New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
RAPS JUDICIAL RECALL
{. H. Farrar Tells American Bar
1t MenaCeS Liberty.
CORPORATION LAW NEEDED
Associations Head Says Uniform
One Would Avert Need Of
Federal Control

Boston, Aug 29.-The results Of a years
Investigations by more than dozen com
mittees on the intrcacles OF various
branches Of law and legal procedure were
presented tonight before the thirty-fourtf
annual session OF the American Bar Asso
citation. The convention opened earlier ir
the day in one Of the halls OF the Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology with the
presidents address. delivered by Edgar II
Farrar, Of New orleans. That was fol
lowed by the election Of the general coun'
Gil made up OF one member from eacf
state and territory.
One OF the speakers to-day was Baror
Uchida, japanese Ambassador to th'
United States, who spoke in Langdell Hall
AT the Harvard Law School, on "Th'
Ieachlhg or Jurisprudence In Japan"
Uniform state laws governing corpora
lions rather than federal corporation con
troll were advocated by Mr.. Farrar in hi.
address. Mr. Farrar denounced the propo
sltlon for the recall of judges by popular
vote and the Idea Of a federal commission
TO fix the prices Of merchandise lie IA
vored the limiting of the capital stock o
national banks and the prohibition Of con
solidation Of such banks or OF their con
troll by any corporation. Regarding TIM
proposed recall OF judges. Mr.. Farrar said
It is difficult for one brought up I'm thu
traditions of .ur free American republc
10 find language properly To cn1rdcJeIlH
this radical intrusion. II the judiciary o
this country were in any materlal Pal col
rupt. or If there were In orr system oil lay
no effective means TO remove corrupt o
had been appealed to in vain and could no
be made operative, then there might o.
some excuse for n revolutionary measure
this character But none OF these Things il
true The constitutions of the states pro
vide the most ample machinery Tor the re
moval Of judges. either By address out o
office OF by impeachment,
Assault on Law and Order.
The proposed measure is an assault 81
the citadel Of law and order. II IS al
attempt to destroy the independence or IN
judiciary. without which true lloerty-tn'
liberty which is regulated by law, en-
forced with reason and deliberatiOn-can
not exist. and to substitute the opinion AM
the passions OF the mob.
1t is more than probable that this pro
posed legislation is one of the symptoms o
the political. social and economic unres
that perva1c the whole nation. The burn
ing question that now asitates the min'
Of the American people is how 10 contro
the corporations. how 70 break I'd lhoH'
great aggregations which seem TO be az
most a s powerful as the Government itsel
and how 20 prevent their formation IN I'M
future
The great American national disgrace !
found I'm the issuance Of fictitious or Wat
cred stock This Is made possible by thos
CORPORATION laws which provide no govern
mental sGparvision over the organization n
corporations ! believe 1t can be truthtul
stated that, under the pretence or anucipal
r.fHarr raf
10 insert from % u ~ per cent Of waite
into the organization Of all corporation
whose stocks are exploited on the gree
financial markets. the lax corporation Jaw
give rise n a host Of fraudulent corpora
tons which are exploited through the mali
and the various advertising mediums.
Mother Of the Trusts.
To my mind. the most vicious Of all IN
provisions I'm the statutes Is that authorlZ
Ing one corpor3uon to own ana vote stoc !.
in another This provision IS the mother n
the holding company and the trust II pro
vides a method for combining under on
MANAGEMENT and control corporations iron
one end Of the nation 10 tho other.
II appears TO me that N would requir
only small amount Of constructive states
manship 10 bring about a state confeTenc
and united action on this grave sublec'
Even II the Commission on Uniform stat
avs I'm whose work this association take
such a large part. can ever agree on uni
form CORPORATION law n IS doubtful whethe
# can exert the moral OF the political powe
TO ret III adopted without such confer
erce among the states. This rs work 10
the House Of Governors"
Acts relative TO wife and child desertiol
and to the probating in one state OF Will
made In another were recommended for IN
dorsement by the association in the repor
of tho committee on uniform state laws
The report states that the desertion &C
already had been passed I'm five states
Washington, Kansas Rhode Island. Michi
gan and Wisconsin. 1t provides for punish
ment Of deserters by Imprisonment at hare
la Dor. q portion Of the proceeds Of sucl
labor 10 he devoted TO the support Of tn
deserted wife or children. The so-calle'
foreign wills act has been passed in tn
states of Kansas, North Dakota, Massa
chusetts and Wisconsin.
4 recommendation that the association
oppose any attempt toward the repeal o
the national bankruptcy act is contained n
the report Of the committee on CONNER
cial law. other recommendations made b.
the committee are. That the association
give all assistance in its power In obtain
ing the enactment Of the uniform act OF
negotiable instruments, warehouse receipts
sales, bills Of lading and transfer Of stock
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