The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-21

Gays session Of the American lar
association here.
President Wilson in his address OF
welcGrnc pleaded for the humanzing
of the law by 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 In litigation. AS
soclatc Justice McRcynods, of the
Supreme court. urged the judges to
give moro attention to public opin-
f0u.
At tonight's session Of the bar as-
s0clation proper Senator Elihu Root.
In speaking OF "the laymcn's criti-
cism OF the lawyer" suggested law
yers should apply the rules OF evil
donce with more regard to common
sense. and might we'll avail III" :
selves OF expert assistance.
The days program was concluded
tonight with reception in the PAN
American building. ut which Chief
Justice White and nssnciatc justices
or tho supreme court were hosts Re-
ports OF committees and pilgrim
mage to Mount Vernon will feature
tomorrow's program.
Before the judicial section. former
President Taft, In his second speech
OF the day. said he felt at homo. III
though there had been an "intervcn.
ing purgatnry" since he himself was
n Judge. He told the judges that un-
iformity in decisions was quite as
imDortant as individual Justice.
Mr.. Taft suggested that dnn,nd-
ance on stenographers had led to
much delay In tho disposition OF
cases. He urged that most casos In |
the COURTS be disposed OF ut. the end
OF arguments.
Justice McReynolds, 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 dccis-
ion. As attorney general. the ius. |
fice said. he atartad out with tho |
iden that he would conduct the row.
ernment's business IN that nf pri |
vate client. He soon found he was
mistaken. he declared. and became
convinced the thing to do was to
give tho public fair idea Of what |
he intended to do and = judicious no
tion OF what success was being. Mt
tained as he proceaded In some
way. no added. the judges Civ, to
the Deople an idep r.s what thev are
seeking to. accomplish and how they
are succeeding.
"In some such way we NAV turn,
the tide of oDposition to tho judiciary
Of tho last ten years." he conclud-
cd, "and find ourselves once moro in
trenched In tho confidence OF the
penDlo."
Tho judicial section discussed tho
mart Judges. might wcll take In rnf-
nreace TO Legislation affecting tho
courts.
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut,
addressed tho Comparative Law Du-
rcnn and Edmund Wetmore OF New
York. spoke to the Patent scctio- on
"Snmn Prescnt Aspects of the Pat
cnt Law"
raid the world was now STIRRED to
its depths. hut that the best course
FOR :. nation 20 pursue was Tho dis
Interested rart. He added that the
unsettled world conditions made q
good time for freeing the law from
tho dry consideration OF cold rrece-
dents and injecting into 1t moro of
the viewpoint of Justice fcr the ordi-
narv man.
I'VE stand now In peculiar caee."l
tho president continued. "our first
thought. suppose, as lawyers IL OF
international Raw: We know that
we SEQ In international law, as 1t
were, the moral processes by which
law Itself came into existence
know that as a lawyer I have myself
Mt times felt that there was no roal
comparison between the law of ma
tion A::sA the law OF nations. because
the latter lacked the sanction that
gave stlie former strength and valid
ity. And yet II you look into the mat
ter more closely. you will find that Z,
the two have tho same foundations
and that those foundations are more
evident and conspicuous In our day
than they ever have been before.
The opinion OF the world Ia the mis-
tress OF the world; and the process
es OF iuternational law and the slow
processes by which opinion work It's
will
"W1at .mpresses me is the con-
stant thought, that that Ia the >tribun-
al attthe bar OF which we all sit. I
would call your attention. incidental
Iy, to the circumstances that Il tioeG
not observe the ordinary rules OF cvi-
dence. which has sometimes suggest {
ed % me that the ordinary rules OF
cvidencp had shown somo signs of !
growing antique. 4
'.Egprything. rumor included. Is
heard IN thi5 court. and the stand
ard Efsjudgment is not with regard
to the fcliaracter of tho testimony.
hut tlie character OF the witness. The
motives are disclosed, the purposes
arc S1niectured that opinion In final 1