The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
ATTORNEY CAVANAGH PREs|DEs
Committees Named to Draft Bylaws
and Constitution and Organization
Will Be Completed at Dinner to Be
Held on Evening of September list.

Preliminary to forming a bar asso-
citation in Milwaukee the members of
the bench and bar of Kenosha county
held a very Interesting session at the
circuit court room in the county build
ing this morning and committees were
named to have charge of the detail
work in connection with perfecting
the organization. These committees
will report at a dinner to be held on
the evening of September first, prob
ably at the .Elks Club at which time
the new. organization will be formally
launched.
For many years attorneys in Keno
sha have felt the need Of an organiza-
ton. Nearly all Of the larger cities
IN the state and the country have such
organizations. Kenosha lawyers have
been affiliated with the state and ma
tional bar associations, but these or
CARNATIONS have not filled the place of
a local association. At the meeting
this morning James Cavanagh, the old
est member of the bar in the county,
presided and James E. Tully acted as
secretary. There was no set program
or order Of ceremonies, but the vari-
GUS attorneys were given chance to
express their views on the question Of
organization. Attorney Cavanagh
and Judge Clarkson made the meeting
a most interesting one by relating
many incidents Of the practice of the
profession in the earlier days in Keno
sha. They told of the old plan Of adj
hitting lawyers to the bar by motion
and had some laughable stories of the
examinations of some of the men who
had been admitted to the bar in the
pioneer days. They spoke of the ad-
vance Of the profession and the coming
of the state bar examinations.
While the purposes of the new or
ganization were not discussed at length
it was the sentiment of the lawyers
present that the organization should
not be in any way a trade organiza-
ton, but that it should be largely Of a
social nature.
eve do not aim to advance the
charges for divorce case or reduce
the cost of a retainer in a criminal
case" said one of the attorneys pres
ent at the meeting. eve are, how
ever, seeking more fellowship among
the members Of the profession in Ke-
nosha. Nearly all Of the professional
men Of the city have their organiza-
lions and there is every reason why
the lawyers should organize. There
are many matters which come up in a
year which are of interest to all of us
and with an organization it will be
easier to show a common interest in
these matters. Kenosha has been far
behind other cities of her class in or
ganizing bar association and for
years the men in the profession have
seen the need of the organization.
The plans for the future Of the bar
association will be more fully outlined
at the adjourned meeting next
month -
The committee to have charge of
the drafting of the constitution and
bylaws is made up Of Judge Clifford
E. Randall, A. E. Buckmaster and
Henry j. Hastings.
All but two Of the lawyers Of the
city were present at the meeting and
these attorneys sent assurance that
they were in hearty accord with the
expressed plan Of the meeting. 1t is
probable that some well known attor-
ney of the state will be invited to
speak at the dinner planned for the
evening of September 1st