OF THE GRAFTON AND COÖS BAR ASSOCIATION, AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT WOODS- AS AUTHORIZED FOR PUBLICATION BY THE ASSOCIATION. PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION. 1898. OFFICERS. 1898. PRESIDENT. HARRY BINGHAM, Littleton. VICE-PRESIDENTS. CHESTER B. JORDAN, Lancaster. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. GEORGE F. RICH, Berlin. RECORDING SECRETARY. W. P. BUCKLEY, Lancaster. LIBRARIAN AND TREASURER. DEXTER D. Dow, Woodsville. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ALBERT S. BATCHELLOR, Littleton. SCOTT SLOANE, Woodsville. W. P. BUCKLEY, Lancaster, ex officio. DEXTER D. Dow, Woodsville, ex officio. COMMITTEE ON HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. WILLIAM H. COTTON, Lebanon. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. JAMES W. REMICK, Littleton. DEXTER D. Dow, Woodsville. FLETCHER LADD, Lancaster. COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENT OF THE LAW RELATING TO JURIES, TO ACT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LIKE COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHERN BAR ASSOCIATION. IRVING W. DREW, Lancaster. GEORGE H. ADAMS, Plymouth. WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, Littleton. COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. SAMUEL B. PAGE, Woodsville. STANDING COMMITTEE ON PICTURES AND PORTRAITS. For Coos County. W. H. SHURTLEFF, Lancaster. For Grafton County. DANIEL C. REMICH, Littleton. GEORGE F. MORRIS, Lisbon. ALVIN F. WENTWORTH, Plymouth. AUDITORS. GEORGE H. ADAMS, Plymouth. ALFRED R. EVANS, Gorham. THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII: A RIGHT AND A DUTY. INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS BY HON. HARRY BINGHAM, LL. D., PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION. Gentlemen of the Association : Our fifteenth anniversary has arrived and we will now enter upon its exercises. I give you a cordial greeting and bid you welcome here, trusting that we are all devoutly thankful for the divine care and mercy that have sustained us during the year and brought us once more together. I shall venture to address you upon the subject of Hawaiian Annexation, although I am aware that it is a subject about which there may be different opinions. I am convinced, however, that far-reaching consequences will affect our country for good or for ill accordingly as this subject is rightly or wrongly disposed of. Therefore I claim that we should study the subject, hear discussion upon it, and be prepared to give our influence, whatever it may be, in the right direction. Especially do I claim that upon questions of this character the bar should be prepared to advise and act understandingly, and that every American citizen with intelligence sufficient to comprehend his duty as such. citizen should expand his ideas and extend his vision beyond the attainment of mere partisan advantages. Some time ago I wrote a paper which discussed this ques |