St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-07

civilization, the more numerous and comph-
Gated the laws must become. As u necessity,
whenever you get a civilized community, TO
whose well-being those complex laws are
necessary, you have got to have i'll every
well-adjusted government separate ana
distinct department of the government TO
ascertain, interpret, declare ana enforce the
laws. / say distinct and separate
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from any other de-
partment of the government; distinct OF
itself, having no other duties to perform, nav
ing no other powers to exercise than those
that essentially appertain To the 1iolcliafy.
l think that it is a fortunate thing that am
able to say in regard not only TO TINS STATE,
but to most of the states of the Union. that
this idea has been adhered to. Ii is true that
occasionally an attempt has been mace
to confer powers and impose a 1is
les on the Judiciary that qua
not properly appertain to IT, out
these attempts have not been insisted upon;
Not on " must the Judiciary be distinct and
separate from any other department., but IL
must be independent, not subjected 10 any
ether department of the. government, III
order to fulfill its true mission of usefulness.
Senator c. X. Davis was to have re-
piled on behalf of 1.-THE bar" but was
unable to attend, his position being ably
filed by Hon. d. W. Lawler. He COM
menced:
The bar, The thoughts evoked by that
word are not the common, every day ideas OF
.his world, not the drudgery of the routine OF
daily life, but to one who is able to look
above and beyond the things that surround
us, they carry us back to an unbroken history
in race of men. who in all the days OF mems
history here below have been found i'll the
vanguard of human liberty and IN the
first ranks of human progress. lApplause.l
l say here tonight. remembering the men
from whom this audience has sprung, that
we are the descendants and the heirs of the
men who are entitled to the title OF cham
pions OF liberty and defenders OF the rights
of their fellowmen. Applause.I
Mr.. LAWYER traced the noble work
done by the legal profession, particu-
larry by the pioneers OF American
judiciary, instancipg by Gen. Sioley ana
Judge Flandrau the devotion they
showed to their country. 1t was an elo-
Quent effort.
Letters regretting inability to be pres
ent were the order of the evening.
Judge Brisbin was prevented from at
tending. owing to the condition OF
his health. Nj. d. Mum made response
to the toast allotted the veteran judge,
that of 1.-The Client"
IT'S of more renown
To save client than to storm a town.
Mr.. Mum declared it was always best
to be honest with clients. There were
three kinds of clients. so far as gender
was commemorative male. the female
and the neuter. THE neuter," as Lord
Coke once said. ''has no soul to damn,
nor stern to kick" 1t was, nOtwith-
standing, one of the most profitable ell
euts that an attorney could have.
Laughter and applause.l 1t made no
difference who came to them and sought
assistance, it was the duty OF an attor-
ney to give him assistance, whether he
oonakla of ,omunarafipU him nr not
Applause.
Hon. G. d. O'Brien, replying for the
Jury, remarked that modern juris-
prudence, in its purity and highest adj
ministratiOn. would be impossible with
out the addition of the jury as we adj
minister it. 1t formed the basis, the
foundation stone, as. well as the con-
tinuity of this proud republic. He did
not eXaggerate in asserting the choicest
triumphS of their profession have been
secured by jury. He eXtolled the
jury system as an educator of the public.
Hon. lgnatius Donnelly had his name
attached to the toast: 'Chancellors and
Dramatists."
Both adorned their age;
One for the study, t other for the stage.
Mr.. Donnelly was among the absen
tees, but sent letter in which were the
words:
am pleased to notice the indications af-
forded by the sentiment assigned me
"Chancellors and Dramatsts'' that
the members of the bar of ST.
Paul are ready to consider the probabilities
that the greatest works of orr literature
of the age. 1t is only the shallow men that
can be content with the belief that such pro:
found and learned works could have come
from the untaught brain of play actor, in
that age, by act of parliament a social out
cast and legal vagabond Lawyers, at least
are aware that there must be some relation
of principle between cause and effect.
Attorney General Clapp paid an elo-
quent tribute to the advancement of the
bar. in which he permanently inter-
polated:
LAS a people we are too much given to
legislation. We have come to that stage that
we turn to legislation as the sole panacea of
until to-day citizens cannot transact
many of the simple details of bust
ness without interfering with some
legislative enactment. The result is that in
stead of educating our people to honor and
respect the law. we are fast educating them
to look upon law with contempt and de-
rision." Loud applause.
Ambrose Tighe recited an original
ode, which was favorably received, and
Hon. II. F. Stevens quickly took up the
theme: 1.-The Legislature"
He spoke briefly upon the merits of
the several departments of the legisla-
tive body, but as whole there were
deficiencies which should attract the
remedy of great people.
Judge Lusk introduced DR.. David
Day as the father of the new court
house. A wild cheer went up from
every throat the honOred gen.
tleman came forward. and adj
dressing those about him as
venerable judges and learned law
yerS he proceeded to divorce the pOpu-
lar mind that he, and he alone, was the
person who built the court house. He
Iauded Mr.. Bassford, the architect, the
contractors whose names have never
been mentioned in connection with the
construction of the building, and
generally disrobed himself of the
credit-cloak which, as he says,
the press has entwlned about
him. He heaped encomiums upon the
other members of the commission and
mode silly left himself on barren field
of oblivion. He left the floor amid a
deafening cheer and applause.
William Pitt Murray was attacked
from all sides and urged to address the
remaining jewellers, but declined with a