Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
LAwYERR
Their Responsibility Expuunded to
the Lime-Kiln Club.

"Each day as | look ober my pa.
per-" said the old man as the lights
were turned up, Il see a case Of EN-.
b. element, Wholesale robbery, breach
OF trust or m 5 lac of odder peoples
money. One day it am de cashier of
q bank; do next day it am a city or
c. anty treasurer; de mex II I'm some
confidential clerk or a bank president,
or do treasurer of some corporation !!
1t 10 an era Of stesl n ami embezzlin'
an fraud. No nan who has money in
de handA of q friend or employe feels
safe. No man who depends upon an
other man knows what q day may
bring forth.
"NVhat brung bout dis state of
4fAirs3 Who profits by it ? Who
aids de offenders to esoapeY"
There was a silence thr,ughout the
hall as the president paused and looked
up and down. Spuel Shin was
arout to rise up and explain that he
hadn'G made q dollar out Of 1t yet and
didn't expect to, when Pickles Smith
hit him with the big END of q potato
dlid oEOiilSE odLOhSI OOhNILNON-
81 arraign Go bar oh do kentry an
charge de lawyers, big en- little, wild
being do direct cause of dis reign of
knavery. Three men outer five am
honest only until dere am IA chance to
make a haul by bein' dishonest. One
man outer three will be dishonest ON
all occashuns whar dar am a chance tr
escape consequences. If dar was nc
law to punish dishonesty we wouldn't
find one man in twenty doin' do hon
eat thing for principles cake. 1t an
dc fear of consequences which keep
thousands of clerks an cashiers an
treasurers honest.
can what do de lawyers say t.
} ebery mar whose fingers itch to max
a haul. DEFY might as well advertis'
at regular rates dat dey will guarante,
to clear 'em of do law fur a s&rtin sum
| Let me steal $4,000 in cash ant
nine.tenths Of de lawyers will be cage
+ to defend me-to effect q compromIsi
to hush it up--to clear roo Of pun
t ishment. About de best legal talen
= in America makes o specially of de
D iendin' criminals. Any lawyer ar
looked upon as good huff for prose
t cutln' attorney, while de VERY keen
q. est talent am reserved fur defense @
, thieves, burglars and odder law break
8 ers.
t "Time after time men have stole
t or embezzled, an dc lawyers hav
;. taken a sheer of do plumber to clea
Q EN-. We've had half a dozen case
!, right yero widin two vars, an we al
;, aartin to have mo-. Let me steal a to
of coal, an up I go. Let me get m
claws on 800, 600 an / doaa' 60 u
d wort shucks. / may be rested al
toted Oft to Jail, but inside a week d
case am settled up, an l walks d
s streets q hero. De- lawyers rstur
$40, 600 of dc money, pocket 80, o5(
h an han me fifty rs a reward fur brin!
in EN- a fat caEe.
IS "Suppose it war known dat eber
o burglar fairly convicted would receiv
\ twenty years in prison, wild no poss
$ bility Of pardon, would we have or
!. burglary whar' We now have twt
J. Who maken burglary a payin' pu
lo feshun2 De lawyer.
b. st a clerk who embe zzled was ga
tin 70 receive u five Of ton var sci
tence, how many cases of embezzl
ment would you h'ar of in a y'aIi A
" who makes embezzlemsnt q payil
=, bizness! Ds lawyer.
"lf dat Rochester bank prasideI
10 am sent to state prison for twen'
years, what wi ! be do effeck on odd
Rochester bank preuidents2 But !
won't be. De lawyers have gathere
H. to his aid an will defeat justice.
II am spokin' what l believe to |
a de solemn truf, when l say to you d
,g law has become q farce an lawyers
i, middlemen between robbers and
IN robbed. De question AN how
break de law-uot how TO enforce
1t am not how to put a thief in
re prison, but how to keep him cut,
nd am not how to punish the honest OF
hS Gals, but how TO gently squeeze o
81 rs much as dey can restore, an fo
n give do remainder. Let us prOce,
n to business, feelin' dat whatever crir
we commit We stan two chances
Iel goin' clear to M of punishment.