Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-07

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
fecutivc 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
rs 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 10 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.
true In the lawyers Office. One Of the
best recommendations lawyer can
have Is that he always conscientiously
and faithfully makes his clients inter
csts his own
The Young lawyers Duty.
The high principlcd lawyer protects
the weak rs well ms the strong. The
a, 30 IL,
likely to take any case which comes in
his way. 1t is not so much then n Ques-
ton of money as of getting something
to do. He will spend as much time
over the case OF Il pet dog which has
been poisoned in back yard as he
Will twenty years later on $4,000
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 front
rank of his profession. What is the re-
suit? He ceases as n rule. to deal with
cases involving small fees. He is
railroad attorney or a rich mans adj
vocatc.
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 a crime
of which he is innocent? The glory
you win in championing his cause is
better to you than Il $1,00O00O fee. The
great corporations and the wealthy
men have reserved for their services
the strongest legal brains of the coun-
try. / ask. who are going TO look after
the legal interests of the poor and the
helpless? You know Just as well as I
that the critical time in the young
mans life Is just after he has COM
mttcd that sin which he did thought
lcssly and without realizing its hei-
nOusness. You know that If he is once
convicted and sent to the pcnitentiary
and hcrded in with lot of old GRIM
inals he will become one Of the black
est of the black. Will you leave him
TO the care of one of those legal in
cOmpctents who are found hanging
about every court room, waiting like
vultures to pounce upon the helpless
and the slain? 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 carclcssncss Of
the motorman will get nothing unless
a man Of your brain plead her cause.
You. with your legal ability, could win
for her vertict of $50, 600 cash. VIII
you let that little child be sent TO n
crippcs home and pass all of her life
there in poverty because you, sue
ccssful lawyer, are not willing to plead
her cause:
For Humanlty's Cause.
Shall the strong lawyers only look
after the strong clients and not after
the weak; No no. That is not what
they ought to do Surely the lawyers
should be just as self sacrificing in car
ing for the helpless unfortunates as
their brother professionals, the sur
geonS and the doctors. The poorest in
our cities can have il necessary the
services of the very best surgeon or
Oculist or auriet or lung specialist. All
a man has to do is to go TO the hospital
clinics, and the best medical and sur
Glcal skill is at his command free Can
II be that the lawyer is not ready To
sacrifice as much for humanlty's cause
as the physician or the surgeon? Besides
that, my able legal friend. you know
your success has brought you plenty of
money. You know the reason you do
not retire from practice IS simply be-
cause you cannot bear TO be idle Then
why not give part of your time to
helping the weak and downtroddcn?
Why not be a good Samaritan in the
profession in which you see only too
often the bruised and bleeding travel
ers who have fallen among the thieves
on the Jericho road and who have not
one strong legal friend to come to their
rescue?
The noble lawyers greatest influence
should be traced in the spiritual realm.
1t is necessary for him to plead the
cause which Will affect the individual
temporal destiny. Is 1t not much more
important for him TO plead that cause
which will affect another's life not
only for time, but for eternity? Ev-
cry great lawyer Is leader In the COM
munity in which he lives If he wishes,
he may become leader In municipal
politics and statecraft-a leader in an
the reformatory movements. Shall he
not be a leader before the throne Of