The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
T. B. CR|TCHL0N
IS GIVEN HONOR
Salt Lake Lawyer Named as
President of State Bar
Association.
ANNUAL MEETING HELD
IN FEDERAL BUILDING
Enjoyable Banquet, at Which
Banker Mccormick Tells
How Lawyer Lives.

T.. Is. trlucnlOW Will neaQ tne DAT
association in Utah during the com
ing year He was the unanimous choice
Saturday at the annual business meet
ing of the association held in the cir
cult court room at the Federal build
ing. The meeting was attended by 200
local attorneys and Judges from va
rious parts of the state and was fea
tured with interesting addresses by
members of the organization. The
other officers as elected are as fol
low:
Judge Loofbourow of Salt Lake
Judge n ]. Harris of Ogden and each
of the Judges of the other districts,
vice presidcnts Stephen l.. Richards,
secretary; l.. Il. Swaner. treasurer The
executive council is composed of II. r.
Mcmillan, G, r. Hollingsworth, &. S.
Parian, Waldemar Van Cott and Judge
j. w. n. Whitecotton. The committee
on grievances is composed of w. A.
Lee, w. D. Ritter and E. A. Walton.
Wilson on Legislature.
The main address of the day in point
OF life was that of NJ. T. Wilson, whose
subject was ''Utah's Ninth Legisla
ture. He took up the things accom-
plished by the legislature and the
tHlHGs uOI ACCOM- pjlSucu ne lidCtu
special emphasis on the words ''haven t
done -
He took up The subject of the liquor
Legislation and caused considerable
amusement by showing that 1t was not
what the people wanted and that the
Legislature went beyond its bounds in
the matter. He also ridiculcd the com
mission form of government, without
the referendum and recall.
Judge Charles Baldwin, the retiring
president of the ASSOCIATION, gave an
interesting address on the subject of
the duty Of a lawyer TO his profes-
sion. He urged The lawyers 10 be more
careful about the class of men they
recommend to admission TO the courts
and suggested that tho lawyers use
every means they can to weed out the
He declared the duty Of every member
of the organization to be to help out in
the work of protecting the profession.
Address on Constitution,
Judge j. n Whitecotton Of Provo
spoke on Eyaporating a Constitu
ton He took up the subject of the
constitution of Utah and showed some
legal technicalities which could be
used in twisting the meaning. He de-
clared that some people allege that
| when u constitution becomes generally
known by the people it becomes nee
essary 10 follow it. 4 few, however,
1t must be wiped ont of existence
evaporated. 1t was along the line OF
the necessities and possibilities of evap.
orating constitution that Judge
Whitccotton spoke. His address was
largely technical.
At the close of the meeting the fol
lowing new members were secured:
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Judd. William Dydalch. Joseph Levin.
sohn. Benjamin r. Howell, a f.. More.
ton, w. S, Dalton, W. II. Gregory, NJ. f.
Wilson, Thomas L. Mitchell, ". H. Will
kins, y. V. Tyler and Frlnk Evans.
| The meeting was the thirteenth an
nual event of the kind for the Utah
| association
Banquet in Evening.
| The thirteenth annual banquet of the
| Bar association held at the Commercial
club Saturday night was NOT only the
largest in point of attendance but also
was the most brilliant affair of the kind
lever held in this state Following an
excellent menu, wit and wisdom ran
riot for more than two hours. Among
those in attendance were the members
| Of the supreme court, two of the dis
trict Judges from the Third district and
nearly fourscore of the leading mem.
bers of the bar from different parts Of
the state.
AS toastmaster, II. R. Macmillan left
nothing TO be desired, being happy at
all times in the Introduction of those
who were to respond to toasts, which
were as follows: "Thc Young Law
YER f.. A. Rogers; "reminiscences
of Barrister,' S. X, Thurman; "Thc
IPettifoggcr. w. w. Ray: "Thc Bank.
er and the Lawyer, or How the Lawyer
Exists, w $. Mccormick; "ThC
Scotch Verdict From an Irishman :
Viewpoint. w, II, Leary; 1.-The
Court" Judge G. w. Morse. The ad
dress of MIR, Mccormick was the fea
tire Of the toasts and made decided
Init with those present, in part Mr.
Mccormick said:
MI Mccormick S Address,
TN, idea that life becomes easier rs
lh,, wears grow is fallacious. as also il
the current conviction that lif@'s obli-
l-ations diminish with the advance o
age Else why should l. after years oi
lard labor. be requested 10 subject my
self Ia being pioricG by you In an en-,
me and tell truly the relations OF tht
lawyer TO the banker and how the law
ycr exists.
If life has taught me one thing O
lasting value, IL Is TO say as little as 2o5
s!blu--in the presence of lawyers. II
fnct IL has become u legal axiom thai
III. less one says tile SAFER one is--cs
ucrially in the presence OF lawyers. Yet
il I must speak, | must needs speak tht
truth. Therefore. ! ain compelled TO as
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