Proceedings ...

The Chairman:

The question is now upon the adoption of the report and the recommendations therein contained.

The motion was duly carried.

Frank Harvey Field, of New York:

Mr. Chairman, there was a special committee appointed two years ago and it was continued again last year. The matters before it have now been disposed of and I move the committee be discharged so that it will not be necessary to continue printing their minutes in the report. That was the Special Committee on the Condition of Litigation, etc.

The motion was duly seconded and carried.

A. D. Wales, of Binghamton:

Mr. Chairman, we have had three remarkable addresses here. The first one breathed a spirit of reverence for law, both English and American, the last one breathed a spirit of reverence for the soul of man and for the soul of the nation; the second one breathed a spirit of reverence, worthy of Webster himself, for the Constitution. The other addresses have been ordered printed, and I move that the remarkable and able address of Judge Dickinson be printed and that 5,000 copies be distributed, as was done in the case of the others.

The motion was duly seconded and carried.

The Secretary:

Mr. Chairman, I offer the report, without reading, of the committee appointed to attend the annual meeting of the American Bar Association.

The Chairman:

Received and ordered on file.

The following is a copy of the report:

To the New York State Bar Association:

Your committee appointed to attend the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, which met in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 29th, and continued in session August 30th and 31st, 1906, respectfully report that the meetings were held in the beautiful new State capitol of Minnesota, and were well attended. The opening address was made by Hon. George R. Peck, of Chicago, President of the American Bar Association. Among the important papers were the following: "The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice," by Hon. Roscoe Pound, of Lincoln, Nebraska, which gave rise to spirited debate participated in by George B.) Wheeler and James B. Anderson, both of New York. "Can Congress Transfer to the State its Power to Regulate Commerce? "The Power of Congress to Regulate Commerce," by Hon. John J. Jenkins, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, submitted. "International Law," by General George B. Davis, Judge Advocate General of the United States, dealing with the diplomatic achievements of the United States during the past decades, which, in the absence of General Davis, was read by the Hon. Everett P. Wheeler, of New York. "The Jurisprudence of Lawlessness," by Thomas J. Kernan, of Baton Rouge, La., in which he grouped under ten heads, what he denominated "Lawless Laws." Judge Alton B. Parker's paper, in which he dwelt on the executive interference in legislation and the danger of over-legislation, was listened

to with marked attention and received most favorable comment.

The Committee on Insurance made a lengthy report, in which the Armstrong Committee's Report was disapproved, went over until the next annual meeting. Among the other subjects considered were Commercial Law, Law Reform, Uniformity of Divorce Laws by a Committee of which Dean Ernest W. Huffcut, of Cornell University, is a member; Patent, Trade Mark, and Copyright Law, with a recommendation for a Court of Appeals for such matters, Uniform State Laws, and others.

The sessions were enlivened by spirited debates and telling points made by the various speakers. The trend of proceedings was inevitably towards uniformity of legislation as well as of judicial exposition. The twin cities. of St. Paul and Minneapolis were exceedingly generous in the hospitality to members of the American Bar Association, and the program arranged for their entertainment included a reception at the State capitol, a luncheon at the Town and Country Club of St. Paul, followed by a visit to Minnehaha Falls and boat ride on the Mississippi river, and an excursion to Lake Minnetonka with a luncheon at the Lafayette Club.

The West Publishing Company kept open house, where luncheon was served to visiting lawyers on the last day of the session. This was followed by a banquet at the Auditorium in Minneapolis in the evening, at which Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, Judge Alton B. Parker of New York, P. B. Mignault, K. C., of Montreal, John N. Dryden, Esq., of Omaha, Judge M. B. Koon of Minneapolis, T. C. Hume, Jr., of Texas and John Allen, of Mississippi, entertained the four hundred lawyer guests seated at the tables with post-prandial wit and wisdom.

The New York Bar Association is signally honored in having two of its members officers of the American Bar Association, viz., Judge Alton B. Parker, who was unanimously elected its President, and Mr. Frederick E. Wadhams, who was unanimously re-elected its Treasurer. From the New York Bar Association there were in attendance Judge Alton B. Parker, Frederick E. Wadhams, Hon. Everett P. Wheeler, Dean Ernest W. Huffcut, James D. Andrews, George B. Wheeler, Howard Mason, Henry D. Estabrook, Henry W. Hill, Raphael J. Moses, and others.

The next meeting will be held at Portland, Me.

Dated January 15, 1907.

HENRY W. HILL,

Chairman of Committee.

The Secretary:

I offer the following resolution:

Resolved, That the President, the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Secretary of the Association comprise a committee to compile and print the proceedings of this meeting, as authorized by the Constitution.

The resolution was adopted.

The Secretary: