We know what Master laid thy keel,
What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel,
Who made each mast and sail and rope,
What anvils rang, what hammers beat,
In what a forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
"Tis of the wave and not the rock;
"Tis but the flapping of a sail,
And not a rent made by the gale!
In spite of rock and tempests roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!"

(The audience arose and applauded for several minutes.)

Part IV.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE JUDICIAL SECTION

OF THE

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

HELD AT CHICAGO

THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1920

The meeting was called to order in the court room of United States Judge Evans, Federal Building, by Hon. Jesse A. Baldwin:

THE CHAIRMAN:

Let the gentlemen come to order. There is very considerable pressure for time this morning, and we shall proceed promptly to business. The first thing in order will be the minutes of our previous meeting, Mr. Secretary. Will you give the dates upon which these meetings have been held?

MR. EDWIN W. SIMS: The three meetings were the annual meeting of May 28, 1919; the special meeting held in Chicago on November 29, 1919, and the special meeting at Springfield February 26, 1920. I have the minutes here. Do you wish them read?

It was moved, seconded and duly carried that the minutes be approved without being read.

THE CHAIRMAN: The first thing in order on our program this morning is the Address of Welcome by our Judge Henry Horner.

HON. HENRY HORNER: Judge Baldwin, and gentlemen of the Judicial Section: My pleasant privilege is to say to you visiting judges of Illinois, in behalf of the bench and also the bar of Cook County, "We are glad you've come." We hope your stay with us will be an enjoyable one to you, as we know it will be to us.

Our chief regret is and will be that the call to your

judicial duties in your home counties, or in Springfield, prevents you remaining permanent residents of our City, and ever-present companions in our daily lives.

Most of the welcoming addresses, that I have heard, were employed to call attention to the attractiveness of the town or locality where the welcomed assembly was held, and seemingly made for the purpose of making the visitors feel unhappy that they were born or reside elsewhere.

But we of Cook County claim no superiority of merit over the citizenship of the swampiest or smallest county in Illinois. We regard the county boundaries as imaginary and useless lines except for jurisdictional purposes. All citizens of Illinois look alike to us. They all look good to us.

True, we do have difficulty sometimes in making legislatures and even constitutional conventions see things that way, especially some of the distinguished members of those august bodies who, looking through the reverse ends of their field glasses, can see us in no other light than as inhabitants of a foreign clime, or as some illicit enterprise which must be kept in a proper state of suppression and subjection by increased taxation and decreased representation.

We boast of nothing in Cook County beyond our keen desire to make you feel entirely at home while you are here and thoroughly welcome.

I would not inject one bit of alloy in that welcome by referring to our many attractions here such as our wondrous lake frontage, the beauty of our parks, the abundance of our pernicious litigation, the loveliness of our women, or even the superiority of our gunmen.

As this is but the fifth annual meeting of this Section, we can, without effort, look back with substantial appreciation to the pioneers, most of whom I am glad to say are with us today, who conceived the idea of the judges of this State meeting in annual convention, to become better acquainted with one another, and to join their recognized