The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16
T. ]. WOMACK, OF ALVA,
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Judge J. H. BuTfoTd, OF Guthrie,
Named as Delegate 10 Ma
tl0naI Bar Association
Special 10 Daily lender.

Oklahoma City. OKLA, Feb lG
The festivities OF tho State Bar asso.
citation come to close Tuesday
night al the Ico-llucklns hotel when
$50 members Of he association held
heir annual banquet with TWO mem.
bcrs Of the supreme court Of The
state, one acting as toaStmas'er aud
tho other as one oi the principal
speakers. The entire program ale
ranged could not lr, carried ont ON
account Of some OF the speakers be.
ing compelled to leave the oity at an
early hour this morning,
Dunn 40 Toastmaster
ChlAf Justice Jesse ] Dunn aclrd
as toasimaster Thomas owen, who
was slated as loastmaster, was IN
able To be present on account Of tho
illness OF Judge t'urman
The toast list was as rolloWst
"llariy Experience Of the Judiciary
Of oklahoma Territory Judge John
II nnford; "Ine spirlt Of the state
t'ons'iiution,' Jusiice NJ y. KAne.
John Bull 81 he Bar Grant Fore
man; EARLY Fxpe noes Of the Bar
iof Indian Territory" William r.
Thompson; "Jury Trials IN Corpora
tion Cases. Homer q. Lows "Thc
statutes OF Oklahoma s. VI. flai.
rls, Law and Politics" J. b, Thomp.
son. observations Charles B..
Stuart
The first speaker Of the evening
VA Judge Joha II Burford Of Guth-
rie, who held the close attention Of
The members by his rccolections OF
holding court in the early days Of the
territory.
Following him came Justice NJ. j.
Kane, who said In part
The constitution embodies the
idea OF the great mass Of tht people
as 10 the best manner 10 readjust the
relations OF capital and labor to con
form with the needs or changed con.
dilions. TO control common carriers
and pubic service corporations and
bring them into complete subiection
10 the state insofar as their public
duties are concerned, without impair
ing the principle Of private ownet
ship. 10 provide for The creation OF a
system of banking and currency that
viii protect lha depositor aud be fail
10 the banker; 10 improve labor con
diiions; to establish an effective fire.,
public school system. 10 extend and
protect the right Of trial by jury. anc
to alleviate somewhat the evils arls
ing from Tile lpw's delay
The new Officers Of the Bar asso
cIation are as follows;
presldent-T Womack Of Alya
secretary-Clntcn o. Bum O
/ Ardmore
+ Treasurer-c II Ennis Of shaw
/ nee
Vice Presidents-f'i judicial DIS
! trct, J y. Coz, rahlcquah: Second
| Preston s Davis, ViniIa; Third, 4
t. Blair, Wagner; Fourth, J. S
Arnote, McAlcs'cr Fifth. Philos S
/ Jones, Wilburt9a: Sixth, Il l.. vii
liams. Durant. Seventh. y D. Brun
son. coalgate; Eighth. } a Sass
Ardmorc. Ninth. II n Rogers, lI0l
/ denyille; Tenth, Geo. B KitienhOusc
Chandler; Eley nth. Feed w Green
4 GulhHe; Twelfth, II " ST Clair
Perry, Thirteenth, Homer b Low. y
Reno. Fourteenth. j W. Hooker
Purcell; Fifteenth RcIorl Bond
I Chickafha. Sixteenth. j II W0lyci
on, Lawion; Seventeenth, s. G
/ MassIugale, rordell. Eighteenth
Chas. N Thacker Mangumj Nln'
4 ieenth. w A. Briggs. Woodward
Twentieth chas II Parker, Enid
Twentffirst. A j Biddison. Tulsa
! Twcniy-second. Orlando Swain, Ol
mulgee: Tweniytonrih, John + IA
NOR, pawhuska.
General coHncil--J G West, chail
man. sIrskogee Charles n Feel
homer Chiekasha. w G Curle
Ada: r. ~. Campbell. Oklahon
4 City. "a. ! Kaae, Kinghsher; W 4
f Clayton, MeAlc4cr; j G. Thompson
Ardmorc
4 Executive cOminliiae-~ J Won
ack ea-o!iicio chairman; W j. Gi
:. be- Oklahomp Chys Clinton o
Bum. Afdmore. G. II Eunls, Shaw
nee: John ] Carney El Reno; Jon
s ] Davis. Chandler; s 7 liledso,
Guthrie; j b. Thompson, Paul
valley
Delegates 10 American Bar associi
lion -Jonn II. Burford, Guthrie
James n. Toibert, Hobart; Georg
4. Murphy. Miskogee
AT The meeting Tuesday. the ass'
citation accepted the report OF N
committee on legal ethics. which re-
) ommoHded tnat $40 ssase bas ad0s
! The code Of eihles adopted BY III
I American Tar association at rs In
meeting ii SeaslIr. WASH