Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-16
The Supreme Court.

The supreme Court room is the one
spot in the Capitol into which the
stranger tarrying within our gates does
not intrude, indeed, If the stranger were
not guided 10 it, he would never find il,
standing, rs it does, in the darkest niche
off the marblc corridor .eading from the
roiunda of the Senate Chamber, writes
n correspondent of the i,ncricda Regis
Ter. IL the stranger can be- induced TO
sit awhile and content himself, he will
learn much that is instructive and see
much that is curious. Nine men. grave
and reverend, each one looking as
though he had passed the line of time
which separates ones old age from his
prime, sit before him in quiet dignity.
The black silken robes in which they are
clad gives them the appearance of min
listers of the extremely high church.
while tie little books they hold in their
hands, with pencils in suspense. seem 10
belle the first impression. and raise in
fancy the picture of the racc-track and
betting-book An inspection of the
books. however. proves them to be the
record Of the case on hearing. which a
dapper little man. in language rs dry is
the cobwchS on his office walls. i argu-
ing. He speaks in a monotone. and the
gathered wisdom of centuries is rolled
into his brief No buncombc oratory,
no flashes of Wit, no pathetic touches
which sadden in the Rii prigS court
aud float a jury verdict ON stream
of tears, characterize the dappcr
little lawyers speech. for he is
beginning where all feeling ended
hard. dry reason is the only weapon
ia his armorv. The case itself
may bo a curiosity; whatever the
decision in it may be, it will be per
petuated in the reports. and through
time 10 come other lawyers will
learn il and quote it glibly. Into this
court Of last resort II has come only
after long years of waiting. Mayhap
children We're born into ii. inheriting it
a a legacy, and. growing into IMAM
hood, pinned their existence to il in
hope. or. groaning under the disap-
pointment ii caused them, blew their
brains out Ia escape the poverty il en-
tailed: people may have married into it.
grown old and died natural deaths in it;
romance and reality. love and hate. iov
and sorrow. NAV have jumbled clash
ingly together in it, but the record. il
will never tell YOU Of these things: for
the record alone contains the legal facts
in it. Certain il is. that il has come
from thousands of miles away; and Just
a truly. has il been the case of the but
ter.ly by the child or the hunt for the
bushel of gold at the foot of the rain
bow. When one quotes the saving of
some learned .Iudge-the older the bet
ter-and applies the principle it con-
tains In a certain circumstance arising
from 4 certain fact. one is called law
yer, when one looks behind the title.
John Doe Us. Richard Roe, Ia analyze
the feelings, the JOYS and heartaches
enlivenine aud crushing those who will
be enriched or bcgganed in the result of
the application of the principles, one is
called "a poet. Its good in its way."
says Greenbag and Parchment. after
reading Hamlet, but il i not the law
ut i sad the men died by the negli-
gence OF Il fellow workman; but then
their death. though melancholy. has
se;tied the law, SAYS the learned
Jidge
50 the dapper little lawyer. oblivious