Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-01
TAFT TALKS TO LAWYERS
President Addresses Bar Association
ON Judiciary Reforms.
JUDGES SHOULD GET MORE PAY
stephen s. Gregory of Illinois Elected
President-R. W. breckenridge
of Omaha Is Memver Of Ex-
ecutive COMMITTEES.

BOSTON, Aug. H.-The announcement
that President Taft would say a flnal word
at the closing session OF the American Bar
association was sufficient to crowd Hunt
ington haIl with some Of the brightest legal
lights of the country.
As the president was not expected until
near noon routine business was in order
during the morning hours. including the
election OF officers and the presentation of
a paper on Equity Rules Ss "a and sS,''
by Robert s. Taylor OF Fort Wayne, Ind.
Another OF the associations affiliated
bodies, the American Institute OF Criminal
Law and Crminology. also began its an
nual session today under the leadership OF
President Nathan W. MacCheney Of III
nois.
During the forenoon President Taft ar
rived from his summer home at Beverly
and was given an enthusiastic reception.
Previous to the arrival of the president
the association debated at length a resoIu-
ton denouncing the doctrine OF recall OF
Judges and urging the various state bar
associations to expose the fallaey Of
judicial recall"
Taft for Reforms.
President Taft spoke OF the need for
reform in judiciary procedure. He de-
clared that the initiative should be taken
by lawyers. and said that II always gave
him great pleasure to speak on this sub
Ject from a pulpit" where his hearers
would understand him.
The president said there is need for ad-
vancing judicial salaries, so that 'the best
men of the bar might be secured for the
various courts The Omitted States circuit
judges, he said. are not paid so well pro-
portionatey as are the United States dis
tr1ct judges. He thought a return to the
old system, whereby judges in different
localities were paid different salaries.
would be dangerous.
The salaries Of the supreme court Jus
tees, the president said, should be in
creased. Il think" said he, that the sal
aries OF the supreme court justices should
be placed At $4,000 a year"
Referring to the difficulties Of the patent
law. the president said he would prefer
to take a judge and make a good patent
lawyer out Of him than TO take a patent
lawyer and make a Judge out OF him This
sally on a subject that lawyers consider
most intricate raised q hearty laugh.
The use Of the supreme court in patent
cases" he said, has proved itself un-
desirable. There should be another court
to consider patent appeals"
Power of Court Necessary.
Coming the the question OF the power of
the court the president spoke with We
hemence. Thank Cod he said, I'VE had
John Marshall and his associates to de-
eide that the courts are the ultimate
tribunal 20 make the laws that the legis-
lature enacts square with the constitu-
ton"
Reviewing briefly the general arbitra-
ton treaties with Great Britain and with
France, the president made It plain that
he did not believe objections TO the treaties
were valid.
Drawing an analogy between a sick In
dian who he said always wants something
that bites TO make him well, the presi-
dent said this nation wants something that
bites" in the arbitration treaties. some
thing that binds and sticks.
The president started on his return trip
TO Beverly about noon.