New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-07

courts 1t is much easier TO make charges of irregu-
larity against lawyers than to prove that those
charges are true. Ii Is difficult for the Bar AssOcI-
alton TO take any action that will be effectual.
Those accused of such practices not members of
our association and therefore the discipline OF that
body cannot be exercised"
"Cannot something be done to lessen the growing
evils Of manufactured evldencep
have grave doubts as to whether there Is any
such growth. / do not believe that lying and PER-
jury are any more common than they have heretofore
been. Our laws ought to be sufficient t. punish the
abuses TO which YOu refer. You GU ght to remember
TOO, that the lying IS chiefly done by aymen and
laywomen, VINO not unfrequently deceive their
counsel before deceIying the Court"
do you think tho evidence is as a rule, scanned
closely enough ana its genuineness established ~
think the evidence Is in general sufficient and
the facts sufficiently established. proper and
competent referee will be extremely careful to
that the evidence warrants the Judgment ho is
called upon to render The burden must be upon
Tue courts TO appoint no man unsuited by his char
acter and abilities to render so important decision
as the one which dISrupts the matrimonial tie and
subyorts the family relations"
DO you consider the statute prohibiting the
marriage OF persons against whom decree OF d-
Yorce mas been obtained beneficial to the commu-
nlty or the reverse 7"
That is .peculIar-qUestlou and one of mixed
noIals, eKpedlencY and law. My own belief Is that
IL Womb be much better absolutely TO prohibit the
remarrage or divorced persons than to allow d.
IOrceS lot slight causes and remarriage thereafter
~ ou present TalO oil taclle separations from the
ties or marriage VIC likely to reach the condition
OF thlngs which existed under the Roman Iepu Bile
IN It's corrupt days, in TIE tine OF Juvenal for in
stance; who speaks OF a lady who had eight hus-
bands In The course OF five autumns. Martial goes
further and mentions the case of matron who had
had ten husbands IN one month. st. Jerome de-
clares that he a husband bury his twenty-first
wife. who had herself had twenty-five husbands.n
DO yOu consider the decision IN the case of
NanVoOrhIsvs Brintnall has exercised any influence
IN multiplying the number Of divorces annually
applied fort
"No. do not. Persons addicted to divorce and re-
marriage understood better. apparently, than many
awyers the real condition of our la Y, and were
quito willing to submit TO the inconvenience of a
trip TO jersey City HObOken in order to insure
the regularity of their domestic life and Of their
childrens status The slight element of irregular
Ity attending the operation may have given it
additional zest. The sum and substance of the
matter is that the laws regulating marriage and d.
yorce are loose and uncertain in the extreme.
Wnile marriage is the most sacred and important
OF contracts 1t is the easiest to enter INTO The law
Is very sOlictOus TO prevent frauds here the sale
OF q horse or of hale of 90 de is concerned, but
glddy boy and foolish girl may plunge INTO mat
rmony long before they are able to understand the
responsibilities and duties which that relation I'M
plies. If marriage were contracted with more de-
Liberation thev would be dissolved with less fire.
quenCy. The absence of any religious sanction to
the validity of marriage IS to some extent the cause
OF the trouble, but even If the union Of man and
woman presumably for life be a matter purely of
civil concern. 1t Is of inestImabe Importance that
the law should not hold ont temptations to and
avenues OF escape from It's obligations"