, 1865-10-13
Bar Meeting.
Oct. u, l

AT a meeting of the members of the bar of the
1st Judicial District of w. T., held in Walla
Walla City on Tuesday, Oct. 10th, 1865,
Judge Mix was called to the Chair, and A. J..
Cain appointed Secretary.
On motion, Messrs. w. G. Langford, L. J. s..
Turney and S. B. Fargo were appointed a com
mittee to draft resolutions expressive of the
sense of the meeting and report on the following
day.
AT meeting held on Wednesday, Oct. llth,
1865, pursuant to adjournment, the following
report was received and adopted:
To the Honora5Je The members of the Bar of the
First Judicial District, ". T.: GENTiEMEN-You
committee, to whom was assigned the duty of
drawing resolutions expressive of your views and
feelings growing out of the failure of his Honor,
J. E. Wyche, to hold term of the U. S. District
Court in said District on the first Monday of this
instanti according to law beg leave to report
the folOWing
Resolyed, lst. That the Hon. J. E Wyche has
been guilty Of gross official negligence in thus
failing to hold the October term of the District
Court, and in having wholly failed to reside in
the District, as required by law, and through
that negligence mas injured many private sutors
and prevented the administration of public JUS
tce.
ID That such failures Of Judicial affairs, pro-
duce greet public hardships, and beget feeling
ofcontempt for law and order; and lead to riots,
bloodshed and anarchy.
3D. That, owing to the repeated neglect of du-
ty on the part of our indges, our peculiar geo.
graphical position, the total dissimilarity in the
manners, customs and pursuits of the inhabi-
iants of this valley and those of The Puget Sound,
and the great distance Intervening between the
two sections, it would be to the interest of both
sections of this Territory to attach that part Of
Washington Territory bounded on the North and
East by the Columbia and Snake Rivers cOnst-
tuting Walla Wala County, and embraced in the
boundaries as defined in the Constitution of Or
egon as voted for by the people-to the State of
Oregon.
-4th. That such change would thl ow the whole
of Walla Walla Valley into one County and State
jurisdiction, and thus prevent thieves, counter
feiters, robbers and murderers from fleeing from
side to side of the line that now unfortunately,
divides this valley.
9Th. That in view Of the foregoing cOnsidera-
tions, we solicit our fellow-citizens of Walla
Wala County to assemble in Mass Meeting at
the Court House, in the City of Walla Wala, on
Wednesday; the 8th instantj at l clock, P. NJ
for the purpose of adopting such measures as the
exigences of the case and our interests and the
public welfare may require
9th. That in the event the Congress Of the
United States neglect refuse to attach this
valley to the State of Oregon, we, as members
of the Bar most respectfully submitj for consd-
Grafton Of the proposed mass meeting, the pro-
prety Of petitioning His Excellency Andrew
Johnson; President of the United States for the
removal of the Hon. J. E. Wyche and the ap-
pointment of some competent lawyer, who re-
sides among us, in his stead'
7th, That the poceedings Of this meeting be
published in the next issue of the WELLA WAIIK
STATEsMAN, and that every citizen of Walla Wal
la County, who feels an interest in the public
welfare, be, and is hereby invited to attend the
Mass Meeting on Wednesday the 18th instant.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
w G. DANGFoRDy
L. j. S. TURNEY, Committee.
S. B. EARGo
Meeting adjourned,
JAS. D. MIX, Chairman.
A. J. CAIN, Secy.
Walla Walla, Oct. 11th, 1865.