The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-07

the rest 60. It viii be cheaper in tlls
end. That is my advice. This is the
same kind of advice which John y
Porter, for many years the leaCe4 t'f
the New York bar, once gave TO r.
father Ny father determined on on
occasion to appeal to the courts r.
vindication. He had conclusive e.
dence to support his case. H. t"o.-
this evidence to Mr.. Porf""'$ Office FL
read it to him. After reading il. '&...:
K. Porter as 4 conscientious l"'N"'
turned and said: DR.. Tul.H3:~t. w.
that evidence | can win tn" Suft iH'
you, but l am going to tell You what !
told Horace Greeley, who last We"''l
came on the same kind Of an erra2"
and sat in the same chair on WhiCl? You
are now sitting Go home and nlir1
your business. You have work to do
Life is too short Cor you to spend any
of that time fighting in a court of Law
unless your work is menaced.' My fl
Their went home. The suit was never
brought.
But" says some young lawyer, "that
may be all right for a we'll established
attorney like John X. Porter to do H
had all the business he could carry
He could afford in his position to turn
down q Greeley. But that is not the
way young man can build up prac-
tice. It is what he does in the court
and not outside of it. that wins him
fame" No, my friend. you are wrong
The public is not as stupid as you
think. If that public once hears a
whispering that you are trying to keep
clients out of trouble instead of push
ing them in. you will have all the eli
ents you want Study the history Of
Mayor Jones of Toledo. O.. who has
Just been reelected for his fourth con
secutive term. He is generally called
Golden Rule" Jones. | know nothing
about Mr.. Jones' private life, nothing
about his politics. but this do know
the people, the common people Of that
city, believe that Mr., Jones is their
friend and is trying to help them as far
as is able to do. Every newspaper in
that city was against him. During the
campaign they would not even print
his name. The Republican and the
Democratic organizations were against
him. Each party had it's separate can
didate. Yet Golden Rule" Jones went
quietly ahead. At the public ballot
boxes he received an overwhelming
majority, his vote being 70 per cent of
all the votes cast. Why? The people,
the common people, believed he was
trying to tighten their burdens instead
of getting them into deeper trouble
What is true in reference to politics is
true in the lawyers Office. One of the
best recommendations a lawyer can
have is that he always conscientiously
and faithfully makes his clients inter
ests his own.
The Young Lawyers Duty.
The high principled lawyer protects
the weak as well as the strong. The
young graduate from legal school is
likely to take any case which comes in
his way. 1t is not SO much then ques-
ton of money as of getting something
to do. He will spend as much time
over the case of pet dog which has
been poisoned in back yard as he
will twenty years later on a 100000
suit. But after awhile that young man
works his way up the legal ladder.
His brain becomes keener. his expert
enee greater. He stands In the front
rank of his profession. What is the re-
suit? He ceases as rule, to deal with
cases Involving small fees. He is a
railroad attorney or a rich mans adj
vocate.
My legal friend, now Is your opportu-
nifty for heroic self sacrifice. Do you
know of case in which poor man is
menaced with injustice? Do you know
of man who is charged with crime
of which he is innocent? The glory
you win in championing his cause Is
better to you than 81, 00o, 900 fee. The
great corporations and the wealthy
men have reserved for their services
the strongest legal brains Of the coun-
try. l ask, who are going to, look after
the legal interests of the poor and the
helpless? You know just as we'll as
that the critical time in the young
mans life is just after he has COM
mitted that sin which he did thought
lessly and without realizing its hei-
nousness. You know that if he is once
convicted and sent to the penitentiary
and herded in with d lot of old Grim
inaIs he will become one of the black
est of the black Will you leave him
to the care of one of those legal in
competents who are found hanging
about every court room. waiting like
vultures to pounce upon the helpless
and the slain2 Or will you, in the
front rank of the legal profession. give
your time and services to save that
young man? You know as well as |
do that that little child who had her
legs cut off by the cruel wheels Of the
electric car through the earelessness Of
the motorman will get nothing unless
man of your brain plead her cause.
You, with your legal ability, could win
for her verdict Of $4,000 cash. VIII
you let that little child be sent to a