Arizona republican., 1906-11-25

ing and ability.
 Unless the young lawyer occupies q
 high social position and enjoys tn, close friendship and confidence oi
 many leading business men and cap- italists. he win probably not be self
 supporting Inside of five years. if he
 is located in a large city; and 1t may take from three to four. or more. years
 before he can earn anything more than fair living in the country.
 The maximum annual income of our
 grcatest lawyers exceeds hundreds thousand dollars year. can voucE for the correctness of the statement that a leading metropolitan attorney earned. or received. not less than a quarter of a million dollars for six months services. lt Is possible that his success has been duplicated: but if so. it has not been done many times. Many city lawyers annually receive from ten thousand to twenty thousand dollarsE The average income of the city lawyer is. however. not over three thousand dollars a year. The maxi- mum income of leading country cen- ter lawyer is not far from five thous-
 
 and and a very few. earn twice this amount; and a limited number may exceed it, if they have metropolitan connections. or have occupied some high government position, or have been in other ways prominent in the public eye. The average amount earned is about two thousand dollars a year. The lawyer in sFall country towns seldom receives from his practice more than eight hundred to one thousand dollars year. which amount is. with economy. sufficient to maintain him in reasonable comfort.
 Where one lawyer gains fame and fortune. ninety-nine are not much more than self-supporting: and compara- lively few. including those of consider able and even of marked ability, rise beyond the winning of moderate com- potency.
 One of the highest of the lawyers is to become a judge. There is no position more honorable, nor is there any of greater responsibility. The judge is respected and honored because he deserves to be. While the are disreputable characters In every profession, I think it may be De safely stated that. with rare excep- lions, our judges, whether municipal. pr state. or national. are true represent tatives of our civilization. In their hands is the nations security. the na- tons credit. and the nations stabil- ity.
 The higher court judges devote them selves exclusively to the bench. bu. those or some of the district and muni- cipal courts are allowed to practice. and therefore derive incomes otherwise than from their salaries. The justices of the state supreme courts receive salaries ranging from seventeen thous- lnd and five hundred dollars to much smaller sums. depending on the size of he state and it's wealth. New York site pays the judges of the Appellate iiVision of her Supreme court seven cen thousand five rundred dollars a year, which is the largest salary paid | n theUnited States to any judge. All # the salaries paid by New York state | Ind New York city 10 judges. counsel. l md other official lawyers, are the high 1 st paid by any state; the Surrogate of | New York receiving fifteen thausand l lollars; the judge of the city court. ten ! housand dollars. the judge of general | essions, twelve thousand dollars: | while the judges of the municipal | ourts are paid six thousand dollars | ach In other states, these salaries ire seldom in excess of ten thousand | Iollars. and on the average are less han five thousand dollars
 The justices of the United States Su- reme Court are paid twelve thousand nd five hundred dollars a year, ex- ept the chief justice. who enjoys q early salary of thirteen thousand dol lrs.
 No grade of ability and adaptability l. elsewhere so poorly paid as n the !, ase of our justices and judges. Prac- caliy all judges are paid less than ne-half of what the duties of the of- ce would seem to warrant No man htted to be d judge, and few men r yer become judges. who have no wen years to the closest study of law, nd ve O have not developed natural r ldlclal ability. Why they should be nderpaio Is one of the unanswerable estions of American political econ my. The judge. however, has one ad- antage over other professional men; 'r. with few exceptions. he can not be smoved from office except for misbe- aNlor; that is to say. he is appointed IT life. and his salary is paid to him long as he lives, whether-o or not he , on the bench. A man may be a good lawyer and h ake very poor judge. A man may we'll fitted for the bench and be less 1 iapted for the bar. The judge, how $ 'er, must first be a lawyer. He must I so have judicial mind, one capable (
 sitting evidence and of getting at T e truth; and he must not only know I e law, but must know how to apply f
 Not one lawyer in ten thousand is ' ted for the bench. The legal profession is divided into | | veral sections. classes. or branches. r lese are presented by the following: r CD The regular practitioner who is | mlliar with the law in general and f Ith every kind of law except the so- i lied technical law. like the law of n tents. t2) The office or desk lawyer who i, mines his practice to the drawing ur. f
 documents and to giving advice on V neral law matters. and who seldom h pears before court. tO The corporation lawyer. who is V tOrneN for tha oraaf ear,No,-,,;,,.