The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-03
BAR ASSOCIATION
FEASTS AND TALKS
Distinguished Legal Lights At
tend Fine Banquet at
University Club.
WANT SALARIES RAISED
LAWYERS INSIST PAY OF JUDGES
is NOT ADEQUATE.
WANT SALARIES RAISED

The banquet Of the Utah Bar associ-
alton, given at the University club last
night was one of the finest gastronomic
and intellectual treats of the year. Over
100 members and tlsir guests assembled
IN the pretty banquet room of the club
and, after royal repast, listened to
speeches scintillating with wit and pro-
hflo or stories that kept the diners in
an almost continual roar OF laughter
Among those present were most of the
legal lights of Utah; supreme court
judges and former members Of the judi
ciary rubbing elbows and exchanging
pleasant comment and stories with junior
members of the bar.
1t was truly notable gathering. Rules
OF procedure, statutes of limitations and
motions TO OVerrule were all forgotten
for the time being, while everybody had
general good time.
Among those who were present and who
added to the brilliancy OF the occasion
were: Chief Justice D. n. Straup. Justice
f. h. Prick. former Judge r. N. Baskin5
Judge n. L. Eitchie. Judge T. d. Lewis,
Judge Samuel w. Stewart, United States
District Attorney II. Z. Booth, James h
Moyle, Major R. W. Young, Judge NJ. NJ.
kellogg of Provo, Farley P. Christensen,
H J. Dininny, Charles S. Narian, VIII
son I. Snyder, Judge Henry Shields or
Park City, W. d. Ritter. Joseph Chez Of
Ogden and John P Gray of Wallace
Ida.
Charles Baldwin, president of the as
sociation. after making few appropri-
ate remarks, introduced Judge Andrew
HoWat as the POSTMASTER, and the
learned judge filled the position in
manner that was most commentaries. In
the absence of Judge J. T.. BoOtn, Par-
ley l.. Williams responded to the toast
Looking Backward in a most Gloqus Mt
manner.
Looking Forward was responded TO
by b. +. Rich, who amused those pres
ent with several anecdotes. c. s. Pat
1ln fn u
Pay to Be a lawyer in manner tnat
assured his hearers that il does John
P. Gray of Wallace, Ida, made rev
appropriate remarks on miscellaneous
Business and told of the nigh esteem
IN which the Salt Lake bar is held by
the people of his state
The principal address Of the evening
was made by Joseph Chez OF ogden, VINO
responded TO the toast Lawyers We
racity" He said in part:
why is it that lawyers veracity IS SO
popularity assailed by the commonanty
is Il because of the people We are Iorced
TO associate with--Our elenteie-Ior t the
old maxim tells us that bad company
breeds bad manners? or is it because OF
the merciful provision Incorporated INTO
our code of laws, which guarantees 10
lawyers certain privileges
Judges are accused or running law
dispensaries, where a dram of justice
is SO skilIfully mixed with barrel or
law that the unwary layman IS ram
TO take his medicine without Ihncnlng:
The law professors, We are tod, Toll
not neither do they spin," but make
q business of protesting. Patent law
yerS, so called, are charged 10 De IKE
the country newspaper-With patent
tDsides-an attribute which Is patent
enough to anyone who has ever
watched them iTrigating or Ieedlng the
inner man. Real estate lawyers are
accused of holding mortgages on cem6-
teries and ten-stOry buildings, While
r1 Lar
claim liberty to captiVeS only 10 enapIe
the poor victim again to be enslaVed IN
the bonds of matrimOny and remain SO
until another judge, and not oealh' ue-
crees them TO part.
.Tbe cruel Injustice done our calling
is apparent TO every member or the
bar, and every branch OF the law, by
reason of the unjust imputatIons d.
rected at our profession by the non.
professionals, whose Interpretation OF
yeracity is vague and misleading.
To Raise Salaries.
AT the adjourned meeting of the Utah
Bar association, held yesterday AFTER
noon in the United States Circuit court
room. it was decided, on report or the
committee appointed last January, TO
change the constitution of the assocla-
ton and instead of holding an annual
meeting in January. to hold Two meet
ings each year, during the months OF /
April and October
ISOLATION take appropriate action TO
secure raise in the salaries or superior
court Judges to 81, 500 a year, and that
OF district judges to $4,000. 1t was re
ferred 10 committee for report at the
next meeting.
A committee. composed of Frank *.
Nebeker, Willard Hamer and Andrew
Howat, was appointed to draft resolu-
lions of respect for the following de-
parted members Of the Bar ASSOCIATION;
Joseph T. Richards, Il. 2. henderson,
". c. Hall and J. r. Bowdle.
James Ingebretsen, Ben l. Rich and
Z. A Walton were appointed a com
mittee to solicit membership to the
par association The following were
elected to membership: Dean F. Bray
ton. Athol Rawlins, J. ". Mckinney,
James n Ball, Claude T. Barnes, John
Jensen. Barry J. COldings Dean AleXan-
der Willard Hamer, h. Van Dam, Jr.,
II. T. Porter, ROber, b. Porter.