The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-23
Address of MIR. Taft.

After the applause which greeted him
/ had ceased, he said:
Thirty years ago a band of young
fellows in Yale took a pledge that they
would stand by each other. Two or
| three weeks ago I received a letter say
ing that two or three of these men were
under a load and it was the business
of every Is man to come in and help
Had ! known that John Proctor Clark
was going 10 be here / should not have
come in. l expect to have speaking
enough without hunting for il. Judge
Clark has spoken eloquently and given
you young men substantial instructions
in practicing law. Possibly l could add
something to it,
He suggested that when you have
a woman as a witness TO lead her along
easily. l would add TO let the woman
alone. And the more ignorant the wO-
man the more certain this advice should
be taken. for | have seen a woman who
could not spell her name put a pretty
brainy lawyer to flight. There is some
thing about the intuition of a female
especially on crOss-examination. that
leads her To always give you informa-
ton that you do not want, with the
result that she is invited off the stand
as soon as possible.
Lawyer Needs No Advice.
Judge Clark told you to go out into
the world and get at facts; When you
have a case to get right down TO the
actual conditions surrounding the facts.
l rather think it depends upon the per-
son. | do not think a lawyer needs to
be advised. An Office without clients
is not likely to be conducive to keep
him there; he is likely to get out on his
own initiative and get into touch with
people and things. l began with slight
legal education and was made aware
of my failings early. If there are de-
fects in ones early training ii is diff
cult TO overcome them. You young
men are learning the science of the
law which many of those who have pre-
coded you found it hard to acquire. 7
urge you not 10 give up study of that
science of law. Following the discus
sion of cases in law reviews, read the
decisions of cases by the courts and the
DEGREES of the United States courts, and
apply your knowledge in thorough
way The days you pass I'm contempla-
ton of the walls of your office waiting
for clients to come are days which
should be made OF value. In these days
you ought TO lay the foundation of the
years of success to come. Another
thing in the practice of the law TO
pursue is the principle Of-Well, what
l snail can the get iueIe hldAiH.
Defective Administration.
THE administration of criminal Law
of the country is defective. Members
of the bar do not recognize that their
duty is not only to the court. but TO
their clients at large. A lawyer is not
justified in resorting TO the tricks of
pettifOgger just TO indicate that the
man sitting beside him is his client
We are having a general moral awak-
ening, and the members of the bar
need that awakening just as certain as
men in other walks of life We cannot
afford 10 sacrifice everything for sue
cess, nor permit loyalty 10 a client to
carry one beyond the line marked by
duty TO the court If you have oppor-
tunity 10 take criminal cases. to be-
come a prosecutor, take them; for
criminal law develops recognition of the