The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-30
Senator Bailey SCOTS Pound
O. Flesh Point of Shakes.
peare Heroine
DEFENDS PROFESSION
Mustn't Criticise Courts" )" He
Says, Then Crlticises
Ad Lib

sion, Of the federal Constitution
ANA the supreme court .. ,nr United
STATES represented Oh. features of an
ADDRESS uclNCrcu hrl.r. tU. ONunumu
bar association In Tie uaN.I unnm Of
tue SMrylu hotel, NuIH... msuI by
Joseph Weldon Bury, former rrprrs.
eulutlNe Of the state u, l..H. In the
United States senate. ru-uuJ George
y. Ramsey Of MuskUsr- u Introducing
the distinguished gur-r. sulI that dur
Ing his day Daniel Webster was gen.
orally regarded rs The greatest CON
slltutionnl lawyer In lhu uIrl states,
ANA he regarded Ex-senator BAILEY Us
the greatest constitution. lawyer In
the United States NJ OH. present time
As the great Texan arose hc was
greeted with Il saIyo Of applause that
continued for full miu'.
After reference tu the unr lIHt many
prtsons In the audience were his neigh
hurs from the state uf IrNu, aud
number " them his personal friends.
and that he felt more Inclined to rc.
mlnlscr than 10 deliver FORMAL adj
dress, he said:
i realize that | m.r 0u. WELD TO.
these emotions and. mnun sing them.
| shall speak 10 you about lawyers aud
tine courts ThrcudNu though The
subject may be-, it un newer be- in
appropriate where lawyers are as
srmbIcd In their annual reunions, and
10 seems 10 be especially appropriate
I'm these days when selfish dpmagogues
are striving to incu.1u prejudice
/ against an lawyers and au0rug tu de.
I sToy the public confidence i'm all
courts"
Few Are Nhl,t
Tine speaker said r.f the lawyers
who do not keep the #lH under which
/ they are licensed tu practice law are
very small In number when compared
/ with the honorable lawyers who dG
Keep that oath I'm H. spirit rs well as
/ I'm ITS letter, aud If tuo ,h}stcrs re.
. rciyed rs little couurpmurc from the
. public ns they do lrum the bar, they
would soon be driven from the pro.
fes~ion which they now disrrcdlt lie
said the people who most earnestly nnd
continuously abuse lawyers are divided
into four classes - ignorant people
those who can hardly be- described a.
/ ignorant but not intelligent enough Il
fully appreciate the lawyers relation
10 society under government Ike ours
md who complain because lawyer,
take cases without regard to the just
Ice on them, persons who have been thC
Victims Of dishonest lawyers and rash
| ly conclude that all lawyers are dis
honest, and the scoundrels who con
slider lawyers a. their natural enemies
ana regard all law rs undue abridge
mcnt Of their liberty.
lie said, in substance that Their
were no more black sheep In the lega
profession than might be found among
bankers, merchants, farmers and evel
ministers.
Constitutional Rights
I Every man has a right 10 sue, ant
every man who is liable To be sued II
the courts NJ this country Is entitled
to have his ease adiudged according
IN the settled rules NJ law The con
,litutIon guarantees IT, and TO say tina
every citizen Is not entitled to the sery
Ice Of a lawyer, ana 10 deny the law
ycr's right 10 render that service is
ualpable contradiction, lie not only ha
! that right, hut may sometimes be unde
au obligation 10 invoke the laws della
for the protection ~ his client. Fr
Qucntly the lawyer is ccnsured for no
preventing the collection Of an homes
debt hut saving his client from IN
arms NJ greedy claimant.
Senator Bailey said a lawyer had II
right to refuse 10 defend criminG
because he thinks the criminal guilt