The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
For the Telegraph.
LAW SUITS.

Editorial comment was made in the
TELEGRAPH lately. upon the scarcity
of law suits in this county, which, if
it were the result Of the prevalence of
kind and friendly feeling, would be
matter for congratulation. This
would be very superficial conclusion.
| In every civilized community differ
enceS will arise, and trespasses will be
committed, which must be settled by
every man taking the law into his own
hands, or by resorting to the law as
found in the statute book for redress.
And here is where the function of the
lawyer comes in, to help settle these
differences, and to right these wrongs,
in the way best calculated to diminish
the frequency of their occurrence, and
to promote the general welfare.
Gen. /. n. Stiles, of Chicago, in a
lecture delivered few Sundays ago
before the Ethical Society of that city,
I think hit the mark when he said !:
"There was a demand for two kinds
of people in every profession. There
were ministers and clergymen who
were honorable and pure, but there
were also those who ought not to be
trusted in the family when the head of
the house was away. So in the medi-
cal profession; there were doctors
whose services could be procured for
abortion, infanticide or other criminal
medical practice. 1t was Just the
same among lawyers. The demand
created the supply. Unfortunately it
seemed here as though a lawyers
ability was judged by his style Of liy-
ing; his social position was presumed
to:be supported by his practice or his
practices"
Go into any community and you
will find the people crazy to consult,
not the lawyer who is experienced and
honest, not the one who will give
sound advice, but the smart practition-
er, whose methods are INSCRIPTIONS
who will encourage litigation, manu-
facture or suppress testimony, as occa-
sion requires; pack, bull-doze or bride
juries, and resort to "anything to
beat" Such people will take one
VIGOROUSLY guilty of these practices by
the hand socially; elevate him politi-
cally; shout peans in his praises while
living. and when dead erect monu-
ment to his memory. Is it wonderful
that this debauchery of public senti-
ment should bear its legitimate fruit ?
In the language of Gen. Stiles, /" the
really dangerous classes are those who
make crime respectable"
It is this style of lawyer which in
this country to a very large extent has
the making of the rules which govern
the administration Of the law. So
that it often happens that while the
law relating to the case is all right in
theory, yet by the rules of the courts,
which are made by lawyers of the
sort named. the rule governing the
remedy is put in place of the law it.
self. Eye 1.-THE mint and anise, and
cummin, but neglect the weightier mat
tiers of the laW-Justlce, Mercy" &c. |
After experiencing a little of this
substitution of arbitrary rule, based |
upon musty presidents, which ought |
to be obsolete, and paying exorbitant |
fees for the knowledge that whatever
bills of right may say, the rules made |
by the lawyers are made to override |
them. They discover that they must |
submit to the ruling, and that it is
tantam0unt to denial of justice, and