having been elicited only after the witnesses had stated all their knowledge of accused and of the sentiment of the people in their respective neighborhoods.

6. Same. Review. The trial of an issue as to prejudice of the inhabitants of the county against accused on an application for change of venue being to the judge of the court, the Supreme Court is bound by the circuit or district court's finding, unless manifest error occurred.

REVIEWS.

THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF EVIDENCE.

Volumes Ten and Eleven.

Edited by Edgar W. Camp. Published by L. D. Powell Company,

Los Angeles, Cal.

The above two volumes are the latest of the series of this great work on the delivery and application of judicial evidence. The work in its entirety is the most exhaustive on the subject in the English language and when complete doutless the greatest compilation of its kind in the world. It is the work of a number of expert writers and jurists who have spared no available means to throw light on the intricacies of which the subject is susceptible and have made the series indispensable to the bench and bar.

Volume ten opens with the application of evidence to the subject of Principal and agent and follows each topic alphabetically to the subject of records. Volume eleven begins with the subject of References and "The Reformation of Instruments, followed by Refreshing of Memory of Witnesses, and the latitude permissible in a manner that is searching and exhaustive. The topic of 'Res Gestæ' covers several hundred pages of new and

rare suggestions that will arise as well as what has been settled and adjudicated by the courts in the past. The title on the application of evidence on the questions that arise on the causes litigated over 'Special Assessments' is worth the price of the volume.

These two volumes are the equals of preceeding ones of the series, both in the value of the legal material they contain as well as to their mechanical execution. With such work in the possession of an industrious trial lawyer there can be no such thing as failure.

EDITORIALS.

The extensive increase of subscribers during the past month has been such that The Journal is placed on a footing greatly justifying its enlargement and improment. We have many times expressed our appreciation to the Oklahoma boys for their almost unanimous support; but since old lines have disappeared, we must say that the boys of the Indian territorial side are not any less generous-when as a fact, out of five new counties we visited last month the Journal was subscribed by all the lawyers we met but two. Many thanks gentlemen. You shall never be forgotten.

In the March issue will appear a very interesting legal article on "The Powers of Corporations Organized in the Indian Territory before Statehood."

The First State Bar Examination.

As we are this month five days late in getting out our February issue of The Oklahoma Law Journal, we are pleased to note that the first class of candidates for admission to the Bar of Oklahoma has just been sworn before the Supreme Court and admitted to practice. The number sworn in is exactly fifty. After an arduous task

on fourteen subjects, which consumed two days, the members of this first class did themselves great credit; and many covered themselves with glory for legal learning and scholarship. The new Examining Board, composed of leading lawyers of the State also deserve great credit for the manner in which they conducted the examination, a fact which was so well appreciated by the boys that upon the close of the examinations they as a body passed Resolutions thanking each and every member of the Board for the courteous treatment they received. It was pleasant to witness the interest and mutual regard observed between the examined and examiners. It reminded us the closing days of a College Law School and will likely be long so remembered by the actual participants. Aside from the examinations proper, there was much of valuable advice and instruction imparted to the candidates, especially from Mr. Ledbetter one of the examiners, a gentlemen of culture and much legal ability. His remarks to the young men as to what was expected of them as to professional integrity and character as well as legal knowledge were worthy perpetuation in more than passing form. Mr. Ledbetter demonstrated that he is a natural teacher and greatly endeared himself in the estimation of all who had the pleasure of hearing him.

We are not responsible for the views and opinions of contributors.

A Judicious Appointment.-Governor C. N. Haskell seems imbued with the spirit of the maxim "the eternal fitness of things" in the great majority of his appointments. As an instance, that of A. J. Rittenhouse as one of the Regents of the State University. Perhaps a score of good business men might be found competent from a business stand point, yet when additional to business qualifications, culture, refinement, and literary taste are

so essential requisites to filling this distinguished position few men could be found better qualified than Mr. Rittenhouse. He is an ideal appointee, possessed of such qualifications as can only be acquired by those who have dined at the feast that ennobles the heart, and drank at the fountain that inspires the soul.

The Opinion of Chief Justice Williams, in ex parte Jim Cain, construing the constitution of Oklahoma and harmonizing the provisions of the constitution with the existing laws of Oklahoma is unique. For research and close reasoning on the subject it has few equals. See page 309 for the opinion in full.

Nowata County Bar.-It is always pleasant to the editor of this Journal on his first visit to a new county seat to come away with agreeable recollections. Nowata is the home of Hon. W. D. Humphrey, one of the active spirits in the late Constitutional Convention. He is equally a leader in the practice of the law that he was in helping to construct the organic law of our new state. Among the number of other promising lawyers is Mr. Charles I. Weaver who was elected county attorney of that county. He came from Virginia and is a graduate from Washington & Lee University.

Another prominent member of that bar is Judge Bert Van Leuven who was last fall elected County Judge While Judge Van Leuven is modest it is said by a fellow-lawyer of his town and who knew him well in Western Minnesota that Judge Van Leuven is not only an able lawyer but a gentleman of character and standing in his old home and Eastern South Dakota.

Among others of which many good things may be said is Messers J. C. Denton, W. A. Chase and E. J. Raymond. Of the new lawyers now there is A. T. Hanson, who only a day or two since was admitted to the Bar of Oklahoma and on which occasion he passed a very creditable examination.

PROFESSIONAL NEWS.

Hon. W. E. Clapham a former instructor of law in the Indiana State University, has moved to Oklahoma and located in Vinita for the practice of the law. Mr. Clapham is a gentleman of character and literary ability and we are pleased with his advent in the new state.

Hon. A. F. Mood, another good whole-souled Hosier and able lawyer is located in Claremore, and controls a good law practice in that thriving city.

Hon. William E. Hall, was elected County Attorney of Rogers county. We herein desire to express our appreciation of his kindness to us while in Claremore and express the wish that he may realize the unlimited success which he richly deserves.

Messrs Frank Burford and Kane, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, have formed a partnership for the practice of the law. They are school mates, both having graduated from the Kansas University. Mr. Kane was elected county attorney of Washington County.

Hon. D. H. Wilson, formerly of Indiana, is located at Vinita, Okla., and is conducting an extensive law practice in that city. He is at this time interested in a number of very important cases on the intricate subject of Indian Titles.

Judge Joseph A. Gill, one of the ablest lawyers in the new state and an ex Judge of the United States Court of Appeals has opened an elegant office in Vinita, Okla., and will devote his time to the practice of the law in that city.

The Federal Statutes Annotated, still continue to be the constant reference to both houses of the Legislature when a question borders on Federal matters.