The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-14

for nothing else, and entirely away from home on the bench.
 That this condition should be rem
 edied, may go without saying. But
 what is the remedy? That question involves another question. What is the cause of this condition of things? Permit me to say that much of it is to be attributed to the negligence of carelesseuss of the bar. IT lawyers appreciated their own profession, in other words their position in the social makeup, and if they regarded the law as the only source and safe guard of social order, and themselves as the custodian of the law. they shoud readily and willingly protect the bar from invasion by ignorant uned- , ucated and uncultured men, in fact
 if members of the bar who are real lawyers, would demean themselves in manner consistent with their pro fession, such as | have described
 would not dare to offer themselves for entrance into the profession.
 In the next place, if lawyers were to insist upon, and would exert them selves aegressiyely, 10 secure compe- tent judges, we would have them, but so long as lawyers content them selves to sit at their desks. and leave it to ward politicians and laymen, who wish to profit by some pol itical twist, or turn in the election,
 we may expect incompetent men. and somethimes very undesirable men to occupy this most responsible position among the instrumentalities for the administration of government
 The necessity for the well trained lawyer who has had large exper- fence in the handling of cases in the courts is found greater now than for mally The case system of practice has well nigh driven the text book out of the court room and it is only the man who has tried many cases. a suffiCeut number of cases in fact to render him familiar with the rul- iugs of the modern courts on a thous- and and one ques tions that are pre-. sented in the courts under modern
 conditions that can in any measure
 be deemed a man on the bench. It
 is not unusual of late years for a 1 trained lawyer to present to one of our judses a proposition that is clear to a trained lawyer, who is familiar l with modern decisions. and Which should bring al immediate ruling
 from the court and then for the | court 10 look down at him and ask
 for authority upon the question. And then begins the education of the
 judge
 This means long and expensive l terms of court, 10 say nothing of the
 trouble and annoyance at having to l furnish the court with authority ou
 the simplest elementary questions.
 Now, gentlemen of the bar, what
 shall we do about it, shall we go on
 in this same way, until the legal pro
 lession is absolutely disgraced, and | the courts a farce, or shall we in the | interest, not only of the legal profes- 1 sion but in the interest of law and of social order, bestir ourselves to better the conditions and perpetutate
 in their purity the fundamental prin- | cipals of civil governments as found
 in our constitution and the laws that We inherited from our ancestors.
 l suggest that the obligation is up- on Us and that this obligation be rec
 osuized and we get about a faithful
 discharge of our duty viewed from
 professional standpoint. 1 know of
 no other way in, or by, which as law yers, we can serve our country to bet
 ter advantage. leave the matter to
 you gentlemen with the sincere hope | that we shall have such action, on
 the part of the bar, as will give us ! better conditions in our courts of jus
 tice than we have at the present.
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