The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-16
Says Some Richmond Lawyers
Live on Stolen
Goods.
IsAYS THEY ARE AS BAD
AS THIEVES THEY DEFEND
Warns People to Select Men oa
Information, Character and
Intelligence al. the Com
ing Primary oun-
dations Of the
City,

Mayor Carlton Mccarthy delivered q
fiery and eloquent lecture to II packed
house in the Academy OF Music last night
on "rhe Foundations of tho Cities, and
was frequently interrupted by prolonged /
applause.
Ele was introduced by Mr.. s. S. II.
aPatteson, and spoke for nearly two hours
In a most entertaining manner. The
Mayor said many striking things, but!
5those which excited the greatest interest
related to Councils, which, he declared,
were often not made up OF men OF In L
telligence and information. i
He was severe in his arraignmert of
corporation attorneys, representing pri-
vate Interests in legislative bodies, and
declared the time was near when the
people was to tell them they must step
down and out
But the most sensation utterances OF
His Honor were in reference to lawyers
in the Council. who seek to have laws
eyaded in the courts which they helped
to frame.
A Dirty Traitor
..'rhe man who sits in the Council
chamber he declared. and then
goes into court and seeks to get them
evnded is a dirty traitor.
Another striking sentence was:
"rhe lawyer who defends criininnls,
and accepts stolen goods as fees, is
no better than the thief himself.
There are some lawyers here who
live on stolen goods, and they deserve
to be disgraced in the public eye.'
The address was both entertaining and
Instructive, and was delivered In His
Honor's usual vigorous style.
He asserted that religion and hign
morals were the cornerstones Of govern {
ment, and that when they should be de-
3stroyed the human race would decay.
Arguing from this standpoint for abours
an hour, he took up the subject of coun-
ellis and councilmen, and contended that
only intelligent, we'll informed, moral men
should be chosen to represent the people.
Speaker Intro oduced.
1t was S:s5 o'clock when the curtain
went up and Mr.. Patteson arose to in-
troduce the speaker. He said:
Ladies and conference.-the speaker Of
the evening needs no Introduction to Il
Richmond audience, certainly not is
much rs the person who has been selcct-
ed to introduce him. IN war he has made q
a record of which he can we'll feel proud:
in literature, lie deseryedly became ia
nous when he published the volume
called a"Soldier Life in the Army OF $
Northern Virginia" more than twenty
years ago. and In politics he has long
been the central figure in Virginia,s
capital city. 1t lis because he has opin-
ions of his own, the courage to express
them and the highest ideal for civic 9du-
( ties, both for the citizen and the oflce-
holder; and besides he forcefully says x
things, and, as We all know, he accom-
&pllshes a great, deal. 1t is no flattcry to
say OF him that he fears no man nor any
special Interest," whether 1t Is corporate
or political. !. He has at heart the good
of the city and the State, and will to-l
might doubtless give you some twentieth
century ideas. based upon those upon
which Washington and Mason and stha 81
other great Virginans lived their lives.
In the wonderful tide of prosperity B!
which Is now sweeping over the city,
there Is. no ono more honest and able To- 1
@he found lin our midst to stand at tha X
helm than Mayor Carlton MCCARTHY. who
viii now address You on Ihe 9Founda-s
tion OF the City Government. 4
Heartily Received. ii
Tremendous applause greeted the Mayor
when he came forward ana faced the
great audience before him. 5 ~
II am not hero to discuss any trInins
.thenle.,' he commenced. '.or to air ANY Isl
personal grievances, or TO sg$ make s45 any
apologies for my acts. ss S.,
There was a good deal or confusion
ana the Mayor said firmly and amid
much applause; 'I would ike to hava
an officer In tho upper gallery 10 sttos
ulleS noise there. yg III ,355i
The Mayor read from the Constitution
and Statutes of Virginia and the Charter
and 'Ortlinances OF the city to show .hpf II
from tile very first, all had recognized a
"a higher being, and THE principle of cnr-
$rylng morality and honesty into the con- ss
duct OF the Rpublic business. This
basis OF all this civlllzat ION. he said. \
S.sand tho foundation of nll governlntnts5 5
lis tho moral law without tho restraina
OF morals. not only government, @ hut
every business enterprise would fall IN u
ruins. X. ss }3ss x
'The Christian religion is the greatest
wealth producing power iii the world. s4
Men devoid OF spiritual guidance and 81
who decay ble value OF rel igion are riot &
worthy or trust and confidence. and ara n
not t.t to be legislative or executive OIL
GERS In this CONNIE II. . s \; "A "A
& Would Smash Rules.
rIcre the speaker sbranci he'd sott for n y
moment to take u shot i sat tho methods
OF legislation In the United StnteS Con, s@