The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12

After the 0rSc nuS0 OF JOY IN V1ctof!
had passed away, how the dignity o
their position would envelop them AMI
enfold them and swathe them viii
successive layers Of self-esteem unit
they could swell up and out NO longer
How they would resent the idea, thu
bare idea, mind you. Of mixing in any
thing 20 derogatory to the Bench. Il
the sacred Bench. ~ politics. AZ to-
listening to the suggestion OF Wit
would be q good man for clerk. o.
Who might b. glad to get . Job .,
bailiR for his night and day services
for months, tut. tut. think OF tn
"efmine," think OF the sanctity tina
doth surround . judge.
But bless you. when the time begaI
TO swing aro.-d for another election
how easily an. sincerely these goot
mea forgot all about that assumption
Of aloofness and political chastity.
You would meet them In the little
petty back halls In the various wards
1t the downtown meetings and At the
clubs, and they always remembered
you III you were active in the party)
and they always had . choice lot Of
CUR about tho principles OF the
party, which, translated into the yer
nacular meant: II want to hold on r.
my Job" Why. these fellows were
occasionally the most ungrateful and
palpably hypocritical skates" I even
met. The most ordinary ward work
er" could see through such . game %
this without q second glance.
OF course the corporation counsel'a
ONCE, with q bunch Of assistants, wa
. fruitful place for . bestowal Of
legal jobs. 1t had many . tough legal
nut to crack. and was . busy ONCE.
Being right In the limelight, and with
20 many matters OF importance. the
head Of the ONCE had to be somebody
who could do more than put up bold
front" He had to be . lawyer, and
he was generally . good one. But
while this was q necessity. and while
he had to have several live, able as.
sistants. he could appoint. by way OF
helping out the party, q number Of
assistant" corporation counsels, who
could be consulted" occasionally and
draw their salaries without going into
'brain-storms" with fatigue. The mum
her of corporation counsels the 'traf.
fic- would bear varied with different
administrations. Some corporation
counsels pared 1t down to actual ne
cessities. SO far as possible. Others
expanded the list until it threatened
to stretch out ITO the crack Of DOOM .
The city attorneys Office. being an
elective one. was q plum eagerly
sought by the more active of the pure
ly political attorneys. He had mum.
Der of positions under him of assis-
tants in the running of the Office. and
these places were regularly filed from
the legal ranks Of the party. Here.
then, were more inches to be filled ur
with legal timber; and If q young poll
tician had been admitted to the bar
he had a chance of going in and get
ting a salary from the start and an op-
portunity for experience which would
be invaluable to him. All the city at.
torneys I ever knew were orators. ex-
cepting one. They were all active In
party work and party councils, and
sometimes graduated from this Office
either to higher political positions or
to positions with big corporations II
they CHANGED to develop unusual ca
pacity as lawyers.
There were other departments, often
appointive. where legal talent was re
Guired, and there was always some
political attorney ready at the drop
of an interview to shoulder the white
mans burden and take hack" at the
city treasury. 1t is noticeable fact
that lawyers as a rule Il don't say
it because l am one myself are hon
est in the practice of their profession
1 mean by this that they don't EN-
bezzle money and prove unfaithful