The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-15

tion is more personal to the officials than
advantageous to the interests of the man.
agement. lqf N-fffd fffl4t
Its tendency is to create privileged
class, and it undoubtedly tends to give
railroadf an undue political influence.
JUDICIARY.
The committee are aware that-s great
deal has been said outside Of the State
calculating to undermine confidence in
the judiciary of Vermont. 1t has all
grown out of the anomalous and unlor.
tunatc relation sustained by the Court
'or SO many years to those ebt-burleucd
roads. 1t may have been mistake,
even though consented to by the rcprc.
sentatives Of all the parties at he timc,
to have continued the old suit Of the VI.
and Canada vs.. the Vt. Central ind Su-
ltely in court, for any purpose other than
the speclfi, one named in the decree. Tho
legality of any subsequent orders or de.
crees which postponed or rendered more
diihcuit the realization of the end for
which alone receivership was created
has been questioned. BE this as it NAV.
the continuance of the case practically
converted the court into supervisors of n
business which they could not be supposed
TO understand, and made them responsible
in the eyes of complaining parties for
what the very representatives of those
parties had consented to.
faSorsiderable has been said about the
not hled be trustees and managers had
decree, but it snounts according to the
that during all that tin. borne in mind
the Courts attention to tfiv-tv called
Courts may well be supposed to presad
that their DEGREES are being fulfilled un.
til judicially informed to the contrary.
The fault Of the case is, that the Sc
curity-holders' who we're the real parties
to the cause, were widely scattered, ard
so long as they received their dividends
and heard favorable reports of the roads
they did not take the trouble to inquire
into the particulars. Nothing was done
IN court likely to affect their Interests
without the advice and consent Of their
representatives. If they were misreprc-
sented, how could the court interfere
without notice of that fact, and without
knowledge that any wrong was being
done We do not wish it understood that
the committee express any opiuion q, to
the conduct of the court in this part ar
case, and would only remark on the gen.
eral impoicy Of continuing for series Of
years in court cause which involves the
practical operation of the most import.
ant business interest in the State, partly
because the court j. so liable TO be IN
volved by it in whatever suspicious may
be attached to others, partly because We
do hot deem it the business Of any branch
of his Government to conduct, except lor
the shortest possible time, anybody pri-
vate aifiir' but mostly because the court
is that very tribunal alluded to in the
Constitution, before which ercry person
Fought 10 obtoin right ami jn.iicc freely,
and without being obliged to purchase it |;
completely aud without any denial;
promptly and without delay, conformably
to the laws .I....i-.a4 .l.
In conclusion. the committee would
express their high appreciation Of tho
gravity auu iihporlancc Oh tne uulieS I'M
posed upon them. and would commend
the careful perusal of the testimony to
tho Legislature and people Of Verulo,.t.
d. r. BAILEY, } Senate ...
JACOB EsrEY, : Committee -
j. NJ. BARTLETT, ! ..,.....f
l.ovELAND MuNsoN House
p. p. PlrKIN, Committee.
JOSIAH GRoUT, JR.