Show 7 B BAR ASSOCIATION TI g TO JG m SELECT PRESIDENT L II- II Root Bailey and Smith Have Already Be Been n Men Aft As Pr bable Candidates Eec Election Will Be Held Thursday Morning L. L toot KOOI Joseph w. w v. v Bailey ana anu Walter George Smith have haft already already been mentioned as probable candidates candidates candi candi- dates for tor tho the presidency of ot the tho AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean Bar association Senator Root Boot is Ie not in attendance at the convention but there is iB a R. strong faction said Bald to tobe tobo tobo bo be in favor tavor of ot placing his name before before before be be- fore the executive council next Thursday Senator Bailey of Texas Is here and andIn andin andin in the tabernacle this evening at 8 S o'clock will deliver the annual ad ad- ad dress drees of the association taking for his hie topic The American Judiciary Many members of ot the tho association who are arc h here re for the conven convention lon are ne powerful powerful pow pow- erful advocat advocates s of the former senator and it Is' Is believed he will be a a. candidate though ho he has had nothing to say flay on the subject himself since his arrival yesterday Walter Waller George Smith Is on one of ot the most distinguished and able lawyers of ot the Philadelphia bar Ever since 1881 he has has' been a R. powerful factor in the councils of ot the American Bar association and is given ghen credit for tor be beIng being being be- be ing one ono of ot the tho men who have done most to bring It to its standing today Ho lIo Is an Influential member of ot the commission on uniform state laws and has hos been prominent in th the e discussions dis- dis and of ot that body for tor the past 1 week The boom for Mr Smith was started b by the big delegation from Pennsylvania and the leaders an announced an- an at noon today toda that they had fourteen other state delegations lined up candidate ate The Philadelphians have elected Hampton L. L Carson as their member of ot the executive council Ho He is 18 one one of or the most noted writers on legal subjects In the tho United States and andis andie Is the retiring president of ot the American Institute of ot Criminal Law Law Lawand and Criminology which met here yesterday yesterday yester ester day His history of the supreme court of at the tho United States StateR is a standard stand stand- ard artl work Mr Carson will wilt make the speech nominating Mr Smith 1 The state delegations delegation l each select a I member of or the ex executive coun council Il of ot the association That work is being being- done this afternoon The members ot of this council will meet Thursday morning for the nomination and and election elec dee ti tion n of ot officers William Howard den of or the United States Statu is ie due to arrive arrve here at 1 30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon Mr Taft Tat was detained In St. St Louis yesterday where he addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed a bod body of ot prominent men He left let there yesterday afternoon on the tho Scenic Limited which arrives here I tomorrow over ino nic mo IO Grand He Hf will wl be bo taken to Hotel Utah by the reception on committee tec and will wi be given the presidential luie during his a stay lay ty Tomorrow evening even InK it is I expected he will preside at the session of the American Aerian Bar Bar association when former for for- tor mer Gov Simeon E. E Baldwin of Con Con- will discuss Changes in in- inIn In International In International Law Lw This subject f is I. I considered especially Important owing to the complex diplomatic and international international inter inter- national problems brought up by by tho thc war In Europe and the trouble troubie with wih Mexico h c The session of the of-the the American Bar Br Bari- Bari as association tomorrow morning wl wilt iI- iI be devoted de to the reports of ot comite committees of or which there are ae a a. a large num number orf Although h it In is strictly a business I ses session e ues' ues sion elon the public J Is Invited l w l. l b be held in the Assembly halL balL hall f j Tonight Immediately after the ad a. a dr dress ss of ot Senator Bailey a a. co concert will concert will willbe a. a be given b by Prof Proto J. J J. J McClellan o on 0 the organ and nd by fl the the tabernacle Ie 16 choi choir Following this at t 10 of o'clock Gen Peter W. W president lock oil the American Bar Br will wt hold a re ep tion for the visitors in the ball of the tho Hotel Utah pt f ti Tomorrow afternoon the lawyer will wi go to Saltair at 3 on on special train to be the guests guest of ct th t Utah State Bar Br association Follow ing a a swim in the tho lake Jake the vial visitors to will wi take tea tea in the tia p l o and return in time for the Ine evening meet I meet t tr ing |