The Brookhaven leader., 1885-07-30
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SHIP.
The Kind of Man Required to
Fill the Bill.


<ippi should be first class lawyer
but that OF itself without other DUAL.
I ifcations would he bGt poor recon
mcndation to the conscientious voter
who understands the duties required
of this important office
On appeals to the Supreme Court
! in criminal cases, and in tact in all
cases where the State is interested.
it is not made the duty Of the. Dis,
t:ict Attorney in the court below to
see that the record is properly made
ont by the clerk or otherwise confer
with tn" Attorney General in the
( further prosecution Of the case.
Right at this poiut the State needs
a diligent and paInstaking officer
He may be ever so learned and clio
qucnt, but it all counts for nothing
without attention to details and the
proper preparation Of his case. A
great deal of work may be neglected
/ or avoided in the office Of the Attor-
ney General and no one know any
/ thing about it. ANY lawyer can put
in some sort of brief 1t is the least
luxurious part of the practice to
make a speech. AS Judge Harris
once said making a speech after a
man is full of the subject is a
positive relief" 1t is very great
/ temptation to an Attorney General
{ and to District Attorney to give
their best efforts to clients who pay
good fees to the neglect of tie bust
ness of the State for which they get
! a regular salary. In the case of the
Attorney General more particularly,
! his delinquency is not open to pub.
I lie observation. 1t is his duty to
/ develop the law and the facts before
the Suprcm" Court. If the criminal
is set free the blame falls on the Sn-
! preme Court. who has Il right to sup
/ pose that the law officer for the State
! has done all that could I've done,
/ when IN fact proper assistance and
/ research on the part of this official.
would have brought about d 'iferent
! result
]
lawyer and who is not posted, inform
himself, and he Will find that the
writer of this communication knows
what he is talking about.
! It. is a matter of regret to the
friends and supporters Of the Hon.
L. Ii. Thompson that he is not bet
ter known TO the masses of the pco-
pie throughout the State. He is
well known to the members of his
profession. They have met him in
The Circuit, Supreme and Federal
courts. They are witnesses to his
ripe scholarship. his accurate learn
inc in the law, his painstaklng and
! deliberate methods and to his uni
! form courtesy both to the bench and
bar
Commencing the practice in his
youth, he is now trained and sci
entific lawyer, having to-day as,
large and varied a practice as any
man in the State.
The writer knows the secret Of
his success. In the first place there
is no stain on his private character.
His industry is proverbial. He is
an ahstainer from all intoxicants
and foremost in the current enter
prises for the development of the
| State.
Politically, he belongs to the old
Democratic guard. He was Dem
ocrat when the party had nothing to
give and he is a Democrat still. In
the opinion of the writer, if he is
elected, the State will get the best
If the bargain. Unless he bellies
his whole history, the business Of
the Attorney Generals office will be
ably and conscientiously transacted
and will receive personal and pains
taking attention.
SoUTH MISSISSIPPI.