The morning news., 1894-11-23

@AC LCbb AOA LAW v yGIS
The Georgia House of Representatives is
eminenty correct in respect to lawyers
No young man who lacks a common school
education, or who does not understand the
rudiments of the English language, should
be admitted to practice at the bar. Every
lawyer in Georgia, new or old, should be
able to read, write and cypher; though
a great many OF the older fellows appar-
emily labor hard to create the impression
that they don't know how to write.
Every one of the new ones particularly
should be able to SPELL There is nothing
calculated to embarrass a lawyer more
than TO have a judge say TO him, Submit
your motion in writing, sir" and to re-
alize that for the life of him he doesn't
know whether it is spelled "afoursaid"
or 'afoarsaid" that is the chief con-
tents of a great many legal papers. The
examining board should pay particular at
tention to the hedgling lawyers spelling
requiring that he should be able to go
clear through Webster's blue-back spell
ing book and come out with an average
Of 80 out of a possible 100 That would
bt BAtAA9 SOpb lbl d law yer
The lawyer will necessarily need some
Latin in his business. But the Georgia
House did well enough to let that alone.
The prospective lawyer who has erudition
sufficient to take him through an exami-
nation in the three RS" and Webster's
speller will know well enough where to
get his Latin, and what he gets from any
for all practical purposes Lawyers Lat
in, like physicians Latin, is never under
stood by anybody except those who use
it. If it mystifes the client or the pa
tient, the test is satisfactory and goes
to swell the bill.
Yes, the knowledge of the rudiments of
an English education should be demanded
of those who seek to be legal lights. 1t
may be that there are dozens of young
men with designs on the bar who can by
the hour quote Coke Blackstone and
Chitty, and the constitution and statutes of
/ Georgia, and yet who could not figure out
the problem, If a herring and a half cost
a cent and half how much will two her
rings cost?" or who could not parse the
/ sentence, John ran through the house
/ and into the garden" And, as every law
/ yer stands a chance Of being chief justice
some day, it would not do to have such
ignoramuses in the profession.
Congressman Bellamy storer Of Ohio
may not be authorized to speak for the
I republican party, but as he is a member
/ OF that party, a member of this congress
and member-elect Of the next one, what
he says on current questions may afford
some light as to the drift of republican
sentiment At Washington the other day
! he said a law on the general lines OF the
/ recommendation Of the Pullman strike
/ commission might not be passed at the
! coming session Of congress, but It was
/ sure to come, and the railroads had bet
ter prepare to make the best Of it. Said
he: 1T will be no experiment for the
federal government to give it's protection
/ to class OF employees. Already the ma
/ tional shipping laws protect sailors" How
would the railroad men like such ..pro-
/ lection" as the sailors get? When Jack
ships he signs articles that bind him like
/ chain during his contract II he grows
/ dissatisfied with his job no g. admon-
ished with "A cat-o'-nlne-tails to change
his opinion. II he refuses 10 work ne is
put in irons and chained TO a
stanchion between decks until port
is reached. when ha Is tried
for mutny The only protection" Jack
F gets ont of the shipping laws is that the
American schooner be- sails lp bias no COM
/ petition in th' roastalsr tranic And the
republican shipping laws keep ro small
the number of vessels that Jark may get
q bsrth BOO Chat h' is lurky to make % l,.
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