Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-01-23


She looked at me 1nquiringly. "You
are going to d banquet" I answered,
eyes, you know, my dear, 1 would
much prefer to dine with you on our
usual fare than to enjoy the most lux
urious dinner elsewhere" Her voice
made no comment, but her eyes said,
''rats." "Yes, DEAR" l continued in
sn injured tone, "the invitation is from
Chief Justice Baker, and among lawyers
an invitation from the chief justice is
equivalent to command from the SOW
ereign, and as much as l despise all
creature comforts and dislike the liquid
damnation called champagne, yet it is
a duty l owe to the profession to attend
and cannot shrink from my duty"
i"And what" said she, "are You going
to say there ?" 81 am expected" I re-
piled, "to respond to the ladies'" and
then she wanted to know what ladies.
Mr.. Chairman, we lawyers, and as
was once said by the wit of the New
York bar upon an analogous occasion,
81 believe 1--WE are all lawyers here, ex-
cept the ji3ges." We lawyers ought, OF
all men, to appreciate the ladies', and l
believe as rule we do 80. l think that
of this goodly company all but two or
three are married, and from what hear
OF those two or three, they ought to be.
| believe that whatever may be the
failures OF lawyers as base ball cham
pions, they make Jealous and persistent
suitors loving husbands and kind and
frequent fathers. As an example of
what can be done in that line by good
lawyer We point with pride to our host.
You know, Mr.. Chairman, that it is
fundamental maxim of our profession
that whenever the personal pronoun
"he" occurs in the statute it ia con-
strued to mean "she" a. well for the
rule ia that man embraces woman. All
exceptions to that rule ought to be filed
in court-with very sharp file.
In our profession our clients some.
times bring us in contactwith some of
the worst phases of human nature
with meaness and cowardice and
treachery and dishonesty-exhiblte
always by the client on the other side
but not often among the women clients.
What we owe to the ladies-individu
ally and collectively-csn never be told
in an after dinner speech. They are so
much wiser than we are, so more I'M
selfish than we are, SO much better
than we are in every way, that we
hardly live on the same plane with
them, and sometimes wonder whether
when we pass the gates we will not
find them inhabiting some radiant star
beyond the power of our earth laden
souls to reach.
Yet take heart of hope, for l think
| know one woman who would drop her
harp, and smooth her in-feathers, and
put on an abestos gown, and come down
stairs to comfort me. She once passed
an entire summer with me at Tucson
with the thermometer at ITO in the
shade every day. and l do not believe
that any climati, rigors that may en-.
compass me in the sweet bye and bye
will permanently separate US.
MIR. Chairman [ am an ancient mari
ner who has weathered the storms and
backed in the sunshine of matrimonial
life for more than thirty years. 1 have
never been much of "ladies man" in
the ordinary acceptation of the term,
for my attention in that behalf has been
too much occupied with one lady to
give much time to others, but with
heart and aoul 1 echo and re-echo your
toast.
From the first lady of the land W hose
lovliness and grace have alleviated the
anguish of mind which good Republi-
cans would otherwise feel at the pres
ent occupancy of the White House, to
the poorest widow who tolls and strug-
giles and sacrifices to educate ner boys
to usefulness and honor from the EN-
press of India upon her mighty throne,
to the nameless sad-robed sister of char
ity who trims the lonely lamp of the
watcher by the hospital couch; from the
dazzling vision of beauty, whose eyes
out shine the lights and whose laugh is
more melodious than the music OF the
flower decked ball room, to the agon-
lied occupant OF the hushed cham Der
where love sobs out its farewells, upon
the breast ofdeath: To each and all OF
the mothers and sisters and daughters
and sweethearts and wives of the world
we drink tonight in reverence, in honor
and in love.
Mr.. n. A. Morford responded to
"The Press" 1.-The State of Arizona"
met an eloquent response by Associate
Justice Jno. ]. Hawkins.