Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-19
Annual Meeting of State Bar
Association to Be Held
Next Month
DAVENPORT WILL ENTERTAIN
Making Extensive Arrangements for
Entertainment Of Attorneys July II
and 12-Excursion on River and
Banquet at Outing club-Prosram Of
Addresses.
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Davenport, June 19.-Davenport Is
making extensive arrangements for the
entertainment Of the Iowa State Bar
Association, which will be held in that
city July ii and II. The Democrat
says:
The program committee has been
so fortunate as to secure Hon. Han
mis- TAYLOR of Washington. d. c., to
deliver the principal address. HIS
subject will be, The Science OF Jurls-
prudence Mr.. Taylor was minister
to Spain during Grover Cleveland's
administration as president OF the
United States. He is now member
of the Spanish claims commission and
the author Of three legal works to be
found In the Libraries of all the lead
ing attorneys OF the country. Ihese
are Origin and Growth of the Eng
lish Constitution" international Pub
lie Law and Jurisdiction and Pro-
cedure of the Supreme Court of the
United States" rt
The headquarters of the attorneys
during their stay in the city Will be
at the handsome new Davenport Com
mercial club building, recently erected
at a cost of 50,000.s The Commercial
club directors have voted to recognize
the badges of the visitors and they will
be accorded all the courtesies ana
privileges of the club members during
their stay with us. Upon their arrival
in the city the visitors will register at
the Commercial club and secure their
badges.
The business sessions will all be
held at the court house, beginning at
10 o'clock on the morning of July IL
and closing the following day.
The Scott County Bar association
has engaged of Capt. Walter Blair the
services of the steamer Columbia for
o'clock in the afternoon of the OPEN
ing day OF the convention The guests
will be given ride to the head of the
Rock Island arsenal; thence down the
river to Buffalo and on the up-trip will
stop at Suburban Island, where supper
will be served and the evening spent
in the enjoyment Of the various pleas
ures and pastimes afforded at the is
land. This Will be strictly social oc-
casion, and 1t is announced that there
will be toasts of any kind at the sup
per table, as the guests will be expect
ed to feast to their hearts content and
not be obliged to save themselves Tor
any flights of oratory.
The entire program for the meeting
has not yet been perfected, but as far
as completed shows a rare treat for
those who attend. Aside from the
principal address of Hon. Hannis Tay-
Tor, OF Washington, D. c., mention Of
which has already been made, the fol-
lowing subjects will be ably handled by
those to whom assigned:
"Reformatory and Remedial Legis-
lation," by Judge Towner Of Corning,
Iowa. Judge Towner, aside from being
president of the state bar association,
is lecturer Of law at the state univer-
sity.
THE Nation and Local Self-Govern-
ment," by Congressman Walter L.
Smith, of Council Bluffs. In his paper,
Congressman Smith will dwell on state
rights and the present Japanese trou-
bles in California.
Pure Food Laws" by Hon. Byron
w. Newberry, Of Strawberry Point.
Mr.. Newberry is state senator and au-
thor Of most of the new laws pertain
Ing to pure food.
1.-The Indeterminate Sentence and
Parole System by Hon. Charles G..
q NJ
Saunders was chairman of the COM
mittee appointed by the, last legisla-
ture to investigate the, workings of
this system in other states and it was
upon his favorable report that the
Iowa legislature adopted. 1t to become
effective in this state on July 4.
4 Enforcing the Criminal Law" by
Hon. Clifford P. Smith of Mason City.
Mr.. Smith is one of the recognized
leaders Of the bar in a1s section Of
the state.
Legal Aspect Of Primary Election
Laws" by Hon. James al Crossley Of
Winterset. Mr.. Crossley lis the father
of the present primary law and rec
ognized authority on the subject.
The above address and the report of
the committee or laWasreforms, Of
which Judge James w. lBollinger of
Davenport is chairman, will continue
the main bulk Of the business sessions
of the convention.
The banquet on Friday evening,
July -, will be held at the Outing
club and will be an elaborate affair.
Judge Towner, president of the state
association. will preside. as chairman
The full program Of toasts has not yet
been completed. Several are an
nounced, as follows:
Davenport and Her Guests Hon.
Joe r. Lane.
'.The Crime, the Criminal and the
Court - Attorney General Byers
''The Lawyer in Politics" Congress-
man Benjamin P. Birdsall Of Du-
buque district.
N "The Iowa Bar" Supreme Judge
Scott M. Ladd.