Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-09

He could afford in his position to turn
down a Greeley. But that is not the
way a young man can build up prac-
tice. IT Is what he does In the court,
and not outside Of 1t. that wins him
fame" No, my friend, you are wrong.
The public is not rs stupid as you
think. If that public once hears
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
inst 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 its separate can
didate. Yet Golden Rule" Jones went
quietly ahead. At the public ballot
boxes he received an overwhelming
majority, his vote being 20 per cent or
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 recommendation a lawyer can
have Is that he always conscientiously
and faithfully makes his clients inter
ests his own.
The Young Lawyers Duty.
The high principlcd lawyer protects
the weak as we'll as the strong. The
Young graduate from a legal school Is
likely to take any case which comes III
his way. It 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 Il back yard as he
will twenty years later on SlOO,OOc
suit But after awhile that young man
works his way up the legal ladder
His brain becomes keener, his expert
ence greater He stands in the FROM
rank of his profession. What is the re
sult? He ceases, as a rule, to deal WITT
cases involving small fees. He Is
railroad attorney or rich mans al
vocate.
My legal friend now Is your opportu
nitv for heroic self sacrifice. Do yor
know of a case in which q poor man l;
menaced with injustice? Do you kno"
of n man who is charged with crime
of which he is innocent? The glory
Won win In champiOning his cause II
better TO you than a $1,000,000 fee. Th'
great corporations and the wealthy
men have reserved for their services
the strongest legal brains Of the coun
try. I ask. who are going to look aftel
the legal interests of the poor and th'
HELPLESS? You know just as well as
that the critical time in the yount
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 ono
convicted and sent to the penitentiar.
and herded in with lot Of old Grim
inals he will become one OF the DlacK
est of the black. Will you leave hin
TO the care of one of those legal In
competents who are found hanging
about every court room, waiting lik
vultures to pounce upon the helples
and the slain? Or will you, in tn
front rank of the legal profession, Civ
your time and services to save tina
young man? You know as well as
do that that little child who had he
legs cut off by the cruel wheels OF tn
electric car through the carelessness o
the motorman will get nothing unles
a man of your brain plead her cause
You. with your legal ability, could VII
for her n verdict of $4,000 cash. VIII
YOU let that little child be sent to
cripples' home and pass all OF her III
there in poverty because you, sue
cessful lawyer, are not willing to plea'
her cause?