New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01
HARRISON AS A LAWYER.
BEGINNING HIS CAREER AT TwENTY-oNE-
ALWAYS HARD. PERSISTENT woRKER-cAERYiNG
cnI,nr nR nrMnCR TIC JrDGrs.-

ALWAYS HARD PERSISTENT NOTWITHSTANDING
COURT or DrMnCR'TIc JupGrs"
indianapolis, June 30 (specIaD.-In the Incidental
talk abont General Harrison by his old friends ana
peirhbors. more really interesting information about
him I, gathered than can be obtained elsewhere 10
day william Wallace. his first law FARMER, spcaAlns
of Harr.son's early professional car r, SAID
al formed his acquaintance soon after he came u
the city. He was about twcnty-one years OF ago.
whtc-haired boyish-lookng young man. but pleasant
in manner and 1t did not take long to find out ms
superior Intellectual qualities and his sterling worth
1t happened that In the year 1855, had receiver '
nomination for Clerk Of Marion County on the feoPic
ticket. The required a good deai oi "n'o'
and concluded TO offer my young iriehn p@i'n3'
ship I met him on the street one da' and told MN
I had some good clients and fair practice ana tha'
II he would go into the office and take care Vi INC
business while I was canvasslng for the ONCE "o
would share the profits think this was inc o.iiS
partnership agreement We ever had. was dcp'a'cu
for tho Office so continued the pracucc oi ,hc Id"
together until the year 1860 or ls6l u Is Picasa"'
TO say that through his assistance ana aph'S ~
lawyer We retained our clients and goi new oncS'
The truth is our business was Of QUOT knd, some
collections good deal OF probate business ana once
in n while case that tested the metue OF inc young
partner"
"what impression did young Harrison make among
the lawyers ~
"Hc soon disclosed his admirable qualities as
LAWYER quick of apprehension, clear methodlca
and logical In his analysis and statement oil case
He possessed natural faculty for gcitlhe tic cA"'
truth out Of witness, either by direct or CROSS w
animation. In this respect he has Few eiuais any
where I'm the profcs ion Always cxacting from courts
and iures their closest attention and Interest IN the
cause and when the cause demanded 1t Illustrating
the rarest powers OF the genuine orator. he was hau
worker giving every case the best oil MS shi anu
labor so that he never went unprcIaicd trus"hS 10
good luck or the Of kill or the negligence III
Tho pnfh
a struggle for bread and meat with both ot Is. lie
had a noble young wife, who checrfully shared with
him the painest and simplest style of living lie ala
the work about his home for long time himself ana
thus made his professional income, not large Keep
him Independent and free from debt
William Henry Harrison Miller, the present Ia"
mariner Of General Harrison aid PEI haps the great
est law argument made by the General was IN INC
Lieutenant Governors in the winter OF leoo' De-
fore The Supreme Court Of Indiana The case was ono
involving the gravcst questions OF coh'u'uti"hhi Id"
and the relative functions OF the legislative executive
and judicial departments of the Government Inc
case had already in various phases been argued TWO
or throc times by other counsel, and the most
elaborate briefs had been prepared and published on
botb sides The evening before the final argument
was TO be begun the briefs were pun III
General Uagrison's hands. With such prepare ION as
he could make that night and during the argument
by other counsel including Senator Iurpe ana ohc'S
If
the relations of the different departments Of the Gov
crnment TO each other luminous ana PROFOUND
that though the one enlistlng on each sac
the most intense partisan feeling and though four oil
the five Judges were opposed TO him pOnucah|, Ect
majority Of the court adopted bis views and decucu
I'm his favor In the briilancy of his argument al
othcra learned and foicblc they were, pacd mo
insignifcance'
Illustrative OF his kindness and broad charity a
vclI.lnovn railroad man who has worked up from
the humble walks OF labor told this Incl lent To-Day
was living in two on the same street, within
a door or two of where General benjamin llalri,ph
lived cI.htccn years ago ] did not Know nun vi h's
wife then. as ] had been married only shOr moo
and had lately moved into my rooms MY vic Na1
taken sick ara strangers as we Wci'' n "a
frequently called al tic door of our humble nome 10
inauirc As 10 her condition and many UNI III III
Harrison brought to my wife dalnlcs 10 eat anu vac
always CHEEKY I'm her words. Poor ara s'IansI d.
was II made an impression that VIII pc giecn III Inn
mind as long as ! live Talk about laDorlhs hcn
not voting for General Harrison NO uur, % u"I.
sympathcic hearts beat than his ana ma Oh
his wife for poor men ana for one Ill DC I'D al MS
election to rejoice with Others