Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-15
200 LAWYERS GET
ADVICE At DINNER
Justice SIoSS of Supreme Court
Gives Valuable Pointers
to Attorneys
BARROW OF CHICAGO TALKS
In FacetiouS Vein, Labor'S Cham
pion Tells of Professions
Shortcomings

Almost two hundred members of the
legal profession of Southern California
and the chief justice and associate
justices of the state supreme court of
the state of California attended the
eighteenth semi-annual banquet of the
Los Angeles Bar association last even
ing in the Alexandria hotel.
Walter ]. Trask. president of the as
sociation, acted as POSTMASTER and
with a few perfunctory remarks intro
duced the speakers of the evening.
Live we'll, work hard and die poor
is the way President Trask expressed
the life of poor struggling" lawyer.
'I don't know about the dying poor,
but I do know about the working
hard" he said as he introduced the
first speaker of the evening. the Hon.
NJ. c. Sloss, associate justice of the
supreme court of the state of Cali
fornia.
Justice Sloss urged those of the legal
profession to abstain from filing long
tiresome briefs and discoursed at
length on the things which a supreme
court justice has to contend with.
USE TOO MANY WORDS
1.-THE lawyers use too many words, -
said Justice Sloss in closing his re-
marks. There is a torrent of words
which is threatening to overwhelm us.
A lawyer in presenting an argument in
case on appeal before the supreme
court, it seems, endeavors to see how
long he can stretch out his briefs and
answers to briefs. AS Garret w. Nc
Inerney of San Francisco has eX-
pressed 1t, they ought to be considered
according to weight
The Hon. Edward r. Dunno. former
Judge and former mayor of Chicago,
was unable to be present and answer to
the toast of Respect to the Courts" +"
as he was suddenly called to his home
by the illness of his daughter. When
this fact was made known by Toast
master Trask, Garret w. McInerney
was called to his feet for an extern
poraneous speech.
James DeWitte Andrews. author of
Andrews American Law" of Boston
and one of the leading authorities of
the subject throughout the United
States, gave an address on the Unity
of the Law" There is no impediment
against the creation of the uniformity
of laws" said Mr.. Andrews.
BARES HAMMER
Instead of praising the profession in
which those present were engaged,
Clarence Darrow of the Chicago Bar
association talked on what the lawyer
| had not done instead of what he had
accomplished. 1.-THE speakers before me
have said that the legal profession is
| the best profession of them all. Don't
you suppose that in a gathering of
burglars or preachers the same thing
could be contended.. There are lot of
things which have been done which
should have been left undone. I'm not
! speaking of the profession, gentlemen.
| ! am speaking of the clients" he add
ed, which brought out ripple of
laughter over the banquet room.
"Our business is getting money for
| somebody else. A client Is usually will
ing to part with it; if he is not, he has
to. We merely rent our brains to the
man who pays us the most, and if he
won't rent them we sell them"
"Reminiscences OF a Prosecuting At
| torney" was the subject of a toast giv-
en- by Hon. Henry A. Melvin, associate
| justice of the supreme court.
The decorations of the banquet room
were perfect in every detail, 1t being
| a mass of color, flowers and greenery.
| Sparkling fountains were displayed on
the speakers table, and from each plate
arose poles supporting a network of
roses above the diners.
The following guests were presents
| W. A. Anderson. w. s. Allen w. \. Am
end. j. A. Anderson, W. II. Anderson.
/
| Barclay, H. H Bauer, George Beebe, n. w
| Bell, Frank W. Burnett. Frank w. Blair
| Hon Walter Bordwell. William A. Bowen
| B. f. Bradner. c. H. Bretherton. H. F.
| Bridges e. w. Britt, Frank Bryson, Robert
n. Bulla, Charles S. Burnen
Z. W. Camp, Walter NJ Campbell, Munsor
T. Case. Charles L. Chandler Lucius X
| Chase, j. p. Clark Frank c. Collier Gavin
| ". Craig Hugh J. Crawford.
| George r. Davis. II. J.. Dearing, g. c. De
! Garmo, Richard J. Dillon, George W. Dryer
AT FHa art
NJ. ]. Finkersten. Frank G. Flnlayson. E
]. Fleming, E. w, Forgy. e. w. Freeman
| Elon G. Galusha. Lee C. Gates. E. +.
| Gerecht, @. A. Gibbs. James a. Gibson
! James a. Gibson. Jr.. r, c. Gortner Lucier
| Gray, Wheaton A Gray.
Benjamin w. Hahn. A S. Halsen. Percy
| V. Harmon, S. NJ. Haskins Fred A. Heath
| erly. Lynn Helm, Hon. w. R. Hervey. Ross
| j. HickcoX. Frank c. HILL Samuel Kinds
James p Hogan, C. F. Holland. Hon. F. w
| Houser William ]. Hunsaker Hon George
! II. Hutton. Frank Hutton.
w. p James. Frank James, William Jer-
rott. Constan Jensen. John 7. Jones. l. w
| Jutten
George H. Kelch. John w. Kemp, r W.
! Kemp, Henry II. Klamroth
| Charles Lantz Bradner W. Lee. w, =
Leyton. Meyer Lissner. Max Loenthal +
| D. Lyman, Frederick Lyon.
| ]. c.. Macfarand, Theo. Martin, S. V. Nc
| Clure NJ. j. McGarry, Paul H. McPherrn
E. A Meserye. NJ. M. Movers. e, p. Mill
| j. =. AAOi'
! Charles Monroe. w. H. Morris. Fred W
| Morrison, c. White Mortimer, w. o. Morton
| Hon Leon F. Moss, Lloyd w. Moultrie, 5
! p. Mulford, Gilbert d. Munson, J. L. Muir
| ply. ,, -,
c. North. Albert NJ. Norton.
! n. Orhla, L. c. Orendorff, George Over
meyer, Eugene Overton
Benjamin E. Page, Edward l., Payne. A
! NJ Pence, VIM. w. Phelps, John d. Pope C.
! A. Post. E. f. Powers >Frank c. Prescott
! Charles C. Prtchard. Drew Pruitt.
! ROY v Reppy, Howard Robertson, Thorn
as W. Robinson, Henry Howard Rose j
VIM. f. Savage. d. A schwetzer, Victor
| E. Shaw, John W. Shenk, NJ. w Silberberg
! seward 4. Simons Leonard B. Slosson
| Charles c. Spicer. Norman Sterry, Henry J.
stevens, John c, Stick. Marshall Stimson
Andrew NJ. Strong c. A. stutsman. j. w,
Swanwick.
Fred II. Taft, r. r Tanner, Walter j.
| Trask, H. II. Trowhridge
T' II. Valentine, A, H. vancott W. C. Van
Pelt VIM. ]. Varlel
Edward f. Wehrle, Emmett II. Wilson
Arthur p Willis Whitaker ]. P. Wood
w. s. Wright
Henry NJ Young, Robert Young.