EDITORIALS The Supreme Court Commissioners to be appointed in aid of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma pursuant to the new Act of the Legislature just adjourned, and which were to be named by the regular Supreme Court, are Phillip Brewer, of McAlester; M. E. Rosser, of Poteau; J. B. A. Robertson, of Chandler; J. F. Sharp, of Purcell; J. B. Harrison of Sayre. The sixth one is estimated to be C. B. Ames of Oklahoma City. Quite a number of new books have been received by this Journal during the last few weeks, but by reason of the want of time to properly give them suitable review notice, mention of them will appear in the April issue. Governor Stubbs of Kansas has appointed Thornton W. Sargent, of Wichita, judge of the second division of the Sedgwich county district court, recently created by the legislature. It is announced that Chamberlayne's MODERN LAW OF EVIDENCE, Vol. 1, will be published April 15th. On account of the high standing of Mr. Charles F. Chamberlayne as a writer on the Law of Evidence the appearance of this new work is awaited by the profession with no little interest. The Oklahoma Capitol appeal will be heard in the Federal Supreme Court on April 3rd, 1911. Governor Cruce seems to be reaping a harvest of praise and compliments from the great majority of the people of Oklahoma for his fearless exercise of the veto power. In some localities people are still talking of the propriety of celebrating the Governor's courage with a demonstration and torch light parade. Judge John H. King, of Muskogee, has opened a law office in the McKibban building in that eity for the praetice of the law. At the first State election he was elected district judge of the third judicial district of the new State; an office he filled with credit and the universal satisfaction of the Bar as well as of the general public. Judge King is a lawyer of integrity and ability; being a graduate of the Ann Arbor Law School and having & years experience in the practice before he came to Oklahoma. At the close of his judicial administration the Bar of his district met and passed unanimous resolutions commending his judicial work. Judge King is a gentleman of high character and genial disposition, commanding the respect and esteem of all who know him. Hon. Hulette F. Aby of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the leading lawyers of the State, speaking a few days since of the American and English Annotated Cases, said: "I have the series of these reports, so far issued, and consider each and every one of these volumes the best arranged annotated reports I ever used, and the most helpful to the busy lawyer. Every opinion contains a brief of authorities putting you in touch with all its kindred. The entire make-up of these reports is absolutely fine." Recently a negro shot a white man, and on being arrested claimed that he did so in self-defense; showing a small flesh wound, apparently self inflicted. His attorney believing the claim of the prisoner to be true secured the services of an expert physician who carefully examined the wound with the X-Ray machine and as claimed discovered the embeded bullet. The X-Ray acquitted him. Browder v Commonwealth, 123 S. W. 328. Legislative Freaks. When people contemplate on the fact that they pay not less than six dollars a day for legislative representatives to represent them in some useful measure and one-half of the legislative body squander time in idle and silly debates in freak bills to draw attention to themselves, is it any wonder that people begin to question our form of government? And al so to express the suggestion that we have too much representation? A Kansas legislator has introduced a bill making it a fine of $600 for anybody to tell a child that there is no real Santa Claus. There is too much representation in every state in the Union, as well as in the lower House of Congress. The Duncan Bar. Few counties in the new portions of the State of Oklahoma have greater reason to feel proud of its County Bar than Stephens County. On February 23, 1911 the attorneys of this county met and organized themselves into a County Bar Association, with Hon. G. T. Womack, President and Hon. B. F. Saye, Secretary. And this Association agreed upon a Schedule of Fees, divided into three classifications: Probate Fees, Commercial Fees and Fees in General. The membership of this Association whether spoken of collectively or individually is composed of men who will do credit to any legal organization. Besides its distinguished offiicers, Messrs Womack and Saye, it is composed of such men as Robert Burns, T. B. Reeder, Judge Admire, Senator D. M. Smith and Messrs. Brown and Morris, all men of ability as lawyers and reputation as citizens. President Taft has nominated William H. Lewis, a negro lawyer of Boston, for Assistant Attorney-General of the United States. In the closing hours of the Sixty-first Congress the Senate voted $3,000,000 for fortifying the Panama Canal and refused to join in the House bill appropriating $400, 000 to the tariff for investigations. Congress having failed to act upon the reciprocity treaty with Canada, the President has issued a call for an extra Session of the Sixty-second Congress to meet on April 4th, 1911. We desire to call the attention of the members of the Bar to the stenographer's card of Miss Beulah Wakefield. Attorneys attending Sessions of the Supreme Court and who may, in emergency desire Briefs, Bills of Exceptions or Motions typewritten, will find her competent and her work first-class. Her card appears in the second page of the lawyers cards in this issue. HUMOR. A negro witness, giving evidence in court, was asked if he knew the reputation of a neighbor for honesty? "I don' know nuffin agin him, Jedge," was the answer, "but if I war a chicken, I'd roost high when he wuz hangin' round." A witness was being examined at a trial of an action for the price of goods returned as not being up to sample. "Did you see the defendant return the oats?" "Yes, your Honor." "On what ground did he refuse to accept them?" "In the back yard, your Honor. A lawyer, who was defending a widow, in the fervor of his zeal for his client's cause, exclaimed: "Gentlemen of the jury, a man who would be so mean as to sue a helpless widow-woman ought to be kicked to death by a jackass; and, gentlemen, I wish his Honor would here and now appoint me to do the kicking." He Was Wrong.-"Justice has prevailed," telegraphed an attorney to his client, by way of announcing to him that the jury had found in his favor. "Appeal immediately," answered the client. Divorce of a Mensa.—Lawyer-"Am I to understand that your wife left your bed and board?” Uncle Ephraim-"Not 'xactly, boss. She dun tuk mah bed an bo'd along with her." A justice of the peace and farmer, had a case brought before him. When the two opposing lawyers arrived on his farm he came in from the field where he had been hoeing, bare headed and barefooted. He listened to the evidence, rather listless, but when the attorneys agreed on the length of the time to argue the case the justice assented satisfaction, but said: "Gentlemen, you may now argue the case, and I'll go out and finish my hoeing, and when you get through the argument, you will find my decision thar on a nail on the wall. Wrote it last night from the bill of particulars-its short gentlemen." And before the lawyers could get back their breath he was gone to the corn-field, hoe in hand. THE OKLAHOMA LAW JOURNAL EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY D. H. FERNANDES, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA. AN ACT Providing for the Appointment by the Supreme Court of Six Supreme Court Commissioners, To be Divided into Two Divisions, Prescribing their qualifications, Defining their Powers and Duties, Fixing their Salaries, Providing for Clerical Assistance, and declaring an Emergency. Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Oklahoma: Section 1. The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, shall at once upon the passage and taking effect of this act, appoint six (6) persons as Commissioners of the Supreme Court, one from each Supreme Court Judicial district and one from the State at large, each having the qualifications required for the office of justice of the Supreme Court of this State. The Supreme Court shall issue to each a commission, which shall be recorded on the minutes of the supreme court. Each of said commissioners to hold office for a term of two years, from and after his appointment, and at the end of two years after the first commission has been appointed this |