Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-09-21
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
A DEFENSE OF THE LAWYERS

DelHK lFleu We are accu iOmeu 10
hear in one and the sd ne bre nth ::
~What a slice the lawyers get. Will
there be anything left for the others?"
On all side1 the lawyers are twitted
and attacked. The funny man gets
off his stale f.lnnyis IL, no longer
having the virtue of beng new, the
-ranter rants ut the lawyers and dis
-cants upon their tn every, the I'M
thinking call the II Il pack of blo)I-
suckers and the ignorant call them Il
professional mon Ip 'ly; but every last
one of them tn ought vi. educated or
Ignorant Immediately proceeds to Sc
cure the services Of Il lawyer wnel ne
thinks he has a grievance or when
the strong hand Of the laH falls upon
him and he wants to jar it loose.
The more thoughtful man is. the
more does he SEQ the necessity of hav-
ing the advice md direc lion in mat
tiers Of law IF men who are masters
Of the subject and profess to un r.
stand its intricac es, while the isnor-
ant or uneducated is much louder LII
his praises Of the lawyer when he
needs his as 1lstance tn IN he WAS III
his denuncia.ion when he could be
40 with impun .ty; and will so into
court and swear himself Il paupcr III
or Ter to secnr1 a LAWYER by the
courts appon tment, rather than take
the judgement of court or jury on his
ca Sc Without an attorney TO defend
him.
To those who consider every law
yer liar and al 'bbGr, we would ex-
tend the advice that they dispense III
all cases with laa Nycrs' services.
They may then learn trick worth
two Of what they know.
Mr.. Justice Blackstone in his COM
me@tarics, which are considered to
be the foundation of every students
education in the law, advises every
citizen vino respects himself TO edu-
cate himself III and TN ler5taud laws
which COVER his person and his
property. That was all very we'll for
those to whom such advice was given
tho gentlemen" of EnglInd-but
in this workalay life.where the strug-
gle Is no: for knowledge bnt for the
jngling guinea, the people have not
the time nor the incliuation to make
of themselves Il nation of lawyers.
There are individuals who chose
that profession, and he who chooses 1T
must choose life Of hard and con-
scientious work and study. 1t is no
hey-day, play. day undertaking. Those
who think it is are welcome to take a
try at it.
y lawyer, who wishes to become a
master hand, begins his ife's work
with the setting Of his ambition, and
lays his head upon his pillow to die,
unable to say, "it ls finished"
However, they devote their lives
and their best days Of youth and man
hood to its study; the. give TO it the
best hours Of their days and the bes
days of their lives; they let no idle
moment pass and spare 10 effort to
perfect themselves. They develop
agility Of brain, Of thought, OF per-
ceptiveness and they should be paid
for it. 1t is not Drawn which COM
mands the highest wage. it is brain.
Tho drummer in the orchestra plays
eight Instruments and does The WORK
OF eight mon; he gets $40 month;
tho leader yields a baton and plays
two or three bars in each piece: he
gets s2oN II month. A prominent
business man Of our own town once
gave me that as an illustration, and
he was right TO the letter.
Attorneys are always concentrated
in accordance with the wealth Of THAR
client and the consequent amount ~
work forced upon them. The mann.
er's lawyer is paid for by the Stote
The rich mans lawyer should be pa,d