The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-17

successful that he Straigltway removed
10 the metropolis. lie was very popular
In the Quaker City, and seems to have be-
e0me as great o favorite in New York. lie
has come to the front in the politics of
That big town with great rapidity having
been made a delegate from Gothom to
both the state and rational Democratic
conventions But he will not be a legal
vOier next November, owing to his brief
residence in New York.
Mr. Dougherty gained his earliest elo-
rutionary training in the amateur drama,
which, given impulse by the eminent
tragedian Forrest, fourshed IN Philadel-
phia many years. Among Mr.. Dcughertys
colleagues ON the amateur stage was the
late John Mccullough. But Mr.. Dough
erty never appeared as professional.
The society to which these distinguished
gentlemen belonged sas called the Booth
bnis, after the elder Booth.
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1t was long years after Mr.. Doughcrty's
connection with this society that he cleo
trifed the country i'll the Democratic
national convention of 1880 when he NOM
mated Gen. w. S. Hancock. This proved
10 be the turning point in the orators
career. Although he had been lawyer
for many years he had found lecturing a
more profitable employment, and there is.
scarcely large city in the land where he
US not been frequent attraction. His
lecture on Orators and Oratory" has few
EQUALS. After this speech, however, Mr..
DOugherty's fame as an orator began TO
bear moro substantial fruits than his
ofYnrfc I'm bo roct rl1rp hod rvpr @,ppO a ta
TO do. Philadelphians realized that their
fellow citizen was more than brilliant
bpeaker-he was a master of his art.
Since then Mr.. Dougherty has been best
known as lawyer. The Office part OF
the practice, however, has never been his
favorito field. The perusal of musty
records and the drawing. of dull and YER
bose agreements filled with legal terms
pffered very little of enjoyment TO man of
Mr. Dougherty's brilliant talents. 1t is
Is a special pleader that he shines. Thus
It happens that while he ranks high
As an advocate he has never attained
The same altitude in the profession as a
counselor that many man of less ability
holds II would be unjust to say that he
% not good lawyer. Were his fame as
, special pleader less, his reputation as a
lawyer would be greater; for he is most
frequently seen in court as jury lawyer.
There is probably not in this country
In advocate who excels Mr. Dough.
srty in an address to q jury in criminal
trial. His fine presence, his courtly man
pers, his winning graciousness, and above
Ill his terrible earnestness make him as
powerful an advocate as the American
bar possesses. He has the rare faculty
bf stopping when he gets through with
what he has to say. /
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In the famous trial in New York of
ex- Alderman Cleary, the alleged boodler,
which Mr. Dougherty participated in, he
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..
Dougherty arose to make the final plea
for the prisoner his case was supposed to
be hopeless. Every one who had hereto
fore been brought to trial had been con-
victed ON the same evidence and in the
same court. In few minutes hope rose
In the heart of the prisoner. The wrath
Of bis chOleric associate was smoothed
over, the rancor of the prosecution was
generously and effectively condoned, and
then the orator proceeded to awaken sym
patty for his client The effect was mag.
Ical. Several Of the Jurors who had
apparently been prejudiced against the
prisoner from the opening of the
trial actually shed tears. Then
Mr.. Dougherty lightly changed from
pathos to humOr. He told q story, and
The jury were in smiles. Back to pathos
In the next sentence, and tears took the
place Of laughter. Thus in several hours
he moved the occupants Of the square box
rs 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
70 an acquittal.
While Mr.. Dougherty is best known
throughout the country as an orator and
advocate, at his home his social qualities
bring him into the greatest prominence.
He is strikingly handsome man. He is
tall, broad shOuldered, bright eyed and
smoothly shaver, with iron gray hair and
. strong neck. He is one of the most
courteous aud aifable of men.