New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-01
ST|MSON AS A LAWYER
Spikes Enemies Guns by Frank
Statement as to His Business.
SURE HE WILL BE ELECTED
Murphy the Issue, Griscom Says
-Depew, Enthusiastic,
Predicts Success.

Su3Cbo SuOkSSo'
| Henry L. Stimson, Republican candidate
for Governor, spent yesterday hustling
! through a mass of correspondence and
| bigger mass of congratulatory letters and
| kilograms. so that he might WIND up his
! private business as far as possible by the
| end of the week. Next week he expects to
| throw off all business ties until the end Of
| the campaign, at least Mr.. Stimson Is a
vigorous worker and he intends to make
| his campaign d lively performance from
| beginning TO end
Also Mr.. Stimson isn't letting any notions
! of a Democratic year. dim the enthusi-
asm with which he is regarding the pros
pect He was asked yesterday If he ex
pected TO win.
"Of course, l do he replied confidently.
And / have no fear of the old guard
either. If l may judge from the tenor OF
the letters I have received
Mr., Stimson had luncheon yesterday with
| Theodore Roosevelt and Lloyd c. Griscom.
president OF the Republican County Com
! mittee. After that he devoted himself to
| his personal affairs. saying he had no ap
pointments to see politicians and couldn't
! talk politics until after he had official
knowledge that there had been conven-
/
| head of the ticket.
Where He Stands as a Lawyer.
| When the proposition was put up to him,
! though. that attacks already had been be-
gun on him as a trust owned lawyer, he
decided to show where he stood on that
line. He made it perfectly plain that the
| Democrats could do their worst with that
| SOFT ha'I "a r1Ix
He said there was nothing of which he
was prouder in his career than his con-
nection with Elihu Root. Moreover, he
| had done certain legitimate legal work for
corporations, any other lawyer would
| have.
THE proposition seems TO be that was
a tool of Elihu Root said Mr.. Stimson,
! land that Mr.. Root was tool Of Thomas
! L. Ryan. That seems to me to be rather
! a roundabout way to hitch me up with the
dreadful corporations. But such as IL IS
( they can go ahead and make the most of 1t.
consider EIihu Root one of the greatest
men in our nation to-day, and there's
nothing I am prouder of in my profess
sional life than my association swith him.
| Il have done corporation work, certainly.
| Just as any other lawyer would. l don't
think anybody will be able to show that
my work in any case has been such that
the most scrupulous lawyer should hest
tate to take It. l don't know how many
| corporations our firm has represented at
any time-that would be a matter which
would show on my books.
Cites c. w. Morse Case.
Il don't believe anybody is likely to say
| that my having handled corporation bust
ness has affected my attitude as a public
| officer As a lawyer had been counsel to
the Bank of North America, of which
| Charles ". Morse was vice-president
When as federal attorney ! came to take
I'D the misuse of funds of that institution
/ don't believe the interests of the people
suffered any. Mr.. Morse is now serving
sentence at Atlanta"
Mr.. Stinson said his practice was that
! largely of a court or trial lawyer, as dis
| tinguished from that of the office lawyer
| or corporation adviser.
Not that l ever was unwilling TO draw
I'D incorporation papers and form a cor
poration," he said. MY business. though.
| has been rather along the other line"
Mr. Stimson was asked about his receipt
| of s5a0 600 in fees for his services as special
federal attorney.
Il don't believe our friends the enemy
| can make much of campaign issue out
| of that" he laughed. That is even truer
when you remember that l didn't receive
that amount of money. That was merely
the amount of fees payable for the work,
| but much of it went for expenses, and the
rest had to be divided with my firm mem
| bers.
What That Fee Really Meant.
..T - 49,. oIorl, s.,,ra o,,t ;rSt how much
money went into my pocket as a result OF
this work for the government. I found
| that my receipts, personally, amounted to
exactly $25,143 &c, and that amount includes
fees for such private practice as I was
| able TO handle while acting as special
| prosecutor in the government cases. Be
fore l became federal attorney my income
| in private practice was about $4,000 a
year.
Il figured il out to see what the financial
sacrifice would be If I accepted the ap-
pointment. I took that place at $4,000 a
| year, and although the law did not forbid
! private practice, I didn't take a single
| case for myself in the years 1 served there.
| Another thing about this $4,000. These fees
| were fixed by Attorney General Wickers-
| ham with the direct approval Of President
| Taft, and without my having rendered any
! bill or set any figure on my services"
| Mr.. Stimson came into town early yester-
day from his country place, High Hold
near Huntington. He expects to move into
town at once, as he doesn't think he'll
have time 10 get out TO his farm after he
begins his campaign
| The Republican State Committee will
meet next Tuesday morning to choose a
state chairman. Mr.. Stimson, Mr.. Griscom,
| Representative Parsons, Otto Barnard and
Mr.. Roosevelt will have many conferences
over this important part of the campaign.
Tire formal notification of the candidate
will take place on Tuesday afternoon al
the Republican Club
Mr.. Griscom went to his country place in
Connecticut last night. Before he went he
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