The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
REBEL OFFICERS QUARREL.
Bar Banquet Finds
 Many Notables There

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 ever sparkled around banquet board. These rich memories will ever be with us to renew the pleasures of our an- nual aSsemblageS.
 But although of inestimable value, the intellectual or literary features of these banquets have not furnished the only or chief benefit which we have derived therefrom. They have ere ated closer bond and stronger spirit of good fellowship among the members. They have made the mem- that they are brothers in profession, but personal friends. They have made them feel that the trust which one has in another is not based alone on the duty which one lawyer ones to an other, but on the confidence which one friend has in another.
 we have met here the leaders of this bar, men whose leadership has been recognized not only on account of their ability but by reason of their adherence to high professional ideals. We have had an opportunity to meet and form the, acquaintance of men who have been advanced to the judic- iary and who have received the high est honors within the profession. And the younger member as he entered the bar has been made to feel that these men have personal interest In nm. Such associations must naturally make the younger man more ambitious and make him feel greater responsibility for his professional conduct. Looked at from any point of view, the 1nf1u- ences engendered by this bar assocla- tion have worked for the better of the profession and for the maintenance of high standard
 be somewhat changed because the distinguished attorney of New York, James w. Osborne, was compelled through business engagements to take an early train. He was therefore called upon first to respond to the Criminal Law?" MT. Osborne made an eloquent and impressive speech. He is a born orator of great power. H described in detail the involved court procedure in New York state. He pointed out how it called for un- reasonable expense in the printing of the court record and interminable de- lays in tfe decision of cases. He paid a high tribute to the courts of Con- necticut and to the court procedure in this state. He said that of all the codes or systems of procedure with which he was acquainted in any jur- isdiction he considered the simple practice act of Connecticut the very best. He denounced in unmeasured terms the proposition to recall judges. lie SdlO IIldL III NoW l OIk StdIe luS judges are now elected through the favor of political bosses. He said that the saving merit of the system of choosing judges in New York was that the judges were elected for the long term of fourteen years at a sal- ary which made them absolutely in- dependent.
 He further said that experience has shown that most of the judges rise to the responsibility of their judicial position and above the dictation of party voices. He said. that if the re- call of judges should be put into force it would destroy the independence of the judiciary in New York because the party boss who now elects him would be in a position to control pol iticaI influences and subject the judge to recall if he disobeyed the boss mandate.
 At the close of his speech MT. Os- borne had to leave the hall to take a train. His hearers regretted that he had to close his speech so soon and he was heartily cheered at it's termi- nation.
 One of the striking features of the occasion was the ovation rendered to Governor Baldwin when he was in troduced by the toastmaster. The members of the bar present including g the judges of the superior and su- preme courts stood up and cheered him, waving their napkins. It was a striking demonstration of the very high esteem in which he is held by the legal fraternity.