Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-07


though they were all written with an
eye to this particular case. 1t didn't
make amy difference whether tn de-
cision was about tn capture iv fugi-
tive slaves or consarnin' tn goold
standard it fitted onto my case as
though it had been measured FIR it.
Dye raymimber Grogan? He was me
lawyer in thin days whin l had wrongs
that l didn't propose to have thrampled
on. / took thin to Grogan an Grogan
presented thin to tn coort. Dear me.
but 'twassa threat to see an hear him.
He'd been a pedlar in his youth an
We cud hear his voice as far as tn
Indyanny state line. Whin he talked
to TIL judge ye'd think he was hollerin'
instructions to shipwrecked sailor
against tn wind. / can See him now
as he knelt on tn flure an called
Heaven to witness tn justice iv his
cause, or stalked acrost tn room to
where me opponent sat an Kissed in
his ear. 'Polthroon,' .Whin he spoke
iv tn other lawyer as me larned
brother he done it in SIGH a way that
We expected tn other lawyer to reach
fr a gun. An" it wasn't all talkin
ayether Twas tn hardest kind iv
exercise. His arms were always in
motion. He wud bate tn table with
his fist till tn coort house thrembled.
He wud shake his head till we'd think
he'd shake il off. If he was tn lawyer
in case iv assault an batthry he'G
punch himself in tn jaw an fall over
chair TO show tn jury how it hap
pened. If il twas a murdher thrile
he'd pretind to shoot himsilf through
tn hart an sink to tn ground dead
with his head in a waste paper basket
an his foot in a juryman's lap. II
twas a breach iv promise suit he'd
kneel on tn flure in front iv jury
man that looked soft an beg him to
be his. There was no kind " acrobat
that We liver see i'm a circus that cud
give anything to Grogan. An whin
he'd filled tn air with beautiful Ian
guage an baten tn coort furniture
into slivers he'd sink down in his chair
overcome be his emotions. with tn
tears pourin' firm his eyes. an give
We tn wink FUN behind his handler
chief.
He was tn great man an whin
tn likes iv him We're alive twas some
fun soin' to law. But now. mind We.
if We consult a lawyer he receives We
in his office. looks out ~ tn window
while yer tellin' tn story iv tn crool
wrong done We be ye'er neighbor taps
his nose with his eyeglasses an says:
We have a perfectly good case. ad-
x~iGa to do i'm
dollars please oh. if We insist on
thrying tn case. I'll sind tn office boy
over with We. He always riprisints tn
firm in coort' Don't We liver go into
coort,' says |. What wud | be dom
i'm smelly coort room. talkin' up to
a man that was me chief clerk last
year, SAYS he. No. sir, tn law is a
different profissyon firm what il was
whin Danl Webster an Rufus Choate
an thin gas bags used TO make
mighty poor Twin be shouting at
judges that made less. TIL law today
is not on'y profissyOn. It's a bus
mess. / made bigger honoraryum
last year consolidatin' tn glue in
thrests that afterwards wint into tn
hands iv receiver. which is me- thin
Daniel Webster liver thought was in
tn goold mines iv tn wurruld.
can't promise TO take a case FIR we an
boot me reasons FIR thinkin' ye'er. right
into tn ears iv a larned Judge I'm a
poor speaker. But if liver We want to
10 something that We think We oughn't
TO do. come around to me an I'll show
We how to do it, says he.
IT'S grand profissyon. An If
mans a lawyer he can be ivrything
Else. When we want a man to do
in this country firm con-
luctin war to runnin' a polls foorce.
We hire lawyer. Nearly all prisi-
limits have been lawyers. All tn la-ads
n TIL cabinet are lawyers. Win an
admiral comes home firm bravin' tn
errors iv tn seas an tn strange
Thinks iv foreign lands tits to a law
yer he reports. Whin a gin'ral has
commanded our gallant army in tn
an suffered NANNY a saw
ige thrust firm tn bolo an tn SPRING
ield Republican. he comes home to
njye the greatest honor that soier
an injye. tn honor iv reportin' to tn !
read iv tn army, a gallant warrior |
RIM tn Yale Law School. Til on'y |
nan in tn governmint that amt !
awyer is Tiddy Rosenfelt himsilf. But |
lie gets tn best legal advice there is |
,ein'. He has a cabinet iv lawyers |
IN he consults thin an they tell him |
les perfectly right. An so he is FIR |
What is done today is tn law tomor- |
ow.
But. anyhow. Hinnissy. don't We |
'other ye'er head about what's goin' /
o happen to ye'er boy. WHATEVER is |
,oin' to happen will happen. We can |
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