Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-30
Justice Henry B. Brown of U.
S. Supreme Court Terms
Arizona Measure the Last
Resource of Political Folly.
THIRD DEGREE IS
NOT CONDEMNED
heavyweight Topics Hold
Attention of American Bar
Association Which is Hold.
ing Sessions at Boston.
90, evening nersis :. q. L--sea wIse,

llustGu. Nug 3u.-Au address bN
Justice Hem, w. brown of tho United
states supreme court. rytircd. on Tho
new federal judicial code. WAS the
t'ttur" ot the general session ~ tho
American Bai association here todp,
the second of 90, thirty fourth an
uunl convention Considerable dis
rusdon followed reports Of committees
uu compensation for Industrial acct
dents remedies ana proposed laws 20
prevent delay ana unnecessary cost
80 luiguut pr government liens nn
r"ri estate ma uu prcsonug 80 CON
gross bills relating tp courts of adj
wir1lp
100 u. address former Justice
TroNn bitterly opposrd thc rccnll ~
iudRss
"rho very idea that % Judge could
De- compelled tl descend from his
bench ana yndicato hts right 10 re-
tain his sal by IN appeal to The pub
lig, ie tho last recourse uf political
foI.." NJ said.
The practice ot allowing tho POO.
pio themselves 90 chose their owH
officers hgs been the origin ~ most
~ 1ur woes
1T may on doubted whether u sen.
ator chosen ny n legislature may more
honestly represent his state and pco-
pie than one chosen by political
caucus or a primary and endorsed by
papular vote"
lie praised the commission plan Of
government Cor cltios
one of tho interesting actions ~ tho
grnD rnl ,ysion was thp refusal 60
condemn the 20 called Third Degree
in criminal investigation
Acts relative 20 wife ANA child de-
s,rtion ana 10 tho pronatiug In one
state tho wills made in another state
were recommended for endorsement
D., the American bar association in
tho report OF tho committee on uni.
form state laws submitted 80 last
nights session Tn, report statcs that
thr dosor,ion act already hov aoon
PASSED ln nNr states Washington,
Kansts Rhode Island Michigan and
Wisconsin u provides for punish
mont Of d,serter, by imprisonment
go hard labor a. portion of th, pro.
r,,ds ot such labor 10 hy devoted to
Tho .uppuIt ~ tho deserted Wifr or
rnudrcn Will, the committee docs
uot deem u advisable to recommend
tho passage of This specific act IN an
strt"s owing % tho diversity of state
laws on the subject Of Imprisonment
~ hard labor ana the internal man
nsvment of penal institutions II urges
that tn bar association endorse 40,
principle of the net
I'm, so-clllcd foroigu wills act has
hrru passcd ~ the states 81 Kansas.
Norta Dakota. Massachusetts ana
Wisconsin, Under IT, provisions
win executed In any state in the mode
prescribed ny the BN of that state
"r ol thr state ln which the tostator
has his legal domlcilp will nc OF the
sam, force and eject ln me statnE
adapting this act. even though the
iiiior states may have laws not com.
plnd with in execution of tho VIII
tn, committee recommends the on
dorsomcat 10y tho association uf this
act us desirable for adoption n every
state
The progress az The movement FOR
uniformity uf state laws on vAFiotIs
subjects. az promoted oy the confer.
tncc ~ commissioner ON uniform
state laws ~ siuNn iu the following
statistics presented in ~" report
The negotiable Instruments act
has been passed. in thirty-nyc states,
Two territories. tho District of Colum-
bia and two pOssessions
The Warehouse Receipts Act IN
iwcnty.ono states ana territories and
thc District of Columbia,
The sales Act in eight states ana
ono territory
Tho Uniform Divorce Act In three
states
The stock Transfer Act in ave
states
The bills Of l.adlng Act In six
states
The wills Ac, IN four states
Tho Family Descrtion Act In i've
states.
IAN of the states. territories and
possessions are now represented In
the conference. either Oy virtue of
legislative action on otherwise. ex-
ccptlng the state OF Nevada"
bankruptcy Act Endorsed.
A recommendation that the Amer
lean Bar association oppose any at
tempt toward the repeal OF the ma
tionrl bankruptcy act Is contained in
the report ~ the committee on COM
mercial law, presented last night.
The committee urges that the asso.
oiatlon exert every cndenvor To se-
cure the defeat of the bil 10 ropeal
the bankruptcy act introduced by Rep
resontatlve clayton and now pending
IN congress Other recommendations
made ny tho committee are;
That the American Bar association