Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-16

hoodle trials In New York, and was &c
enccessful that he straightway removed
/ e fhe metropolis. He was very popular
IA the Quaker City, and seems to have be
oosue rs great q favorite In New York. Lie
! has come to the front in the politics oi
that big town with great rapidity, having
! beeu made o delegate from Gothom to |
10Th the state and rational Democratic
conventions. But he will not be n legal
voiss next November, owing TO his brieI
residence in New York.
| Mr.. Dougherty gained his earliest elo
lcutionary training In the amateur drama
(which, given impulse by the eminent
f1aredian Forrest, hourished in Philadel
phia many years. Among Mr.. Doughertyt
colleagues on the amateur stage was the
late John Mccullough. But Mr.. Dough.
lerty never appeared as professional.
The society TO which these distinguished
gentlemen belonged was called the Booth.
snss, after the elder Booth.
II wns long years after Mr.. Doughertys
iconnection with this society that he cleo.
ftrified the country in the Democratic
national convention of 1880 when he nom.
ilnated Gen. w. 8. Hancock. This proved
TO be the furning point in the orntors
career. Although he had been lawyer
for many years he had found lecturing q
moro profitable employment, and there u
scarcely a large city In the land where hs
has not been frequent attraction. His
\ lecture on "Orators and Orntory" has few
leouals. After this speech, however, Mr..
IOougherty's fame rs m orator began 10
bear more substantial fruits than his
efforts on the rostrum had ever been able
leo do. Philadelphians realized that theil
fellow citizen was more than n brilliant
lepeaker-he WINS O master OF his Grt.
Since then Mr.. Dougherty hns been best
known as lawyer. Tho Office part OF
the practice, however, has never been his
records and the drawing of dull and ver-
bose agreements filed with legal terms
Offered very little of enjoyment to man Of
Mr.. Dougherty's brilliant talents. il Is
rs \ special pleader that ho shines. Thus
lit happens that while he ranks high
les IN advocate he has never attained
the same altitude In the profession as a
counselor TINT many man Of less ability
holds. It would be unjust to say that ho
iis not O good lawyer. Were his fame as
& . special pleader less, his reputation as
lawyer would be greater; for he is most
frequently seen In court rs n jury lawyer.
There is probably not in this country
IN advocate who excels Mr.. Dough.
erty In an address to n jury In criminal
trial. His fine presence, his courtly man.
ners, his winning graciousness, and above
al his terrible earnestness make him as
powerful an advocate as tho American
bar possesses. He has the rare faculty
OF stopping when he gets through with
what he has to say.
In che famous trial in New York oi
iex-Alderman Cleary, the alleged boodler,
which Mr.. Dougherty participated In, hd
was seen at his very best. His associate
counsel had antagonized certain members
Of the Jury by an I'LL advised display of
personal Indignation, and when Mr..
Dpugherty arose to make tho aal plen
| for the prisoner his case was supposed &c
be hopeless. Every ono who had hereto
fore been brought to trial had been con
victed on tho same evidence and In the
same court. In few minutes hope rose
in the heart OF the prisoner. The wrath
OF his choleric associate was smoothed
over, the rancor of the prosecution was
generously and effectively condoned, and
then the orator proceeded to awaken sym
pathy for his client. The effect was mag.
lcal. Several Of tho Jurors who had
apparently been prejudieed against the
prisoner from the opening OF the
! trial actually shed tears. Then
~ Mr.. Dougherty lightly changed from
pathos to humor. He told n story, and
the Jury We're in smiles. Back to pathoi
In the next sentence and tears took the
place Of laughter. Thus in several hours
he moved the occupants Of tho square box
as though they had been puppets and he
held the strings In his hands. The result
was O disagreement. which was, under
the circumstances, practically equivalent
to an acquittal.
While Mr. Dougberty Is best known
Throughout the country as an orator ant
advocate, at his home his social qualities
bring him into the greatest prominence
tall, broad shouldered. bright eyed anc
smoothly shayen, with iron gray hair anc
. strong neck. He Is one Of the mosl
Z i ,o,,S arad aGalla of