Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-14

Tnk RUEg OF IiAWxsRs@-Outo o. the
a03 mgmhers of the last House 0f Rep
reseniafiEes, 90 were lawyersl In toe
Senate ihe, proportion o. the lawyers
Is probably even larger. Got Albany.
or ant of The other State capitals, end
We ELL lina The l1wyefs controlling the
State 1lseislaiures and 3 lawyer an The
exeentiye chair. We are ruled -hY the.
LAWYERS. That single profession Con-
stitstes The privileged class which runs
the sovernmeatal snachine. Wishail
our talk ab6htpopulaF soseEeigntys this
eonnary is practically ruled b an ole
garchy, and that oligarchy composed Of
lawyers. We have seen that the law
yers numbered 20 per cent. OF the mem
bers Of the last House. The beggaFly
balance was distributed amone aFmerss
merchants, manufacturers, professors.
editors, doeiors, BANKERS and business
men generally. But the lawyers, OF
course, had things entirely theif own
way. Iust a. they always have ~ ell our
legislative bodies. sfrg,om IA ssf Al
What il the result Of this lawyer
monopoly in the ruling bodies J Just
what might have been expected; the
laws made more and more intriesie +,
more and more past the understanding
OF laymen, more and more promotiye Of
litigation, more and more in the inter-
ests OF the legal profession and against
the Interests Of everybody else. We
are not blaming the lawyers; they ere
human like the rest Of Us. They live
by litigation, and il is perfectly natural
that, with The entire law-making ma
chinery in their hands, they shoald
frame Legislation with . view 20 making
as nuch business for their guild a. pos
sible and making their fees Tor doing
the same as large as possible. Seli-in-
terest leads them 10 complicate the law
as much as possible, where sinpli6ca-
tion. might be fatal 10 their business.
While the prices OF all other other COM
modiises have been going down, law
yers charges are higher than ever.
The lawyers have been trying their
hands al running this government for
many years. All other professions and
trades have stood aside while the law
yers experimental with the great ques-
tons Of finance and curreGcy and tar
in. We see now what asbotch they
have made Of IL. l. Il not time for a
change : Let the lawyers call in the
counsel and aid Of the business men,
and see what the result will be. We
have reached the practical stage: the
great question Of the hour Is how TO re-
gain prosperity--how 60 revive our de.
pressed business. Shall We send law.
yers to settle such questions, or shall
we send men OF business TO work out
the probleml in matters Of business,
business men are generally thought 20
be the best authority. st r. -... |.
There are, as We have seen, altogeth-
er too many lawyers in Congress. They
are our ruling class. As rulers they
have not made very brilliant success
Of it. They are getting us deeper and
deeper into the mire--and thereby in-
creasing more and more the demand for
the services Of themselves. Give us
least a sptinkIing Of business men Ia ile
next COhgfess--nsen whose action win
be guided by the lamp Of experiences
men with practical knowledge Of the
wants Of the country and what is re-
CURED TO meet those wahts.-Syraease
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