Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23

u. Z ranged by The character Of Its
= rom It's ranks more frequently
!. RON any other class or profession
a,.cted the men who fiji the high-
] .,hac stations In tine service of tho
rs,,v The legal profession has ex-
/. "a in some shape Sine government
n. srst established anu 4. yin en-
t. as long as laws are oe<Ysd and
|.,,ee administered.
IA. members spring from no privl-
Ia class. but from the people whose
~. ,seutiments and aspira tions they
TX They have led in almost every
k.ns,,e for freedom and the advance
AZ mankind, and to the American
s,rsr we are largely indsD ted foc
lshlesslngs of liberty we NV enjoy.
4, d a mistake to suppose that the
nj 4 iawyer Is one OF ease. 1t IS
u ne profession exacts no great
- labor, but the law Is : alous
[srer and brooks no rivals. He who
IA win It's honors and emoluments
y, spend his days and nights in I'm.
L.Shs toa. The law is a progressive
Ii,nee. and with Increase OF our popu-
1 KIM ana the advancement in indus
n eommercial aud mechanical arts
H the amazing growth of corpora
H. multiplicity OF new and i'm
t-,ant questions are suggested, the
t,,rninatlon OF which requires the
f.sss. order OF legal talent and con-
IN Investigation.
4, vast mass of adjudged cases con-
I',tiy being poured from the press IA
| |. lorm OF reports and treatises on the
Ixerlng variety OF important sub
IA created by the growth OF modern
ynn,ion must be examined II the
m, would keep abreast with the
~ nd be equipped for the legal
.fty constantly being fought.
Ia must know not merely the law
|5N,h The legislatures make. not con-
Xirlsnal and statute law alone, but
In ampler and boundless jurlspru.
~ The common law, brought by
\ nncestors from the mother country,
4 enriched, enlarged and amellorated
A successlve generations. and adapted
a meet the wants OF a progressive
<dnfatlon.
8Nkee can this law be found7 In
Il.mes-you count by hundreds. by
Icusands-flling vast libraries, ex-
Ihg long lahors, constant research,
labor OF a lifetime,
h early days the lawyers rode the
tcuit There were giants In those days
J they carried their libraries with
! o In their saddlebags. Books were
:. and they were compelled to rely
A unly on prcedents so much as on
al
|5st entirely an agricultural section,
i. principal subjects of legislation
q lands and negroes. Corporate
was In lts infancy, and the lawyer
late bellum days did not have TO
Egple with n great variety OF new
.Psrplexlng legal problems.
1T the bar was crowded with the
pest order OF talent. and especially
he bar OF Fort Worth ever dis
Tlshe1 for the ability and character
h Members.
The Fort Worth bar have prac-
\ some OF the most eminent law
nf Texas, men who have adorned
htory OF the state, and whose
. rsere household words.
izate for n moment at the list OF
l'gions names.
ro D. Templeton (deoeaseD ex-at-
re-general of the state.
sdge Mclean, ex-railroad commits
siess Head and Tarlton, judges OF
.lNl court OF appeals.
y Wynne, senior member Of the
2ndge Booty. Judge Hunter, Col.
tIt A. L. Matlock, Robert Nc
Congressman Bell, VIM, Capps.
y. CAVITY district judges Greene
harris; Hoggsett, Chapman. t. j.
,el Il. l.. Carlock, b. W. Camp, d.
humphreys, j. c. Scott, Frank Ball,
west, Tillman Smith, j. p. Smith,
W a. steadman, j. c. Terrell, -
Judge Armstrong, Ben Terrell,
w u. Furman, Judge Nugent, -
aley, A. NJ. Spoonts, A. Il. Meek and
ue profession OF the law are COM
~ some of the most important
eve of the state.
members reinforce the judiciary
a'ei the executive and furnish the
cspable members of the leglsla-
apartment of the state or govern
asy defend the weak and humble the
a' they defeat and Illustrate dark
me deliver "the poor that cry,
we fatherless, and him that hath
" help him." they break the
,si The wicked and pluck the spells
" me- teeth. In the language of a
49, Englishman. as long as the
weston retains its character for
nag, the rights Of mankind will be
Mranged, and as long as II re-
US Character for virtuous bold
nose rights will be well defended.
y members that constitute the bar
l and Wide known for their ex-
'aVe and good citizenship. Some
marked by the "sere and yellow
W age," others young. full of life
,ssoluon, are ready to walk in the
s,'nts Of those who so honorably
'lsd q profession In history.
Hon. II. o. Head.