The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-06

houses you please, but what We want
is the restoration of that old court
house just as it was put up by those
classic builders away back in 1S41.
want to say that members of the bar
will come and go, but the memory of
the court house will remain to be
handed down to generations. The
men who laid the foundation for that
court house deserve as much credit as
the great men who made their elo-
quence heard before the bar in 1t.
/ This is message from Fort Madison.
We want the replica just AS it stood
in 1871
! Attorney e. @. Weber of Fort Madi.
son had for keynote the thought
i that the two bars should set closer
4 together. There is progressive
movement on foot with the building OF
1.-THE big dam and attorneys can do
their work in assisting the commu-
mites. feel that Judge Hamilton will
be an ideal judge and will add lustre
to the bench.
4 Attorney Robert n. Johnson of Fort
Madison told the judge that this had
been a wonderful banquet for them
last evening | believe that lawyers
first real knowledge is obtained from
the judges before whom they try
cases: | find that Judge Bank and
{ other judges who have presided in
| this county have been unusually kind
| to the young attorneys at the bar. In
1 closing | will say that the attorneys
OF the bar should get together often
err think that lawyers, leaving the
I court room, should throw off the strife
of battle.
Attorney A. Hollingsworth paid a
1 tribute to the ideals set forth in his
speech of the evening, and expressed
1.-THE hope that he would never have to
depart from those ideals, and that he
will be assisted in it by members at
the bar. Much has been said of the
\ interest taken by members of the ban
1 in every public movement. In those
countries where personal liberty is al
! the highest ebb, the lawyers are the
most numerous: In countries where
personal liberty is lowest, the lawyers
are the fewest. The lawyers are the
opponents of the rights and liberty oil
4 the people.
Attorney Theodore A. Craig told
i the story of how the Beau BraumeI
of the Keokuk bar got away from him
/ He was glad that the banquet has been
held tonight, as a congratulation Of
Judge Hamilton. 1t should be taken as a
congratulation to the people of the
( First district. I can say that long
! have we wished for the non-partisan
! judiciary as in the Twentieth district:
and ] am glad TO say that now oul
district is the ideal one of the state
of Iowa. 1t ought to be said here
/ that when this bill was first suggest
ed, the attorneys all spoke of Mr.
Hamilton as the man who should be
appointed.
Letter From Judge Smyth.
Judge Rice H. Bell, when called up
on, humorously gave little advice
4 to Judge Hamilton and incidentally
threw a little light on the profession
more as it used to be. He told the
new judge he would run into a good
many snags; that he will have cases
cited to him that cannot be found in
books. He read a letter from Judge
Smyth, in which the latter extended
his thanks for the invitation, but
said he was unable to come owing to
his assignments. He is holding court
at Wapello and was unable to get
away at the present time. He express.
ed the best wishes for Judge Hamil.
ton and the bar, and thought it a
great thing for Lee County to have
two judges.
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