The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1912-11-27

other interest that IL greater with you
than the peoples interestr
~ would like to see these men
'trotted out, 90 we al may know what
they look like and what their oonneo-
tlons are.
'Tt was determined and partly ar
ranged to employ Louis ID. Brandeis,
The Peoples Lawyer OF Boston. as
published on April IL, 1919, in the
making of the tentative and final as
sessments by the Board. II necessary,
but we did without his services, and
now that the assessments have been
made and the eight big corporations
have instituted suit against the State
IT is hoped that II Mr. Brandels, who is
now spoken OF as likely to be a mem
Der Of President Wilson's cabinet, is
unable to accept employment in de
Tense Of the States interest, there will
be employed one or two other counsel
the best to be had in the United States,
whom Mr.. Brandeis may recommend
to the Attorney-G General to assist in
representing the State.
ability, known loyalty to the cause
and assured freedom from corporation
taint, should be the gauge t6govern in
the selection of an attorney to assist
in the defense of the States, and the
counties interest.
when first | determined to give
myself to this work of compelling ade-
quate taxation Of corporations, knew
they would invoke every power of the
world, the flesh and the devil tina,
could possibly, by fair means or foul,
be commanded to aid them to prevent
the carrying out OF my designs, which
were already part Of the just law ,t
the land, and I have not been disap-
pointed.
Committee To Assist Lawyers.
For years have known the public
men Of the State and from many
eligible to be chosen for such service
have thought Of some who have
studied these questions and who know
who can be trusted to assist In the
effort to have your counties enjoy
what the law intended, and what the
present State Board of Valuation and
Assessment by It's 1912 assessments
has made possible Of realization. These
men / am not afraid to trust to act in
an advisory capacity In the premises,
they are and have been prominent in
the affairs of the State. l refer to
Governor James B. McCreary, Attor-
ney-General James Garnett, Hon. Cas-
sius M. Clay, of Bourbon County, and
Hon. James Richardson of Barren
County. would like to be honored by
being on that committee, because of
my infinite interest in this matter. l
have drawn a form of contract which
/ shall read and hand to your Secre.
tary and submit for your considera
ton. l feel that its fairness will at
once address itself to your honest in
telligence, and l beg that you return
to your home county and urge upon
the individual members Of your county
fiscal court that 1t be promptly ex-
scuted, 80 that our forces may be en-
listed and organized for this legal bat
tie, the first skirmish of which must
be fought on the 20tA day Of the pres
ent month in the Federal Court here
in Frankfort.
Plan for Securing Counsel.
"Thls, of course, only with the un-
derstandIns that your fiscal court will
want to mako any contract at all for
special counsel. | have never thought |
much Of this plan for securing the en-
pIoyment Of the needed special coun-
sci In these cases because, at best,
whom special counsel are employed
and paid, the people bear the expense
and " the counties rather than the
State employ and pay, II ls only taking
money out Of tho left-hand pocket
instead Of the rIght-the people, In the
end, have to pay all the expense any
way. turned to this plan only when
found or there seemed to be no other
way to satisfy the Attorney General
and to got for tho people the needed
special oounsei. The Attorney General
himself proposed TO mo the 20 per
cent a. foe to be paid by the coun-
ties to Mr.. Rich, and said that he would
secure the making Of such a contract
with Mr.. Rich by five counties, and
named them. When this matter was
first proposed to mo ! said ! would
have nothing to do with the matter
unless there was clause In the con-
tract which would give absolute pro-
teotIon to the people to prevent any
lawyer from being paid an excessive
fec for tho services rendered. have
Iabored for months and years to bring
about the assessment made In 1912.
and that without compensation, and II
III becomes any man to say that he
has a greater deslre to eoonomlxe In
tho interests Of the people than have
!. In the form OF contract. ! shall sub
nit, I have safeguarded the people by
q committee OF honorable
Non to see to Il that no man have
more than q reasonable fee and that.
together with all other expenses to
.he counties, to be within the limit Of
he 20 per cent suggested by the A.
:orney General.
"Ths eight suits that have been
brought against the State and coun-