The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

York and Philadelphia. The same may
be said of Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and other New England states. / can tell
you at random, and from memory, the
names of some of these great country
lawyers and you will readily recognize
their names and realize the truth of the
statement which / have made. l want
to repeat however. that 1t makes me in
dignant to hear such reflection as that
which you have quoted upon the name
of Attorney General Garland. He is
splendid lawyer. and in every sense a SUI
perior man. g.,
Matt III. Carpenter.
zone of the greatest country lawyers
ever knew was man named Carpenter,
who practiced many years ago in the little
town of Belot, Wis. He afterward be-
came famous as a lawyer and statesman,
but he laid the foundation for his great
ness and eminence while he was an OBJ
scure practitioner in an obscure town.
Very soon after he moved to Milwaukee
and was retained in some important cases,
the name of Matt Carpenter became well
known throughout the entire state of Wis
consin. In a very few years he was elect
ed to the United States Senate, and i'm
mediately secured a national reputation
as a lawyer and statesman. But, as l
said before, the foundation of all his
greatness was laid when he was a coun-
try lawyer.
Then there was another country law
yer whose name became great in his day
and generation, and who was the father
of some very bright children. | refer 20
Daniel Cady of New York. l forgot the
name of the little town in which he lived,
but / recollect the story that leading
lawyer OF New York city went TO try
case against Daniel Cady. and on his way
stopped at Albany to borrow few law
books from Nicholas Hill, to whom he
said that he was going up into the coun-
try to literally chew up fellow named
| Cady. The New York city lawyer had APP
| parently never heard Of Cady before, and
| Mr.. Hill quietly remarked. / know
| something of that man Cady. When you
get through with him stop in my office
and tell me what kind Of a man he is.
| The city lawyer returned one week later
and informed Mr.. Hill that he had just
been defeated in an important case by
| that man Cady, who was the greatest
! lawyer he had ever met.
Chief Justice Gibson Of Pennsylvania
| was one of the greatest lawyers ever pro-
| duced by the Keystone State. He was
also country lawyer who, being an
| omnivorous reader and blessed with an
! excellent memory. became a phenomenon
] or legal learning. lie was quiet, unpre-
\ tentous man, who not only absorbed all
! the erudition of his profession but he was
/ thinker. and consequently a construc-
! ZIONIST. He used to play "A fiddle, and
! carried the instrument with him wher-
! ever he went He told his friends that
| he solved many a knotty problem while
scraping on the strings extemporizing
chords or melodies. He was a truly great
man, albeit he was a country lawyer
from place no more pretentious than
Hominy Hi, the home OF Garland.
"There was Nicholas Hill of Albany. TO
whom just referred. He originally lived
at Little Falls, Herkimer county, New
York As a country lawyer he was a stu
dent and when he branched out into a
larger field his attachments commanded
| immediate attention.
These are enough instances to cite to
show you that the country lawyers are
really learned men. and not class to be
sneered a. by careless gossipers."
Davis own Career.
Il is really no wonder that Senator Da-
Wis Indignantly resented the sneerng al
fusion to country lawyers. lie used to be
one Of that class himself. He spent sew
eral years In his country home IN Wis
consin studying law and reading omniv-
orously before he went 20 Minnesota and
settled at st. Paul. lie was young man
fun Of ambition TO shine in his profess
sion. ana bis work was done as a master
builder lays a strong foundation for q
| great suDerstructurc. In very short
time after he hung out his shingle In st.
| Faul he made his mark, lie was looked