The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-07-31

paragraph from the remarks of Mr.. Fl4sheI
,v-ie. by mistake, attributed to Mr.. Hersh.
fed, making that gentleman to say that he
was In favor of paying The Court EouSa and
school bonds In iull, whereas his position is
I>t the revers- Of that. what lie said upon
ing an Discrimination, hut believed that all
| Kinds of bonds should be treated alike.
MR. FENLpS COMES To THE DEFENCE OF THE
LAwYEEs.
The remarks of several gentlemen pub.
iIshei in our "inieTview>" yeSI erdsy, on the
50 bi.Ct of attorney fee, has called forth the
70 lowing from Thomas p. F-nlon, Esq:
In the discussion Of what Is called the
..hond question il can answer no good pur
pose Ia deceive the public or m'sr- present
fact, or do injustice II any mao or class of
men. Ipresume this will be admitted by all
men VINO desire to be- far. have siudiousiy
syoidad all public or news aper discussion ot
thl- uutas ion for the reason that my business,
prof-sSionai or otherwise, with you or any
other client, is your business and Hiinc-iu>
as any con TEcJ b.iSe-n you Snd me ToT
printing would be matter tDfOIU between
you and me, and with which neither the
public or srtv other individual bad anything
10 80. | am led 90 say what | Shz say now
by toe artic in your paper Yesterday giving
the Cpl ious OF snudTy gentle men in reg ard
To the action Of the attorneys representing
some of the ciAims against the county, and
the comments # he yap-r thereon. Being
one of those attorneys. In connection with
NV former partner, r.. Stllltnss, Esq, Of
l am lnflntltu if'b>t VINO, IL II
alleged in your article, ARE MAXIM
IAN attempt TO take advantage OF
the necessities of the c1unty to still
'.furrhe d.pete our almost enpiy treasury
.'by charging ertOTti9 rate fest quote the ex-
acI language of your aftIce yesterday. l.
this a fl r cnarge to make against the sttor
neyse Has tHere been "A sinIle one of them
that has m sde any claim whatever against
the county? What are the facts" Fair men
who want 10 he right and are Intelligent
ought always to inquire into facts before
inn to n fn
fr IN the tenor IF remarks made by some gen
tIemen, II correctly reported by your paper.
that they aye PLEASED 10 consider the iesai
profession nothing less than a band of ms
RAIDERS upou the public-espectally N thi>
natt.r-and that they VINO express such sem
timentS are the only 'hoiy" ones in the
community. Let us look at the facts. While
1 am only speaking for myself presume IL
is the same with all my professional bre' h
rem of this bar and throughout the State.
Certain gentlemen in New York, 81. Louis
and elsewher- held oh ieatiors against the
county Of Leavenworth snd the city. We
here emplyed to institute such proper legal
pr..ceedirgs as the statutes of the State
authorized to reduce these Obligations TO
judgments for a certain stipul-ted compen
sation: this was our contract with the pa ties
who sInpo ed Us: we had no connection W IN
the public or the county; there is no differ,
ence between such employment. Mr.. Edito-.
than that of a contra m sde between you anu
me by which | obligated mys-lf to pay you
81 coo for So much printing. or You obligated
yourself to pay me 81 600 for a given proies
sional service. He Performed this service t7r
these gentlemen according u contract-fiv-
Yea Of steady b rd work have been devoted
10 such ssryice-p-rsonal expenses, travel
ing, hotel snd other bills paid Dy us out of
what we contracted to do should we receive
the compensation due usc ghis is no ques-
ton with the public; we have dealt only with
our clients, worked and labored
for them, precisely. Mr.. Editor, a.
I would wo k for You if you
saw propsr 10 employ me in any case
IA. s,,tl he
authorities have seen proper to see our
clients in regard tn a settlement and COM
prom 50 OF their claims, and the clients have
themselves agreed $50 1 am informedl to com
pr. mise with the county on the asis Offered
if the county would pay our fees, and b.
cause we do not choose 10 accept just such
as .makipg an attempt To take advantage of
the n necessities of the county to still further
sdeplste our almost exhausted treasury by
charging 'extortionate fees.'" / AK again,
Is rms fair TO ne profession or toany reputa-
HE m-mbe- thereof The county does no,
owe one of us a red cent on those accounts
agrees To pay us what somebody else owes MS
and when we only ask the amount some
body else does owe US, Is IL discreet
and fair 10 charge us with being extortioners'
tied to 500 undo your contract and for ser
vices re nd-red, but IL you don't take $50 you
are an ex'ortioner Is there any just reason
why should take $50 ont of my po- ket and
give II 10 the county because IL is Ia financial
trouble Because l am = lawyer? VIII MIR
I-rshfisld, Mr.. BausermaD, Mr.. Hoffman.
Mr.. Wilson, or any other gen lemen who
have expressed an opinion on the subject, II
they o either Of them d sold patent med
icines or pisno. or a stove or furnace, or
town clock to The county, will they take half
that Is due them according TO contract be-
cause the county is in financial embsrrass
ment. and would they like TO be CHARGED
with being extortioners, because they pre-
scented their bills for what was due them &C
coriing to contract n, for instance, Mr.
Bsus-rnsn had sold and delivered to the
county sl0c worth of patent medicafed soap
in full payment. how would he like to have
twenty five az n committee W. 1t on him
ard tell him, in such way that he woald
s.kuow they meant IT." what they would do:
Perhaps Mr.. Bauserman would like to b.
chsi' man NJ such a committee. Would Mr..
Picksns, Mr.. Squi-es, Mr.. Richards, Mr.
~hepherd Mr.. Niehsus, Mr.. Taylor: Mr.. Weed,
Mr. VanEmsp. DR.. Thomss, NJ. Moore, Mr.
Dundon, Mr.. Spear, Mr.. Fox, Mr. Love, all
county OH >ers, whose accounts as allowed
are published in the AUTHORS report pub
they take hslfor two thirds OF the amounts
allowed and due them and make the
county a present Of the balance because
r1f the depicted condition of the tressuryT'
Would any just sedsib man ask them to
DO so? Would you, Mr.. Editor, make .
present of half that is Justly due you TO the
county When the banks, the pnblic on
cers, the capitalists, the farmers and manu-
facturers, and the physicians are will pg To
CHIP In th.1r proportion to relieve the public
treasury don't think they will find the legal
profession behind them in generosity: and
for one have never put a straw in the vay of
au honorable adjust m,nt of our from Is and
still hope that with a little good Judgment
darkness into light" am not disposed to
be made . ecapegeat for Others even n n
committee Of twenty-five call 70 say what
they mean. have stated the case, Mr.. Edi-
tor. fairly and the public may Judge whether
am x1ght or KrOQe.