Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-09-01
.TAET ADDRESSES
ANE R|CAN BAR
ASSOCIATION
RFPt MS HIS PLEA FOR
ARBITRATION TREATIES
President Also Recommends
That Salaries of Supreme
Court Justices Be Raised to
$4,000 Annually.
a, Morning Journal Special Leased wire,

r. Morning Joufuhs SpcShh AsAseo Huc-s
Deston. Aug. 3l.--The announce
menl that President TAFT would say a
final word at the closing session of
be American Bar association was SUI (
deent to crowd Huntington hall with
some of the brightest legal lights Of
the country.
previous to the arrival OF the
nrcsldeni the association debated at
length resolution denouncing the
declines of recall Of judges and urgns
he various state bar associations 10
expose the fallacy of judicial re-
eaIl.'
Mrs. TAFT came with the president
I'm the twenty mile ride through the
rain but stayed in the White iious E
automobile outside Huntington hall
and did not hear the speech.
Immediately after the address they
molorcd back to Beverly. The rtesi.
dent aimed his argument for the
arbitration treaties At the senate for
tign relation committee, which he
said. took exceptions to the pari
shich provides that the joint hieb
commission determine whether
question Is 'justiceablc" and there
fare one to be settled by arbitration
1 powers By the senate, the presi-
dent said, and therefore il objected
There We're not he said, any
mara pnVpaVe aopfarpaA ~ th, g,Cgtf
luton on the senate than there were
conferred By the constitution on the
executive ! think this is pretty plain,
because the executive has to initiate
and the senate has to agree to the
treaties befor thy can go into force.
The senate has power to ratify an
2grecment, which shall bind it and
lhe government, or rather which shall
bind the government. and therefore
bind il to consent to the adjudication
q any class OF questions arising in
The future hy heard OF s1itratinn
necessarily follows that il has the
right to consent to this treaty"
Referring to his hope that the sem
ate would not modify the treaties
the president compared the nation to
sick Indian,
You know they say the Indians
Rhen they are sick don't like any
Medicine, except something that bites
Nmehing that is bad to take said
The president. Il don't think that we
shall really get ahead with this ar
Alraton business unless we are will
ms to assume an obligation to execute
Judgment that may bite and may be
lad for us to take.
III we are going to take the posi-
ion that we will wait until tho ques-
ion arises, and then conclude (be-
ause we don't think we can win in
he arbitration case) that IT is not
MStlfiable. then we have written our
Homlses in water, and we have made
agreemcnts that dissolve under the
test Of experience. The result will
lalow, which may be anticipated, that
Instead of promoting the cause Of ar
bIlmilon we have interferred with
obstructed 1t and made it laugh
lhg stock with all nations"
Before turning to arbitration, the
resident spoke Of the efforts that the
Supreme court is making to reform
NE rules of equity procedure in the
FEDERAL courts, and declared that the
aarIes of federal Judges should be
Increased.
Speaking of the salaries of federal
jOdees the president said that those
ol circuit judges should he increased
50 as to be more commensurate with
"oSe paid district judges.
'oG course" he said the salaries
u lhe supreme court members ought
Dc increased. We have got them UP
}l2,5O0, or something like that.
''eE ought to go UP to $4,000. a
'0Uft which exercises sucn great re
Sohsibility and calls for such ABILITY
a'u earning ought to have its melu-
peN amply paid so that they need lct|
dependent on lccturing ii law
1'ools ana doing other things Tor The
purpose of of making ont salary that
''y enables them to live"
speaking of patent law and patent
aSvS the president said he hoped
'he new court of commerce
appeal"
"V supreme court in such eases, he
s'na mad proved failure, The
"u'ht then spoke Of reforms
,, MS hearers who before his en-
r"'e mad debated a resolution upon
ga @ recall of the judiciary. leaned for-
csn o eagerly The expected denun-
p" dld not come, but instead there
~, an evidently whole-hearted ap-
n, 'l'''n of the early members OF
@ supreme court.
u, now, gentlemen" he said.
moe y another thought that this
le, '"s suggests, and that is OF heart
l1sa ''"patny to the men of 1887 and
t marvellous men. who made the
theoa ''''ioh of the United states. In
Of n,' u'Ns' when we are all in favor
III sieSS' It Is of tho highest bene-
hs,n. ."e community that we had an
riepn,' 'nt made in those days suffi-
heada, elastic to comprehend all
stne,i' proBress and sufficiently re-
il tba, - Keep out wild rlserios tina,
tho uied would inflief innrv on
be fr''uhity far' and would prove to
God n, np''s IN the end and to thank
'' we had John Marshall ana