The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-03

yesssd TIE returns Of Cook county when s strong
cH3rt wAs nsGe ~ TIE Democrats TO
throw oct TIE ballots for one q the
Republican, electors OF Illinois, OF the ground
nat the name had bean mispr1uted. TIE resul.
y such al action would have been % give .
Tete % samuel J. Tiidel and EJECT him pres!-
dtnt; but NJ Haiues with otcsr members Of
the board, counted the votes fo- the Rspuo44-
can elector and he was given his certificate
Prom the time that he rendered MS first
decision NJ HsI8es was rscoznIZed IS one o.
ne Drightes. and ablsst young Tnsn il TIE city.
kFe1 iE the justices courE several abtruse
questions arose which la dealt with
eearly and e9uita5ly. some most
important eases were tried before .in y agree
-l@af, and some o. tae best Chicago lawyers VINO
1cFer appeared in the justices CONT came BE-
fore him. though be IVES OF tee south side, be
I'D lsrZer business than any other .asllce II
ChiesZo, and he wa. noted for his rapid and Ell
cent dispatch Of business. ". H&tnes vas one
o. the most popular lawyers in the city, and n
81, when the Office Of p-obzte judge vas FIRST
crea,ed in Cock county, he ives the Independent
rarty'E Candidate FOR Ihe position lie F1n seT-
ar4l thousand votes shesd o. lis ticket, AID was
nearly elected.
A: the erpiration Of bis term a. justice he -
sume1 private prscfica- In Is73 be lost by
real estate panic everything watch he POSSESSED;
his wife, Belle Burton Hsine:. whom be had
married CT waukegan, Illinois, January =. ISL
They first lived II = modest house on tie corner
o. Fourth and James street Though NJ
Haiues csroe here q strangers, he advanced in
three year, 70 be recognized lesder 81 the bar
in this state. and he won MS high position BY
sheer force Of his abilities At first
he had desk room il tGe Office o;
W. H. White. on the corner Of Front sad
Colum bi4 streets. IN short tine he was Of
fered psrtnersh p in the firm Of Struve & Lesry,
ore Of the most prominent in the territory, and
The firm Of struve. Haines & Lesry was organ
lied, with an Office on Commercial street.
AZ that time CoIone! Haines vas connected
with Trinity Episcopal parish and be and
Charles P-osch were chosen delegates 20 the
eonvocatioa at Portland of the mission
airy jurisdiction OF Oregon and Wash
ington. This was the last eonvocatioa
Dc ore the jurisdiction was divided by the 81 re
Inc, and Ar. Hsines TOOK notable part in the
discussion q tie question OF division. His
knowledge 81 church history and ecclesiastical
-aw ss,onished all az the delegates and gave
Trinity parish, which lie represented, unusual
prestige.
His wonderful sbility as public sneaker won
early recognition in the territory; for mis- mar
yeious!y rlcn vocabulary, splendid imagination,
brilliant style. rhetorical finish and clear ana
fsxiole voice made him as an orator the equal
i not the superior o. any man on the Pacific
coast One OF his frat public appearances here
Has at Grand Army meeting in ISL, when ne
read an original poem From that time
N he was II demand for every
-'rt OF public occasion, and no
Iinner or other gathering where speaking was
lone was considered complete without his wit
ard eloqGence. He gave tae Memorial Day
Grafton al Tacoma in l55i: ana ne has delivered
countless orations ana addresses Since then in
gaS
"as at the dinner OF the superior court Judges
IN November. when he acted a. toast master
In lsS5 Jonn Leary, then one o. his partners
decided 70 give up the active practice OF Law
and devote himself wholly TO the management
OF his private business. The firm remained
strive Aaines Tor about year, and then
Maurice McMicken, who had been clerk for
them, wss tGken in under the style of strive,
HaIncs < AcAlcEen. The firm was retained by
most OF the .arge corporations in the territory
Inc tE4Gl Of The cases was usually conducted by
Colone. Haiues, no had no equal before Jury
and VINO By his force, magnetism, eloqaence
and legal sagacity usually carried everything
before him. AT the time Of the fire they lost
one Of the most valuable Libraries ever collected
here.
In 1870 Colonel Haincs was offered the posi-
ton OF general counsel OF the Oregon Improve.
nent Company AZ q salary o 5000 per year. He
withdrew from the firm Of which he had been
member, bat he stnl hal large private prac-
tee, IN which he was assisted by l. B. Stedman
Al the time OF his death he was counsel OF the
oregon improvement Company and all OF
Is sub-e5mp snies, the Pacific Coast
steamship Company, the Columbia &
Puget sound Railroad Company. the
seattle 4 Northern Railroad Company and Port
Townsend Southern Railroad COMPANY: he was
also local attorney for the Union Pacific rail-
road, the Canadian Pacific Navigation COMPANY.
L.
street Cabl- Company, and the Madison stree,
Cable Company; he was trying the cases for the
Puget Mi. COMPANY and the Port Blakeley Mil
COMPANY; aud be had been retained by the
Reuton estate.
Though his knowledge covered a wide range
Of subjects. nevertheless he was not content
with slnsttering, but his zeal led him to
thoEouFh INVESTIGATION OF every topic in which
he became interested. His skill in
church law has already been spoken
OF At time waen many admiralty
cases were brought before him he
mace such deep study of admiralty law and
the science OF navigation that be was able II
pass successful examination for masters
and also for pilots certificate. He also
devoted himself 10 medical jursprudence and
the study o. medicine with such eagerness tina:
no medical expert who was AT all weak iu
knowledge could stand under his cross-exariu-
ng. with the principles Of railway and civil
engineering, the latest deve.orments in cleo
tTicsl science and OF photography he was
equally familiar Indeed, it may be said of him
that ike Lord Bacon he had taken al know!-
edge to be his province, and this province he
had completely spb!ucated In spite OF his
high a;iaiuments. eni IN spite Of his hard work
from the time Re entered his chosen profession
until the day he took 70 his bed. he LETT no large
fortune, for he seemed 10 care nothing for
money. While he had more eases brought 7,
hlia than he could handle, his charges were
comparatively low. AMI he was not strenuous
about making col ectious. What money he kal
lie scent freely, almost prOdgsly, and his purse
was always open 10 his friends Al the time Of
his death he carried a life insurance Of SIaGal
He Is survived by a wife. a son of 5 Burton e
Haiaes, and one sister, who Is living In Illinois
COLONEL HATSES IN POLITICS.