Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1916, Page 23

(‘ BT R e Sk, GV 4 { \ VOD: XLV-—NO, - 47. 49 1 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1916 g | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE | PART THREE MAGAZINE PAGES ONE TO SIX — SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Ygfl ‘ > 4 to the Supreme Court | ( for Home By U“DWARD BLACK, IERE are three red-létter days in the life of a lavycr: tne advent of hir slon to the bai, his wedding day and s first appearance before the supreme court of the United Btates, Barristers ace glven to imperturba®i.ity and equanimity, but when one of them ret.rns from his malden .rij to the higlest court in fhe wsud he will tell you, if he is . man of verity, the: it takes a Danfel to face these nine justices for the Tirst time without fear and irembling. He nay assume a noachalant™ir, just for the benefit of thy home fulks, and spin comoe yarn about how he impressed the court and of the good iime he had down at ~dmls Wazhington, Don’t believe him, He is trying to “put one over on you.,” Look him over at least twice, f Preparedness {s the bhest word a lawyer knows when he goes to the supreme court. He mugt he prepared, because there will be nine palrg of trained eyes focused upon him. He is the mark and if he is not prepared he may prove to be an casy mark. To have a battery of judieial optics trained of one with levity., It is had that experience will tell I. is person is not an experience to treat a serious matter, as any lawyer who ha an ordeal w hu\n tries the souls of men and anything which tries the soul of a lawyer must he some thing apart from the everyday routine, These nine justices of this grea. court are there for the purpose of getting the facts and they manage be tween them to get the fact What one does not think of, the other does, and the lawver is divested of any inflation he may have brought to Washing ton withghin Stage Setting is Most Impressive I'he lawyer who to thig court for the first time find a » the ourt room w o f 12 o' the ¥ room oun per wving ousine 1is honor t the itat n ) eir at ¢ " 1 ) le 1 Yhod r | nd r nd " \ \ ’ 1at Al { He Studied the Marble Busts Consumption) ||, =, STARTING OFF THE ARRIVAL - what source, Going to the supreme court is not exactly like taking a week-end down at the coast,” said to have groatest And that from an attorney who i been unusually successful before (he tribunal in the land Some Things Must Be Presumed his anatomy against a desk, faccd Justice Brewer ind repliad ordinance before me and | reiterate that it just A good story i “Your honor, 1 have the franchise the told on Judge McHugh in con nectlon with ipreme court, 1t is said of him read that on a certain occasion he was told by the court as I have stated to you Justice Brewer agreed that Judge Baker had spoken the truth and nsel will presume that the court I8 versed in I'he was correct the fundamental law." judge is said to have That {8 the way Judge Baker tells 't replied That {s the mistake I made in the lower He tells the story just as if he were relaing the ourt.” It is doubtful whether a lawyer who would = tale of ““The Babes in the Woods" or “Little Red have the temerity to make sucll a reply to the RIding Hood.” The oftener the judge tells the the United State story the more he belleves it. In fact, ha would vould continue have us belleve he had the court going sideways ourt. The judge will not admit b » but the story 1t 18 sald of the judge that he did « vell on told snd has mon of legal Rossip that occasion, but he did not find it any pink-ten ¢ - affaly Judge Baker 18 a g i ler, any 1 ker, wnen he wa rporation counsel and always looks uy he optimintf ot r had ip » situation At i Appearances Are Sometimes Deceptive 1 was unat L ourt L pense of a prominent your ttorney ¢ Alone t ed. ot rehearsed his lawyer wan arguing the Dodge street » ¢ ! % case for a raillroad compan fte made th 1 ! of his Iife and felt he had earn o \ o paused for a few ne ee Whit beamed od § | Justices Became Very Inquisitive ; \ " of ’ P To Try a Case in the Supreme Court of t One Ambition of Every Lawyer Starting your ground, but for almost any lawyer the f appearance f Mr, Smyth something When Bryan Was Introduced b His First Case in U. S. Supreme Court Lawyers Facing that August Tribunal Never Forget the Experience irst of an ordeal stated His first appearance wns in January, 1807, n he \8 #worn in and was allowed to make a motlon. His presence before the court on that oc ¢ vas brief. His first appearance for an constderable time was during April of 1897, when he was attorne eneral of Nebraska. The case was the maximum rate ease and he had retained I. Bryar ting counsel Ir. Bryan to appear hefore that an \ lerable sang frold and Mr o hat heartened beesuss an 1} 1 of the law r in the rep! M o Humor of the Chief Justice ) . W) | | ne united States 18 1 l : \ vl\ | His Career., hat | s What Gives Special Interest to the Recollection of These Successful Omaha Lawyers of Their Initial Appearance Be- fore that Body and of What the Robed Ji 1stices Did to Them | ing. 1 remarked that there was only one other the one then being heard and the We disc suggested that my case ourt would grant case hetween case [ was waiting for ussed the matter in a friendly way and I would not be long delayed if the an extenslon of timeon the case at that time being heard ‘What, grant an extension of time on Friday afternoon wsked Justice White, hig mammoth personality rocking with laughter I'ne supreme cour. likes to hear a man who knows his case and it takes the position that a man has no business there unless he does know I continued Mr. Smyth J recall an inel dent involving an Omaha lawyer Justi Rrewer asked this lawyer a ques hieh the lawyer Ane " A 1 the guestion right,' * t He And t the Omaha vith the Earned First Big Fee in Supreme Court suprems iows lings, " g eanily - Trew aup- sive, bt 11 made FANAL i,