The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-15
POLITICS TABOO AS
1900 LAWYERS PAY
TRIBUTE TO HUGHES
Justicc Delivers the Annual
Address Before State
Bar Association.
LIMIT on
FAVORED IN REPORT

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.he ballroom at the Astor last h'sh'
rbcn Justice Charles e. Hughes deliv-
a., o,,uai address before the New
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spparcnt 10 everybody hat II was no'
,hs inv and the statutes only that
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yree,ed the jurist with q volley or hand
clapp!ug which lasted almost a minute
Justice Hughes had practically made
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-hat he was not 10 De m'er''e"eo Oh
any political subject and there was not
,,,ru,c when there was the slightest
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garded. But Tor all OF 'nat MS reeep-
ron was more than a tribute to a mem
100, .i,a assoc,a, ,on w,ho has risen 10
r. I-,,,.a s,e,o,
the supreme oeh'h vi '"o III"
The demonstration was, OF course
rurcly non partisan. One of the leaders
a. - T.. an, nj, tho p,atform near the
was for,nen Judge Alton d.
IT, once tho nominee for President
on a ,,ctct other than that with which
rood many men have been linking
Irs,,,c Uugbes's name recently,
Others on the platform besides Al
obonso r. Clearwater. president Of the
,s.o,Ia,ipn. were Gov. Charles s. Whit
man. Joseph II. Choate, Henry W. Taft.
Henry T.. S,imson, william u. Guthrie.
Francis Lynde Stetson. ex-Judge Nor
gan J. O'Brien. Frederick E. Wadhams
and Herbert Parsons.
Justice Hughes's Address.
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De .s.,a a. o.r,,c,iar n.
Nv &c. ,ha, 0r., deron.
-,,a,inn ~ yre.,ipy One WAS when he
referred 10 tne oe'eiop.'en, 20
sponsih,lity which will lead to entrust-
ing each municipality with the care OF
,ts purely local affairs under rules OF
i,s own making reference which
pleased advocates Of home rule espe-
cially.
Approval was manifested. too. wher
the jurist spoke Of "a network OF legis'
ls,ive rules OF practice which. In thet
completely, are a reproach to the State.s
and advocated reforms In procedure.
Following the address, Justice Hughes
WAS guest of honor at a reception OF
the eighth foor OF h hotel.
Al the opening session OF the Bar As
soclation's thirty-ninth annual meetins
Yesterday morning the committee OF
International arbitration reafnrmed tn,
,ud.-m,n, II EXPRESSED last year In urx
ing an agreement among the nation OF
,ho mutual limitation OF anc
..il,-o
Justice. The report was adopted, as wa
resolution opposjng IMPRISONMENT TO
dehN.
CriticiSms of lax features in the ad
n,nistration of Law in the United State,
were offered freely and many recon
wond,tions for the correction Of exist
inc ellis vere made.
"N-W NatiOnalism" Rebuked.
H'P"o''" ITnaas nr.s,aan, zoe
ogn!zed that there is a profound feel
ing Of dissatisfaction with the admins
ration OF justice in America and
widespread belief that Il 10 not properl
dispensed Judge Clearwater. howeve1
insisted that the attribution OF failure
20 the judiciary Is unjust and
n emphatic terms the movement for tn
popular notification Of decisions.
New Nationalism" came In for
sham rebuke in the report OF the CON
mit,ee on the duty OF courts to refus
20 execute statutes in co~ntraventlon q
the fundamental law. OF which Henr
A Forster is chairman.
Dean !. Newton tiero Of the Aban
Law school in an address on Legs
Education advocated a higher standar
4 preparation for students. q pos'tio
which WAS Endorsed In the report OF
committee which had made a specit
study Of the subject. Interest WAS show
also IN a reform In procedure recon
wend.d 10y the committee on preventio
~ unnecessary litigation, as follows
They 1.-THE committed all agree to fh
accessibility OF "a liberal extension OF 81
animation before trial, somewhat aftt
the manner OF the practice IN OntaT'
and other Jurisdictions"
Menaces to Justice.
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10, ,,a, q, 80 No, nronerlv disnense
II, fo,,nr,,s,y IN, un,us,Iv' its failur,
ar. a,,rhv,.d In The iudiciarv. with II
r.su, ~, a nuer,le notion exists
man minds ,ba, II a judicial d,
ESQ, hs snnrnved nv the mass
~. ,o,,la I, "a tho inherent and fund,
men,,l right of the majority TO nullify
To cav ,b., ,his heresy is destructive