Show HOOT HEADS BAR association FORMER SENATOR FROM EW YORK CHOSEN AT THE SALT LAKE convention patriotism and anti S solidarity of country keynote of Ao dresses at banquet attended by prominent men from every section salt lake cuy city eli elihu root comet united states slates senator from new york was elected president of the amerlan bar association on thurs day over walter george smith of pennsylvania george of maryland waa was re elected reelected secretary F P wadham 1 of 0 new york was re elected treasurer and charles N PO potter of 0 wyoming john loald of mas alas and charl charles a blood smith of kansas were elected to tz the exeda live tive committee to succeed william IL durges of texas john if voorhees ot of south dakota and W 11 II of pennsylvania whose respective tenne terms na ns members ei ild william howard aft retired from the executive coia coin cittee and he will be ancee succeeded eded by peter AV meldrim the prest prea dent of the association the convention ot of the american association came to a close thursday night with the annual banquet patriotism a solidarity ot of country and a melting pot of 0 judicial thought wherein the united states should bo be come the greatest nation of the earth were the sentiment sentiments embodied in the addresses given at tae banquet which is eald said to have been the best beat in the history of the association A former fornier president of the united states william howard talt taft reven men who have graced he ifie seats scats of the senate ard a score of chos who hare have been chosen to represent their states in the lower loer house of Lan longress gress not to mention the judges of the tile supreme court courts of several states who were present united in an avonal avor at of duvo devo alon to the constitution to tho the coun try and aud to it constituted laws |