Evening journal., 1895-11-13
THE RUNNERS MUST GO
Lawyers Must Dispense With
Their Services.
The OLD LrOTURBD THE YOUNG
But the Younger Element Scored = Point
ny Making It Impossible for Business to
ne Drummed Up BY Runners-rhe
Legal Gun was Loaded At Both Ends
aud Could Net Be Fired.


aud Could Net Be Fired.
| LAWYERS are now breathing easier
The meeting at the Court House yester-
day resulted 10 all past offsnsos being
/ forgiven without the names OF the
culprits being called, but this forgiveness
was coupled with an sdmonitien for them
not to do 30 any more IL was something
like the indulgsnt mother who says to
| her child, New, / won'C whip you this
Jims, but II you ever do II again you may
look cut fer yourself. for snail chSstise
you severely"
Lawyers Of all degrees assembled at
| ihs Court House at 3 O'Clock. Senator
| Gray, Colonel Benjamin Nielos, willard
Salisbury, Jr., ana Edward q. Bradford,
stated that the object Of the meeting WAS
60 take sction upon charges that certain
mem bera Of the bar had bsen guilty OF
soliciting clientRgs There wss a general
sigh Of relief VIXEN IL became manifest
that no names we're to be mentioned
| The speeches wsre not filled with worm
wood and gall for anybody in particular,
but they made a deep impression all
around the room.
Resolutions condsmning solicitation Of
legal business by direct or indirect
means, were adopted, the preamble set
ting forth that tuch solicitation was
opposed to the traditions and proprieties
of the bar.
Ols OF the membsrS. when the resSlu
tions we're offered, moved that one OF
the sections be AMENDED 40 as to include
not only personal solicitation, as the
resolution read, bat also solicitation by
other parties, the objection being that
some lawyers posssssiAg large practice
employ runners TO work up cases for
them. 1t was thought that this would
| bring upa tilt which would give the
younger members Of the bar an excuse to
make themselves heard quite forcibly,
several Of them bang cscksd and primed
/ for the occRaion, bot the old heads were
too wise to allow things do drift that
way, and too prudent TO raise any obisc
tion to such an amendment Tbs amend
msnt was adopted and Incorporated 10
the resolution.
prominent attorney then arose and
said that he hoped that the centure
committee was not to take cognizancs Of
any circumstances or ohenses Of any
natuTs Whatever that had already taken
place, as IL was feared that the commit
tee would be asked to 20 into a full
Investigation Of these matters. Willard
salisbury got up and said that Ii was
thoroughly understood that IL was not
70 into past offsnGss. bat merely to
look after and pass upon future ones
The resolutions were then adopted
with this understanding.
As = clincher the following resolution
was offered and adopted:
Resolved. TaRt 4 standing COMMITTEES
Of Eve BE- appointed TO consider and
report TO the bar upon any claims or
charges against any msmbsr OF the bar
for unprsfessional oondust, sither by
another attorney or the client of any
lawyer
There WAS some little serambls for
places on this censurs COMMITTEES. VIII
liam Q. BpruAnce, whs presided At the
meeting wanted to have time to make
up the COMMITTEES, but the meeting very
forcibly objactsd to delay and insisted
that the committee be named then and
there. As consequences Lsvi O Bird.
Willard Salisbury. Edward q Bradford.
William y Hilles and Harvey Waite
man, we're appointed to serve until
January, 1897
This ended the matter and the meeting
adjourned.
"The action Of the individual or in
L ulNluuAlo VINO kOt up Anla moelluk WAS
| by no means endorsed by all the meu bers
OF the bar. said q prominent p ,sotitiOnsr
after adi0urnment. S,veral Of us went
there prepared to enter into discussion
as to the general merits of tLis pArtlcu
lar case and tho motives that
prompted the cAlling Of the
1 meeting. The Bar Association was com j.
plstely ignored, and l regret to say that
It has received an under-cut which It
did not deserve The meeeting was got mp
for the benefit of one mans practices. and
only after he and his partner had made a
personal ofhos to.oface canvass When
too late to drop the whole matter 1t was
sscertalned that II the charges pr sferred
against any one individual were presEs d
the action would lead to a fight which
would have decidedly unpleasant results
In many quarters. Tue self constituted
postal card committee then held two
meetings Rt which it materially mod
i6ed its plans, deciding TO maks it 4
lecture by the old,membsrs to the young
ones who were coming TO the front
too rapidly to suit the tastes OF the older
members, some OF whom sssm to think
that when a man is once their client ho
must always be or else 60 into court
without a lawyer You may depend upon
it that those men who have been &C ing
az runners for lawyers will be very
closely watched now by the young
lawyers and they will promptly bring
charges against any man using them.
There ls some excuse for young lawyer
to indulge in solicitation, but none what
ever for an old lawyer who has an ss
tablishsd practices. Runners must go,
fer every case brought will be looked
into. and the Influences which led to the
action Will be quietly but closely scru
tinized
senator Gray certainly spoke very
nicely at the meeting" said another
lawyer. 1T was against his wishes that
the censure committee was appointed.
Lewis Vandegrlft did not seem
to view the meeting very
kindly BE openly declared that he
did not think that the bar should be
called together for such a triflDg thing
as solicitation OF business. when 90
many much more material matters might
be considered
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