The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-06
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was the intent and purpose Well. that
was a very scOrching allusion. may the
court So,nt please. and felt 1t as SUCH l nearly
please, recovered my second wind and be-
gan 10 think or some things. II the court
please, some of the worst thugs and muir
derers and saloon keepers that this town
has ever seen or the State of Indiana has
ever seen have been defended by our genial
friend, Mr.. Duncan, and his associate, Mr.
smith, and, therefore, / felt hopeful, De-
cause / knew 1 was in self-proclaimed good
company. Mr.. Smith has no right to sheer
at me for defending criminals and thugs.
Tate and the notorious Winnie Smith and
the notorious Commodore Higgins and the
notorious minister of the gospel and wife
murderer, Hinshaw-don't you think was
in pretty good company? / remember that
In the Hinshaw case Mr.. Smith lifted his
fearful face to heaven and with the same
tone of voice with which he defended this
Hessian Stahl invoked the laws of morality
in favor Of his client: but the hard-hearted
jury sent his client to the penitentiary, and
he is there yet, and that client. if the court
please. had honorable parents like DR. Hunt
and had led a seemingly honorable life.
DEFENDS HIS POSITION.
Barring few set remarks, If the court
please, made more to enliven the occasion
than from any desire to attack the gentle
men from the other side, have not reflect
ed for one moment upon Mr.. Duncan o.
Mr.. Smith. They are both men of ability.
men whom / love to honor and whom am
proud to call my friends; but why should
they make any attack upon me? What
have I done except to represent Mr., Logs
don? That, If the court please, may be
crime. but that Is to be determined. have
never known either MIR. Duncan Mr..
Smith, good as they are and high as they
stand, TO refuse a fee either TO defend
thug, saloon keeper or a murderer, and
gentlemen, let us end the debate by saying
that upon that common ground we stand
together. L make no professions take
any mans case that deem to be honora-
bic If he will pay my fee for doing It, even
If he is a Republican; and Mr.. Duncan will
take any mans case and so will Mr.. Smith
II he pays the fee, even II he is preacher
murderer. So let Us call it even boys, and
quit there We are all made of the same
common clay and we are all practicing law
as lawyers and that Is all the interest L
have personally in this case. 1 have no
feeling whatever under the sun against
the Citizens League. Why, bless my soul,
some some. OF them are my best friends; l GER
s0nally, nor Mr.. Brown, OF the News, nor
any of those gentlemen, but that is not
going to prevent me, may the court please,
presenting my side fearleSSy as L under
stand 1t. both as to fact and as to the law;
and it makes little difference to what
the outside criticism is nor what the de-
nunciation Is. L have always found the
best place to try your case. whether it is
libel suit for damages or whether 1t is
case like this, is in court and not in the
newspaper columns written by men inter-
ested in the result. why. bless our souls.
We are all members OF the same communi-
ty; not any one of us is much higher than
dreams we may think it. Let us judge each.
other by our acts if the court please, and
not by our professions.
ATTACKED BY THE NEWS.
'Now I only speak of this because 1t
seems to be a part of the history of the
case. 1 don't know who inspired it; don't
care. but in last nights News L at
tackled personally. 1t said that 1 never
made an argument such as a lawyer ought
TO make and that had cynical contempt
for all things which lead TO good. Posi-
bly, that is true I never thought of it be-
fore, but, If the court please, / must have
said something that the gentlemen who
wrote the article didn't like. am pro-
foundly sorry, but no scare head editorials
will keep me from doing my duty to my
client as / see 1t, although am opposed to
him In politics. L have taken an oath TO
stand by my clients. There is only one
thing that l am willing to proclaim out of
my own mouth-the question of my ability
1 leave to my enemies-but there is one
thing am willing to proclaim out of my
mouth, and that is that was never either
bought or scared in any case; and you will
have to allow me to be a little egotistical
alongside of these gentlemen. 1 have been
in some cases where it would have been
profitable to have given up some things
to the other side. In all these twenty-five
years while l was defending murderers and
thugs and cutthroats with Smith and Dun
can those offers have come to me and no
man has ever known me to betray my
client, never; and that Is the only thing.
If the court please, that I am willing to
vaunt in public. There have been editor
ials in that same paper which has an axe
to grind in this case, with your Honor as
candidate at the next election, telling
a iG 0aC foil ir1cy Won
that you are rapidly making your record.
Well let us hope, and I do hope and be-
lieve, knowing you as do, young as you
are, that you have the courage OF your con-
victions and that no scare editorials will
affect you more than they do me. The
next time that crowd gets into trouble
expect an employment ILaughter], because
they know 1 cannot be scared nor bought;
and there always comes time when they
need just that kind of a man; and it is
the glory of profession, if the court
please, that it is filled with men who can
be neither scared nor bought.
RECORD OF INTEGRITY.
"The legal profession stands between
tyranny. oppression. wrong construction of
the law and the people; and If vaunt my
self at all. do it along lines that no man
ever knew me to betray client, although
l have sued in thousands of cases against
corporations, rich and powerful, and have
stood for the poor devils in the Criminal
Court with the overwhelming weight of
criminal law against them. Is there man
upon the other side or upon the News that
can put his finger upon "a case where l did
not follow that line? Therefore, if the
court please, with all of this self-vaunting,
l have simply to say this, that that crit
icism falls like a summer rain upon the
rose leaf and does no damage.
II am here TO defend Ed LogsdOn, and
I shall perform that duty fearlessy, and
1 am not afraid TO tell the truth, even if
| have TO drag hypocrisy into daylight and
show its real habilimentS. L have not at
tackled the Citizens League such, al
though my genial friends, Duncan and
Smith, earnest in their endeavor to repre-
TO make believe that / did. j did make
some remarks about some of the gentle
men who belonged to that league, mere
badinage, IL the court please, TO round out
an hour of investigation. There is not
man that L criticised that have met since
who has not met me with a kindly shake
OF the hand. Even our good friend Noel
recognize that am simply trying to do my
duty as a lawyer. The people with a $4,000
lawsuit TO defend, IL the court please, grow
somewhat acrimonious, but let il pass, let
IL pass-the sun will shine over us all the
days of our life anyhow! and TO me il
makes no difference, absolutely differ
ence. Each man has his own life to live
and follow out according TO his own lights,
with his constitution and the predictions
that his ancestors gave him and with his
education, no matter along what lines he
travels, unless he starts cut as a hypocrite
and a liar; and then you don't know where
he is.
THE CITIZENS LEAGUE.
IT have not attacked the Citizens League