, 1869-06-30
JUSTICE COURTS.


ana NOE EAC*s
! To Tie Editor n The Chicago 7Tilune:
Your IL ader Of yesterday morning on "Justsee
Courts Of Chicago" IS most timely. The actual
faults in the present sy6tem Of the administration
OF 1ustice IN these co1rts can hardly be e1ag-
geratee.: --.,
The remedy Wtll not oe fooad in giving more
attention to the selection Of magistrates Some
OF those that ne have are mcBt excellent meu
bile It Is true that Win the larger part OF them,
1t would be Hdiculous h1urdsr to call them courts
OF justice. .
The Inherent vice Of The system Is that the
Magistrate Is Paid BY the ices In the cases brought
BEFORE him. This dreadful biunder appears to q
limited extent IN the organization of some OF the
higher courts But to the Gaze of Justices Courts
the fact Is that The plaintiffs bring TO the nag1a
trate the cakes out OF WhlG " gets his df1a9s
Hence the scene that VIE klans.cted On the West
Side the other daJ-~Judglaent for tho plaintiff,
anyway" -.-
This sJstGm works the -, results wherever
tired, The party, be ne laN -.s or ptatutth that
brtnss the e.ses, controls the magistrate "Judg-
uent for the pl.lnttd Is ih. ENa&table rule with
an the maQisuates who ca be corrupted b9
money consideration.
me remedy wtl1 be foua1 u organizing this
whole MAGISTRATE brs.nr-,, in the large
cities, into one Of TWO courts. having the same
jurisdiction, and By paying the magistrates es.ars
instead Of Jees letting the fses go INTO tne tits
Treasury. ..
With such an organization, fou1, OF. at the most,
six men could DO at the magistrate business that
will a1ise tn this city during the next twenty-five
years Such court would laye tern every
week, with calendar for taat yeek- Thete womb
be no waiting an hour for L parties Able ana
good men might he found % du the o11ias3 The
business would Re done with system and despatch.
The fees paid tneo the 1IeaE1y would pay the
btla, without cprTupttnX the magistrate.
This System has been long in operation, with per
feet SUCCESS, In Boston, and IN the larger NeF
England rowns and cities \ few Jears ago, and
perhaps 5et three magistrates Lid all this kind Of
bns'aesE fa- Boston, ant dI. Il well And one Of
thetl at that, Was engaged all the time on tae
cc.m1al side Of the court; 50 that really two
magistrates did all the civ. bzssness within tie
or,imazy jurisdiction ora Justice OF the Pesce II
the city Of Boston-
viii it not b well Tosth our while to Try 30
simple an experiment II constitutional changes
are needed, those can be obtafued at the neu con-
veuttou 1o1 that purpose Index.
Tho Anne1nticn Movement In NoEa
,SeoHn-
Frons The Montreal H..n<ss, Juss T..
-7he more eKnaAe number Of the Eepeai parry
have resolved on eer1lng out openly y; rayor OF
aDnestng u.tg Sosa Ssoaa, to I'll the United states. Y
satd. Is to be aa1hlsded, for the purpose Of adyo
eating aud giving eject to this policy. We do not
consider. tins movement Oh the part Of the dsaf-
1ected Nova Senttans worthy sf:1otice on account
rlIshfng tne end conteI plated. But He regard
the. zGatadoa Of this taestlon q calulafad
70 Be productive oi >Tn IN ..1eepinS q4
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