Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
SARGENT HONORED
BY FEDERAL BAR
Attorney General Speaks at
Banquet on Legislation to
Relieve Courts.

Expediting the removal of defendants
Tor trial through legislation now pend
ing in Congress and an increased force
of judges will materially assist in re-
lieving congestion on the criminal CAL
endar, Attorney General John G. Sar-
gent, the guest of honor, told the Fed
eral Bar Association, composed of at
t0rneys in the Federal service, at its
annual banquet held last night at the
Mayflower Hotel In token of the
esteem in which he is held, the asso-
citation presented Mr.. Sargent with a
pretentiouS rod and reel before an as
Sembly of some 600 women and men,
including some of the outstanding fig
Ures in the legal world.
The major way to remedy defects is
not by legislation. Mr. Sargent asserted
IN his address. which was broadcast
over station WRC and associated sta
tions, but through the cooperative
action of bench and bar to improve
procedure. Treating his audience to
sketch of the judicial history of Yer
mont, Mr.. Sargent declared that today
the common law lives and will live as
long as the English language is spoken,
m whatever system of Jurisprudence
prevails, governed largely by precedent
and statutes.
Farnum Is TOastmaster.
Assistant Attorney General George r.
Farnum acted as POSTMASTER and
Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy of the
District Supreme Court RECALLED the au-
dience with an account of Mr.. Sar-
gents love of smoking his pipe and his
tobacco prescriptions. Chief Justice
Fenton w. Booth of the United States
Court of Claims presented the Attor-
ney General with the fishing rod and
reel and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur,
in brief address, paid tribute to Mr.
Sargent's value as a member of the
Official family.
United States Attorney Charles H.
Tuttle of New York City said that the
association serves q double purpose i'll
rs devotion to the service of two of the
greatest ideals that ever sprang from
the mind of man-iuStice and the
United States of America. All who
have come in contact with the Attorney
General have been the better for it, Mr..
Duttle asserted.
Eloquent Tribute Paid.
In introducing the Attorney General,
Mr. Farnum paid an eloquent tribute
10 his chief. Declaring that 1t is an
old adage that "ourS is a Government
of laws and not men," Mr.. Farnum said
that Tin the last analysis, however, the
repute of our institutions and the
destiny of our republic depend upon
the character and qualifications of
those to whom is intrusted the impor-
FAINT task of administering our laws" He
told Of the burdens borne by the At
torney General during the past four
years and declared that those who had
been associated with Mr.. Sargent know
that we have enjoyed a great and
priceless privilege"
The committee on arrangements for
the dinner consisted of Chairman Far
nun, Mai Charles William Freeman,
vice chairman; Ralph G. Cornell, Secre-
tary: William r. Valance, president of
the Federal Bar Association; Chief Jus
tice Booth, Senator Warren of wyoming,
William p. McCracken, jr., Assistant
Secretary of Commerce; Mai. Julius I.
Peyser, Mai, Gen. Edward A. Kreger,
Clement L. Bouve, Louis @. Caldwell,
Patrick d. Cronin, Lurtin r. CHM, Rob-
ert Z. Healy. Daniel w. Knowlton,
Ephraim F. Morgan. Ernest o. Patter-
son, William Wolf Smith, Walter Wyatt,
Senator Deneen of Illinois, George It.
Weitzel, Miss Katherine Pike, Miss
Elizabeth c. Harris, Rear Admiral Ed
ward H. Campbell, Clarence M. Charest,
Horace j. Donnelly, Green H. Hack
worth, Marion Henderson, T. A. Hostel
Ter, Robert J. Mawhinney, Chauncey G.
Parker, Theodore Risley, w. w. War
wick and Edwin A. Mess.
Music was furnished by the Marine
Band Orchestra, under the leadership
Of Musician William F. Santelmann, and
Earl Carbauh rendered several vocal
selections.