The Washington herald., 1913-04-20
WOULD REPEAL
DIVORCE LAWS
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the lawyer is correct. 1t Is true as mao
been pointed out to you 10y MT. Siep-
bane, that the lawyer has lost some OF
his influence. The reason for this loss,
i'm my mind, I shall point out to you.
..If Won are studying law with the idea
, that its practice will furnish an avenue
for the accumulation of great wealth.
nv advice is, quit now. 1t is divineiy
true that the highest business of law
is not one of consistent ana constant
attempts to provoke litigation and gather
enormous fees. A lawyer should be a
peacemaker among men.
Dodetng the Pcnitentiary.
TT has long been matter for argu-
ment whether a lawyer is guilty In
defending a guilty criminal. 1t is his
right and duty so to do If he does not
use any subterfuge or attempt to hood
wink the court. IL is not a question
of defeating justice, but OF tempering
Justice with mercy.
II regret the passing of the old-fash-
Toned methods of drawing contracts.
In times past, barrister left the max
ing of contracts to scrfveners. HIS
hands were clean IN case of fraud. In
changed, A large percentage of young
lawyers today are scriveners. Beware
of this practice, as you love your honor.
your country, and your people. BE
so that no man can offer you money
enough to draw a dishonest contract.
Times have changed so that instead
of a countryman asking the town lawyer,
Jim am / right?" the modern business
man asks: How close can l come to the
rEid
gates?" / will say, though, that the man
is to blame more than is the lawyer.
II should like to see the present dam,
age laws rendered void from the bottom
up Instead of the present case. when
poor man pays an ambulance chaser
% per cent to prosecute his case' L
should like to see the republic pay Tor
attorneys, court fees, and other expenses.
] would like to see the degree taken from
any man who has been proved an All
bulance chaser.
arhe divorce laws of nearly every
State in the Union, i'm allowing attor-
ney's fees before the announcement OF
a decree, hold up a bride to lawyers
Lawyers Have Temptations.
Homes are ruined by the allowance
Of these fees If it were harder for
poor man, after spat with his wife, to
go to law, he would have time to con-
slider without having lawyer ar Ais
heels One-half of the divorces in this
country would be stopped if these laws
allowing advance fees to lawyers were
repealed.
..The law can be brought back to its
former pre-eminence by recognition of
the fact that the profession is sacred. The
marvel is that more lawyers have not
fallen, for lawyers man for man, are the
cIeanest body in the land. Ministers DO
not have the temptation that lawyers
have.
The lawyer who is after his fee.
even IL it means promoting litigation, IS
following a trade-not profession.
Come into the profession with honest
ideals constantly before you, and let
them remain before you during all the
years of your professional life
Other speakers were Dean Charles No
BILE Gregory, who was POSTMASTER; Rear
Admiral Charles II. Stockton. president
of the university; John Bell ltarner,
president of the board of trustees;
Charles Cowles Tucker. president of the
Columbian-George Washington Law
School Association: Walter c. Clephane,
of the faculty; Everett Fraser, of the
faculty. and John A. Diener, who repre-
scented the student body.
Mr. Tucker announced i'm his speech
that there will be arranged next year
reunion of all George Washington Uni
Versity alumni. The affair is to be in
charge of graduates of the law school.
Arrangements are being made for a re-
union lasting possibly a week, Mr..
Tucker said
The guests of honor. besides the Vice
President were Chief Justice of the
Court of Claims Stanton G. Peelle, Au
gustus 5 Worthngton, and Henry b. F.
Nacfarand, of the law committee of the
board of trustees.
The committee having charge of ar
rangements was composed of Henry
Craig, of the faculty, chairman: William
G. Van7VIeck. of the faculty; George w.
Talzell. 81: Maurice NJ. Moore, Arthur
II. Deibert Frank S. Smith. Walter Z.
Barton, Harrison h. McCawley, Paul
Anderson, Elton W. Stanley, Laurence
N Wilson, Elmer Stewart, and II. E.
Neibling.
Present mt Banquet.
Among those present at the banquet
We're:
n. h Ackcr. John w Addison. William NJ Alex
and,T, Paul Anderson :. V. Anderson
David 4. Bser. 4. L. Barber, ID. G. Bartholomew, !
W. 4. BARTON. L. +. Baumgartner. James w. Berry.
Dr. Henry g. Boyer, Harvey c. Bickel, c. G. Bill |
lings, l.. A. Bison, Flank A. Bower, Edwin c. |
Brandenburg H. n. Branch. T. st. c. Brookes IT., |
Adis u. Browne. Evans Browne, George B. Buck, |
A. BuhmHn, Paul Bushnell
Thomas II. Csllan, John W. Calvert, W. Clayton |
Carpenter, kortrght Church. Melville Church Nell |
vile ID. Church Merrill L. Clark, Alan o. Clephsne !
Walter e. Clephane. Richard Cobb ]. NJ. Colt. |
T. j. Collsday Levi Cooke. II. w. Cornell, George |
r.. Curson. Edward c. Coumbe. John ID. Cox Joseph |
w. Cox, T. /. Creekmore, g. 4. Crews. T. J. Cump /
ston. il.
George W Dalzell Arthur H. Deibert, William l. |
Denning {. Il. Des Jardins r. c. De Wolf John |