The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-04-02


have been carried on between the mer-
chahts and the police Even his warn
! est friends thought Mr.. Choate indis-
Greet on both these occasions. but he
never seemed to mind the gentle
''roasts, and some not SO gentle, that
were administered by the newspapers in
| each case. Mr.. Choate is perhaps stron
| ger with jury than with a judge, but he
is weak nowhere. When he is talking in
court, he likes to lean his right elbow on
| his right knee and to juggle pennies
| from one hand to the other. When he
| strikes this attitude and begins his jug
| Cling, it is time for the witnesses Of the
| other side to look out. Choate is about
to make them believe he is their friend
and then get them to betray themselves.
| James c. Carter.
James G. Carter is quite another sort
| of man. He is bachelor. He is not
| clubman. He is not rhetorical. He is
not magnetic. In all these things he is
| the very antithesis Of Choate. But he is
a power with the judges, who are al
| ways delighted with the clear and lucid
English in which he touches his argu-
| ments, so great contrast do they afford
to the involved and turgid verbiage Of
| some legal utterances.
Mr. Garter has found the law a hard
mistress, but his devotion, which has
involved many occasions of all night
study, has been rewarded by the reputa-
tion which he certainly possesses among
the judges Of being more profound III
his knowledge of the common law and
the statutes than any of his brethren.
H,, = II IL
for he was born III 1927. He was an in
innate friend Of the late Samuel J. Til
den. He was not friendly with the late
David Dudley Field, whose codes were
more than once the object Of his keen
analysis and effective ridicule.
Other Successful Lawyers.
After these men, if l We're writing an
exhaustive study Of the prominent MEM
bers of the New York bar, | should act
according to the Judgment OF my lawyer
friends and take upa group of about 30,
some Of whom are we'll known to news
paper readers while some Of them are
not. Among this score and half l
should include such men as Frederic r.
Coudert, Benjamin T. Tracy, Elihu
Root, Wheeler II. Peckhain, William
B. Hornblower, John 4. Parsons, De-
lancey Nicoll, Francis L. Wellman,
Colonel John r. Fellows, and so on. Of
these it is understood that Mr.. Parsons
has been the recipient of the largest
single fee. The figures, as remember
them, were SO high that l shall not ven
ture to name them. Certainly they We're
high enough to furnish q man of mod
crate wants with the nest egg at least
of competency. This fee was paid to
Mr.. Parsons by the Sugar trust and it
is stated that it was larger not only
than any ever received by any other
New York lawyer, but positively the
largest ever paid to any lawyer in Amer
lea. Mr.. Parsons, however, has not the
biggest practice in New York by any
means, and there are probably not a
dozen who make more than $50, 600 a
year. Colonel Ingersoll cannot properly
be included in this number, am told,
but it is currently believed by the legal
fraternity that Mr.. Carter earns $780,
900 or more every year by his profess
sion, and. that the earnings Of Nfessrs,
James, Root, Wheeler Fl. Peckham,
Choate and Tracy all run from $75, 900
to 500, 900. Mr.. Parsons earnings are
estimated at from $50, 600 to $75, 900.
Mr.. Coudert, however, is probably in
receipt of a larger regular income from
his law practice than almost any other
practitioner. He is of French descent,
as his name indicates, although he was
born in New York. It has been said
that his most regular clients are 1.-The
crowned heads of Europe, - but that is
obviously joke. However, the fact re-
mains that he has acted for many for
eign governments when the extradition
of criminals has been desired, and he
has two or three European decorations
granted to him in recognition of his
services of this sort.
Delaney Nicoll's practice is set down
at from $40, 900 to $50, 900, Mr.. Well |
mans at rather less and Mr.. Hornblow
er's at $40, 600 to $50, 200.
An Extraordinary Legal Firm.
After all, it is popularity believed that |
few New York lawyers make more |
money than W. f. Howe Of elephantine |
tread and enormous waist, and Abe |
Hummel, so little in person as always
to amuse the man who sees him for the |
first time. No two men could be more |
dissimilar as TO personal appearance or
temperament than these. A great source |
VI sGIeuStu With MI. hOW6~US1OIc q
jury lies in the fact that he possesses at ]
all times an inexhaustible supply of !
tears. These are somewhat of a rarity |
among men in America, at least as far |
as any one is privileged to know by ocu-
lar demonstration, for when American
men cry they are apt TO be ashamed Of !
and to get out Of sight
When Mr.. Howe cries, he is anxious to
have the fact known. He is always par
ticularly DESTROYS that certain IL men
shall understand all about it. and it is
true that many case has
been won for Howe & Hummel by the
senior partners tears.
1t has been assumed by many that the
practice of Howe & Hummel was con-
fined to divorce cases and the defense Of
alleged criminals. It is true that they
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