The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-29

or withheld from him, save by the
rules of law, legally applied. Never
theless, 1t Is steadfastly to be borne in
mind that the great trust is to be per
formed within and not without tho
bounds of the law. The office of attor
'ney does not permit, much less does II
demand for any client, violation of law
or any manner of fraud or chicanery
No lawyer is justified in substituting
another's conscience for his own A
lawyer should not do for clitnt what
his sense of honor would forbid him
to do for himself.
Treatment of Witnesses and tfti
eants.---A lawyer should always trea;
adverse witnesses and suitors with
fairness and due consideration, and he
should never minister to the maie
violence or prejudices Of client in the
trial or. conduct of a cause. The Client
lcannot he made the keeper of the law
yer's consciene in professional mat.
ters. He cannot demand as of right
that his counsel shall abouse the OPP
posite party or indulge In offensive
personalities. improper speech is not
excusable on the ground that it IS
what the client would say If speak
ing In his own behalf.
advertising, Direct or Indirect
The most worthy and effective adver-
tisement possible, even for a young
lawyer, and especially with his broth
, er lawyers, is the establishment of "a
we'll merited reputation for profession
al capacity and fidelity to trust This
cannot be forced, but must be the
outcome of character and conduct
The publication or circulation of or
binary simple business cards, being d
matter of personal taste or local Gus
tom, and sometimes of convenience,
is not per Sc improper. But solicita
ton OF business by circulars or ad
cations or interviews, not warranted
by personal relations Is unprofession.
al
Stirring Up Litigation, Directly or
Through Agents.-It is unprofessional
for lawyer to volunteer advice to
bring law suit, except in rare cases
where ties of blood relationship or
trust make il his duty to do so. Not
only is stirring up strife and litigation
unprotessional. but 1t is disreputable
In morals. contrary to public policy
|and indictabie at common law Mo
one should be permitted to remain in
the profession who hunts up defects
in titles or other causes of action and
informs thereof in order to be EN-
ployed to bring suit, or who breeds
litigation by seeking out those with
claims for personal injuries or those
having any ether grounds of action in
ordef to secure them as clients, or
who employs agents or runners for
like purposes, or who pays or rewards
directly or indirectly those who bring
or influence the bringing of such cases
to his office or who remunerates po-
licemen, court or prison officials, ply
sicians, hospital attaches or others who
may succeed under the guise of giving
disinterested friendly advice, In infiu
encing the criminal, the sick and the
injured, the ignorant or others, toI
seek his professional services.
Responsibility For Litigston.-No
lawyer is obliged to act either as adj
visor or advocate for any person who
may wish to become his client. He
has the right to refuse retainers.
Every lawyer must decide what bust
ness he will accept as counsellor, what
plaintiffs, what cases he will contest
in court for defendants. The RESPONSE.
bility for advising questionable trans.
actions, for bringing questionable suits
for urging questionable defenses, Is
the lawyers responsibility. He can
not escape it by urging as an excuse
that he is only following his clients
instructions
"The Lawyers Duty in Its Analysis.
No client. corporate or individual,
however, powerful. nor any cause civil
or political, however important. is en-
titled to receive. nor should any law
yer render, any service or advice invol
wing disloyalty to the law whose min.
isters we are, or disrespect of the ju
dicial office. which we are bound to
uphold, or corruption of any person
or persons exercising public office
or private trust or deception or betray-
al of the public. When rendering any
such improper service or advice, the
lawyer lays aside his robe of office,
and in his own person invites and mer-
its stern and just condemnation. Cor |
respondingly. he advances the honor
of HIS profession and the best in
terests of his client when he renders
service or gives advice tending TO i'm |
press upon the client and his under
taking exact compliance with the
principles of moral law He
must also observe and advise his |
client to observe the statute law |
though until statute law shall have !
been construed aud interpreted by |
adjudication. he is free and |
is entitled TO advist as TO its validity |
and as to what he conscientiously he |
lieves to be its ujst meaning and ex-
tent. But above all lawyer will find |
his highest honor in a deserved repu- |