Driscoll, D. J., St. Marys. Edmonds, Franklin S., Philadelphia. Emery, John A., Sewickley. Eshleman, Geo. Ross, Lancaster. Fox, Gilbert Rodman, Norristown. Galbraith, Wilbur F., Pittsburgh. Gest, John B., Philadelphia. Gilbert, Dorothy M., Philadelphia. Goodyear, Jacob M., Carlisle. Hargest, Wm. M., Harrisburg. Howson, Charles H., Philadelphia. MacDade, Albert Dutton, Chester. McGrath, John B., Houtzdale. McKaig, Edgar S., Philadelphia. Rawle, Francis, Philadelphia. Richardson, Edgar S., Reading. Schantz, Horace W., Allentown. Schnader, Wm. A., Philadelphia. Schoonmaker, F. P., Pittsburgh. Sheridan, Elizabeth M., Philadelphia. Shick, Robert P., Philadelphia. Soffel, Sara M., Pittsburgh. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Noble, H. Lawrence, Manila, P. I. RHODE ISLAND. Green, Theo. Francis, Providence. Greenough, Wm. B., Providence. Huddy, George H., Providence. Jenckes, Thomas A., Providence. Lee, Thomas Z., Providence. Matteson, Archibald C., Providence. Sweeney, John W., Providence. SOUTH CAROLINA. Buist, Henry, Charleston. Davis, Henry E., Florence. Hyde, Simeon, Charleston. Mann, Geoffrey N., Charleston. Page, Cordie, Columbia. SOUTH DAKOTA. Beck, Ambrose B., Geddes. Gardner, A. K., Huron. Warren, Frederick A., Flandreau. TENNESSEE. Anderson, J. M., Nashville. TEXAS. Abney, J. C., Lampasas. Dibrell, J. B., Jr., Coleman. Dillard, F. C., Sherman. Dorough, Mrs. R. P., Texarkana. Erickson, C. A., Bay City. Estes, W. L., Texarkana. Evans, H. G., Bonham. Fitzgerald, W. E., Wichita Falls. Forgy, W. E., Archer City. Foster, W. N., Conroe. Frank, D. A., Dallas. Franklin, R. W., Houston. Franklin, Thos. H., San Antonio. Garnett, Wm. Dougherty, Gainesville. Hamilton, B. A., Jasper. Harris, L. B., San Angelo. Lewis, H. L., Narasota. Lockett, J. O., Cleburn. Perkins, C. S., Jr., Sweetwater. Pipkin, H. C., Amarillo. Yonge, Philip, Lamesa. UTAH. Bradford, C. R., Salt Lake City. Cluff, Harvey H., Salt Lake City. Dobbs, Stuart P., Ogden. Hendricks, John A., Ogden. Hollingsworth, Chas. R., Ogden. Judd, Robert L., Salt Lake City. McLane, J. F., Salt Lake City. McCrea, Wm. M., Salt Lake City. Rolapp, Henry H., Salt Lake City. Smith, Geo. H., Salt Lake City. Snyder, W. I., Salt Lake City. Willey, I. E., Salt Lake City. VERMONT. Hogan, Geo. M., St. Albans. VIRGINIA. Caton, James R., Alexandria. WASHINGTON. Brooke, Philip S., Spokane. WEST VIRGINIA. Barnes, Uriah, Charleston. WISCONSIN. Boesel, Frank Tilden, Milwaukee. Hart, John C., Waupaca. Hayes, William A., Milwaukee. Janecky, Adolph R., Racine. Killilea, H. J., Milwaukee. Lecher, Louis A., Milwaukee. Padway, Joseph A., Milwaukee. Richards, H. S., Madison. Rosenthal, Aaron B., Milwaukee. Saltzstein, B. F., Milwaukee. Sanborn, John B., Madison. Schoetz, Max, Jr., Milwaukee. Smith, H. H., New Richmond. Warner, Ernest N., Madison. Warner, John C., Milwaukee. Williams, George E., Oshkosh. Woolsey, Theodore D., Beloit. WYOMING. Armstrong, L. E., Rawlins. Barrett, Frank A., Lusk. Blume, Fred H., Cheyenne. Brimmer, Clarence A., Rawlins. Brimmer, Geo. E., Cheyenne. Brown, C. O., Douglas. Burk, M. C., Riverton. Carter, Vincent, Cheyenne. Chatterton, F., Riverton. Corthell, M. E., Laramie. Cromer, Bryant S., Casper. Dillon, John, Cheyenne. Downey, S. C., Laramie. Durham, H. B., Casper. Eby, Cassius W., Laramie. Greenfield, N. R., Rawlins. Gwynn, Woodruff, Cowley. Henderson, H. B., Jr., Cheyenne. Howell, David J., Cheyenne. Hunter, Thomas, Cheyenne. Kennedy, T. Blake, Cheyenne. Kimball, Ralph, Cheyenne. Kinkead, W. C., Cheyenne. Kinsley, H. Glenn, Sheridan. Kline, Marion A., Cheyenne. Kutcher, C. A., Sheridan. Lacey, Herbert V., Cheyenne. Lane, Charles E., Cheyenne. Lazear, Edward T., Cheyenne. Lee, Ray E., Cheyenne. Marshall, D. P. B., Sheridan. Matson, Roderick N., Cheyenne. Maurer, R. C., Douglas. McCollough, A. W., Laramie. Mentzer, W. C., Cheyenne. More, Walter T., Torrington. Morrison, R. E., Douglas. Mullen, Wm. E., Cheyenne. O'Hara, Thos. W., Rawlins. O'Leary, Wilfred O., Cheyenne. Pickett, John C., Cheyenne. Potter, Charles N., Cheyenne. Raper, John F., Sheridan. Reid, Erle H., Torrington. Roushar, J. M., Torrington. Sampson, L. C., Cheyenne. Sawyer, J. L., Torrington. Schwartz, H. H., Casper. Showalter, Paul, Douglas. Strahan, Leonard S., Lovell. Sullivan, J. R., Laramie. Total number registered, 2116. ANNUAL ADDRESS. THE ADVANCE OF THE AMERICAN BAR. BY CHESTER I. LONG, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. This is the forty-ninth annual meeting of this Association. At its first meeting in Saratoga Springs there were 75 members present. Twenty-five years ago it met in Denver. There were 306 members present. It is the oldest and largest National Bar Association. Allied with it are the Conference on Uniform State Laws, 36 years old, and the American Law Institute, four years old, both of which will report at this meeting. This Association has more than doubled its membership in the past 10 years, and is fairly representative of the American Bar. By the American Bar, I mean all lawyers; those who belong to bar associations and those who do not; those who are on the Bench and those who practice at the Bar. In this day and age a single individual can do but little. It requires organized effort to accomplish much. The service of the lawyer is directed along two lines; first, in the practice of his profession; second, in doing his part as a citizen of the Republic. But little attention is given to judicial procedure as long as the courts function in a satisfactory way. They have not been so functioning, and public attention is now directed to the courts and especially to the enforcement of the criminal law. For 25 years the general belief has been that all the ills from which society suffers can be cured by legislation; that a new law would always set things right. If the evil was particularly injurious a commission was created and then all things would be corrected. A change in public opinion is now apparent; there are many doubters in the universal efficacy of more laws. There are a few, and their number is rapidly increasing, who believe that the enforcement of laws we now have is more important than to fly to other laws we know not of. Recently the public has suddenly realized that the enactment of a law is only part of the duty of those who would improve conditions in society. They have also come to realize that commissions are not all that is necessary. The legislatures have invested commissions with quasi-judicial powers, thinking that they can perform better than the courts; but that is passing. There will not be as many commissions created in the next 10 years as in the past 10. It is becoming more difficult to secure the creation of new commissions. Why? Because of the dissatisfaction that exists with the administration of justice by such commissions. We have tried commissions, arbitration, and other ways of settling controversies, and now the public is coming back to the courts. The violations of law have been so flagrant that the demand for law enforcement is now heard everywhere. Unfortunately, the courts are unable to successfully cope with the existing situation. They also have been the victims of too much legislation. The legislatures have told them in the minutest detail just how to proceed. They have been told to go this way and then that way. They have been given so many directions how to go that they have hardly gone at all. They have been kept so busy reading the legislative sign boards that they have almost stood still. At present the enforcement of the criminal law is particularly ineffective. We have had much investigation and many surveys; we have begun to apply the remedies. This Association has a Special Committee on Law Enforcement. It made a complete report in 1922. Several members of the committee then went to England and France, and a very exhaustive report was made in 1923. We have a Section on Criminal Law. It has been particularly active and has done much in the way of gathering valuable information. At the request of this Association, through its Special Committee on Law Enforcement and its Section on Criminal Law, the American Law Institute has undertaken the work of preparing a Model Code of Criminal Procedure. Progress has been made, although the work has been so recently begun. (The American Law Institute Proceedings, Vol. III, p. 439.) It is too much to hope that when completed any state will adopt this code as a whole. However, it will be a model for the use of Congress and the legislatures. That such a code is necessary is apparent. The public has lost faith in the efficacy of the courts and |