The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-09-02
LEGAL
Lights To Confer In The CITY
Of Montreal

Montreal, Aug. Co. Men who
make, interpret and expound laws.
men who have served their country
in the highest executive, judicial. leg
islatiye and diplomatic positions.
men who bear on noble forebeads and
furrowed faces the indelible marks OF
intellectually, and whose thoughtful
glances and positive speech betoken
the trained mind and judicial temper
ament-these are the component
parts Of the distinguished company
now assembling in this city for the
annual meeting of the American Bar
association and the conferences OF the
several affiliated organizations.
This will be the first occasion on
which the convention of the Ameri-
can Bar Association has been held
outside the United States. Great
| importance is attached to this fact.
in calling attention to which the an
nouncement of the executive commit.
tee says: The meeting undoubtedly
tends to cement more firmly the al
ready warm relations between the
members of the bar of the United
States and Canada, and will be a fit
ting forerunner of the celebration in
February, 1914, of the centenary Of
peace between the two great English
speaking races of the world
The association has been fortunate
in securing as speakers and guests OF
the convention three men who are en-
inent as. representatives of the bench
and bar of three of the leading nat
ions. These men are the Rt Hon.
Viscount Haldane, Lord High Chan
cellor of Great Britain; William H.
Taft, former President of the United
States, and Maitre Labori, Batonier
of the bar of Paris, famed for his de-
fence of Major Dreyfus and Emile
Zola.
| The convention will hold its open.
ing session Monday morning in the as
sembly hall of the Royal Victoria Col
lege. The opening address will be
delivered by the president, Frank B.
Kellogg, of st. Paul. Monday after
noon, Lord Haldane will deliver the
annual address before the association
at the Princess theatre, being intro.
duced by Chief Justice White of the
Supreme Court of the United States
The session of Tuesday morning
will be devoted to the reports of
standing and special committees.
Tuesday evening there will be sym
postum on "The Struggle for the Sim
plificaton of Legal Procedure" dis
cussed under three sub-topics, as fol.
lows: Some Causes" by Judge w. C.
Cook of the Federal Circuit Court of
Appeals, Kansas; Legal Procedure
and Social Unrest" by Judge Charles
Burke of the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals; "The Goal and its Attainment
by William A. Blount of Pensacola,
Fla.
The feature of the Wednesday
morning session will be a paper by
former President William H. Taft
The Tuesday and Wednesday ses.
sions will be held at the Royal Vic.
toria College.
The convention will be brought tc
close Wednesday evening with a
grand banquet at the Windsor Hotel
Senator Elihu Root of New York will
preside and former President Taft
and Maitre Labori will respond to
toasts.
In addition to the sessions of the
convention proper there will be meet.
ings of the Comparative Law Bureau
the sections of Legal Education and
Patent Law, the Association of Am
erican Law Schools, and the Ameri
can Institute of Criminal Law and
Criminology.