ANNUAL DINNER

The Annual Dinner was held on Friday evening, August 28, 1908, at the New Washington Hotel, Seattle, Washington.

The retiring President, Jacob M. Dickinson, of Chicago, presided.

The speakers and the toasts to which they responded were:

HIS EXCELLENCY

GOVERNOR MEAD

The State of Washington.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BRANTLY. .The Judiciary.

of Montana.

ERNEST V. BODWELL, K. C....The Bar of British Columbia. of Victoria, B. C.

HON. FRANCIS W. CUSHMAN..The Washington Bar.

of Tacoma, Wash.

HON. EMORY C. SPEER..

Forensic Eloquence from a
Judge's Point of View.

of Atlanta, Ga.

F. CHARLES HUME, JR....... Attorney and Client.

of Houston, Texas.

C. E. S. WOODS..

of Portland, Oregon.

.The Pacific Coast Bar.

FREDERICK W. LEHMANN. .....The American Bar Association. of St. Louis, Mo.

Two hundred and forty-two members and guests were present.

LIST OF PRESIDENTS.

1. 1878-79-*JAMES O. BROADHEAD1. ..St. Louis, Missouri. 1879-80-*BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW..... New York, New York.

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.Burlington, Vermont.
.New York, New York.
. Savannah, Georgia.
.Newark, New Jersey.
.Covington, Kentucky.
New York, New York.
.New Orleans, Louisiana.
. Des Moines, Iowa.
New York, New York.
.St. Louis, Missouri.
New Haven, Connecticut.
.. New York, New York.

1892-93-*JoHN RANDOLPH TUCKER... Lexington, Virginia.

1893-94-*THOMAS M. COOLEY'

17. 1894-95-*JAMES C. CARTER.

1895-96-MOORFIELD STOREY

Ann Arbor, Michigan.
.New York, New York.
.Boston, Massachusetts.

1896-97-*JAMES M. WOOLWORTH.....Omaha, Nebraska.

1897-98-WILLIAM WIRT HOWE.

1898-99-JOSEPH H. CHOATE *..

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1901-1902-U. M. ROSE...

New Orleans, Louisiana. New York, New York. ...Omaha, Nebraska.

1899-1900-CHARLES F. MANDERSON...

1900-1901-EDMUND WETMORE

26. 1903-1904-JAMES HAGERMAN

.New York, New York.
. Little Rock, Arkansas.
.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
.St. Louis, Missouri.

27. 1904-1905-HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER.. Lexington, Virginia.

1908-1909-FREDERICK W. LEHMANN... St. Louis, Missouri.

* Deceased.

1 At the Conference for organizing the Association in 1878, John H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, was elected Temporary Chairman, and when the organization was completed, Benjamin H. Bristow, of Kentucky, was elected President of the Conference.

2 In consequence of the death of Clarkson N. Potter, Francis Kernan, of New York, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1882. In consequence of the illness of Thomas M. Cooley, Samuel F. Hunt, of Ohio, presided and read the President's Address prepared by Judge Cooley in 1894.

In consequence of the absence of Joseph II. Choate, as Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles F. Manderson, of Nebraska, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1899.

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LIST OF SECRETARIES.

1878-93-*EDWARD OTIS HINKLEY1.... Baltimore, Maryland.
. Baltimore, Maryland.

JOHN HINKLEY 2

LIST OF TREASURERS.

1878-1902-FRANCIS RAWLE ..... . Philadelphia, Penna.
FREDERICK E. WADHAMS...Albany, New York.

2. 1902

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LIST OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

1. 1878-87-*LUKE P. POLAND... 1878-88-SIMEON E. BALDWIN 3 1878-80-WILLIAM A. FISHER. 1880-85 *WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER. 1885-90-*CHARLES C. BONNEY. 1887-96-*GEORGE A. MERCER..

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.St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
New Haven, Connecticut.
. Baltimore, Maryland.
.New York, New York.
Chicago, Illinois.

. Savannah, Georgia.

7. 1888-90-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER...Lexington, Virginia.

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1890-91-*WILLIAM P. WELLS.

1890-99-ALFRED HEMENWAY
1891-95-BRADLEY G. SCHLEY.

11. 1895-99-CHARLES CLAFLIN ALLEN..
12. 1896-97-WILLIAM WIRT HOWE..
1897-1900-CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY..
1899-1900-EDMUND WETMORE
1899-1901-U. M. ROSE..

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1899-1902-WILLIAM A. KETCHAM.
1899-1902-HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER.
1900-1903-RODNEY A. MERCUR.
1900-1903-CHARLES F. LIBBY.

1901-1903-JAMES HAGERMAN
1902-1905-P. W. MELDRIM..
1902-1905-PLATT ROGERS

23. 1903-1906-M. F. DICKINSON.
1903-1906-THEODORE S. GARNETT.
1903-1906-WILLIAM P. BREEN.
1905-1908-CHARLES MONROE
1905-1908-RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE.
CHARLES F. LIBBY...

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28. 1906

Detroit, Michigan.
.Boston, Massachusetts.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
St. Louis, Missouri.
.New Orleans, Louisiana.
Madison, Wisconsin.

New York, New York.
.Little Rock, Arkansas.
. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Lexington, Virginia.
Towanda, Pennsylvania.
Portland, Maine.

St. Louis, Missouri.
Savannah, Georgia.
Denver, Colorado.
.Boston, Massachusetts.
.Norfolk, Virginia.

Fort Wayne, Indiana.

. Los Angeles, California.

. Omaha, Nebraska.

Portland, Maine.

. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Minneapolis, Minnesota. New Orleans, Louisiana.

CHARLES HENRY BUTLER... New York, New York.

1 In 1878, Francis Rawle, of Pennsylvania, and Isaac Grant Thompson, of New York, acted as temporary Secretaries and as Secretaries of the Conference. In 1886, Edward Otis Hinkley being absent, Walter George Smith, of Pennsylvania, acted as Secretary pro tempore.

In 1898, John Hinkley being absent, George P. Wanty, of Michigan, acted as Secretary pro tempore.

3 In 1888, at the first meeting of the Executive Committee after the adjournment of the Association, Simeon E. Baldwin resigned, and Charles C. Bonney was chosen to fill the vacancy under By-Law X.

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.1892....Aug. 24, 25, 26......Saratoga Springs, N. Y...... 143

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.1893. .Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1. Milwaukee, Wis.

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..1894.....
.Aug. 22, 23, 24......Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ... 140
.1895....Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30..Detroit, Mich.
.1896....Aug. 19, 20, 21..

199 Saratoga Springs, N. Y...... 276

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...1897....Aug. 25, 26, 27...... Cleveland, Ohio

184

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.1898.

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.Aug. 17, 18, 19..

.1899....Aug. 28, 29, 30.. ..1900....Aug. 29, 30, 31..

.Aug. 21, 22, 23..

.1902....Aug. 27, 28, 29..

26......1903....Aug. 26, 27, 28.. ..1904....Sept. 26, 27, 28..

Aug. 23, 24, 25..

.1906....Aug. 29, 30, 31.. ..1907.. .Aug. 26, 27, 28..

....1908....Aug. 25, 26, 27, 28..Seattle, Washington..

Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
. Buffalo, N. Y....
..Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Denver, Colo.
.Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

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