The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-06-13

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Knox likes to fish. He does not
make q noise about it, nor write ma
ture books; he Just fishes He likes
horses. After he, got to be attorney
general he bought a pair. The price
he paid for them started some sharp
| on French literature to figuYi9g, and
he found that Knoxs had pai :, 80
and som" cents more for II = - "A
the Count of Monte Cristq Or
! those horses wherewtth hf - ris
on end some years ago.. Z = int
Of Monte Cristo, howevq Edte
that little wad of money : A.sS oks
50 picayune, in these dayt !, aver
been counsel for. trust z had.
! Likes Autos y : =: 49,.
He likes automobiE s is a
| judge thereof. In fa{ =. likes
everything that a fuk. id and
| husky American citizen no. asst the
| age of enjoying things, and gifted
/ with much coin Of the realm where
| pecte4 Of liking. And he has the
physical and mental capacity to en-
| JOY them; for Knox is no shriveled
up lawyer or doddering sage, though
he is a lawyer and has been accused
Of being a sage. All you have to do
| Is to look to see that.
When you look at him you see
little man, but not shrimp. You
see well-built little fellow with
every thing in proportion and you
see round, cherubic face that is all
! frankness and a pair Of keen eyes.
You are impressed by a breezy man
ner, somewhat Western in it's easy
Unconventionality. You hear a
sharp, brisk voice with a ratne. I'd
cisive tone.
You don't see or hear a man who
is in the least undignified; not only
has ever, slapped Knox on the back
and told the tale, but you see a man
who can be brisk and free and easy
without imparing in your mind the
respect in WHICH YOU ought to hold
him. Some men can be that way
not many.
let Is not possible to observe Knox
very long without having the law
brought before your mind in more
= or less degree. He seems to have
been a born lawyer. If you are dis
I try TO figure to yourself" as the
French say, the day when Knox was
not lawyer, you can't do it. Try to
figure the teething Knox, the Knox
of measles, the marble-playing Knox
and still the respected shade of
Blackstone will linger. .-.
| And throughout some forty-nine
yeaers Of Knox's life that was all
anybody knew Of him.
| He was a great corporation lawyer
not a talker; not an arguar,. not q
Ejury pleader, thoug IKE stud led with
Swope, who left such "a reputation
,2s G9s yiaos ;e ssaa g e faEe Rs epsseah Be3
| WIS at ARg"" Services 6F fDTKs WT6
wanted to incorporate under the
laws OF New Jersey. There Is Uni
ted States Steel Corporation, Of some
reQute these days. Knox formed 1t.
= Sees Only His Client.
Finally William Mckinley was 60
ing to appoint an attorney-general.
He appointed Knox, the lawyer; not
Knox, lawyer Various. wiseaees
j commented theeuDon to the effect
! Knox was a coDOatiOn tool and was
being appointed so as ITO sidetrack
SUITS against corporations; as If Nc
Kinley would have had to aIget q
100000 a~year lawyer to do that.
Knox, being primarily, and also last
ly lawyer, regarded himself as en-
Egaged by new client--a stingy one,
perhaps, who paid him $8, 900 a year
as against 100000 ~(some double
: that figures in their estimates)N paid
him before. but Knox. the lawyer,
had taken, the retainer and his best
1 services were at the call of the~new
corporation that had engaged him,
This new corporation, the United
States Of America, had as It's Chair
man Of the Board of, Directors Will
liam Mckinley, whose motto was,
Let sleeping trusts lie" SO Knox
the lawyer let them lie. Later on
there was a change in the Director
ate, and Theodore Roosevelt became
Chairman. His motto was, "Wher-
ever you see a trust, hit It," So
Knox the lawyer hit it,
Those foolish persons who had
conceived Of Knox as the servant
Of the trusts were thereuDon con-
founded: When Knox served the
trusts he served them as their law
yer, and did his best for them; not
out Of sentiment in their behalf, but
out Of professional duty. Now he
I was commanded by new client to
make war upon them, and he did it
as effeetually IS he had served
them, for he Is not Knox, g. lawyer,
he is Knox the lawyer, the incarnate
embodiment Of lawyerism, whose
III OF uuCy duu ldSC anu OUly uuIy Is
to his client. The history Of the
Northern Securities decision need
not be rehashed here-~the less so as
knox's press agents will see that the
! pubic is kept fully informed Of it
from this day on.
Then Knox went to the Senate,
and there for the first time in his
life he was not anybody's lawyer
except Uncle Sans. He had taken a
retainer This time from the people
OF United States and also Of course
from the State Of Pennsylvania.
There was no longer any Chairman
Of the Board Of Directors to instruct
him. He was not associate counsel :;
he was all there was Of It. For tho