The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-23

| mcnt OF the law from within to stem
the present tide OF popular criti-
cism was the keynote Of tile first
days session OF the American Bar
association here.
President Wilson In his address, of
| welcome pleaded for the humanizing
OF the law lIy incorporation of more
Justice and less citations in legal
cases. Former President Taft. speak
ing to the Judges OF the country,
gathered for the first time In the
history Of the country in formal
meeting. emphasized the necessity
for removing delays I'm litigation. AS
sociatc Justice Mclieynolls. or the
Supreme court, urged the judges to
give more attention to public opin-
ion.
At to lights session OF the bar as
sociation proper, Senator iIlihu Root.
III speaking Of "the laymen's criti-
cism OF the lawyer" suggested law
yers should apply the rules of evil.
dence with more regard to common
sense. and might we'll avail them
selves of expert assistance.
The days program was concluded
tonight with reception in the Pan
American building. Mt which Chief
Justice White and associate justices
OF the supreme court were hosts. Re-
ports Of committees and Pilgrim
mage to Mount Vernon will feature
toniorrow's program.
Before the, judicial section, former
President Taft, In his second speech
of the day. said he felt at home. al
though there had been an "intervcn-
Ing purgat0ry" since he himself was
Judge. He told the judges that un-
iformity In decisions was quite as
important Us individual Justice.
Mr.. Taft suggested that depend
cnce on stenographers had led to
much delay in. the disposition of
cases. He urged that most cases in
the courts be disposed of at the end
of arguments
Justice McRcynolds. In urging tho
judges to become greater Affirmative
forces In the enforcement Of the law.
said delays In courts frequently rob-
bed cases of the fruits Of the decis-
ion. AS attorney general. the jus.
tice said, he started ont with tho
idea that he would conduct the gov
ernmcnt's business as that Of a pri.
vate client. He soon found he was
mistaken. he declared, and became
convinced tho thing to do was to
give the public a fair idea OF what,
ho intended to do and r. judicious no.
ton OF wnht success was Being at
taincd as he proceeded. In some
way, he added, tho judges give to
the people an idea cf what they are
seeking to accomplish and how they
are succeeding.
''In some such way we may. turn
tho tldo of opposition to the Judiciary
OF the last ten years." he conolud-
cd, land find ourselves once more in
trenched In tho confidence of the
people,"
The judicial section discussed the
part judges might we'll take in ref
erenco to legislation affecting the
courts.
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut,
addressed the Comparative Law Bib
reau and Edmund Wetmore Of New.
York, spoke to the Patent section ON
Some Present Aspects OF the Pat
ent raw,
President Wilson :a h!s address
snid the! world was now STIRRED to
Its depths" but that the pest course
for I. nation to pursue was the dis
Interested part. Tic added that the
unsettled world conditions made n
good time for freeing the law from
the dry consideration Of cold precc-
dents md injecting into It moro OF
the viewpoint Of justice for the ordi-
nary man..
I'VE stand now in q. peculiar case"
tho president continued. "Our first
thought. l suppose. as lawyers Is Of
International law: We know that
we see In international law, as It
[were, tho moral processes by which
law itself camo irsto existeuca
know that MS a lawyer I have myself
at times felt that thero was no real.
comparison between the law of ma
tion and the law OF nations, because
tho lattar; lacked the sanction that
gave the former strength and valid
ity. And yet II you look intoithe mat
ter morei closely. you will find that
tho two fhnvo the, same foundations
and that those foundations arc moro
evident. and conspicuous In our day
than they over havo been before.
The opinion OF tho world is the mis-
tress of the world: and tho process-
os. of International law md tho. slow
prbcesses by which opinion work It's
Will. lss 81 81 z
S"What :: imprasses me Is the con-
stant thought, that that - the tribun-
al at theS bar of which we all sit.
would hail your attention. incidental,
ly, to the circumstances that 1t doea
;.ot 05ssHSs The ~ .sles Of eyll
dence, which has sometimes suggest
ed 70 ma that the ordinary rules Of
oviden6se had shown some signs of
growing santiquo, e. " .s Il, n
"Evor$ $thing rumor included, Is
heard alE this court, and the stand