The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-09
THE new JUDICIAL CODE"
SUBJECT PAPER ]. S. SEXTON
Address OF President Fox May Cause
Attacks on Many Statutes-Annual
Banquet At Edwards House Tonight
Will Adjourn Tomorrow.
Special to The Ne,us.


Jackson, Miss, May 9.-After an af-
ternoon and evening of social di-
versions that extended into the small
hours of the morning, the Mississippi
State Bar Association settled down to
real business at the forenoon session.
The opening feature on the program
was the annual oration by Judge
Charles B. Howry, of the United
States Court of Claims, at Washing
ton. Judge Howry is native Missis-
sippian and former resident of Oxford,
served for seven years on the Demo
cratic national executive committee,
and has been connected with the
Court of Claims since President Cleve-
lands administration.
One of the notable incidents of the
address was vigorous defense of
the United States Supreme Court
against what Judge Howry termed un-
warranted attacks on its integrity and
the soundness of its decisions.
THE New Judicial Code" was the
theme of paper read by Hon. ]. s.
Sexton, of Hazlehurst, former presi-
dent Of the Association. State Sena-
tor Clayton D. Potter read paper on
TAX Legislation"
The afternoon session will be devot-
ed to discussion of committee re-
ports, among which is the report of
the committee on ethics, which has
recommended the adoption of the
code of ethics promulgated by the
American Bar Association.
The concluding social feature of the
convention will be the annual BAN
quet at The Edwards tonight, at which
seven addresses will be delivered
The association will finish its work
and adjourn Friday morning.
Fox's Address Full Of Food For
Thought.
The number of legal attacks on stat
utes enacted at the recent legislative
| oS1oiOh Will uOuDIlcoo Dc iuCl 6db6u ny
the bold and vigorous annual address
of President A. F. Fox, of the Missis-
sippi Bar Association, wherein it was
asserted that many of the session acts
! of 1912 are clearly unconstitutional,
| and some of them not even respectable
nonsense.
Ever since the legislative session
/ it has been generally known among
state officials and members of the
legal profession that a flood of litiga-
ton would result from the drastic
laws enacted, but President Fox in his
annual address referred to a number
of measures as unconstitutional that
have hitherto been regarded as valid
and binding.
One of the surprises sprung by Pres
ident Fox was his assertion that the
bill authorizing municipalities to
adopt the commission form of govern
ment is illegal in its provisions. On
tomorrow the city of Meridian will vote
on the question of adopting this plan
of government, and the declaration of
President Fox may have some effect
on the result of that contest. In
event the commission plan is adopted
in Meridian, the plan viii be at once
subjected to a constitutional test, as
some of the ablest lawyers in that city
are arrayed against it.
! Another interesting bit of litigation
in prospect is that prohibiting the
existence of Greek letter fraternities
at the University of Mississippi. II
has been known for several days that
members of the Greek letter societies
have been formulating plans to test
the Russell law, and the declaration
of President Fox that the legislator,
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