The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-25
and help to their future private prac-
tees, which a term Of holding high
legal office is supposed to insure.
Salaries Of Justices.

The chief justice of England. now
Lord Reading, is paid $500 a year,
and the retired chief Justice, Lord
Alverstone, who died early In De-
cember, drew a pension Of $4,000
The six justices who constitute the
lords Of appeal in ordinary in the
House Of Lords, and correspond to
the American supreme court more
nearly than any other British judicial
body, are salaried at $40. 900 year.
The, lord chancellor Of ireland and
the master Of the rolls are paid at
that rate. The lord advocate TO.
Scotland, and the attorney general
for ireland are on the pay roll at
s25, 600. OF Judges who receive
$25, 900 there. Is an imposing ar
ray. They include the chief Justices
Of Scotland and ireland. In Eng
land, the FIVE associate justices OF the
court Of appeals who sit With the
master Of the rolls. the six Judges Of
the chancery division, the fifteen
judges OF the Kings Bench division,
the two presidents Of the court which
BY a singular combination sits In
probate, divorce and admiralty cases,
and thirty Scotch and Irish Judges
altogether sixty judicial officers in
the United Kingdom are salarted ~
s25, 900.
There are nearly thirty judicial Of
ficers who salaries range from 49,
900 to $4,000 and any number Of
minor officials at stlpends which are
heavy compared with American
standards. All the clerks. and other
important court officers. are corre-
spondingly we'll paid. Every one,
from highest to lowest, Is entitled 70
pension as liberal as his salary. Tho
total endorsement In pensions TO
thirty-six retired judges is 100000
per annrn.
Apparently the impression is grow
ing IN England that the legal probes
sion Is costing the tax payers more
than II deserves, that It Is securing
a share Of the public revenues alto
gether out Of proportion to the num-
Der and services OF its members. The
roll Of lawyers IN Great Britain 10
far smaller than in the United States
and there are far more handsome
plnms to be distributed. Admiral
Jellicoe's services are bringing him
a financial reward OF less than &c.,
600 year, and Sir John French,
field marshal, commanding the Brit
ish army IN France, was On the pay
sheet at $1,000.
( Old Time Theory.
In the old time public life Of Great
Britain tf1cre was reason In theory
for payments to the legal members
Of the cabinet, and officers Of the
crown higher than given their col
leagues In other fields Of work. Most
statesmen came from the old fam
lies, the traditional ruling caste.
They were supposed to be men OF
hereditary wealth who were willing
to give their service for the public
welfare, while the legal ofiicials were
professional men who must sacrihce
their private practice when holding
Office. In the later day Of democracy,
particularly with the Liberal party,
whose leaders include large nulli-
Der Of lawyers, the old tradition does
not apply. The prime minister, the
home secretary. the minister Of mu-
nitions, the chancellor Of the ex-
cheduer. and several Lesser members
Of the government are lawyers yet
draw far smaller incomes than their
colleagues performing no more i'm.
portant legal duties.
From another point Of view the
financial burden Of the law falls less
heavily upon the country as usual.
War conditions have brought great
decrease OF business for the courts.
..The lawyers are starving" walled
a barrister to an editor, discussing Q
libel suit. THANK God" was the
brutal reply.