The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-12

a Hebrew lawyer of Wiz and worth
who did not particularly fancy the
first speaker. This gentleman struck
an attitude and launched his grafton
in the following terms. asprung
from q race whose bood dates bach
to the dawn Of creation, and SO 81
and so forth. It was unanimously
voted that TIE aeeond speaker vas en-
titled to the claim Of "nrss blood"
In the city council yeu would al.
ways find the lawyers to the frcat.
and on the committee requiring tho
handling AMI disbursng Of money
none was complete without lawyer
On i. The study Of their profession.
and their opportunities fer sueaking
developed them 10 tAe matter Of pre-
senting ideas shom Of surplus words
and while they We're not by any means
the wittiest Of the council orators
they were usually the weightiest.
1t is really amazing 10 lsck M and
ascertain what remarkable influence
the lawyers have had In politics. ana
to reflect that this Influence Is steadi-
ly held up in present times. New laws
are being ground out regularly every
session by state legislatures. old laws
repealed and laws rendered nun bv
decisions Of the supreme courts are
followed by fresh batcles Of legisla-
ton We have too many laws in this
country Dent you think So? And Ne
don't enforce enough Of the COED oncsi
And yet, and yet, ny experience IN
politics has convinced me that the
leayen Of lawyers in the Political strife
Of the country makes generally for the
good I say this because / have known
hundreds Of them and as a class they
are honest and collectively INTELLIGENT
As ofHeeholaers / have found them
capable, including myself. AS IeaisIa-
tors have not had much exper enee
with them. But the criticism that
would pass uron them is net that thew
hold so many Of the oflces. but thar
they make too many laws.
One young lawyer Of ny aeonoip-
tanee whose ambition once ran to tha
nomination fer sheriff, was shown thar
resoureefulness is not entirely alb.
sorbed by the members Of his guild
He was an Irishman living in 4
county where the vote was German
one as to majority lie figured over
the situation with an Irish friend of
his who had been brought up from
boyhood in the German settlements
and who spoke German like native
AT last he came to the conclusion that
Il couldn't be done
They've GOT l12 votes to eur go fbe
very best way yoa cum dgara ftr bs
to his faithful Lieutenant
bo 1 SET tho chief deuueyshlp y
you win? ?" was the answer
Certainly was my feenls reply
Leave it to me was the myster.
Dus response.
On convention Gay the IrishmaB
who spoke German circulated amone
ne Germans who came from his narr
# the county ana who were trv;ne
or a candidate Of their own. The
lther German contingent had a eandi.
iate also, and the Americans and Irish
we're secretly and solidly for my friend
dcHngh. The Germanized lrishman
sot his German friends to throw "a
complimentary vote to McHueh ~ust
or the first ballot. aye see" to the
lumber OF enough votes, when the
rish and Americans came ia solid to
rarely scrape McHngh IN On the nrst
'alioti leaving the worthy Germans to
nold the bas- BY much "sootherIng"
fterwards q truce was Effected. ane
lcHugh triumphanily elected. Bnt
e didn't run fer sheriff NEXT time.
ERNEST M'CAFFEY.