Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-12

suit, and iugals son uses this dest as a
part Of his Office furniture today The
late Benjamin Butler made his FIRST real
start at the Law In attaching a mill wheel
for one Of his clients Boo Lowell, and
Leland Stanford once told me that be
made just 81 200 the frat year that he
practiCcd law 90 Wisconsin. Wife burnt
down bus law office and library. and this
j was that sent him west 10 make his
fortune.
nov PRESIDENTS HAVE NADE MONEY.
undcrsiakd that the prospects are
that * President Hafnson's law prac.
iice will be more than doubled by the
reputation he has made as President,
and Grover Cleveland is said 10 have
made a fortune during the four years be
was out Of Office Nearly oil the Prci
dents have been lawyers. but none II
those Of the past have made the vast
sums that our lawyers make today.
Thomas jefferson early Jumped 10 the
front o. The bar OF Virginia. and he was
making $500 year when he was
married Madison and Monroe were
good lawyers before they mcdIcd with
politics. and Hayes had a iair practice.
Andrew Johnson liked nothing better
than 20 make a speech ~ the bar. lie
studied lsw while he was at the tailurs
bench, and graduated from % 70 the
bar, Martin Van Buren, is said 10 have
been a good lawyer. James Buchanan
was making suooo year when be left
the law for politics. and ll1rrison's
practice was a valuable one
soNr COSTLY tAwyrug.
ltcosis something 10 get one Of these
great state 20 ny 4 suit for you
Evartg receives about ten dollars apiece
for each and every word 90 the 100 word
sentences which he uses w his argu.
mcnis before the Supreme Court and
Edmunds was published not long ago a.
having M income OF siooooo rom his
laW practice. One oi the most famous
lawyers Of this country was lew who
was connected with the southern con.
iedofacy refer to the late Judah u.
Benjamin, who served AZ different times
10 the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as
attorney general, secretary u state and
secretary OF war. lie len this country
with only ten dollars In bis pocket NJ the
close Of the war and He'd to England
tie opened law office in London and
during The eighteen years which he
pmcuced there his fees amounted to-
s696,ooo. lie began bis work in l.ondun
by writing editorials while he was wait
Ing Tor clients, and his first years income
was only f3,ooo. The next year IL
doubled and during the last seven years
Of his practice he made from $50, 90 to
5000 year This was especially
wonderful in that Bcnamin's law pfac.
ticc had been before this entirely in the
United States. lie had pafcuced before
the Supreme Court while he was mem
Der u the United States Senate. and az
this time he got big fees, some Of
which we're In the neighborhood Of
$4,000
Law PRACTICE At WARRINGTON
Some Of the best paying practice IS
that before the government department
at Washington. The fees are often con.
tingent and where the amounts are
large the lawyers yet a large percent.
age In case they win A number u
famous lawyers will not undertake a
case without q retainer. Roscoe Conk.
ling Is said 10 have received a fee OF
$4,000 from the Apollinais Water COM
pany for arguing In Ne favor before the
treasury department Ex-Sccretary
Stephen d. EIkins told me last winter
that he once made fio,ooo In an hour by
presenting land case before the inter.