| Show BAR Rt a ASSOCIATIoN mm MEETS largest and a 1 J I jn I the to th ot of Ih tho Bar 10 mark ark lh Ih opening op Wv tl of the tho tho annual convention ot oti t huh I Among monr the i m members of he tIle itin 6 tle nasa hu vre In t ft p 10 ith IiI the foreIgn delegates I lani to tont al of or taw lawyers nt and nm a arp ar AsSociate th t retted Justice Justie of ofF W y F stu 11 l former court lion Hon lon tu tt J secretary of ot and lr r William chief DC f t hiGh Bh of England the Fh cU i i tt 1 of or vl evinced tl a Interest 81 taken loken In ln this DurIng th which con conw COl Wf noon nuon when Ils wi w R of oC and jur nl or 0 Ih tha 1 Sla a bl l r the ral 1 It ll I is Peeled that t l r or of will wll wl arise e kt h boundary wink ia a wi Will bf be that of thie Alls Ir I th erl r comm Ilee reports i wn ii tj vI particular ten a nten atten t the t V t t It tta V l r ot of 5 th coif II lu thu To moat M frequently nty mentioned nl to this fact tl that at tim tho thIs WAi va the ho celt r of aijI ll tt Is lg understood that thai to t points at al issue B U Ut a 1 t l was Wn we s not TI Th called to or order r by b U of the of SI Louis Pr president lt ers r V i Addresses of wel vei I t t tb the Louisiana b by iJ President t Franc Franci Bt John n position lt n Bar nar lw of tho the Mis I ein o or of th the r aM President Went r association ot of f IA St ht a d at de t l ih thc In ln which he com coat 1 In most law On of oC rl made In the several II nr and fear by durin during the tho pro pre y WO Ir Ih on nf otere s th the Ih aM att the r reports ot f k tHat 11 I r In and CalItO I I order The Tho I IV V Ilon of oC a n by J M of on the Case concluded this days ilay I B The Tho report of or the its hoell that during the tho past liast nt year 48 s been added to this the a 1 total of ii 1502 Tho The report of or V l 1 K E I Wid ad adham ham of Albany N Y showed 1100 a bul bui anco on nn hand of at JO 11 V President Jamsa B said mid Ihl In lii II Sine Il the tho l last l ur of this Ihli o of oC the theme Illila me of OC 13 stateS huv held namely Georgia loan on Kentucky M Maryland t Now New Jersey JUB Now New York Ohio In 11 South Carolina enroll and Virginia In 11 l Oregon there theio hits beon beM be n held a I special end and Ind the tho people t of oC Or untie under the Initiative Ild referendum of or if their have 1110 passed sed certain legislatIve acts cots Thore hn huts hns boon ben an un ex ox extraordinary In lii Montana Ind sad nd In Virginia Iho prolonged extra session ulon of ot rendered lec by tile the now HOW nw constitution of that commonwealth which wont Int Into litto effect July 10 linn hits concluded This The h territorial leBl laturo of oC linn has hl hud IUt a R special Jollo huts had hll held the see sec second ond n of lt 11 Its executive an na ni and nl also o nn on extraordinary sen ses l tort 1011 The Tho lo commission a 1 composite body by bytho bythe bythe the tho president pre of tho the United Status as lS of ot lie army nl and Ild subsequently by h Congress full fun legislative powers ha hOI lies enacted many laws lawn I govern Rovern Ing lag the lie people of tho ho Philippine Inland l The ho second session of ot tho the Boond lt of Pt t tho thio united States com coin Dec De 7 I ln hut t year and terminal terminating lag ing ht April Apri SO 30 O of this hi your year or nn nit unusually short hort 1 for Cor tho ho long session lislE hAIL m been h el hold held and nl penned passed Into history hl lor passed one very try Important net of reaching to regulate shipping In trade between bet I ports portH of tf the tho United States and ports porta 01 or places In II the tho Philippine between ports portH or lae In the Philippines I In lii II my lY iii thin the leel of tho the lu ii Ii that the go forth to 10 tile the American people leonle 11 an as 11 tho ha judgment ot of their bench and bar that hut I can onn only be lIe held helt by b tho the United Stated upon the tho condition that thu th residents re and shrill be he of or the tho lie United States State and nd that lint there shall bo be no n tariff laws lawn l such territories and tim the states of the tho Union hut hit all 11 shah Hhall bo ho bt within that zone zno of oC froe In trade which line has hero here heretofore Included our states nd terri territories lorl tories dies In the tie light of oC such mandate inundate with wih it ii I knowledge of ot the Iho conditions which it exacts tho ho American people iray Intelligently decide what territory I to bo ho permanently retained I am nm amnot amnot not out one of those who think It la Is II absolutely ab II tel that territories of the tho United should bo admitted to for rot I believe that lint under our fi territories cnn can be bo governed us tie 18 snob In harmony with wih our Democratic constitutional principle The point which I emphasize Is and It to 0 me 1110 that thin the judg judgment Juda ment lt of the lawyers w of the country will wi enforce It I that tho tIm Inhabitants of our territories ho Im entitled to United ll States lp and Oll they tho must have fro free fret and trade relations with wih us I Otherwise o there them will wi be ho a I departure from Crom rout constitutional methods and priti will wi be revolutionary In lit II their heir nature and aUll load lOd us to an nn Im ha In 1 which wh rh is II Inconsistent with wih lie ne Institutions rato |
