San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-08-01
Fifty Years q LAWYER.
indianapolis Journal, June 80.

lnulanapoiis journal, June ~.
Judge Jacob B. Julian, the Oldest
practitioner at the Marion county
bar, looks back over half century oi
practice. ~ was admitted to the
BAR" he remarked, in an easy chat
with the reporter, yesterday, con
June Is, 1889, at Centerville, Wayne
county, this state. l think I may
fairly claim to be u Hoosier, for /
was born before the state began in
Wayne county, Indiana Territory, in
January, 1915, and lived in Wayne
county, with the exception of q few
months, from that time until 1872,
when I came to Indianapolis" The
Judge is remarkably well-preserved
old gentleman, and accounts for his
robust health by the fact that he has
never used tobacco, and doesn't know
the taste of beer, ale, VINE, brandy,
whisky or any other liquor, vinous,
malt or spirituous. He has had re-
markably good health, and, as he
says, "never missed meals victuals
in my life"
"When I began the practice he
said, II found at the bar IN the
Whitewater valley Oliver II. Smith,
James Rariden, Gen, jas. Noble,
Caleb B. Smith, Samuel w. Parker,
Charles Ii. Test, Jenu r. Elliott,
james Perry, Samuel II. Bigger-all
of whom were then or subsequently
men of distinction. David Macy,
now of this city, was then practicing
law in the Wayne circuit, and of all
the men with whom then associated
he alone is alive. My license was
signed by Judge David Kilgore, of
Delaware county, and Judge Samuel
II. Bigger. No license is now re-
quired under the law
81 suppose" suggested the report
er, ''you have been acquainted with
most Of the Governors of Indiana ?"
Il have seen and been acquainted
with every Governor Of this state and
territory with the single exception OF
Governor Posey. 1 have seen and
conversed with all the others, either
at my fathers house or later in life
when l became interested in poll
tics
"Whom do you consider the great
est of Indiana's Governors before the
war :"
II should unquestionably give that
place to Governor Jennings. The
people OF the state to-day do not
know, and for that reason cannot mp
preciate, his great services. He lived
IN critical period of our states his
,ory, and led tho opposition to the
party that favored and insisted upon
.he bringing OF African slavery into
Indiana. 1t was the yigor and earn
,stness of the fight as led by Gov
,rnor Jennings that saved this state
rom slavery. There should be
erected to Jonathan Jen-
lings in one Of the corners Of the
Itate-bouse grounds, and now is the
ime to begin the agitation Of the
natter with a view to bringing it be-
ore the Legislature at ITS next ses-
ion
After pause the Judge continued
You may add to my list Of those .
Who practiced in eastern Indiana the ,
Iames Of Ex-Governor Jas. i. Ray,
iIartln NJ Ray, Edmund johnson,
-ames w. Green, Samuel 4. Perkins. J
!. B. Sttt and George Holland, all ]
Ong since dead. The bar OF Wayne 9
ounty was long considered the .
troDgest in the state. Judge John {
IcLain often spoke Of John $. New
nan as the ablest lawyer in thu state,
nd he was 30 REGARDED by the people a
nd the bar for many yeaTs q bis i
fe. Agood-sizcd volume would not
ford space 70 record the good hum
r the jokes, aud the stores Of the y
IA Whitewater bar in their excur-
Ons on horseback from court 10 &
Jurt between IaEuenceburg aod
ort Wayne. In ny first ozse in the 4
Jayne district court I bad Tor ny
ieut A 7. Shoriridge, then q citi- e
n q Wayne county. nov a residaDt
tins county. and Be b. ny client
!, dsy-not, o. coarse in tbs E-as G