Mr. Parker takes, who is willing to pair with him here and now? It seems to me that is a fair thing. If I was on the other side, I would do it, but I am with him and I can't. We all know what his will is, and that he wants. to be here, and morally his vote ought to be recorded. The President: Are you ready for the vote? Is there any objection to taking the vote? The question is on the substitute offered by Mr. Becker. The substitute offered by Mr. Becker was adopted. The President: The question is now upon the passage of the resolution as amended by the substitute of Mr. Becker. It is Mr. Becker's resolution. The resolution, as amended, was adopted. Mr. Lovatt: I move the appointment of a committee of three from the northern district, to exert its influence and power in having such relief carried into effect. The motion was seconded and adopted. The President announced as such committee Hon. Tracy C. Becker, of Buffalo; Hon. Charles H. Brown, of Belmont, and Albert H. Harris, of Rochester. Recess. Two P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. Wednesday, January 17, 1900. W. Martin Jones, of Rochester: I would like to hand in the report on International Arbitration, and I move that the report be received and printed in the proceedings. The motion was seconded and adopted. To the New York State Bar Association: At the last session of the Association a resolution was adopted providing for a committee to formulate an address each to the President of the United States and the Czar of Russia on the subject of the then coming congress at The Hague in the interests of peace. Due to the fact that it was supposed by the incoming President of the Association that his predecessor had appointed the committee, there was some delay in getting the committee to work. It was not until in the month of April that the undersigned were notified that they were expected to act as such committee. Following the announcement of their appointment, the members of the committee at once entered upon the discharge of their duties. Two separate addresses were prepared, one to the President and the other to the Czar of the Russias. Accompanying these addresses were submitted the memorial of the Association addressed to President Cleveland, in 1896, with the plan of the Association for an international court, and the address delivered before the Association by Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, at the annual meeting of the Association that year. It is unnecessary to accompany this report with a copy of the addresses and papers that accompanied them, since every member of the Association has received copies of these papers. It is sufficient for the committee to report now that they performed this duty carefully; that the two addresses were very carefully and artistically printed; that the address to the President of the United States was delivered to him at the White House, in Washington, while the address to the Emperor of the Russias was submitted through the Secretary of State, at Washington, for transmission to the Emperor of Russia by his Ambassador at the Court of Washington. Subsequently handsomely gotten-up copies of these papers, combined in one cover, were sent to each representative and delegate who attended the conference at The Hague, called at the suggestion of the Emperor of the Russias, so that as far as the Association has been able to compass the work everyone who had an interest in the proceedings of the conference of nations at the House in the Woods in Holland was in possession of the action of the New York State Bar Association on the all-important subject of international arbitration. In addition to this work, the committee transmitted copies of the addresses and papers to citizens of the United States interested in the subject, including bishops, doctors of divinity, judges of the courts and others who have manifested a special interest in the subject under discussion. A supply of the addresses, printed from the same type, but on lighter paper, was also placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Association, by whom copies were transmitted to each member of the Association in the State. It may be a matter of some gratification to the members of the New York State Bar Association to know that its plan for a court, to which, when appropriately organized, may be submitted controversies that baffle peaceful adjustment by diplomatic negotiation, was the plan, in substance, under the instruction of the President of the United States that was advocated by representatives of this nation in conference at The Hague, and it may also be a matter of congratulation that portions of that plan were eventually adopted by the conference in its final action. It is, of course, to be regretted that some definite arrangements for such a court, as has been contemplated, were not made at this congress of the nations, but it is sufficient to report progress of so great an event, and the members of the State Bar Association can well afford to await the outcome of great things in the future that shall be the legitimate offspring of its labor in behalf of international peace. Respectfully submitted, The Secretary: W. MARTIN JONES, Committee. Mr. President, I offer the following resolution: "Resolved, That the President appoint a committee, consisting of five members of the Association, to attend at the proceedings to be held upon the celebration of John Marshall day, and to take such action as they may deem necessary relative to the same, with power to add to their number." Edward G. Whitaker.. Richard L. Hand.. New York. Elizabethtown. The Secretary: I have a communication from J. R. Parsons, Jr., of the University of the State of New York, which I will read: F. E. WADHAMS, REGENTS' OFFICE, ALBANY, N. Y., January 6, 1900. Secretary of the New York State Bar Association, Albany, N. Y.: DEAR SIR.— I am preparing for my high school report a carefully-digested course of study for recommendation to the secondary schools of New York State. I inclose a copy of the suggested course leading to the law-student diploma, and I call your attention to the fact that it meets the resolution of the American Bar Association, passed at their August, 1897, meeting, and covers all the subjects recommended at that time, except the elective, zoology, or its equivalent. Economics is inserted in place of zoology because of its special value to the law student and because the set subjects for the law student certificate now in force in our State require this subject. Note that the suggested course gives three years of mathematics, two years of English, two years of Latin, two years of French, two years of German, two years of science and three years of history, including civics and economics, a total of sixteen years. Requiring as a minimum the successful completion of three subjects daily, permitting one conditioned subject and allowing as a maximum five subjects, the average pupil successfully completes four subjects in four years, a total of sixteen years. Will you kindly present this suggested course to the proper committee of the New York State Bar Association |