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12 Chi. B. Ass'n Rec. 1 (1928-1929)

handle is hein.barjournals/chicbar0012 and id is 1 raw text is: THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION RECORD PUBLISHED MONTHLY Vol. 12 CHICAGO, OCTOBER, 1928 No. 1 PROMOTING THE DUE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AT a time when the attention of the public is being directed towards party platforms and their meaning, let us turn to our own platform-the By-laws of The Chicago Bar Asso- ciation. Article II is as follows: ARTICLE II. The Association is established to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of the law, to cultivate social intercourse among its members, and to increase its useful- ness in promoting the due administration of justice. What is the meaning of all that? What tends to promote due administration of justice? In what way can the Associatibn- in- crease its usefulness? A good judiciary makes for the due administration of jusice. There is no doubt about that. The security of the community depends largely upon the due administration of the criminal Iaws .placed by law in the control of the State's Attorney. In exercising his duties he is called upon to exercise many judgments which are judicial in nature. It seems clear that securing a good State's Attorney is promoting due administration of justice. But how can the Bar Association increase its usefulness in securing a good judiciary and good State's Attorneys? No one knows lawyers better than lawyers themselves. Their opinion as to a candidate is worth something. The Bar Association has for some years been in the habit, by means of Bar primaries, of giving effec- tive expression to the opinion of its members as to the merits of candidates for the judiciary for the benefit of voters who place reliance upon that opinion. In this respect it has been useful. By giving expression in a similar manner to the opinion of its mem- bers as to the merits of candidates for State's Attorney it is likewise (Contintied on next page)

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