The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

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greaJer sums IN Une course or Is ycur
than the aggregate of the three firms
have named. but this aggregate is very
largely made up Of income from in
vestment, casual interests taken In
speculative enterprises of their clients
and bonuses from great corporations
for the successful negotiation Of loans
or the closing Of great contracts un-
derstand that the firm of Hoadly.
johnson & Lauterbach make a profit
in the course Of year sometimes OF a
half million dollars in this way.
Judge George Hoadly, the head OF
the firm, for some years one OF
the leaders Of the bar Of Cincinnati, has
long been known as constitutional
lawyer, a man of deep legal learning,
untiring energy and wide reading. Ed
gar M. johnson is familiar figure at
Long Branch and Saratoga, where he
has often judged horses during the
races. s
ssEd" Lauterbach, as he is known
about town, the Junior of the firm, is
the most indefatigable promoter and
investor, and is up to the ears in more
different enterprises than any lawyer
hear of at the New York bar. Indeed,
there seems to be no earthly reason why
lawyer who consummates successful
commercial operations for his clients
should not be permitted to benefit di-
rectly-always, of course, with the CHI
Ient's knowledge and consent-by the
information thus acquired.
| I saw two well-known lawyers, who
have within recent years removed their
offices to New York, at lunch the other
day at the Broad street Delmonico's.
One of them was Col James, who got
very large Judgment against Ferdi-
nand Wards firm several weeks ago for
moneys he had invested there when he
first came to the city. His companion
at table was Benjamin Patterson, for
merly of Syracuse, now one of the
most successful men of his years in the
metropolis. AS an interesting example
of the different specialities in which
New York lawyers engage, the CONVEX
sation between these two is worth re-
production IN some of its features. Col.
James speciality is the trial OF cases II
court; in allusion to this and In answer
to question from his friend he said
that there were only four days last
year during the entire terms of the
New York courts ON which he had not
tried cases. Mr.. Patterson's speciality
is, perhaps, the trial of damage suits,
and the ingenuity with which he pre-
sen4s the claims of his clients against
the common carriers of this vicinity,
who are becoming yearly more arbi-
trary in their conduct toward citizens,
is the subject of a number of very en-
PERTAINING anecdotes.
Another lawyer Of my acquaintance
receives $25 an hour from the elevated
railroad corporations for every hour de-
voted by him to the consideration OF
cases involving their interests. Whether
his time be occupied by him in this way
at his house, while he is lying awake at
| night, or at his meals, It figures in HE
bills for services, at these rates, and il
uniformly paid without a naurmur.
J., doubt If my legal friend, Col: Inger
soil. viii make any speeches on the
stump this year. He made only one, ]
believe, in the last presidential cam
paign, and the uncertainty as to what
| position his friend, Judge Gresham,
| will take in the canvass makes Col. In
gersoll's appearance even more prob.
lematical. It is a genuine pleasure to
meet Ingersoll, whether on the street, in
! his law Office, in court, or at his home.
He is never in a hurry, apparently, and
has a warm, magnetic smile for all his
friends everywhere. He does not make
many arguments in court nowadays,
appearing only in some specially inter
esting case, which appeals to his heart
! as well as to his intellect. He receives
very large fees, both. as counsel and
| advocate. The last time heard him
in court he said to the jury, pausing in
the midst of deep argument: "By the
way, that reminds me of story; but
perhaps I had better postpone the tell
ing of that until after court" Now he
laughed heartily at his story even
Though he had to laugh alone, calmly
continuing then the thread of his argu-
ment. One Of the jury met him on the
street some days afterward and insisted
on sharing in the laugh. When the
| ,iuryman told me shared in 1t too.
THE MANIA FOR TURY GAMBLING.
was wondering INC Quiet ooy "h"o
the end would be to all the horse
racing fever which we have In and
around New York city. Hardly day
passes that the newspapers do not re-
cord the defalcation OF somebody or
the criminal act Of some young fellow
who has been ruined by turf gambling
and other forms Of dissipation incident
thereto. The fact is the race courses
| which abound here have practically
taken the place Of the old-fashioned
faro banks and roulette tables. They
are open to everybody and are &C.
,cessibie every day in the year. When
one stops to think Of the vast capital
invested in the tracks themselves, the
breeding and training of horses, the
tax upon bookmakers, ETC., it can
readily be seen that the public must
yield very literally to make this pas.
time profitable. In fact, one cannot
help wondering how hong the public
will be able to, stand the drain.
It can only endure upon the theory
I L.