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Green; C. R. Carden, Mumfordville; Alex. P. Humphrey, Louisville; Denis Dundon, Paris; D. C. Lee, Covington; J. H. Jeffries, Pineville; treasurer, W. W. Crawford, Louisville; secretary, R. A. McDowell, Louisville; executive com mittee, John K. Todd, R. E. Simmons, James M. Yeaman, E. L. Hutchinson, and Judge W. P. Sandidge.

John Jenswold of Duluth led the dis cussion in favor of the judicial recall, while Lorin Gray of Mankato argued against it. Mr. Jenswold declared that the United States Supreme Court had been active in politics and that, there fore, the recall was an essential rem edy. Mr. Gray, on the other hand, described the recall as pernicious in the extreme. A vote on the question resulted as Minnesota. — The annual meeting of follows: 14 for and 61 against the the Minnesota State Bar Association recall of judges and 8 for and 62 against was held at Minneapolis, Aug. 19-21. the recall of judicial decisions. In his presidential address, Cardenio A. Severance of St. Paul criticized super Tennessee. — At the thirty-first annual ficial attacks on the courts by writers and politicians, favored higher salaries meeting of the Tennessee Bar Associa for federal judges, and found fault with tion, held at Knoxville, July 10-11, the the law that prevents judges, unlike annual address, by President L. D. Congressmen, from practising law while Smith of Knoxville, was devoted largely to a review of national legislation and holding office. The report of the committee on work a discussion of judicial decisions in state men's compensation was presented by and national supreme courts. Other H. V. Mercer of Minneapolis, its chair addresses were : "Highways and Legis man. Mr. Mercer estimated that in lation," by N. B. Morrell of Knoxville; Minnesota 15,000 industrial workers "Courts and Legislation," by Prof. are injured each year. He declared the Roscoe Pound of Harvard University; present system of compensation obsolete, "Inventions and Investors," by Cyrus and contrasted the progress made in Kehr of Knoxville; "Code of Ethics and foreign countries with the slow progress Its Enforcement," by Alexander H. in the United States. Robbins of St. Louis; "The Primary, The report contained a proposed Initiative, Referendum and Recall," by statute similar in many respects to the Noble Smithson of Knoxville; "Reform bill presented to the last legislature. and Uniformity of Judicial Procedure," Walter George Smith of Philadelphia by Thomas W. Shelton of Norfolk, Va.; described the work of the Uniform State "Husband and Wife in the Fifteenth Laws Commissioners. Century," by Judge C. W. Turner, Seth Low of New York City delivered University of Tennessee; and "Chimney the annual address, on the subject of Corner Law," by Col. William A. Hen "Workmen's Compensation." He urged derson, Knoxville. The officers elected the desirability of having the work are: president, Albert W. Biggs, Mem men's compensation acts uniform, as phis; vice-presidents, Sam S. Williams otherwise they would have a tendency of Johnson City, R. F. Spraggins of to tempt the states to compete with with Jackson, and Judge Joseph C. Higgins one another in making the laws less of Fayetteville; secretary and treasurer, stringent so as to encourage the em Charles H. Smith of Knoxville (reployers to locate within their borders. elected).