Word: attorney
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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John D. McLaughlin, formerly assistant district attorney for Suffolk County, will give a smoke talk on "Circumstantial Evidence" before the St. Paul's Catholic Club this evening at 8 o'clock in Holden Chapel...
...Montague, who holds degrees from Richmond College and the University of Virginia, is a practicing lawyer at Richmond. He was attorney general of Virginia from 1898 to 1902, and from 1902 to 1906 was governor of the state. As governor, he was a leader in Southern educational movements, and is now a member of the Southern Education Board. He introduced the legalized primary in Virginia, and has always been a leader in political reform...
April 11--Smoker: Mr. John D. McLaughlin, an attorney of the Corporation Council of Boston, on "Circumstantial Evidence...
...James F. Sweeney, of Boston, will deliver an address on "The Reflections of an Every-Day Lawyer" at the third smoker of the Catholic Club in Holden Chapel at 7.15 o'clock this evening. Mr. Sweeney is a prominent Boston attorney and is engaged as counsel for the Boston Elevated Railway. During the evening the Choral Society which the Catholic Club has recently organized will sing several songs...
...ready to face the situation. Existing conditions demand a remedy. Shall it be further attempts at regulation or municipal ownership? Three years ago, District-Attorney Jerome pledged himself to secure from these companies more efficient service, and although he was clothed with all the police powers of the city, he could accomplish almost nothing. All attempts at regulation have failed. The reason is manifest. Most of the franchises, owned by the street railway companies, are almost unconditional and practically perpetual. The only legal means by which the city can secure adequate control is to buy back the franchises. This means...