The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-06-25

opponents. He has a heavy, sonor-
Gus voice, a ready and discriminating
command of words, and a dogmatic,
forceful style of delivery. When he
rises to make simple objection or
suggestion, it is with the air of an
orator beginning a long address, and
he always starts circumspsctly with
''Now, if your Honor please" how
ever audacious the matter that comes
after. He opposes anything like
theatrical show, and when the flowers
were sent in to Mr.. Tilton on Friday
he advised their removal, because he
feared that the jury might believe it
to be prearranged exhibition. AL
though during hislong career in Troy
his bosom friend was the Rev. DR..
Baldwin, the Baptist preacher and
author, he is not religious, and in his
opposition to Mr.. Beecher is regard
ed as a genuine partisan. He sits
close to the jury, but his efforts to
impress them are wholly oral His
opposing senior has a habit Of smil-
ing, sneering and frowning in side
long way, as a mute commentary up
on the testimony. This would be too
great laxness of dignity for Mr.,
Beach to exhibit, and if he acts it is
in the direction Of gravity. He will
make the closing speech for the plain
tiff, and something inordinsry is OK
pected Of him.
MR.. JOHN X. PORTER.
At the Beecher table sits through
every session man who from across
the room looks to be forty-fve years
old. A little closer he has the ap-
pearance Of the stage lawyer, and
grows ten years older. This is ex-
Judge John X. Porter. His hair and
moustache are jet black, yet he is an
old man. Dye. One day a sepul-
chral sentence rose from among the
lawyers for the defence. Everybody
listened vainly for more, and wonder
ed who had caught such a dreadful
cold. Mr.. Porter had spoken. He
had not previously done so nor has
he since. He is constantly busy,
however, working as though alone in
his Office, and seemingly paying no
attention to what is going on. Really
he is following the testimony with in
tense application. A pair Of specta-
cles saddle his nose, and he holds
his eyes within near sight Of a pam
phlet Of the scandal statements.
bumped over this book, as it is laid
open on table, he has closely cover
ed the margins of the pages with
notes. lie Is, 80 it is said, to cross
examine Mr.. Tilton's witnesses, and
is thus preparing himself to deal
with MIR. Moulton. His fame as an
inquisitor of antagonistic testifiers
has penetrated the court room, and
the spectators discuss and watch him
in his silent industry, predicting won.
derful exploits of ENHANCEMENT. He
seldom looks up from his book. comes
and goes unostentatiously, and is the
easiest overlooked of any in the ar
rays OF counsel by those who do not
know him. Mr.. Beecher goes to him
occasionally to whisper in one Of his
yellow years, and then they compare
the pencilings in their books. He is
usually in his place before the open
ing, entering without any show OF
consciousness Of the watching by the
audience. Rolling his Questionable
overcoat into wad, he puts it under
the table, sets his hat on it, and goes
to work. When the session is over
he invariably finds that his colleagues
have wiped their feet ON his coat,
and kicked the nap of his hat the
wrong way. This annoys him for an
instant, but he forgets it before he
has had time TO brush away the dam
age and so he goes out in disordersd
raiment. He shows no interest in
the wrangles Of counsel, and would
be very slightingly regarded by the
audience we're it not that they know
him to DO ex-Judge Porter, and that
his time for display in the trial will
soon come