Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-02
MIR. Pow0sRLY AS A LAWYER.
The Ex-Lasor Leader Will Practice In His Old Home.
Especial Correspondence.l


 PHILADELPHIA Oct. 3O.-The announce mCnt that Trrcncc V. Puwderly had been admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, was rot a surprise to any of his old time friends. So long ago as 1878, End shortly after he was elected mayor of Scranton, Mir. Powderly passed u prelimi- nary examination bcfOrc the board of ex- aminers of Luzcrne county. That samo day he was enrolled in the law office of l. D. Burns as a student, and for two years he dclvcd into the mysteries of Blackstone and other eminent writers upon the law. Just before he had progressed far enough to be admitted he was elected general mas ter workman of the Knights of Labor Then, as hc himself phrases it, the dust gathered upon his lawboOks. Therc 1t re- mainCd undisturbcd by him for the IA years and 10 months during which he served in the position to which he had been elected by his fellow Knights.
 It may be of interest to tho reader to know, and the fact is stated with all prop CT inspect for MT. PowdCrly, that when he gave up the general master workman'S place he was at loss to know how to best employ himself and his talents. Al though during his term of office he was much of the time in receipt of n large sal ary, he did not accumulate mCrCy, and when he retired it was evident tEaC somo 
 come he was to receive He had notion mt one time of going back to his trade that of n machinist. It was also suggested to him that il would hc we'll to enter jour. nalism. for hc is n writer of exceptional ClCaUnCss and dirCCtnCss and n thinker. Both of thCSc ideas were. however, dis missed from his mind, and last January Inc entered She office of the Hon. T. r. Smith of Scranton, where he resumed his N--.. s.N..a n. told, he has been admitted as a full tledged member of the bar.
 Mir. Powdcrly decision to adopt legal career has been interpreted by some as an | indication that he would no longer seek to be active in the counsels of tho order to which he devoted so large n portion of his life, for lawyers are among those prohibit | cd from joining tho Knights of Labor. | This is true; but, according to n very well informed member of the ortler, its rcgula- tions do not prohibit q Knight from bccom- ing a lawyer, nor do they provide for tho | expulsion of such one. They only pro l hibit n lawyer from becoming n Knight. | MT. Powderly was in the receipt of many | and sincere congratulations on the day he l was admitted by the lawyers of Scranton, who had known him all his life. for he Is one of the most popular men of his own | town.
 It mas been stated III NaFlous QuaEicIs that it was MT. Powdcrly's intention to rcmOvc to New York or some other large l city in tho near future, therc to practice ] the profession that Inc has now cntcrcd. l These rumorS arc, I am enabled to state upon the bCst of authority, without foun tlatiOn in fact. MT. PowdCrly's home Is in Scranton. His friends nrc thCrC. It 1: there among his friends that he will dC battle in the legal arcnn.
 His decision in this matter, l nm in
 formed, has not been made without duo consideration of all the factors in the case
 and it Is understood to bo final. Had h'
 decided upon New York as his location h,
 must havc been rcadmittcd to the ba
 there, but that could have been managct
 without much trouble, probably withuu n rC- examination, and he would doubtlcs have been received with courtesy by tn
 lawyers of the metropolis. for they rcspCc } him in the main quite as much as the. would if they agreed with him. Tho pub
 lie, which closely followed his career as labor leader, will undoubtedly watch hin
 closely as n lawyer. 1. D. MARSHALL. II