ANNUAL DINNER. The Annual Dinner was held on Wednesday evening, August 28, 1907, at the New Falmouth Hotel, Portland, Maine. The retiring President, Alton B. Parker, of New York, presided. The speakers, and the toasts to which they responded, were: RT. HON. JAMES BRYCE... The Profession of the Law. ..... British Ambassador to the United States. MR. JUSTICE WM. H. MOODY.: The Supreme Court. of the United States Supreme Court. SIR WILLIAM RANN KENNEDY. International Law Association. Justice of the Court of Appeal, London, England. ORVILLE D. BAKER..... ....The Bar of Maine. President of the Maine State Bar Association. SIR KENELM E. DIGBY...... England and New England. of London, England. LOUIS J. LORANGER, LL. D... The Montreal Bar. of Montreal, Canada. PETER W. MELDRIM. of Savannah, Georgia. JACOB M. DICKINSON... of Chicago, Illinois. A Voice from the Pines of The Incoming President. ROBERT C. SMITH, K. C...... The Canadian Lawyer. of Montreal, Canada. Three hundred and fifty-one members and guests were present. LIST OF PRESIDENTS. 1 1. 1878-79-*JAMES O. BROADHEAD .....St. Louis, Missouri. 1879-80-*BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW..... .New York, New York. 2. 15. 16. .Burlington, Vermont. . Des Moines, Iowa. New Haven, Connecticut. New York, New York. 1892-93-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER...Lexington, Virginia. 1893-94-*THOMAS M. COOLEY 3. 17. 1894-95-*JAMES C. CARTER. Ann Arbor, Michigan. New York, New York. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1899-1900-CHARLES F. MANDERSON...Omaha, Nebraska. 20. 22. 23. 1900-1901-EDMUND WETMORE .New York, New York. Little Rock, Arkansas. .Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. .St. Louis, Missouri. 27. 1904-1905-HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER.. Lexington, Virginia. 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 H. Choate, as Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles F. Manderson, of Nebraska, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1899. 1. 2. LIST OF SECRETARIES. 1878-93-*EDWARD OTIS HINKLEY1.... Baltimore, Maryland. LIST OF TREASURERS. 1. 1878-1902-FRANCIS RAWLE ... . Philadelphia, Penna. FREDERICK E. WADHAMS...Albany, New York. LIST OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 1. 1878-87-*LUKE P. POLAND... 2. 1878-88-SIMEON E. BALDWIN 3 3. 1878-80-*WILLIAM A. FISHER.. 4. 1880-85-*WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER. .St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 7. 1888-90-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER... 13. 14. 1897-1900-CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY.. Madison, Wisconsin. 15. 1899-1901-U. M. ROSE.... 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. New York, New York. 1899-1902-WILLIAM A. KETCHAM.....Indianapolis, Indiana. 1899-1902-HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER. Lexington, Virginia. 1900-1903-RODNEY A. MERCUR...... .Towanda, Pennsylvania. 1900-1903-CHARLES F. LIBBY. 1901-1903-JAMES HAGERMAN 21. 1902-1905-P. W. MELDRIM. 1902-1905-PLATT ROGERS 1903-1906-M. F. DICKINSON. 1903-1906-THEODORE S. GARNETT. 1903-1906-WILLIAM P. BREEN. 22. 23. 24. 25. Portland, Maine. . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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. ▾ 2 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. 5. .1882....Aug. 8, 9, 10, 11.... Saratoga Springs, N. Y 107 16. .1893....Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1. Milwaukee, Wis. 130 17. .1894. 18. .1895. 19. .Aug. 22, 23, 24...... Saratoga Springs, N. Y...... 140 .Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30..Detroit, Mich. ...1896....Aug. 19, 20, 21...... Saratoga Springs, N. Y.. 199 276 20. ..1897....Aug. 25, 26, 27.. ..Cleveland, Ohio 184 21. ..1898.. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. .Aug. 17, 18, 19.. .1899.. .Aug. 28, 29, 30.. ..1900....Aug. 29, 30, 31.. ...1901.... Aug. 21, 22, 23.. ..1902....Aug. 27, 28, 29.. .1903....Aug. 26, 27, 28.. .1904....Sept. 26, 27, 28.. 28. 1905....Aug. 23, 24, 25.. 29. ..1906....Aug. 29, 30, 31... ...1907....Aug. 26, 27, 28.. 30. |