The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-07-02
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LEAGUE Of NATIONS
League " os ia Heated Legal
I,n'yL'e y BY Lex
iagtcn attorneys

Lexin gton Ky, June 27.-A reso-
luton declaring that the treaty of
peace and League of Nations should
be ratified by the United States Sen
ate procipitated big struggle at
the close of the final session of the
eighteenth annual meeting of the
Kentucky Bar Association to-day.
After numerous points Of order a
motion to table and vote on the pre-
vious question, in the course OF
which personalities were INDUCED
by several members and William P.
Kimball, of Lexington, had charged
from the floor that "the Louisville
& Nashville railroad has organized
the fight against this resolution"
it was adopted by vote Of 70 to 81.
Resignation offered
John B. Baskin, of Louisville,
Immediately offered his resignation
and others were heard to say that
they would withdraw from the or
ganization Baskin claimed that
the resolution was not germane and
that its introduction was in viola
ton of the constitution of the as
spciation. at is a feeble effort to
rEag politics into the association"
he yelled out of a general uproar.
The resolutios was offered by w.
W. Thum, of Louisville. Many
Nan ored for recognition, desiring
70 be heard, but under parliament
tary law the motion to table and
the previous question were held I'M
debatable, and when the issue came
to final vote the result was so GER
cain that those who had clamored
forebore to speak because of the
lateness of the hour and the cleo
ton yet ahead. The strife followed
one of the most impressive incid-
ents that had marked a meeting of
the State Bar.
Churchill Humphrey, of Louis
vile, who fought through the war
as an Ensign in command of a tor
pedo boat destroyer in French wat
ers, closed a masterful address on
"The Law of Submarine Warfare"
with an incident off Brittany which
made men weep and a perOratios In
tribute to his comrades of Annapol-
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tory which stirred feelings deeper.
For a full minute the audience ap-
Dauded. Then John B. Baskin
moved that three cheers be gl,cn
for Humphrey and the association
put aside it's dignified bearing in
leaking them strong.
Tribute to Mrs. Humphrey
AS the echoes died, Edwin G..
Hill, of Louisville, moved a rising
vote for another who was as hero
ic-the devoted wife who at home
kept the virgil through the still
watches to the wars end, yet never
forgot to smile-Mrs. Martha
Churchill Humphrey" The asso-
citation was on its feet in an instant
and did not repress cheers and ap-
plause.
(Oficers were elected as follows:
President, Lewis Apperson, Mt.
Sterling; vice presidest, First dis
trict, Roscoe Reed. Paducah; Sc
cond district, w. T. Browder, Rus
sellville; Third district Basil Rich
ardson, Glasgow; Fourth district.
John C. Doolas. Louisville; Fifth
district, George C. Webb, Lexing-
ton; Sixth district, d. Collins Lee.
Covington; Seventh district, High
Eiddell, Irvine. Members of the
Executive Committee, w. A. Berry.
Paducah, s. c. caves, Greenville;
Robert G. Gordon. Louisville:
George r. Hunt, Lexington; j. e.
Robbins, Mayfeld; Treasurer, w.
W. Crawford, Louisville; secretary
j. V. Conner, Louisville.