The morning times., 1895-08-11

said, " hen iDterVieW W ed upon the significance
of the approaching event, lis not neces-
sarily OF an exclusively professional ma
ture. In republic like ours there should
not exist class set apart aud out of touch
with the people, as the bar in other lands
lis apt to become. Laws are not made for
the mere sake OF making the people conform
10 them, but because the people demand
them. A gathering of lawyers should have
| the effect of interesting our citizens in laws
proposed as well as in laws enacted. 1t
will be a public benefit. We Americans
have tendency to complain OF laws that
exist, forgetting that if they be oppressive
we were indifferent 20 them during the
period of their consideration. We are
sngularly indifferent TO law that is as
yet unmade, forgetting that if IL becomes
q nuisance when put into effect, it is all
our fault The ideas broacAed during the
coming gathering may soon have all the
force OF law. Their preliminary discussion,
therefore, is important"
hIr. Carter was asked about the money
making power OF the men who are TO meet.
at is rather a pity that a lawyer should
be judged by the money he makes" he re.
piled Some Of the ablest lawyers in
the land do not earn a tenth of the sum
gained by others who are positively in
competent. Some members OF the bar
viii not take up certain lines OF practice
because they deem them uuprofessionaL
Others prefer certain lines Of practice in
which tthey feel a particular interest.
Still others are unwilling to have anything
but an office practice. These ana other
cons dera tiOns are responsible for the
fact that some very able Ia gycrs make com
paratiyely little money. IN fact, il does
not require an extraordinary amount Of
braius 10 make huge sums at the Bar. on
the other hand, a high order OF ability and
profound learning are required 10 succeed
in certain branches OF the profession that
are not at all lucrative. Il is rather odd
tLatsO many members OF the Bar are looked
upon as great in their profession simply
because people pay them enormous fees
But then money always means SO much
TO us"
Are there not too many lawyers"
That depends upon the point of view.
If you mean too many to prosper, the
individual lawyer must decide that for
himself. II you mean too many on gen
eral principles, the question arises whether
ii is an evil to have lots of good lawyers
in the country. General dissemination
of a knowledge of the law is a good
thing The impression prevails that the
existence of many lawyers increases iti-
CATION. There could not be a greater
error. ParadoXiCal as it may seem, the
more lawyers there are the less litigation
there should be. That is owing To the
fact that the lawyers duty is not to
take his client into court unless he must.
Hundreds of cases are amiCably settled
without legal process, thanks IT, the at
torneys. Litigation increases, certainly,
but then population and wealth increases"
Col Edward C. James, of New Y )rE.
is perhaps among the most interesting
of the legal lights on the list of the COM
mittce on arrangements. The colonel was
requested to speak on one of the many sub
jects connected with his profession which
he has at his fingers ends.
The manner In which lie handled the
Russell Sage Case, growing out OF the
famous bomb explosion, has given him a
new renown as tactician of the court
room. Col James came from st. Lawrence
County some ten years ago, where he
| was noted for his eloqueDce and learning.
He brought with him a considerable for
tune, n large part of which went down
| with the wreck of Grant and Ward. His
| success at the bar has been uninterrupted
| and remarkable. / know of no man since
Blaine, who is so largely endowed with
the element of personal magnetism. and
as a racouteur he has but one rival in Amer
lea, and that is Chauncey NJ. Depew. The
rumors that he may, before long, be pro-
noted to the bench, are due more to the
| wishes OF his friends, founded upon his
| boundless popularity, than to any ambitions
OF the colonel's own.
The lawyers will be in session the best
part OF week, and the affair terminates
with q grand banquet