Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-16 | Page 7 | Lawyers in Politics-Why?

LAWYERS IN POLITICS WHY Wonder has often been expressed at the large per percentage percentage percentage of lawyers In active political life There are more lawyers than representatives of any other one profession or calling In congress So with the legisla legislature legislature legislature ture in most stales states So with every assembly which gathers its membership from the whole body of the people And nd the explanation seems a reasonable one Law Lawyers Lawyers Lawyers learn to make speeches They study the art at o of addressing assemblies They practice that dIfficult i thing called thinking on their feet And nd when oo oa caslon cas Ion arises they can give utterance rance to their Ideas Other menless trained in public speaking are at ata ata ata I a disadvantage They have Just as good Ideas as have havethe havethe havethe I the others but they cannot state their case in an effective manner The people who hear are not mind readers and nd cannot see what the diffident speaker is thinkIng what he is trying to ray rayAs say ay sayAs ayAs As a result the man who can state his case wins his point He is chosen to represent the people be because because because cause they have found that he can present argument that he Is capable of speaking in public that he can defend himself when attacked in an assembly that th t the he can make his own cause appear good It would be well for every young man to practice e public speaking Ho He need not choose the law for a profession But B t most young oung men are In some organ organIzation organIzation or other where speaking before an audience audiences Is s necessary Debating is an excellent practice but extempore speaking Is even better It fits a man to take care of himself It fits him to serve his fellows It prepares him for the occasion when worthy work works Is s demanded of him ImIn himin In which he cannot be successful If f he has not learned the ways of the public speaker 0