PROCEEDINGS. Seventeen hundred years thereafter they uncovered the buried city and they found still the open gate and on the wall a stalwart skeleton encased in lava. On its shrunken breast was a battered crucifix, its stony hands grasped a rusty chain, its face was lifted to the stars, the very emblem of devotion to duty. (Applause.) My friends, the lawyers of America have a duty to per form, and let come what dangers the future may have they will be found standing like the sentinel of old at their post of duty, preferring death to dishonor. In conclusion may I prophesy this much for the future, that the splendid edifice of our noble institutions that was reared so largely by the hands of the bar may be preserved in its entirety and integrity; may we lift its swelling dome far above the clouds of doubt and anxiety, and from that summit of glory may there forever flow that emblem of justice and order, our starry flag, the symbol of universal liberty and enlightenment. (Applause.) PRESIDENT HOLDOM: I must now introduce to the Association the incoming administration. I lay down my cares of office with great pleasure in knowing that they will be taken up by one who is so capable as the President-elect, John S. Stevens, who will now respond to the toast, "A Good Lawyer," of which I know no better representative than Mr. Stevens. MR. STEVENS: Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen: The hour is late, it is midnight, and it is no time now to talk without incurring at least your impatience, if not your decided ill will. I would suppose that a man of the age of the Chairman who has presided tonight would long since have ceased to play tricks upon a young man like myself, and yet he has done it. I found my name on this program tonight when I came to this banquet hall and it was the first intimation I had that my name would appear here, or that I should appear here under an assumed name. I suppose that PROCEEDINGS. is chargeable to the Chairman, but, ladies and gentlemen, the hour is altogether too late for me to indulge in any remarks upon the subject assigned me. Whether the subject means good in the sense of moral uprightness, or good in the sense of ability, I do not know. I assume, however, that it means good in the sense of moral uprightness and I am not going to disgrace myself and incur the ill will of the members of this Association by attempting to pick out the men to whom that will apply. I prefer to postpone it for another year, and I do not want, as I have said, the ill will of any of my brethren throughout the whole year. I have only this to say, that I appreciate the honor conferred upon me by the Association, and am grateful for the confidence reposed in me, and I am grateful also for the very flattering introduction that the Chairman gave me. I do not know in what sense he used the term, but as I have always regarded him as a friend I will take it in either sense, without any ill feeling. The hour is too late, ladies and gentlemen, to indulge in any further remarks upon this subject, prolific as it is and numerous as it is. PRESIDENT HOLDOM: A motion to adjourn will now be in order. JUDGE GROSS: I move you that the Association, assembled in its twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Illinois State Bar Association, do now stand adjourned to the annual meeting in course. PRESIDENT HOLDOM: The twenty-fifth annual meeting stands adjourned sine die. PROCEEDINGS. MEMBERS REGISTERED. The Register which was presented to the Association a year ago by Judge Holdom was again brought into use, and an attempt was made to secure a registry of all the members present at the meeting. This was partially successful. At subsequent meetings this will be continued as a feature and the register will be an interesting and valuable addition to the records of the Association. Those registered were: Jesse Holdom... James H. Matheny. Alfred Orendorff. George T. Page Benson Wood E. W. Adkinson Otto Gresham . Chicago . Springfield . Springfield .. Peoria . Effingham ..Chicago . Champaign . Decatur . Chicago .Chicago . Chicago . Chicago Ottawa . Chicago . Chicago . Chicago ...Chicago Edwardsville . Chicago Chicago ..Chicago ..Chicago Springfield ..Mt. Sterling ..Chicago PROCEEDINGS. Frederick S. Hebard. Arthur Keithley G. P. Williams.. J. S. Stevens... Charles H. Burton Hampton L. Carson .Chicago . Peoria Galesburg Chicago .. Peoria Peoria Chicago . Chicago Chicago ...Chicago Edwardsville Chicago Philadelphia Chicago ..Chicago Chicago ..Chicago .Taylorville . Chicago ..Carrollton Chicago Chicago Chicago . Chicago Chicago . Chicago PROCEEDINGS. John H. Batten B. J. Wertheimer. R. R. Baldwin Frederick A. Brown Monroe Fulkerson Daniel V. Samuels James G. Elsdon S. S. Gregory.. Duncan McDougall.. J. B. Brown.. Geo. M. Stevens.. Geo. W. Warvelle. Harry Olsen ... Naperville . Chicago . Chicago . Chicago . Chicago . Chicago . Chicago Chicago Chicago Chicago . Chicago Ottawa .Kankakee Taylorville .Galena . Chicago . Chicago Chicago . Chicago Chicago Chicago Chicago Chicago Ottawa .Chicago Monmouth Chicago Chicago . Chicago . Chicago .Galesburg Chicago Chicago . Chicago |