The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-27
JUDGE PARKER SPEAKS
ADDRESSES THE ILLINOIS STATE
 BAR ASSOCIATION.
Former Democratic Presidential Candi- date Talks to Fellow Barristers Regarding ssrhe Lawyer in
 Public Anairs.s

Chicago, May 2s--Judge Alton B. Parker of New York addressed the HIT nois State Bar Association at the Chi- cago Beach hotel on '"The Lawyer In Public Affairs"
 Judge Parker was greeted by hearty applause After returning thanks TOT eordiality of his reception he said among other things:
 While the lawyer is almost domi- nant force upon the high table lands or our politics and in Congressional ana State legislative bodies, while he has fairly adapted himself to the change or methods, it may with truth be claimed of him that he has never yet become what is known as the great boss. that pecuiiar character incident to the later development of our practical politics. Tn many instances he has been able to rommand leadership, but 1t has never in d single instance involved depend- ence on politics for livelihood or tor- tune, or the use of power for personal or Improper ends. Nor have rroml- nent la yers been found. in public life or out, who were willing to stand be- lind men who bore this relation to our politics and to share with them the spoiis which are supposed to be the in- cidents of their position.
 In like manner thus far In our his- tory, no really great lawyer, whose reputation was both made and earned In the practice of his profession, or by experience on the bench. has attached Himself to dangerous or demagogic movements It is the very essence of the man well grounded in the law that he shall stand in his vicarious relation 10 his client and hence to public life nnd to society for stability, for certain fy and for assured protection to ~s.e, liberty and property. The lawyer be- longs SO essentially to a profession which has been a gradual growth and evolution that even revolution. 10 be aeceptabie to him or to attract his sup port, has been compelled to conserve those interests and policies whicn coSsi- mend themselves to the average man as safe and as making certain the absence of any possibility of assault upon the earnings of industry.
 As great privileges amounting al most to monopoly have been granted tt the lawyer it has been only natural only human, only Christian, that ht should render conspicuous public ser vice in return, and that he should have looked .upon this as making it incum- bent upon him to accept responsibility conmensurate with the powers con ferred upon him. His duties and op- iigations are the incident or progress and as this cannot go on without sta bility in the laws, respect for the great work alreadS done by man, so the law yer stands now as ever. and he must SC stand in the future, for everything that promotes these great objects.
 As no lawyer ever attains position xo commanding that he may not be as signed by the court, whose servant he Is, to defend the prisoner of the lowes' gra,1e and of most probable guilt, so he carries with him through life the ob- iIration to do all that lies in his power I'd save the institutions of his country from the harm that may be done by Inc reckless agitator who would de- Stroy what is. merely because it exists who would rage the old structure mere ly because it is ugly, but, perhaps, for sha very reason that 1t has in it some nf the clements of that beauty that consciousness of which has never Sc much entered into the mind of such 8 man.