, 1881-01-13
BENCH AND BAR.

"A..cA .,, v. voNS.."Gt w 'Frs"I.'n. 1"t'*
In Central lltlnoi..
&, t,n,klini.. nf Snriuvt,r,,l ill., trrt,,rr,i In n
m, "or r,,' =" ,ta,,s" ~ ,..,i.s Iii '.s n . W."
tlemct on "'rile Early 1lrlnch and l,ar Of
Central illinois," Thu lecture WIS given hy
Invitation If tho ChicuEo 1,nr Assoc1a-
lion. was ,lcpuly Interesting .lol.,
~ hse'l anu ~ innlter OF
history, was cXrrllcnt,y-wcll delivered. nml
wns j,irh1ynnnrectotrti hy lin nu,llrn..c. M
,yna .ri,,a,nn,, IL, I'm fro,,,o,t o,,,i n,,,r,,.
NuS et"'e''es.' ~ .llo l'ei"Gnt NM hc"rtS
nppia''se. Preceding ainl following inc icet-
tire wcEe so'ne c',olcg rellsltlons by tho CHI
caEo Quartet. Srutrl nt the platform Wcru
tni. II. 1t,lle 1,ol,rrs yrlcc.1,r4t,lrut of t],,
Assnri,ti"m ] 1u,l"c t,Ilioit An,ium. Air. - l,n,s, 1
""1Ee t.,t'1'' ~ ~. ','''s' 'A''
ert liervrys anu ar. u. |. sltctlnil.
ecntIc,na,, who had been forty years q resi-
tlcnt of fin Stntn t,nn;tn, win i.n,l ,,r,,Sv,,
efay III tl'c service ot n~. alht WIN G"'l IT.
tninGtt place Of high distinction III tsrnnks,
having worked sllte by slsle will, tllr ercatcst
'awysrs M al statesmen, M II thy Thy ;o,!try II .+
hicgrnpj,y WIS onIy history III ininisturc.
WHERE tiir lifunf Il l,l Ind 6reIi Interviewer
Will ,1atonaI utnirs ior yrnrs, ntlti i,..,l Ills
tingtlIsIlc,l il,u,iier, Ii w6ull bc iurtl III tic
lHNEcHH14f Ol ft}ut tO10 IN ulStGTlt t[r 5ll{tfs-
rapI!y irin,n tic History Of tile iimle. 80 tl,at
by briefly reviewing tic itfe mud personal
"reminiscences nf tic sreat lawyers Of Iili-
llos theru wonld ,inayuitlably lie presented
was onIy, however, When tho lawyer
brushed tlc IrEnl cOlrwrbs from. Ills
llini md advanced into tho nrcna nf lolttics,
sta!csllnnsllip allt or,tory t!At hu beciln,u
Webster, Ciay, ispnttli, Calhoun, I.i,icnl,.,
Do,lEias' and ,un.lletls 1T others lulglt iayn
ys,tfyine nv xii IN i,.ri"s Ili i,"i i'cc"te kow,, I'm in
Hitter &&ts'ors II tl'oy l"d not sought poli'lc"l
Fnrly years nEo there were barely it,rec or
fur lnw ,iih,urtcs Will, more, iilni, itIty yG!-
,l,ies III Springfield ,siul Ii was tllo saint: why
@ III MT sve L ozcn e'I aw brarss Of 10
y0i,tnlcs. Lawsuits werU mt ul,ywherG
ncIr ~ ,,,,tnrr,,,s t,r iInm,rtmnt M ,i,ry nrc
INV, aid l,Il,,Nrrs Of lie ur,ressloii were
forced to scul; oillce and noiEticnl patron.i(;u
Fhrr rt.flItatint wrls il IN. rnr,,lni IN igis-
ln{iyn jnilS niui iheir ,,rctirr M LAWYERS in
rrrusci unjy ;lftrr tl,ey Ind inntln reulitutio,ls
M urlturs Or states,lcu. For Instance. litter
parta,,t suits were fnr tha cotiec.
lii, oi delts or il, tIe matter Of sui,.
yeya,lrcs, it'll tin law ycnoris Of iltse
,lnys Werp not bnrlenctl witt, important
@ "rentn,, I t,f rnr.S,roiib;'s' yailltv ri lon,is
etc.. 1--we ris. t, IcgMJ questions inyolvin,!
nIiiitnns of ,inlinrs' niMl ,eerssitntinr i,rn.
fn,,,,h s,,,.I, n',,i nxlensivn iii r"scnr.,. m,,,l
il II yet 10 i,u ,lecf.fsd." satti tio lecturer.
ssbv the ,l,feiurv nr tl1n 1a,v,ttnlsnrs tn wiInf
nvinnt tin raifrGnti ,,nnnrf.1,a r",, ,rfv lila
:"rnr,,."nt ,mnin IL. MI "a" t,,n ,n"ui;. ),
Tla tret,,rrr ther innk nm yrrv hrlriIy tl,e
1,stnrv II s,,ne ri lin mast ,iistlnt,.lsl,rfi
in~vryrs nf IiIinn;. win ;'n,i hernn.H .i,,Tisos
"r i}lIIstrtnus st.,frs,nf.,, ,Miinn,,' III i,n,,"sns
E,lw,,rtls. coo;' FomiEr. Ka,,". Su,iih. Wiiiis
i;srmrds. j,r..rsp Sfinfds. Stnnrt. 'fm,uI'
XIII ,'' i,rnw,'. i, 'i; i'nrE%;ooj. W,bb Wno,lsn,,
I,uEcr. Way. anil otllcrs. Ilu Jwclt partic,,.
inrtv ~; i.irrnIm NH j,is nncc,iotrs ;,nk,.r
in';nv ~ i1"mri.. Sm1ti, rnst..r mi tsrmsvn'
'T ost.ma,,M.t tsit >. ',rnc io'. WIN "n vera o" II
| ,jm'jrrs m fi,n S,,nrn,nr' 1,e,,rf,. wer, ti,I
n',iv n,,es wI'nse ri,nrmrtcrs w,,rc rncotrs
"..n, Gm;ii, ,vHs .tnsnrIto.i ~" y e,tSn";",,s
shs",:,t o n1n ,,,usi,i,, ,t,..,p,s III y ~, I
,'..n., w.,,m,,' M t,ttnm,,f ,pus ,Hn,I" hnt ~ !.
i,n'I i",",,nr 81" ,vtttai I,ra,wn wns ,nn,, ~,