The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-28
THE LAWYERS
DUTY DEFINED
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PRO.
FEsS. -NAL ETHICS REPORTS
TO CONVENTION.
OTHER REPORTS HEARD
Among Them Proposed Plan FOR
Lawyers Home--Ethics Deciarc
lmperativeIy Against All
Dshonorable Practices.

| Seattle, Aug 27--The American
Bar Association today continued con
sideratlon of the committee reports
and heard the report Of the special
committee on classification Of laws.
Indian legislation. penal laws and
prison discipline; federal courts,
title Of real estate, code Of profeg
slonal ethics. the proposed copy
right bill and the proposed lawyers
home
The code of ethics contains thirty
two eanons and follows the Alabama
code, which was made the basis OF
work by the committee. The thir
teenth canon, relating to contingent
fees and containing words which ap-
parently oaied in question the in,eg
rity g.. the system. was under fire fo-
all hour and was adopted only in an
amended form. As adopted the sec
tion reads
Cintingent fees, when sanctioned
by law, shall be under the supervision
of the court"
The committee which frame the
report on Canons OF Ethics Is cont
posed of Henry ST. George Tucker.
Virginia, chairman; Lucien Hagl A
exander, Pennsylvania. 5eere az
David j. Brewer District OF Calum
bia; Frederick V Brown, Minnesota
J. M. Dickinson. Illinois; Franklin
Ferriss, Missouri William Writ
Howe, Louisiana; Thomas II. Hub
bard New York; James G. Jenkins
Wisconsin: Thomas Goode Jones. Al.
abama;a Alton B. Parker. New YoFz
George X. Peck. Illinois. Francis
Lynde Stetson New York. Ezra II
Thayer, Massachusetts.
The committee offers its report
preceded by the following preamble,
In America. where the stability of
courts and Of all departments OF gov.
ernment rests upon the approval of
the people, 1t is peculiarly essential
that the system for establishing aud
dispensing justice be developed to a
high point of efficiency and SO main
tanned that the public shall have abso-
Lutte confidence in the integrity and
of its administration Teh
future OF the Republic, to a great ex-
tent, depends upon our maintenance
of justice pure and unsulied 1t can
not be so maintained unless the cor
duct and the motives of the members
of our profession are such as Ia merit
the APPROVAL of all just mefT''
Following are extracts from the re
ports Of the committee:
How Far Lawyer May Go In Sup
porting a Clients csuse.-Nothing
operates more certainly to create or
10 foster popular prejudice against
lawyers as class, aud TO deprive the
profession Of that full measure of pub.
lie esteem and confidence which be-
longs to the proper discharge Of it's
luties than does the false claim. often
set up by the INSCRIPTIONS IN defense
Of questionable transactions. that II
is the duty OF the lawyer to do what
ever may enable him to succeed In
his clients cause
II is improper for a lawyer TO as
sert in argument his personal belief
In his clients innocence or in the
Justice Of his cause.
The lawyer owes entire devotion
10 the interest OF the client. warm
zeal in the maintenance aud defense
II his rights and the exertion Of his
Utmost learning and ability TO the
nj that nothing be taken or be With
leld from him. save by the rules -
aw. legally applied. No fear Of judi
ial disfavor or public unpopula1y
hould restrain him from the fun DIS.
harge Of his duty. In the judicial
Drum the client is entitled 10 the
enefit OF any and every remedy and
efense that is authorized by the law
{ the land. and be may expect his
Iwyer to assert every such remedy
r defense. But it is sieaIfastly IN
e borne in mind that the great trust
the lawyer is 10 be performed with
and not without the bounds Of Ihs
~. The Office Of attorney does nU
srmit. much less does it demand q
Inn for any client violation Ct laR
j any manner OF fraud or ehicane
. must obey his oVn conscience ant
q that Of his client
Restraining Clients from iulproprie
es-A lawyer should use his bea
fe.-te to refrain ana "a r,-orres 30,
tents from doing these things which
e lawyer himself ought not 70 da
lrticulariy with reference TO fhe.
lnduct towards Courts. judicial Ell
rs. Jurors. witnesses and suffers. u
client persists in such wrong ioihs
e lawyer should terminate their -
ton
UNFOLDING the tsoaor ef ths Pra