Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-04-04
THE MEETING OF The
BAR ASSOCIATIONS
SION AT JAMESTOWN. JUDGE
MORGAN RESOLUTION

The special meeting of the North
Dakota State Bar Association call
ed at jamestown Tuesday which en-
dorsed A. A. Bruce as the candidate
of the association for justice of the
supreme court, was called to order
by President John E. Greene of Mi
not; President B. II. Kroeze OF
jamestown College opened the meet
ing with a prayer; Mayor Blewett
gave a short address of welcome.
Secretary C. S. Buck called for
the report of the committee upon
resolutions upon the resignation OF
| Judge Morgan on account of i'll health
and Atty. NJ. A. Hildreth of Fargo
chairman of the committee read the
| resolution regretting the loss Of Judge
Morgan from service upon the SUI
preme bench. The resolution, print
| ed in full below, was unanimously
| adopted by the members present..
! with instructions that the copy be-
sent to Judge Morgan and that reso-
lutions be engrossed upon the rec
| ords of the supreme bench.
Secretary Buck read the resolu-
ton adopted by the State Bar Asso-
citation at Bismarck Nov. 10, 1910
regarding the endorsement by the as
sociation of candidates for the SUI
preme bench in order that the most
honest and capable attorneys may be
selected. The resolution provides
for the calling of special meeting
on 60 days notice, to be held on the
first Tuesday of April when men,
ber of the supreme court shall be:
chosen and at this meeting the men,
bers present shall by ballot endorse:
! eandidats candidates, the cam
didate or candidates given a MAORI
! ty, to receive the endorsement Of the
entire association.
The next in order of business was,
the proposing Of judiciary candi--
dates the principal business Of the
meeting. Atty. G. o. Hanchett of
| Harvey stated that as there were so
few present but "a in all, he believ-
! ed the endorsement should be de-
ferred and that vote by mail OF
members of the association be takeH,.
Atty. Chas M. Cooley Of, Grand.
| Forks then offered a. motiOn1
that the endorsement be deferred1
| There were but "a attorneys present
of the 225 members of the associa-
tion and $40 attorneys in: the state
| Atty. S. E. Ellsworth rose to point
| cial meeting and it was not in the
power of this meeting to modify ac-~
| tion passed at irregular meeting. Atty. .
| Ellsworth was upheld by President
Greene, at which Atty. Heffron ap--
pealed from the ruling of the pre-
siding officer but the appeal was
lost. Blank ballots we're then,
spread among the attorneys and each
cast ballot for his choice, the fol-
lowing voting: Attys. Greene, Regis.
ter, Cooley, Hanchett, Thorp, Divet.~
Ellsworth, Nash, McCurdy, Heffron,
J. Knauf, Hildreth, Carmody, Shaw
Culper, Mcfarland, Koffler, Combs
Lacy, Seller, and Aylmer.
Atty. Aylmer, Shaw and Hanchett
were named tellers and upon
counting the ballots the following
vote was recorded: A. A. Bruce, 2O;.
S. E. Ellsworth, l.; Jno. Knauf T.:
D. B. Holt 1; Jno. Carmody L. The
ballot was then made unanimous for
Judge Bruce, at motion of Atty.
Thorp, Atty. Knauf offered reso-
luton, which was adopted that, no.
tice be given all the attorneys. A
committee Of which A. G. Divet, was
chairman, was appointed to consider
the matter of reformation of appel
late procedure in order to shorten.
the time between an appeal and sub.
sequent trial.
Just before the close of the meet
ing, number of suggestions for the
shortening of court proceedings we're
mentioned and a committee will can
vass all the attorneys Of the state fors
ideas of the best methods Of putting
the suggestions into practical sp-
plication. This committee expect
ed to give q particularly interesting.
report at the annal meeting Of the.
bar association which the execHtive~
frontinued IN last paeeA 4.