The San Francisco call., 1904-03-01
LEGAL LIGHTS
TALK AT TABLE
Law Law and Lawyers :, Dis
cllssed alta Dinner by Menu
hers Of the Profession
JUDGE Hunt. P0KES FUN
Delivers a Monologlle That
Serves to Keep His Hearers
in a Gale of Laughter.

Law and lawyers was the. general
topic of discussion, at the USnitariaCil
Clubs dinner, last evening. in" the. rooms
Of the Merchants. Grub. and. the speak
rers were. Attorneys Frank p Deertng
and Peter f. Dunno, Superior Judge
John Hunt and William. Greer :fIarri-
son, the latter gentleman taking the
place. of United States. Circuit Judge
|. William W. Morrow, who. sent regrets.
Presidept. Louis -Eisser introduced: the
takers, 80: :: :: =; =.
/. Mr.. D'aering's subject was "Interna-
tionat Arbitration and the Tribunal at
The Hague and he professed to see
signs Of the times that betokened a: uni
Versal substitution OF calm argument
for. armed conflict as a means of: set
/ tlihg differences between ma ations. The
fact that twenty-five countries. have
adopted. The Hague: tribunal as a COM
mon. court is. one Of these signs. and, it
is NOT bedimIned by. the smoke of battle
in. the. Orient, he said. Ia the not far
distant future: the machine. guns: will
have been worked over ;.into- grain
threshers and other. implements. Of
peace. :...:... -
..:,'The Advantages and Defects of the
Jury System. in he-Untted. Sfatesn was
ably. treated by Mr.: Dunne; He APP
proved the. enlistment. of the proXefbiaI
twelve good men: aud true for the
triaEof criminal cases, but opposed the:
interference of -1ayneh in. the hearing
Of civil cases. To. the jury" system. can
be traced many. reforms ! in criminal
law; he said. The. law. that prescribed
dearh for the woman who stole bread*to
keep. her children: from starvation wa s
ignored by the*cqfnnon sense and :hu+
man justice of jlriesy as juries@of to-
:day-f0ut. the. law when it conflicts with.
advanced humanity. -. =. :.
HIGH SALARIES FOR: JUDGES: =:
+. !. IN .clyfi cases. however questions: of.
fact are. always iItermixed; with !dues-.
st{ons OF LAW said Mr.: Dunne;. and juTies:
Of la y:n@eTl. are. talked TO by. lawyers who
would not dare. to- address such: argu-
ments. to a Jury of lawyers: For that:
reason questions: of. law. purely should
BE adjudieated. by experts in law and
to make the: Judges fearless ard. expert
they should be given long. terms, and
good salaries Judges ought to be kept:
out Of politics. and. that. can: only. be
done Dy. placing. them beyond the.
necessity. of rningling- in: poll tics, ne:
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Judge. Hunts theme. was :. TIiItllr,5r
ia Law and Lawyers. and" while. ne.
had the floor the tab le, was. imam: alter
nation: OF gfggles.apd Foars. No mono.
Togist ever stood. upon the Orph einl.
stage and delivered such a Steady vol-
ley. of iaug -proxokers as: was: fired by.
his HpRor at: the aPpreeiative ball@:
queters:.. His witticisnls had the charm.
or originality. and his: dry; method of;
launching Them had: much. to do. with
their effectiveness: IF i ever. quit be-
ing. a Judge. I'll Study to be a LAWYER.
was one of his BIO nnots, end: it: was: inn
mediately followed by am opinion that
the lawyer is not such an: interior.
part Of the court as. some people might
imagine. for: very. often he. lis the.
Judge, the jury: the other side. and:
-hinsel +. -. s: -. .>
{ Then the. speaker remarked. tina t: a.
lawsuit. as ike a political contest, i'm
.asnlncll as. there are two sides. to 1T:
Just as there are two sides tto%a+ public
-offfees the -iIiside and the outside. 81:
EPITAPH FOR LAWYERS:
: The speaker said he had heard law.
yers who were all voice and he had.
also heard them alluded to as sound
lawyers, though. he. could not. under
stand how: a sound lawyer could be. all
ahofler.. After telling: several stories,
illustrative of: :peculiarities Of the legal.
professlonJ Judge Hunt solnlenIy> assured
his. hearers that : they need. not be
afraid the profession VIII perish. The.
lawyer is: here. to- stay as long. as 1itf-
CATION and legislation survive, y was
the comforting: conclusioIl,. :and when.
one Of him dies this epitaph might be
Inscribed. upon his monumept:A Let
us remember his virtues--if he had
any. and forget his vices--if we can ,; y: y,
=. Mr.. Harrison secuted the idea of
peace: 50 eloquently advocated
by Mr.. .Deerfng. Peace ON .:earfh lis;
impossible, he said, because all nature.
is constantly at war, and niaf.is a:
part of nature: War has. an. ordained.
purpose. in the. scheme of human life.
the. speaker .contended, else. the Great
Master of the universe would :haYe
suppressed. it long ago.. Then turning
his attention to law and lawyers MIR.
Harrison declared that most bad laws
are made by lawyers Law" he said,
lis: merely a legalized term for GUS
tom and custom is made. by laymen." :
He: opined also. that lawyers have less
real respect for law ;than..is: shown by.
laymen..... :: ~ -. /.
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