St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-03-24
Democratic Lawyers.

Better than inhcriting handsome
property, OF holding Il lucrative office.
must II be to rank as Il prominent Dem
oclatlc lawyer. such Il man does not
cmbezzle. nor does he bribe or take
hllbeS he simply chdyges with ii viyor
that would have put to shame MacDom-
aids charge ut the battle of Wagrau.
and he generally has his clients money
III his hands, and he takes extra good
care of his toll before he paws over.
There Is the case of the Hon. George. II
PendletOn of Ohio, who expects to fig
ure as candidate before the next Dem
ocIatic National Conventions He WAS.
as appears by his own statement before
the Committee on War Department
Expenditures, the president of Il rail
road and the administrator of AN estate.
owning thrce-tittlS OF the road. Ii might
hr supposed thai in these official capac-
ItleS, and under full pay. he could have
seen I" the collection of any claims of
the road which he regarded H. valid
BlIt VII. ItIIdltton was also Il LAWYER in
ms own behalf, and so he made an
agreement with himself with the an
proNal. of course. of the other owners of
the road. who would have been likely
to be guided 10y his advice in the mat
ter To collect Il claim against the Gov
clnment of SIlS. 800. for which h,. WAS
+" receive the modest compensation of
- per cent.
MI. Pcndleton -railroad president.
administrator. trustee of three infants.
dhd attorney came accordingly To
Washington. spent Il few dayS there.
wrote IA short letter. made an argument.
ahd submitted the evidence PREPARED
h\ others. lie WHY successful and he
turned over Sti- 900 To the railroad and
helI> aS their share. md took S-O. 600
for himself. = 5000 of whirh h, paid tn
the clerk "t the road for his assistance
III making up the accounts This WIS
certainly liberal. whether the assistant
WAS acting a> the railroad clerk or Mr.
Prndlct"n' clerk but. then. Mr. Pen
dirt"n could afford it in this case.
W hen cultured people have done a good
thing financially. they are very apt to
%ratltl their longing tu cultivate their
e>th"tIc tastes 10y European travel And
81 We see Mr. Pcndlcton. shortly after
tins trIn>artl"n. forming one in a pleas
ant little travelling party. of Which the,
present Mrs. Bclkrap WIS another.
such conscientious tru>tceship of the
property "i orphans. and such di>iuttr-
c>lcd zeal ot Il railroad officer IN. look
ln% after The Interests ot Stockholders.
surely. ought not only To hc rccnmpcu>-
ed 10y suitable recreation. but To remind
Democratic admirers of the larger trusts
and h"aN lrr responsibilities of the Pres
idrncl itself,
Mr. P"nd!ctom. h"WcNrr i not the.
only specimen of these discreet and
self protecting" Democratic LAWYERS.
toy. lIldcu of New lnIk has louy been
known ~ another lie l. now one of
the defendants in Il suit brought h> the
Il, L"nl~. Alton and Tcllr llani Rail
road Company. hr being i member uf
the committee which bought in the
road ia l-ti2 Amnng the transactions
which followed was Il large oNrI-iS>lc
of stock. which pat int" Nh Iildrn'>
liandS Il -uplu~ ut about 500 900. lie.
charged 2o.ihn ~ counsel fees. and II
l. SUPPOSED that. nu one claim and an
other t"l additional >crN ices he took
the @I"atrI pant "i the balance that WIS
IN hi> hands. But ~ thi, pulrhu~iu.
committee have Vet fourteen Years 80
10y without rendering ANY account OF
their management, the ulltrI i in Il
i"". which II l. thr object Of this suit
I" clrAl up. Mr. Ildrn. at ANY rate.
~ he d"r>n't run of I" Eul"pr " ben hr
has secured Il hlnd>nnr fee aud a> hr
has enjoyed extraordinary facilities ia
he commercial centre oi the country.
has icc"nc the po>Sc>SuI of great
wealth. which IIr i NOW u>iu" tn pro
mote hIS chances ion the Presidency.
And What Il placer that would hr To
these >hIrwi and avaliriou> ATTORNEYS
We ct" not mean that they would trans
grr>> ANY law. hat amy man who
makes ID per cent COMMISSIONS ont of his
own railroad and his tIuStcc>hip of or
phan>. evidently would not suffer if the
lrr>ldcnt'> salary should hc put back
to S2J.OOO Il year. But hnw much cor
lupti"n would these men icIIct out
How they would advance the cause of
rctOrm' HOStoH .JournuI