St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-17
WHO Is A GOOD DEMOCRAT
AS Well as an Admirable Law
yer Familiar With the
City Litigation.
The SELECTION A WISE ONE.
herman Oppenheim Will Oe-
cupy the Office Of Second
Assistant.

Hermon w. Phillips has been ap-
pointed first assistant corporation
attorney, and will assume the duties
of office at once.
The announcement was officially
made by Mr.. Darragh at II o'clock
yesterday morning, and word sent
to Mr.. Phillips of his appointment.
The selection is considered a wise
one, not alone by Democrats and
friends of Corporation Attorney OAR
ragh, but by members of the bar.
regardless of party affiliations, and
the public generally. In Mr.. Phillips
the corporation attorney secures an
able lawyer and one who has had
many years experience in the city's
legal department. Retained through
successive administrations, he made
record as an attorney and a. zeal
Gus public servant of which he has
reason to feel proud.
Corporation Attorney Darragh was
personally congratulated by many
citizens and members of the bar for
the sound judgment and practical
appointment was made not alone be-
cause Mr.. Phillips is a Democrat,
but because he has abundantly
proved his capability, and is thor
oughly familiar with all past and
present litigation affecting the city's
interests.
Hermon w. Phillips was originally
appointed assistant under William
Pitt Murray, who is Democrat. He
retained office under O. f. Halman,
also a Democrat, and remained in
his position under the reign of Hon.
Daniel w. Lawler, whose sterling
Democracy was
NEVER QUESTIONED
by either friend or foe. On Mr..
Chamberlain's advent into office, Mr..
Phillips resigned, and since then has
been attending to his private and
very successful practice of law
Hermon w Phillips was born in
Clay, Washington county, Iowa, June
10, 1860. He lived there only a few
months before his parents moved to
Chautauqua county, New York, where
they remained about one year, and
then moved to Warren county, Penn
sylvania, where they have since re-
sided. The subject of this sketch
lived at home with his parents until
1880, when he left for the West. He
settled in Kansas, intending to make
that state his future home. He re-
manned there, however, only until Sep
| TENDER, 1881, when he left and went TO
! Iowa City, To-, and entered the law
| school of the University of Iowa. He
| graduated at that institution in June,
| 1882, and after visit of a couple Of
months to his old home in the East he
settled in st. Paul on Sept l, 1857, and
commenced the practice of law. He
has made st. Paul his permanent
home. AS an attorney, he has won an
ENVIABLE REPUTATION.
| Any movement for the Improvement
| of the city, the bar or community has
always met with the prompt approba-
ton and assistance of Mr.. Phillips.
Mr.. Phillips has served in the posi-
ton of assistant corporation attorney
of the city of st. Paul, and as an Off
cial a lawyer and a citizen, has all
! ways been esteemed.
Mr.. Darragh will appoint as his Sec
young lawyer of unusual ability,
whose attachments, strict integrity
and earnestness of purpose have won
for him an enviable sta aiding in the
estimation of his fellow citizens, MEM
bers of the bar and members of the
Democratic party. The only argu-
ment used at any time against this
young man is that he is young, and
in this age of progress this has been
cast aside as no argument at all. Mr..
Oppenheim's appointment gives gen.
eral satisfaction.
The selection of a clerk has not yet
been made, and for the present Oscar
Sandell will remain. Johnny Clancy
has been officially notified OF his per-
| manent retention.
On the whole. the staff is an ex-
ceIlent one and the city's interests
will be zealously guarded by this CO.
terie of bright, ambitious and intel
lectual young Americans.