Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-09-15

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us matcnless oratory and unansyer.
able logic he won case after case for
MS clients and it is tribute to his
name to record the plain fact that in
all his career he never championed q
cause of which he need be ashamed
Powerful financial interests had al
tempted to secure his services by Of.
ters OF princely retainers, but with
out success. He fought the trusts biz
terly every time he found them Cd
pressing his profession.
Alicia advanced with extended hand.
This is indeed kind, Judge" she en-
claimed with a gracious smile. 81
hardly dared hope that my poor must
Gale would be so honored."
The old lawyer smiled good-humor.
eddy as he replied gallantly:
Il don't know much about music,
MN: ] came to see you" Looking
around he added; you've got a nice
place here"
He spoke in his characteristic man.
ner-short, nervous, explosive sen.
fences, which had often terrified his
opponents in court
Lawyers are such flatterers, "
laughed Alicia as she nervously famed
herself, and looked around to see if
her guests We're watching
Lawyers only flatter when they
want to- interrupted Mr.. Jeffries,
who had just joined the group.
Alicia turned to greet a new arrival
and the lawyer continued chatting
with his host.
Il suppose you'll take a rest now,
after your splendid victory" said the
banker
Judge Brewster shook his head
obviously
mo. sir, we lawyers never rest.
We can't. No sooner is one case dis
posed of than another crops up to
claim our attention The trouble with
this country is that we have too
much law. If | were to be guilty Of
an epigram l would say that the coun-
try has so much law that it is prac-
tically lawless."
so you're preparing another case,
eh?' said Mr. Jeffries, interested.
What is tia secret?"
"Oh. mol" answered the lawyer,
"the newspapers will be full of it in
day or two. We are going to bring
suit against the city It's really a
test case that should interest every
citizen; a protest against the high
handed actions of the police
The banker elevated his eyebrows.
Indeed he exclaimed What
have the police been doing now?'
The lawyer looked at his client in
surprise
Why, my dear sir, you must have
seen by the papers what's been going
on in our city of late. The papers
have been full of it. Police brutality
Illegal arrests, assaults in station
houses, starchamber methods that
would disgrace the middle ages. A
state of affairs exists to-day in the
city of New York which is inconceiv-
able Here we are living in a civil
lied country. every mans liberty is
guaranteed by the constitution, yet
citizens. as they walk our streets, are
in grt alter peril than the inhabitants
OF terror-stricken Russia Take a po-
lice official of Capt Clinton's type.
His only notion of the law is brute
force and the night stick A bully by
nature. a man of the cOarsest instincts
and enormous physical strength, he
loves to play the tyrant. In his pre-
cinct he poses as a kind of car and
fondly imagines he has the power to
administer the law itself BY his
browbeating tactics, intolerable I'M
der Anglo-Saxon government he is
turning our police force into a gang
of ruffians who have the city terror
stricken In order to further his polit-
ical ambitions he stops at nothing.
He let's the guilty escape when infiu-
ence he can't resisi is brought to
bear, but in order Ia keep up his rec
ord with the department he makes ar
rests without The slightest iustifica-
ton. To secure convictions he manu-
features, with the aid of his detec-
tives, all kinds OF perjured evidence.
To paraphrase a well-known saying,
his motto is Conyict-honestly if
you can-but convict"
1T is outrageous said Mr.. JEFF
fries NO one can approve such
methods, OF course, in dealing with
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