The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-03-27

who do legal business under the firm
name of Howe & Hummel. But of these
last more anon
All the newspaper reading world
knows Joseph Choate to be an impul-
sive man, as he is also brainy and elo-
quent He is an ardent Republican and
a practical politician, yet he did not
hesitate year or two ago, and at a St.
Patrlck's dinner, if | remember Alright,
to charge the Irish with nearly all the
mlsdeeds mentioned in the criminal
code, besides others of which no one had
heard before
He made everybody look blank, too,
not long ago, at dinner given by the
dry goods men to Mayor Strong, by al
luding in highly undiplomatic man
ner to certain transactions alleged to
have been carried on between the mer-
chants and the police. Even his warm
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 judge, but he
is weak nowhere. When he is talking in
court, he likes to lean hisright 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 a bachelor. He is not a
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 a contrast do they afford
to the involved and turgid verbiage Of
some legal utterances.
Mr.. Carter has found the law hard
mistress, but his devotion, which has
involved many occasions of all night
study, has been rewarded by the reputa-
ton which he certainly possesses among
the judges of being more profound i'll
his knowledge of the common law and
the statutes than any of his brethren.
Mr.. Carter is now we'll along in years,
for he was born in 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 | were 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 K.
Coudert, Benjamin F. Tracy, Ellhu
Root, Wheeler II. Peckham, William
B. Hornblower, John E, 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 shall not ven
ture to name them. Certainly they were
high enough to furnish man OF mod
crate wants with the nest egg at least
of a competency. This fee was paid to
Mr.. Parsons by the Sugar trust, and 1t
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
dozen who make more than SOC, 600
year Colonel Ingersoll cannot properly
he included in this number, am told,
but it is currently believed by the legal
fraternity that Mr.. Carter earns $780,
600 or more every year by his profes-
sion. and that the earnings OF Messrs'
James, Root, Wheeler H. Peckham,
Choate and Tracy all run from $75, 600
to 800, 000 Mr.. Parsons earnings are
estimated at from $50, 900 to $75, 600.
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
horn in New York 1t 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 extradltlon
Of criminals has been desired, and ne
has two or three European decorations
| .nnntnd To him in recognition OF MS