stetson of New York, Ezra B. Thayer of Masea- .husetts Franklin Ferris of Missouri, Thomas H. Hubbard of New York, Frederick V Brown of Minnesota and .ueIan H Alexander of Pennsylvania.