Show AN ATTORNEYS SERVICES what arc an attorneys services worth the question was asked by one who ha been following the ragan bankruptcy proceedings in which J D skeen a lawyer and at times a reformer presented a bill to judge patton acting as referee for for his services the judge who prior to ahls coming to ogdan wag one of the most prominent members of the bar of colorado and who Is a well balanced high minded gentleman must havo received somewhat of a shock aa he scrutinized tb charges for ho knows of at least a halt dozen attorneys who labor a good part of a year to obtain less tees and a majority 0 o them arc as capable and oven brighter than the subject under consideration had been employed a few days principally lu clerical work in the adjustment of tho accounts of the bankrupt institution so his charges were viewed by judge patton as beyond all justification and from the sum dwindled to it will bo recalled that this fellow instituted the councilman lc prosecutions ln which two out of the entire council of ten were singled out tor prosecution because the body had appropriated to itself extra pay tor extra work not provided for in the strict interpretation of the law the men ho selected to prosecute by the way were his enemies now what Is the difference between a councilman extra for services performed and a lawyer serving in a quasi public capacity attempting to wring a bankrupt and from the bankrupts creditors 00 more than a learned judge decides he Is entitled to receive judge patton has been congratulated for his sterling integrity he Is a lawyer and sees with a lawyers oyes ant ho could not bring himself to believe the work performed by and the charges were related it has been said that tho safest form of graft of which one comes in contact fg the mulching mulcting ting of a victim by a lawyer an attorney must be made of the right kind of material who when the opportunity is presented run his hands down into his clients pockets and tako the last dollar within his grasp for he has his victims hands tied and has less to fear in the law than had a sure thing roan in salt lake during the first administration 0 the american party the lawyer of conscientious scruples can be trusted to be fair and square he would undercharge rather than overcharge buethe grasping greedy follow knows no limit to his demands now we do not say that mr skeen attempted to graft or that he endeavored to put his hands in to the till of the ragan grocery but we do affirm that his estimation of what compensation his legal talent should bring and tho worth of that ability as measured by others are irreconcilable |