The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-02
GATHERING OF
LAWYERS HEAR
ABLE ADDRESS
SENATOR WALSH OF MONTANA
SPEAKS BEFORE ANNUAL MEET
ING OF THE STATE BAR Asso-
CATION.
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL

SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.
Tallahassee. March THE State
Bar Association which has just closed
its annual session IN this city. while
possibly not the largest in number OF
attendance yet Il proved to be one OF
the most interesting. IL we are to
! judge by the comments heard on ell
! sides from those who were In attend
ance from other parts Of the state.
The members Of the association and
many laymen listened to one OF the
most able addresses ever listened to
here when Senator Walsh OF Montana
! gave his exposition of the question
that have arisen under the Seventeenth
amendTne to he constitution OF the
United States in The matter or election
and seating United States senator's
Thursday afternoon was given over
almost entirely 20 a discussion OF the
advisability OF the bar association ap-
pointing committee to campaign for
the passage Of the proposed amend
nent to our state constitu ion relative
to the judiciary TO be voted upon at
the next election. on. Fred T. Myers
taking the position as opposing the
motion proposing that the bar as
, body indorse the proposed amendment
while Attorney Aston Cockreli and
Senator Hudson took the opposite view.
The result was that the body Endorsed
the amendment.
The meetings were held in the mag
ntfcent new supreme court room and
the supreme court after ied nearly all
the deliberations. Chief Justice
Shackleford on Friday morning gave a
short but able address upon the sub
ject of simplifying the procedure both
in the supreme and circuit courts of
1,3c Uy
liams in his annual address also dwell
much upon the matter of simplifying
the Procedure OF this state. and stated
that the efforts OF the committee to
pass a law last session was defeated
because ii was found that the iaymen
members looked with suspicion upon
any measure that the lawyers as a
body proposed and thol 81, it best for
the lawy't Of the sta e to join in Gre
ating a demand by informing the lay
men generally that their purposes were
wholly for the general good OF the
people.
Price Named President.
The business meeting held late yes
terday afternoon resulted in the cleo
ton OF Hon. w. II. Price Of Mariana
as president, NJ. c. Cooper. Jr.. of Jack
sonville, secretary. and Hon. Francis
Winthrop OF Tallahassee. treasurer
The annual banquet at the Leon
hotel last night was probably one of
the most brilliant in the history of
the organization. The unusual number
Of ladies present lent much to making
the occasion one long to be remen:
bered by those present. Former Attor-
ney General Ellis acted as POSTMASTER
for the occasion and acquitted himself
most handsomely with his witty re-
marks In Introducing each OF the notso
gentlemen present who had been sched-
uled for a speech. 1t was observed
from the subjects assigned to the re-
spective gentlemen they were chosen
with much care and generally the
speaker had the subject which ne
knew least about. Every speaker re-
sponded most willingly except Hon.
w A. MacWilliams who proceeded to
tear up all the good effect the other
speakers thought they had created. and
even sta ed that he had while sitting
beside the POSTMASTER prompted him
how to tell every joke he had cracked.
and kept the banqueters in continual
uproar till a late hour.
The general concenSus OF opinion
among the members OF the association
was that the next session should be
called to meet not later than August,
and possibly at Atlantic Beach, as
there are several matters that should
be considered before the next meeting
OF the legislature.