Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-07
HE LIKES OUR CITY
Judge Dillon Of New York
Pleased With Grand Rapids
IOWAAND MICHlGAN'S SCHOOLS
The Formers Not to be Compared With
Ours-His Book on Municipal Cor
porations and How Prepared.

"I find that it takes all the time my
professional duties will allow NE to give
TO politics to exercise the merely no,n-
mai duties of citizen. SO think my
opinion on the political situation IN
New York would prove of but little in
terest to The HERALp's readers" said
Judge Dillonof New York City, author
of the great legal authority, "Dillon's
Municipal Corporations" to a reporter
for The HERALD at his rooms III the
Morton last night. The judge had
been busy all yesterday IN the Aver
land case III the United States court be-
fore Judge Severens, and was plainly
tired out, but had devoted his evening
to receiving callers of the legal profes-
sion. The great lurist Is "A suave and
kindly gentleman of perhaps sixty
years, and his exquisite courtesy puts at
ease all who have the pleasure of
meeting him. "This is my fourth TIP
to Grand Rapids" he continued, land
l am learning the way here
pretty well. l want to say
through THR HERALD that am
always glad to come to this city.
have many charming acquaintances
here who make ME feel wonderfully at
home. have the highest respect for
Judge Severens, and it Is a pleasure to
, practice III his court. / am delighted
q. the marked evidences OF increasing
prosperity which one meets At every
turn here. Your magnificent pave
ments, the rapidly moving cars, the
numerous beautiful business blocks.
the crowded sti eets all impress me, and
the place has the busy, prosperous look
Of New York.
Pleased with The Morton.
Something that especially appeals to
the ira veler is this hotel. 1t is what |
call really first-ciass hotel, aud as
they always save the same rooms for
me, l feel very much at home here and
my Visits in Grand Rapids are a real
pleasure. am very fond of Michigan
anyway. 1t Is great state and it's
wonderful variety of resources are very
impressive to the traveller. l am rather
envious of one OF your institutions
though, and that is the state university.
Iowa is really my native state, as be-
tore l went TO New York l resided
there forty years, and was for some
time regent of the stat university.
We mad government grant. us did the
university OF Michigan, but from ours
was realized only comparatively small
sum, few thousand dollars, l think,
while by rare good judgment and wise
management on the part OF the presi-
dent of Our school the funds grew and
were properly applied. and now the
latter school is known the world over
and Is credit not alone TO the state,
hut 10 the whole nation as we'll, while
Iowa's school is unknown outside that
state.
know of no greater benefaction to
| a state tuan such \ university as Michi-
game, particularly when there are
identified with it men like Judge
Cooley. Such a judge and writer sheds
| q lustre on q state which 1t gets in no
other way.
Compliment to Judge Cooley.
we'll remember a remark made by
Judge Gresham of Chicago, when the
supreme court consisted of Judges
Cooley, Campbell, Graves and Chris
| tiancy. He SAID, That bench IA today
the brightest legal tribunal in the
world But am sure Judge Cooley's
! fame will rest, not upon his judicial
I latsors, but upon his books. In our
~ % teSfDU tic ttN ataE VI 8tkat NAttfbS
are vastly more permanent than those
given TO the most earnest judicial
labors. did hard, faithful work for
Z twenty year on the bench, and spent
Only three or four years on my NUM-
| cipai Corporations. Jet that has made
| me better known than would probably
lifetime on the bench. Bot my
/ hook has had no competitors and, be-
I lieve, is the only work on the subject.
! / was eight or nine wears collecting the
data for the work. bat put il IN form
with great rspidity. | wrote cut the
whole work with my own band 81
/ eighteen months. and At the same time
| held all my courts ~ six states.
what = legal Writer Esrns
Since the last edition was published
in isqe. less than two years, | have re-
. ceived $500 ia royalties. suppose il
( viii last little wnlle. One reason that
/ IL has held its own. - found n the fact
/ that few fnen have The patience or de-
sre % s1end tie wears necessary 70
| prepare sound i,ossk, snd many ARE
rot situated so thy can. Most legal
/ writers want quftk returns ara 80 ore
pare hastily AID sfl-wftten bsoks sstch
| csn but prove ersaea1efsl. 10 don .
/ sfsav tsst that I'm = n1auerellst fn =
! cay. Hut tnink The profession really