The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

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CAisf Jsstics =. =. Th6Dpeon q
- Illtnois supreme court ID vel
GDnldg delegates in sttsudance Ut
- nnnual meeting OF the bar a.
'1pelakton q the Fourth supreme IN
13eial district, in Moline today.
6ealt frankly With coalitions that
hase disgracsd Rock Island county
~ recent montha There are go
1owys9s ct thu convention, which
viii conclude with q banquet this
evening. c. E Dietz 10 president
foe the association. The feature OF
t1e gathering Ii to be . discussion
u the proposed new Illinois con-
stttution by Henry I. Green Of Ur-
lama and Clarence 8. barrow OF
Chicago. Mr.. Green viii defend
the draft of-the constitution - pre-
pared BY the state convention and
will urge the people to vote its ap-
prevail ct the special election Dec.
-. Mr.. barrow will offer Q dis
,ssnting voice and will present ar
gunents to show why the people
should vote the constitution down
~ the special election. The ad-
dress of welcome by Chief Justice
. Thompson follows:
"The bar of Rock Island county
/. heartily welcomes you to this great
4 community Of homes, Of schools and
8 churches. Of business and manu-
featuring institutions. and the home
Of Americas greatest arsenal. We
are proud of our community and
we are prepared to prove to you in
our drive about the quad-cities this
afternoon that our pride is justi-
ned.
During the last few months this
community has had some advertis-
ing OF which we are not especially
proud-yes. Of which we are asham.
ed People speak to us jocularly OF
this situation, but the condition
which gave this community this
bad reputation is no longer jok,
\ ing matter with the rank and filt
Of the community. The people Of
this county last Tuesday rose up II
their might and showed their dis
approval Of the manner in which
the shertn's office has been con
, Quoted in the past few years. Ger
tain individuals residing in thi,
county seemed to entertain the no
ton that this is not part Of tn,
United States and that" they wert
not Obliged to respect the consti
buttons and the statutes of the ma
ton and the state. The people o
this community want the world t,
know that they do not consider thu
constitution a mere scrap Of pa
per. They demand that every citi
zen shall not only obey it, but shall
respect and defend it until 1t i
changed in accordance with ii
provisions. The intelligent actio
OF our citizens reaffirmed my life
long conviction that the America
NJ people can be trusted to do tn
right thing II they are properly in
n formed. Az Lincoln well sail
You can fool some OF the people a
the time, and all the people som
of the time. but you can't fool a
the people all the time
Responsibility Of Lawyers.
1.-THE lawyers of America have
great responsibility In these trou
bl0us times. Whenever any cor
siderable number OF our peopl
cease to respect the laws OF GU
land this nation is In great DANCE
OF being destroyed. The first dut
Of every American citizen is to sui
init to the mandates of the law, tn
constituted authority of this liant
and it Is the duty Of the lawyer
whose training fits them NATURAL
for leadership in this regafd. to i'm
press this obligation upon the cit
Gems Of our nation by precept an
example. Any man who has not tn
courage to bring a lawbreaker {
whatever degree before the bar {
justice to answer for his crime
unfit for place in a nation OF fire
and sovereign men, and is certainl
not to be trusted in public Office.
I'VE are therefore especial
proud to welcome you to this com
munity at this time when the cit
xenry is aroused to it, full rsspon
sibility and when the voters hav
demonstrated that they can TAX
care of the problems OF their com
munity. May we leave this meet
ing more deeply impressed with tn
responsibility resting on us a
members Of the bar, and may W
soon rid our profession Of the fey
scoundrels who disgrace AZ, SO tina
We may take the honpred position
In society which our learned pro
fessiOn warrants"