THE SCTRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1897.
ANNUAL DINNER
OF THE LAWYERS
Concluded from Page 3.
Mr. Torrey occupied tin; central cent,
lifliiK the clmli-iiiitti f the evenlne;. On
hla light sat JuiIbu Kdwnrds, the lonnt
liin.stur, mid I hen In older ciiinu Judge
Wlllitrd, JuiIru minster, Judge Keeder,
Colonel KltstMlnniHiiiH, Judge Orlndy,
Judge Hnilth and ex-Judge Jossup. On
the left were Judge Wiekham, Judge
A'ohhald, Judge Heaver, lion. Addison
Condor, Major Everett Warren, A. II.
McCllntoeU, and ex-IJeutonant Oovern
or Watres.
There were no deeonitlons, lloral or
otherwise, and In this, the general opin
ion was. the committee Fhowed good
taste, for, as to the heanty of the elabor
ate Inferior of the Jerniyn dining room,
can lie applied the adage, "beauty un
adurned Is beauty best."
Tlie dinner and the manner In which
It was served was most creditable to
m km
($&i if
JAMES If. TOUUKY,
President of the Association and Chair
man of the Evening.
(Icidfroy's men. There were eight
c urses, many of them containing some
i'"Vel and most palatable dishes. It
was as follows:
Halted Walnuts.
Hhrewsbuiy Oysters.
o;i .. Celery.
Consomme Volatile en Tase.
Tlmlmles a la Heine.
Planked Hoe Shad. Maltru Hotel.
Hot House Cucumbeis.
Poiiune Tene Crociuettes.
Filet do Iloeuf. Drlllnt Savarln.
Pottt Vols.
Canards Sau vagus. Hlrjarade.
Cherry Florins. Corn Bread. Cresson.
l'uneh Commonwealth.
Lobster Olio In Shell.
Fruit. Cake.
Nlsselrodo.
Checte. Toasted Crackers.
Cafe Nolr.
Suutern. Pomeroy-Sec.
Clears.
Mr. Torrey at in o'clock arose and
rapped for order. He read letters of re
gret from President Judge Charles 13.
nice, of the Superior court, and
Judge J. B. McPherson, of Harrls
burg. He then announced that
during the year three mem
bers of the bar had deceased, J. M. C.
Hand:, Frank Howard Miller and Jere
miah 1J. Regan. A toast was drunk In
silence to their memory after which Mr.
Torrey delivered the president's ad
dtcss. His theme was "The law It has
hunoied us; may we honor It." He said:
Jilt. TURKEY'S ADDRESS.
We have lled thro' the labors, the
snuggles and the honorable burdens of
unutlier yuur. We are honored by tliu
pilvllege of membership. In the most ex
ulted, the most exacting, the most com.
jjielieiislve of professions. If, as lias been
tiiil the law is the perfection of human
tirtson, its instruments have the best op
puitmilty and the broadest Held for the
deieloplueht and exercise of the highest
intellectual powers. What human rela
tion which does not look to us for the.
!. llnltioti of Its rights utul its obligations?
What individual or eoipurate privilege
which does not trace its origin to and
Mtk its vindication from the law? What
iiyht so Inslgiillleant that the law will
i.oi summon to its enforcement the en
tile power of the state? What interest so
vast or powerful that It must not yield
to tlie demonstration of the humblest
pleader and bend to the enforcement of
tlie Judgment of the law? It is the boast
and the pride of our institutions that ull
ii.eii are eitu.il tjefore the law.
In spite of the cheap sarcasms of the
c Hies and the sneers of pessimists, I be
lieve the statement was nowhere ever so
true as today in free America. I believe
th.it the process of the evolution of the
highest type of social Institutions Is con
stantly progressive and that we are to
day In advance of any previous period of
the world's history. To the legal profes
sion moie than to any other single liumun
agency is due the credit for what has
alieudy been attained. To the legal pro
fession must the world look for the com
ph tlon of the work so well begun. I am
aware that I am In danger of uttering
what may be regarded as mere platitudes
In culling attention to the principles which
should control the piofesslonal conduct
of lawyers.
Rut many of the most eminent mem
bers of the bar have confessed to the
habit of frequently leviewlug the mo-st
elementary principles of conduct In order
to make certain that they hud not iineou-sr-lously
deviated from them. The careful
nmilner frequently consults his compass
and his chnit. The artist turns constant
h from bis work to his model. As the
courts so often say to the grand In
quests, so I say to you, "Your duties ate
hi Icily and clearly prescribed In the oath
which you have taken" to support and
defend the constitution. How glibly the
Words slip from our lips, and with how
little realization of their meaning. All
that Is comprehended In that grand woid
"loyalty" Is here expressed.
These constitutions embody all that the
struggles and the sufferings of our an
cestors have wiested from the hands of
humun power and selllsh greed from
Runnymede to Appomatox. They embody
tlie ilpe fruit of the highest thoughts of
the piofouudest thinkers of all past ages.
Every letter Is traced In martyr blood.
Every sentence represents the travail of
heroic sold. We are chosen custodians to
preserve from desecration or pollution
this palladium of humanity's progress.
Well may we resolve that no selllsh nm
bltlon, no mercenary motive shall per
suade us to commit, or permit any stain
to be placed upon Its fair pages
THE LAWYER'S OBLIGATION.
That you will discharge your duties with
fidelity to the court us well us to the
client.
Fidelity to client requires honesty, in-
duslry. pertinacity. An enlightened ic
gaid for self-Interest would seem a suf
ficient Incentive to this virtue. Yet tlio
seluctlve temptation to prefer present
gain to future success, and the very
human aversion to unremitted labor make
It necessary for us to often review our
lelatlons to our clients, that we may be
sure that they deserve the appellation
fidelity. The relations of lawyers to the
court are of tho most dellcato and sacred
character. The temptations to violate
this duty are tho most subtle to which a
lawyer Is subjected. There Is tho great
est danger that tho Ideu of the court shnll
become confused with the person of the
judge, when In fact, he should be to us
the embodiment of abstract Justice.
Again when tho court sets Itself in an.
tagonlsm to our course, we are la danger
of treating It like our antagonists at the
bar, and of Justifying ourselves In tho
resoit to any method by which the op
position mny be overcome. In the heat
of legal conflicts wo are often so pos
sessed by the "rage of buttle" that we
are ready to cast discretion to tho winds,
and sacrifice any ethical consideration to
success.
From these dangei-B ivo can certainly
escape only by keeping constantly In
mind the lawyer's high function as a
priest In the temple of Justice. The law
must bo to him more precious than nls
highest fee, more dear than his best
client, moro desirable than success. The
court must be to him tho oracle of jus.
tlce, whose person Is to bo always re
spected, whose confidence never betrayed,
whoso Judgment Is always yltlded to.
This Involves no cringing subserviency.
Honest zeal und lespectful pertinacity
command no greater admhatlon from any
than from the bench. These considera
tions ure In a peculiar respect uppioprl
ate for us at this lime, as the past year
bus furnished u striking and painful Illus
tration of the disastrous results of dis
regarding the lawyer's duty to the court.
In no Jurisdiction, 1 venture to say, can
there be less palliation for the violation of
the lawyer's obligation or Illicitly to the
court limn In that which Is presided over
by the three learned, Industrious, Impar
tial und courteous Judges of tho l'orty
111 1 ti district.
3, Use no falsehood nor delay any per
son's uauso for lucre or malice.
Avarice and pusslon must be eliminated
f I om the mind which would discharge
faithfully the duties of a lawyer. Jnstl.-o
holds evenly balanced scales and wears a
bandage over the eyes. Her servitors
miml In, miiinrlnr In the tellllltlltlotlS Which
Ill-gotten wcnlth often presents, and lo
which penury gives added power, rhey
must know no man's race, creed, condi
tion or politics. To tho Just cause of the
humblest and most obscure they must
yield the same respect und devote tho
siune untiring effort ns to that of the rieii
est und most powerful. No great lawyer
ever appears so truly great as when he is
tmttlnif forth his highest energy In de
fense of the poor and lowly.
AS TO U1MIAVIOR.
I. Hehave In the olllco of attorney to the
best of vour learning and ability.
Our learning and ability comprehend all
that we have that can be useful to man
kind In our chosen profession. These are
to be so far as we can control and direct
them, always at their best, and ever bet
ter. Learning by study, learning by prac
tice, learning by observation, learning
best and hardest of all by falluie the
puth pointed out by our oath leads ever
upward to higher attainments, broader
culture and purer conception. We may
think we start with little and that the
wav is nairow and rough, but when we
have faithfully given our best, we shall
llnd In the end. whatever our ultimate
goal, that we shall be Judged not accord
ing to what we have not, but according
to that which we have. The world mny
never rank us with the bright luminaries
of our honored piofesslon, but theie is
none of us who cannot If he will make
himself worthy to associate with those
who have done their best. The long, weary
i.ifiPBss nf develoument of legal princi
ples Is simply a struggle to lift human
lurlspruduiice to the level of the divine
law, which Is Its antitype. Above and
beyond the llgure of Justice to which we
do homago "In the shadow standeth nod,
of whom Justice Is but one of the
many infinitely perfect attributes. Inso
far as we honestly and faithfully admin
ister human law, nnd safeguard the rights
of our fellow men, Just so far shall we
most acceptable serve our Clod and secure
the highest attainable reward, the "Well
done." .... ,,
Wherever the eloquence of Peter the
Hermit 11 red the souls of men, th"ir
swords leapt from their scabbards, and
upon their ciuclform hilts were sealed the
oaths of the Crusaders to know neither
homes, families, friends nor possessions
until the cross should rcnlace the cres
cent over the Holy Sepulcher. Though
the object of the Crusaders was never
fu)lv accomplished, the unselfish zeal of
the Templars and their comradeship In
the great and glorious conflicts did much
toward ushering the renaissance and dis
sipating the gloom of the dark ages. W o.
too, are an oainuoiiiiu uiiini uust. ..... ..
to the execution of higher, If less danger
ous, enterprises. Let us emulate their ex
ample In unswerving loyalty und fidelity
to the requirements of our oath.
Mr. Torrey then Intioduced the toast
master, Judge Edwards. Ills theme
was:
"Look, he's winding up tho watch of his
wit;
ISy and by It will strike."
TOASTMASTER TAKES CHARGE.
Judge Edwards, upon assuming the
position, said: "The duties of a toast
master are few nnd slmule. The dic
tionary says they are two to announce
the toast and time the cheering." After
u few happy remark? he addressed him
self to tlie younger members of the bar,
saying his sympathy always turned to
the young men of the bar. "Our bar is
a young bar," ho said. "Let the young
men be patient, courageous and liuius
tilous. Let the older members lend
thein a hearty helping hand."
He then warned the speakers against
keeping to their texts; welcomed tho
Superior court judges, In whose honor
the banquet was held so early tills year,
and then pioceeded to Introduce the
speakers.
In Introducing the first speaker Judge
Heaver, he said: "Let me Introduce a.
soldier who became a geneial; a citi
zen who became u governor; a lawyer
who became a judge. This felicitous
Introduction and Judge Beaver's popu
larity brought a round of applause
which lasted fully a minute,
Judge Beaver's theme was "Errors
and Appeals." "We Learn Through Er
rois." There Is not a lawyer who does
not convict himself of error, whenever
he 1 called upon to exercise the func
tions of his otllce. lie always makes a
better speech after lie goes home and
lies down In bed than he did before the
jury; just when the ink is dry on an
opinion it occurs to the judge that he
could have used a more appropriate
precedent or could have quoted a better
authority. It is by appreciating these
errors that we learn. The reason of this
Is that the law Is not on exact science
It Is Interpreted and delivered by falli
ble men.
In concluding. Judge Beaver made
some happy remarks concerning tlie
manner In which he had been subslitut-
What say you to tlie nhnrge7" Without
much pertuibiitlnti
The culprit said: "Your Honor, ns a law-
. yer I do swear
That all your Judgments and decisions
rlgjiteolis are;
Hut us an editor I'll stoutly swear the
more
That this your court, Is wicked to the
core."
"Sir! Hit!" the Justice said; "I'll heed no
such distinction, '
Hill will at once decree your quick extinc
tion; I'll speed you fiotn the sacred precincts
of this bar;
Ho! Oo! the gateB or exit now aro wide
ajar."
The editor-lawyer to a higher court then
went,
And, a la Stelnman, ninde a plea so elo
quent, That soon It was pronounced (and, wc
avow, most righteously),
"An editor-lawyer can at once a saint and
sinner be."
Colonel Fltstslmmons was most happy
In his witticisms provoking almost con
tinuous lnughter and In his serious
phrased held the nipt attention of his
hearers. He snld In substance:
COLON'EL FlT.Sl.M.MON'S TALKS.
The committee, In apologizing for put
ting me on (he piogramme, remarked that
th"V did so In order that I might meet the
Judges ol the Supplier Court I naked If
they would all be present and wus uu
swei'id that nothing short of death wo'dd
K.'ep tliein away, that up to date not one
of them, except Judge Oilady, hud missed
a banquet and It took a railroad wieck
in occasion his absence. 1 said 1 hoped
lo meet them In the course of piofesslonal
work, bul was assured that I would likely
make a better Impression on them luie.
I stated that I was not a stranger to nil
the Judges, that Judge Rice was one nf
the committee that examined me for ad
mission to the bur, -rind that I did not
think It possible for him to furget me,
and that Judge Wlllard and I knew each
other for many years. That long before
Wunutuuker was heard of 111 politics, and
utter, we were acquainted, i rpiiiemiier
our first meeting. He was county chair
man of his party and 1 occupied a similar
position for the Uryanites.
In those days It was customary for the
chairmen to agree on overseers of elec
tion. He ramp to tne with Ills list and
asked me lor mine. I was surprised next
ilay to lead In the nupers the names of
his men und have never yet known what
became of mine. I next heard him mak
ing a speech In the gubernatorial election
of VtSl. I added that Judge Reeder could
not forget me becnuse T tiled at a case
before him once, whn he presided In our
eoiiits, owing to our own Judges being
too busy. I said I knew Judge Smith
quite well, having nominated him twice
and was ready for the third encounter if
I wete asked As regards Judges Reaver,
Wiekham and Orlndy, I knew nothing
except the Impression 1 got from their lo-
ent pictures In the Tribune. I don't
know what to think of the subject given
me.
I asked Senator McDonald about It and
be lefened me to Mr. Oakford. I asked
blm what bar the committee meant. He
lepllid that public speakers generally il.
cussed mutters they knew something
ubout. 1 then Inquired If lie thought I
would be understood; he said that Charley
Haw-ley, Tom Wells and Will Lathrop
might catrh on, but he had ionic doubts
about the rest. J regard the subject loo
portant factors In the National life. No
other profession has behind It exemplars
and a- history like the law. Its teachers
have been the foes of anarchy, misrule
and tyranny and Its principles form the
foundation of governments and the pal
ladium of all our rights.
Call the roll and you summon forth the
chosen ministers of civilization nnd te
forth In all the ages. It was not Pericles,
but Solon and his statutes that made pos
sible the Grecian powers. It was not her
Icglotir, but her twelve tables, that made
Rome the mistress or the world. It was
not the Norman Conqueior. but tho com
mon law which evolved constitutional
freedom out of chaos and barbarism and
made possible the settlement of America.
Ilncnn, Rluekstone, Manslleld, Broug
ham, .Marshall, Jay, Livingstone, Kent,
Story and hundreds of others by their
knowledge or the law have done more lor
civilization and humanity than all the
warriors of the world.
In the suck of the Italian city of Amain
a cop of the Pandects was discovered,
the study or the civil war sprang up all
over Emope and Its administration passed
from the Ecclesiastics to Its trained pro-
said, yet no one learns It by Intuition.
Knowledge of the law comes from hnrd
work. It Is not searching cases that are
on all fours with the case In linnd, or
hunting for one that squints like It,
but rather In hnvlng the grutind piln
clpuls nt hand when no books nre about
that makes the successful lawyers.
Judge Wiekham, Judge Reeder, Judge
Wlllnrd nnd Judge Smith each In turn
wns cnlled upon nnd each expressed
his appreciation of tlie entertainment
afforded and good feeling exhibited by
the Laukawanna bar and Scranton's
people. When Judge Smith In his re
marks, stated that Scranton was not
In hospitality second to any
city ' where the Supreme court
has held sessions, all tho Su
perior court Judges showed by gen
erous hand clapping that those were
their sentiments, too.
Homer Green, of llonesdnle, and A.
II. McCllnlock, nf AVIIkes-Harre, also
made brief responses and at 11.30
o'clock the festivities were brought to n
close with a few happy remarks by the
tunstmnstor.
The committee which hnd charge was
composed of Roswell 11. Patterson,
chniimau; James E. Burr, Hon. M. E.
McDonald, Hon. T. V. Powderly, Mnjor
James W. Oakford and Russell Dlm
lniok; HIGH SCHOOL CIIEAUSTRY.
TBI LEADER
124-126 Wyoming Ava.
RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
LEHIOH
SYS.
(r m y$$m
PV WW
Jl'DOE JAMES A. BEAVER.
"Soldler-Oeneral; Cltlzen-Clovernor; Lawyer-Jurist."
ed for Judge Orlady, saying that he
could not see how rheumatism of the
wrist could affect a man's jaw. He sat
down amidst another rousing outburst
of applause.
In the absence of Judge McPherson
the toast "Nisi Prlus," with the theme
"Delay of Justice Is Injustice," was
assigned to Hon. Addison Condor, of
Willlamsport. He contented himself
with n very apt story, which provoked
no end of laughter.
THE LAWYER-EDITOR.
"The Bar in Journalism" was the
toast assigned to Colonel Frank J. Fltz
slmmons. In Introducing Colonel Fltz
slmmons, Judge Edwards read the
theme.
"I slept In an editor's bed last night,
When no other chanced to be nigh,
And I thought as I tumbled the editor's
bed,
How easily editor's lie."
He also read the following poem, the
authorship of which he refused to give:
(Based on a Reported Case.)
An editor-lawyer once before the court
was cited
To answer to a charge of libel he'd In
dited, In which he hud truducert the Judge and
his decision
And suld It was of luw und Justine s
perversion,
The Judge, In voice Indignant and with
firm demeanor,
Addressed the oulptit, saying: "Sir! your
llagrant enor
A crime Is which deseives the swiftest
' condemnation;
COLONEL FRANK J. FITZSIMMONS.
He Combines the Honest Lawyer and Ve-
iiicious Newspaper Man.
personal. It does not concern the public
how a man conducts himself at the bar or
how he gets into journalism. When I
was Informed of the toast to which I was
to respond tonight another member of the
committee Mr. Torrey told' me that
while discussing the city solleitorshlp with
a South Side councilman recently the lat
tei said that an editor once got into a
lawyer's bed and quieted the awakening
sleeper's apprehensions by remarking,
"how easily we lie together."
What application the story had on the
eve of the election of the city's legal lep
rcsentatlve I will leave to Inference. My
knowledge of law and journalism was not
acquired from books; my greatest law
suit was against myself, I was charged
with blackening the reputation of a
Democrat by publishing that he voted for
a Republican. While I employed eminent
counsel, yet I was not idle myself. 1
have often smiled since when they hinted
for their fees by telling me It was a close
cas,e. There was a man on the Jury who
lived In Hyde Purk; be was an Insurance
agent. He culled on me the night before
the verdict and told me that tlie plTje of
libel ty was a policy. I said to him that
I heard It the other way thai honesty
wus the best policy. He replied that an
epigram was as forceful as a maxim.
A DANGEROUS POSITION.
1 tiled to get lid of him by saying that
there wns a law against a person charged
with libel becoming Insured; he replied
that such a luw unlike the license law,
could be successfully violated, as the pre
mium was all that was then necessary. I
was acquitted, but never got the policy,
and I don't now regiet It, as 1 have since
learned he repiesented Tim O'Leury'.s In
surunco company. But aside with levity.
The sentiment assigned is too brimful of
thought nnd too suggestive of elaborate
tieatment to iccelve more than a passing
word on such an occasion. May an honest
bar ever elm to assist Justice to prevail
and its civilizing inlluences spread until
all of Uod's children, under every sky of
the universe, recognize Its grandeur, re
spect Its design and acquiesce In Its ad
ministration. May high-minded and progressive Jour
nalism never forget its noble mission. May
It ever seek the ideal ill its course for
the Information and education of the
musses, and never cease to uphold the
true and discourage the false. Side In
side with lav.- mny It ever Journey along
lime's highway and may the cry of an
aicliy never disturb or triumph over tho
one, and the power of avarice never thwart
or weaken the other. Law and journalism
twin agencies for good may their po
tency ever exist to guide, protect, liustruct
and edify mankind on Its ceaseless and
noiseless march toward eternity.
"The Bar In Politics" wns responded
to most aptly and eloquently by Major
Everett Wurren. The sentiment wns:
"It don't ask much gumption to pick out
a Haw,
In a party whose leaders are looso In the
Jaw.
Never say iiothin' without you're com
pelled to,
An' then don't say nothln' that you can
be held to."
'IIE BAR IN POLITICS.
Major Warren after some witty
sallies, aimed at one or the other of his
follows, said:
The subject given me. gentlemen, Is
rather large for an evening crowded, as
this hus been, wdth many themes und most
delightful speaker. It recalls an Inci
dent of college days when the sententious
professor of rhetoric sulci to me: "Sir,
your time Is three minutes, your subject
tho 'Immorality of the Soul," " snd I am
afraid my discussion of It will be as un
sutlsfactory us was the c'ock of a man
who remarked to a caller, complimenting
him upon Its appearance: "Well, that
clock mny look all light, but R gets
things terribly mixed. 1 have had It for
a year or two and the only thing 1 huvo
been ablo to make out of It Is this: When
ever the hands point to twalvo and the
clock strikes two, It Is exactly twenty
mlnutC3 to seven." ,
An the law controls nil tho relations of
life, regulates Internatlo.ial dlsnutcs and
settles tho rights undredrrvsrs the wrongs
of all classes and conditions of men, its
tiue disciples aro bound to be most Im-
MAJOR EVERETT WARREN,
Told ills Fellows Why Lawyers Should
He Pi olid of Their Piofesslon.
fessors nnd Instructors. In revenge, It Is
raid, the council of the church In that city
decreed that no lawyer could enter the
kingdom of heaven. "This anathema," a
distinguished lawyer and politician of the
state of New Vol k has said, "the lawyers
have lequlted, for they have converted
the nations from the Hell ot arms to the
Heaven of arbitration."
LAWYERS AND SLAVERY.
Bow many years were the statesmen of
England trying to protect the guarantee
they made us to shivery In tlie West In
dies? It was advocated by the merchant
men, the traders, the politicians of all
parties. Lord Manslleld knew the prom
ises of the government and the Immense
sums of money Involved In the mainten
ance of that policy, but suld he: "Since
the question Is before me flat justltla mat
coelum; a slave cannot breutho the air of
England." Then was human slavery
doomed, not only In English dependencies,
but all over the world. And Wendall Phil
lips said that Mansfield's utterance was
the aboltlonlst's battle cry for freedom.
In the time of Hlackstone there were
one hundred and sixty crimes for whl'dt
people could be put to death. The prac
tical legislation by which today there are
only two, and they treason nnd murder,
wus placed upon the statute books by the
humanity of lawyer statesmen ot both
England and America.
As 1 read history the political mission
of the United States hus so far been
wrought out by Individuals, and possibly
terrltoilnl conditions. Four men of un
equalled genius have dominated our cen
tury und molded the thought of the Re
public. They are Hamilton, Jefferson,
Webster, Lincoln, and they weie ull atv
yers. It was as a law student in the olllce of
Ceorge Wyeth, Thomas Jelferson learned
how to write the Decluratlon of Inde
pendence. In that same olllce Chief Jus
tice Marshall read law, and Henry Clay
wus his prlvute secretary.
Hi eat as were tlie lives and precious the
niemoiles of Washington und Greene and
Knox and Putnam, they simply struggled
in the Held to maintain the Pleas of Jef
ferson embodied in tho first state paper
of America, our Declaration of Rights,
Alexander Hamilton was not u great
lawyer, although he settled the law of
Libel and the liberty of the Press, lie
was a greater linancler. however, than
Gouvenler Morris and he lived to found
the fiscal system of the states he did so
much to knit together In one body politic.
To Daniel Webster, the greatest lawyer
of his time, we owe the nutioiial Idea.
Jackson could threaten to hang the ntilll
tlers. Calhoun did not fear him, but Cal
houn trembled in his chair In the senate
when he beard Webster answer his col
league from South Carolina and announce
"that other continent dear to every
Aineilcun heart, liberty and union, now
ami forever, one and Inseparable." That
was the sentiment that rallied tho liberty
loving people of this land when treason
threatened to tear the stars from our
ling. And Abraham Lincoln, of blessed
memory, the masterful creation of tlie
West, the leader of the bar of Illinois, he
lived and died that "government of the
people by the people and for the people
should not perish from the earth."
Ours Is and always has been a govern
ment eontiollod by lawyers. De Tocque
vllle said In this fact lies Its greatest
claim to stability and expansion. The
profession has furnished three-fourths of
our piesddcnls; it has filled the cabinet
and the councils of the nation.
LAWYERS AND AMERICA.
Charles Francis Black, Chief Justice
walte, William n. Evurts in the Geneva
arbitration did mole for America and Its
future than can ever be estimated. The
duty of a lawyer to his profession and his
state compels him to be a polltlcluu; I do
not mean an olllce-bolder.
To the discussion nnd direction of pub
lic affairs the Uar. us u French writer hus
said, "bilngs a spirit of tolerution and lib
erality, a quickness of apprehension, a
hatred ot arbltrury power, un Intellec
tual culture, a knowledge of men pos
sessed by no other profession In an equal
degree."
There Is a fallacy current on men's lips
against which 1 distinctly and earnestly
protest. It is said when the members of
the state legislature, or even of the na
tional congress, are classified by num
bers, that there ure too many lawyers
among them. 1 maintain that for the
public good there are not nearly lawyers
enough. It depends, of course, u good
deal on what sou call u lawyer. No bet
ter evidence indeed could lie desired that
more lawyers are needed in making our
luws than Is afforded by the laws that
nre actually made. Examine the biennial
volumes of Pennsylvania. And say then
how much, If any, work Is there which
seems to you as If It could have come from
tho baud of a Jurist. There Is no work
which a lawyer can do for his commun
itynone, 1 suppose, that any man can do
that can surpass in beneficence the woik
of making more Just, more clear or more
sure the laws under which his fellow-men
are to live.
Of the English Statute of Fraud, in
drawn, nwkwaid and confused as It wus,
a great Judge said ninny years ago:
"Every line was worth u subsidy."
I'pou the orderly and Just development
of luw, civilization icsis. And the law
whose sect Is In tho bosom of God, the
law which has brought the world so far
since the dawn of history toward that
"Far off, divine event, to which the whole
i rent Ion moves,"
"The Sovereign Law the States collected
will,
"O'er thrones and globes elate,
"Sits Empress, crowning good, repress
ing ill."
CALLS FOB ORLADV.
This exhausted tlie toast list but the
Inwytrs were not satisfied. They want
ed mine talking nnd they wanted Judge
Orlady to do some of It. in response to
calls of "Orlady" and a request of tho
toastmaster, Judge Orlady responded
with a few timely remarks, and a good
story. Ho expressed his graltude for
thu, kindness of the Lackawanna bar in
entertaining him nnd hl.s associates in
so hospitable a maimer, and also took
occasion to express his kindly appreci
ation of the generous treatment the
Superior court judges had. received at
tlie hands of Scrantonlans In general.
In gypsylng around the state, he
said, and studying the bars of the
various counties, the youth of members
of tlm Lacl-.aw anna bar had struck him
an vtJte phenomenal. It Is u distinc
tively young bar. but It had neverthe
less succeeded In making the city and
county known throughout the length
and breadth of the commonwealth,
The law Is a Jealous mistress, he
Rooms Inspected Ycstcrdm by llonul
nf Control Olliciuls.
The night school committee nnd sev
eral other members of the board of
control formally Inspected tho new
chemical labratory and looms at the
High school building yesterday morn
ing. There were piesent President O. B.
Schrlefer, of the board, and of the com
mittee: Chalrinun F. L. Wormser, W.
S. Langstnff, John Devnnney, V. J.
Welsh und T. J. Jennings. Others In
the party were Superintendent of
Schools Howell. Secretary Fellows, of
board of control; Controllers Francois,
Casey, Jacobs, Barker nnd Gibbons.
The labratory proper comprises three
rooms on the top lloor of the building.
There are three rooms, one for lectures
nnd demonstrations with seats and arm
rests for eighty pupils, an apparatus
room nnd an experiment room. About
$2,000 wns recently expended In equip
ping nnd arranging the rooniH for
chemical purposes. The teacher of
chemistry is Professor A. II. Wells, a
graduate of Lafayette college.
If the llaby Is Cutting Teeth.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success, It
soothes tho child, softens the gums.
allays all jmln, cures wind colic and la
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold
by druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure and call for "Mrs. Wlnslow's
Soothing Syrup," and take no other
iclnd. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
SURPRISING WEEK.
More bargains. More opportunities
to buy desirable goods at sacrifice
prices. More value for little money
than ever before.
OIJK JANUARY SALE
Is stilt drawing tlie shoppers. Janu
ary is a particularly good month for
Hood bargains in any of the depart
ments mentioned below, for the sim
ple reason that the volume of our
stock is such as to positively compel
us to cut it down before our spring
Hoods arrive. Wc haven't an inch of
space to spare.
SILKS AND DKKSS (JOOI)S.
75 pieces doublo fold plidd dress goods, 8c kind
Clearance Sale 1'iicc, no
All of our 40c dress goods In one lot,
Clearance Sale Price, 27c
75 pieces silk velvets, price all season has
oeea use.
Clearance Sale Price, UUc
BLANKETS, C0MF0UTS AND
WHITE GOODS.
500 pair of blankots, prlco ranging from
75c. tip
350 bed comfortB, prlco ranging from
8!)c. up
25 pieces yard wide, printed cambric, 8c kind
Clearance bale Price, no
CLOAKS, JACKETS, ETC.
100 Ladles' Kersoy ,Tsckcts,shlcld fronts, storm
collar, worth $4.00,
Clearance Sale Price, $1.1)8
CO) Ladles' Kornsy Capes, Inlaid volvot collar,
velvet, braid and button trimmed, full
swoop, worth 2.50.
Clearance Sale Price. 98c
100 Lndies' Figured Brilliantino Skirts, 4
yards wide, vulvfteoii faced, ull tho nowost
paterns. worth S'JM,
Clearance Sale Price, $1.79
LADIES' UNDEKWEAK.
Ladles' llualln Drawors with clmtorof tucks,
regular price 25c,
Clearance Sale Price, 17c
Ladles' Cambric Corset Covers, hlch neck,
triinuiud with embroidery,
Clearance Sale Price, 121c
.MEN'S FURNISHINGS.
100 dozen Men's Extra Heavy Scaralos3 Socks,
wortli 10c n pair.
Clearance Sale Price,
4 Pairs for 25c
CSdozon Men's and Boys' UnUundrled Shirts,
doublo front and back.slze Hi to If, worth 5ilc,
Clearance Sale Price, 3Uc
VALL1JY RAILROAD
TK.M.
Anthracite Conl Used Exclusively Insur
Iiik Cleanliness und Comfort.
IN Mt-'l-'liCT NOV. IB. 1S90.
TUAINS LKAVK SCHANTON".
l-'or Philadelphia nnd New York via D.
A H. It. It. at 0.45, 7,45 a. m 12.05. 1.20. 3.3J
(llluek IMiunoiid lCxpress) and 11,30 p. in.
Kor l'lttstoii and Wllkes-Hurre via. 1).
L. & W. H. It., G.00, 8.03, 11.20 n. in., 1,53
3.40, 0.00 and S.47 p. m.
Por White Haven, Hazleton, Pottsvlllc,
and principal points in the conl rcKlons
Via Li. & H. It. It., 0.45 a. m 12.05 atiil Ml
P. in,
l'or Ilethlehem, Knston, Ilemling, Hnr
HvbtirK and prlnclpnl Intel mediate stn
lions via D. & II. It. II., 0.45, 7.45 a. in.,
12.0j, 1,20, 3.33 (lllack Diamond Express),
4.11 and 11.30 p. in.
Kor Tunkhntinock, Townndn, Rlmlrn,
Ithaca, Geneva nnd principal Intcrmedlato
stutlons via D., L. & W. ll, H COO, 8.08,
0.55. a. in., 12.20 and 3.40 p. in.
Kor Geneva, Rochester, llulTulo, Ninjrnrni
'.. ', ""-"K" mm uii poinis weai vm w
.V II. 11. Il 7.45 a. m 12.05, 3.33 (I!
(Black Dia
mond Express). fl.&O und 11.30 n. m.
l'ulliuiiii parlor and bIpi-pIiii; or Lehigh
ulley i chnlr curs on all trains between
Wllkes-Uarro and New York, Phlladel.
phlu, llufTalo and Suspension Hrlde.
ROLLIN H. WILHUR, Clen. Slipt.
CIIAS. H. LIOE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Phlta.,
Pu.
A. V. NONNEMACHER, Absc. den
Puss. AKt.. South Uethlehem. Pa.
Scranton Olllce, 300 Lackawanna uvenue.
Del., Lacka. and Western,
Effect Monday, October 19, 1SD0.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex
press for Now York and nil pointB East,
1.40, 2.50, 5.15, 8.00 and a.65 u. ill.; 1.10 and
3.33 p. in.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Philadel
phia and the South, 0.15, 8.00 and 9.55 a. in.,
1.10 and 3.33 p. m.
Washington and way stations, 3.45 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 0.10 p. m.
Express for IlliiBliiinitoii, Osweso, El
mlrn. Corning, Hath, Dunsvllle, .Mount
Morris und Huffulo, 12.20, 2.35 a. in,, nnd 1.53
P. in., niukliiK close connections at Huffulo
to all points in tho West, Northwest an4
Southwest.
Hath accommodation, 9.15 a. m,
HlnKhamton and way stations, 1.05 p. m.
Nicholson uceommodatlon, 5.15 p, m.
HIiiKhumton and Elmlra express, 5.C3
P. m.
Express for Utlca. and Richfield Springs,
2,35 a. in. and 1.55 p. in.
Ithaca 2.35 and Uuth 9.15 a, m., and 1.53
n. m.
Por Northumberland, Plttston, Wilkes
Hurre, Plymouth, Hloomsburg and Dan
ville, making: close connection at North
umberland for Willlamsport, Harrlsburg,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and Intermediate sta
tions, COO, 9.55 a. in., and 1.55 and COO p. m.
Nantlcoke and Intermediate stations, 8.03
nnd 11.20 a. m. Plymouth and intermediate;
stations, 3.10 and 8.47 p. m.
Pullman parlor und sleeping" coaches on
all express trains.
Por detailed Information, pocket tlmo
tables, etc., upply to M. L. Smith, city
ticket office, 328 Lackawanna avenue, ot
depot ticket olllce.
Complete
Outfitters.
That Is what we claim to
bo, and wo feel assured when wo say this,
thoro are no articles of men's furnishings that
wo do not carry la htoc-k. Vn are belling one
of tho best shirts in town for ?1.00. You need
only woar one In ordtr to convince yourself of
the excellence of its fit and quality.
CONRAD,
HATTER and FUltNISIIEU
TH E
M0QS1C POWDER CO.,
ROOMS I AND 2, COnVLTH B'L'D'Q,
SCRANTON, PA.
I
JAMES MOIR,
I
Central Hallrond of New Jersey.
(Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.)
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur
ing cleanliness und comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 15. 18W.
Trains leave Scranton for PlttBton,
Wllkes-Harre, etc., at 8.20, 9.15, 11.30 a. m.,
12.45. 2.00, 3.05, 5.O0, 7.10 p. m. Sundays 9.00,
a. m., 1.00, 2.15, 7.10 p. m.
For Atlantic City, 8.20 a. Hi.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
8.20 (express) a. m.. 12.45 (express with Buf
fet parlor cur), 3.05 (express) p. m. Sun
day, 2.15 p. m. Train leaving 12.45 p. m,
arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Terrnln
al, 5.22 p. m. and New York 6.00 p. m.
For Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethle,
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, 8.20 a. m.,
12.45. 3.05. 5.00 (except Philadelphia) p. m.
Sunday, 2.15 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., al
S.20 a. m. and 12.45 p. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrlsburg,
via Allentown, 8.20 a. m., 12.45, 6.00 p. m.
Sunday, 2.15 p. m.
For Pottsvllle, 8.20 a. m., 12.45 p. m.
Returning leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street. North River, at 9.10 (express)
a. m., 1.10. 1.30, 4.15 (express with BuIteB
tMiclrt,. mirl ,1 m SlindttV. 4.30 11- m.
Leave Philadelphia. Reading Terminal,
9.00 a. in., 2.00 and 4.30 p. m. Sunday, 6.23
a. m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application In ad
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
Gen. Pass. Agt.
J. II. OLIIATTSEN, Gen. Supt.
MING AND BLASTING
DER
MADE AT MOOSIC AND RUftE
DALE WOItKB.
Hu Moved to Hli New Quarter.
402 Lackawanna Avenue.
Entrance on sldo noxt to First National
Bank. He has now in a
n
Comprising overytlihiB reqnlslto for fine
Merohant Tailoring. And tho 8m can
be shown to advantage in his splen-
dlaly fitted up rooms.
I
A SPECIAL INVITATION
le Bxtended to All Headers of The Trib
une to Call on "OLD RULIABLB" In Hli
New Business Home
LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO'S
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Llectric Batteries, Electric Exploders, for OS'
plodlug blasts, Safety Fuse, und
Repauno Chemical Co. 's
man
iiXPLosivns.
23JCK fr, ur.
- lull,' NY 'A'i.l
u ma rs
1st Day.
ICtii Day
THE GREAT
RAILROAD COMPANY,
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS
MATCMLliSS IN liVHRY PBATIIRB.
CALIFORNIA. .
Three tours to CALIFORNIA and the
PACIFIC COAST will leave New York and
Philadelphia Jan. 27, Feb. 21, and Maivh
27, WSl. Five weeks In California on the
first tour, und four weeks on the seeond.
Passengers on the third tour may return
on, regular trains within nine mouths.
Stop will be made ut New Orleans for
Murdl-tlras festivities on the teeond tour.
Rates from New York, Philadelphia, and
points east ot Pittsburg: First tour.
$310.00; second tour. 4350.00; third tour,
$211.00 round trip, und JI50.0U one way.
n.OKIilA.
Jacksonville tours, allowing two weeks
In Florida, will leave New York and Phil
adelphia Jan. 20. Feb. 9 and 23, and Jlareh
9, 1897. Rate, covering expenses en route
In both directions, $50,00 from New Yoik,
und $18.00 from Philadelphia.
WASMINUTOX.
Tours, each covering a period of three
duys, will leave New York and Philadel
phia Feb. 11, March 11, April 1 and 22, und
Mnv 13. 1S97. Rates. Including transporta
tion and two days' accommodation at the
best. Washington hotels, ju.&o rrom New
York, and $11.50 from Philadelphia.
OLD POINT GOfvlFORT TOURS
RHTURNINO UIP.ECT OR VIA
RICHMOND and WASHINGTON,
will leave New York and Philadelphia
Dec. 20. 1S90. Jan. 2, Feb. 20, March 18, and
April 15, 11117.
RESTORES VITALITY.
1 1? ll Made a
J'A- Him
frefMWell Man
.rfJtaiK f.r
Ip? of Me.
30th Hay.
jeo.:E3:KrQ:o: 25.:ejive:e::d"S-
produces the uboi results lu'UO days. It acta
powerfully and quickly. Cures wneu all others tall
lotms; men will rc'cam their lost manhood, and old
liitu Mill rocoier their youthful vlKor by imluu
ItMVIVO. It quickly and burely restores Nervoui
ness, Lokt Vitality, Imiioteucy, Nightly EiulbSloii?,
Lost Power, Falllun Memory, Wasting Dlbeafes.and
all effects of Mdf-abuw) or escets and indiscretion,
v. hlch unfits one tor rudy, bmdncss or marriage. It
not only cures by t.'jartluc at tho teat ot d.icabo, but
lsaureat nvrifi tonlo and blood lmlhlor, brlug
luit back tho pink clow to rain cheek and re
btorlnu tho llro of youth. It wards off Insanity
and Consumption. Iublit on hailiiK ItlCVlVO.uo
other. It can bo carried in vet rocket, by mull,
IS 1 .00 per package, or elx forbS.oo, wlthn po-il
tlio wrlttou giinruntco to euro or refund
the money. Circular freo. Address
R0Y1L MEDICINE CO.. G3 IPvor St.. CHICAGO. ''
lor :ulo b .MATTHEWS HkUo., urai'
uist Ssrjuton, Pu.
DELAWARE AND
HUDSON TIME
TABLE.
On Tdonday, Nov. 23j
trains will leavo Scran
ton us follows:
For Carbondale 5.45,
7.55. 8.55. 10.15, a. m.J
12.00 noon: 1.21, 2.20, 3.52.
5.25, C.25, 7.57, 9.10, 10.30,
11.55 p. m.
For Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Bos
ton, New KiiKland points, etc. 5.45 a, m.;
" 0 p m.
'For Honesdale-5.45, 8.55, 10.15 a. in.; 12.00
noon. 2.20, 5.25 p. in.
For Wllkes-Uurre G.4a. 7.4j. S.4o. 9.3S,
10 45 a. in.; 12.05. 1.20. 2.28, 3.33, 4.11, 0.00.
7.50, 0.30, 11.30 p. m. ....
For New Yoik, Philadelphia, etc., vial
Lehigh Valley Railroad C.45, 7,45 a. m.;
12 05' 1.20, 3.33 (with Black Diamond Ex
press), 11.30 ii. in.
For Pennsylvania. Railroad points 43.43,
9.38 a. m.; 2.30, 4.41 p. m. -,,,,.
For western points, via Lehlfih alley
Rallroad-7.45 a. in.; 12.05, 3.33 (With BlacW
Diamond Express) 9.50, 11.30 p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton at follows!
From Caibondale and the north B, 10,
7 40 8 40, 9.31, 10.10 a. m.: 1?.00 noon; 1.05,
'r 3 25 4.37, 5.45, 7.45, 9.45 and 11.25 p. m.
"'Vroiu'WIlkes-Biirre und the south 5.40.
7 50 8.50, 10.10, 11.55 a. m.; 1.16. 2.14, 3.4S,
k22 0.21, 7.53. 9.03, 9.45. 11.52 p. m.
J W Hl'RDICK, a P. A. Albany, N. Y.
II. W. Cross, D. P. A., Scranton, Pa.
Erie and Wyoming Valley,
Effective Jan. 4, 1897,
Trains will leave Scranton for 'New
York Newbursh and Intermediate points
on Erie also for Hawley and local points,
at 7.05 a. m. and 2.2S p. m. ; nnd arrive from
above points at 10.33 a. m. and 9.38 p. m
SCKANTON DIVISION.
Ill lifted October 4tli, 1811(1.
North Hound.
houth Hound,
,203,2011 BOa,201
-a J Biauons la 8 a,
S JP. P .lllTrftlns Ilallv. -Ki.,8 g 2 b
a 155 I cept fiunday.) u ig a1
For detailed Itineraries and other In
foimatlou, apply at ticket aKencIes, or ad
dress Georso W. Uoyd, assistant general
pussenuor agent, Broud Street station,
Philadelphia.
Schedule In liffect November 15, 8?5.
Trains Leavo Wilkes-Darro as Follows
7.30 a. m., weok days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburp;, Philadelphia, Balti
more, WashinRton, and for Pitts
burp; and the West.
10.15 a. m., week days, for Hazleton,
Pottsville, Reading, Norrlstown,
and Philadelphia; and for Sun
bury, HarrisburtJi Philadelphia,
Baltimore, WashinRton and Pitts.
burR and the West.
3.16 p. m., weok days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburp Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and tho Wont.
3.15 p m., Sundays only, for Sun
bury, HarrisburR, Philadelphia,
and PittsburRand tho West.
B.00 p. m,, week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsville.
J. R. WOOD, den'l Pais. Agent.
S. Al. PUUVOST, Ueneral Manajsr.
e up MiArrlve Leave x it
. .. 7S5N. Y. Franklin st I 7 in ....
7 10 West 4nd street .... 7,H . ,.
"" 700 Weehawken ,...810 ....
" ' . . p ulArrlvo LeaveU Ml' 31
. .."..... ii511ancock Junction ai5j !T7
109 Hancock an ....
'" is mi Starlight sib, ...
PNH Preston Park ... 3 3l ....
1S40 Como a -tii ....
ia royntelle aw ....
,. 1314 Deltnont .... 2 58 ....
1208 Pleasant Mt. 3C6 ...
I115D Unlondale ... .ISC9, ...
1149 Forest city 3 19 ....
.... 5 M) 11 3t Carbondale 7011 83-il ...,
.... in itlfllKO White Bridge ,17 07.1888, ..
.... fii 13 fiiai Jlayflela f7 12 18 isl ...
.... U4IU23 Jerniyn 7 14 3 45).. .
....'CUIUS Archibald 7 2M351...,
....I 113211 1.1! Wlnton 723 364' . ..
...,0 281111 TeckVlllO 7271369, .
....'6281107 Olyptiant 732,404 ...
.... 0201105 FrtceburS 7841407 ....
.... 0181103 Throop 73(1 410 . ..
.... GlSdlO'S rrovlnencs ? 39; 1 tl ....
.... 812110671 Park I'laco 17 4W4 17I ...
... n 101055' scrafon 74V 4 cl ....
r mU Ml.oaTc Arrive x ut mi
k 11 l.nlnarlin ilftll V PlCcinC Hit nil V.
f. signifies that trains stop on signal tor pas-v
Eeugers.
hecurn rates via Ontario Western bettro
puictmslng tickets and eavo money Day nnd
Night Eipresstotho west.
J.C, Anncrson, Oen. Pass Agt.
T, Flltcrott, Dlv. Pass, Agt Bcranton', Pa
Houses for Sale and for Rent,
If you contemplate purchasing or leas
ing a hcrnsc, or want tu Invest In a lot,
see the lists of desirable property on
puge 3 of l he Tribune.