, 1874-12-26
CONSOLIDATION,
Shall the Supreme Court Settle at
Springfield?
Reply to Some of Tho Points Made by
Iudgc ElcAllister.
Crcntiuh OF Appellate Courts.

! c,,....,. 60,
"pse'M correspondence ol 7he Chicago Tribune.
nAlHoEToS, III, Doc. 2a.-Ibo subject Of con.
solidation OF the snrreme Court. ant1 kirdrod
tiuostong, layo been "a fu1]t iac,,sno1 H.. ~,
ru,nnx, ,,a,,, as1;,a..a,,.s 'y "'se'7oco III Ihs
snn,da,a. n, 'o,a eutoti"y asa through corro-
apoAuoneo' mat any tntahcr dssc''fslon might bo
oeo'nea suretllol1s but IL Ii possible to fiji un
ao'c littlo gaps iu tic cnao no iar us st urcsent
before tho nuh,,. '"' =" "' ''esen'
rim f,rst n~IM:' as,I',,: .,, ;
as a.. ~. ~. sN1e - tl"'' aPPcnroH on tlo subject
o,,onltv @ @ ~ lo,,an n,,n tnln9an o. uet 26. subso
aud then on tho I'll, Of November Tim q f,ar IT,
socisttou "ho1tt ,no.,;,,e -. ,,,,,.,. - ~,
Of ucon,;n1fna o,,,,.as''i's' w "n,en ING report
Of tho clano wns as,aa a;us,a 1'so''tloha IN favo;
tlas dtscsslon Inlge Lawrence. Buca1,tno from
hia personal oxuerioncc VIM, ~, H. 1,a.t tAo
tho Sunrcu,e Cnurt ut,toJ "e'.n y.
uas tho cnatom ,r H. 49,. s"ps,n."y lua' u
t,rns nd T,ro"a ,,a - oou,t 10 diSido 'tsolf into
."os "''u .nfeee' anu considor tho cascs brought
before tholn at each term of cou;t md
conclude among themselves. wrni aLor,,, :. ~.
general character of tho dcc,.,o =. ~, 10 tuo
In i,,, u l., n.eie'on Of LILO Court,
it'.In,' Htnnh ~ thpir IelSufo. Though this was
i1nrGGy 1mgGiy 'ruo Shoh Judge Lawrcnco Aat rs Clidf
'"'' ~
'rhe ;mn,cnu,tv 10 tEon ~ tLa ~ .e. InSoEn.
tho larrc ,u,ncr or 1'.u n punmesa oI sl'o Court,
fU1t 1n@, L. !.
r;na hsn " oo sieeaeu fnst as tLey
ti,o u tr+,, ~ Snu possla!lty ol th1a and, ut
No,,rt r"a;,.;. " oslaWs, instead Of tho
nsnni ~ thn ,.a .oio !lroe or 1our weoks aa
nnrond ~ ~ fta ~ lolt ior homo OIL tito
comrao !, +vh3oa. h'so. ,lunthMsht 70 Court III
~ rrn,o",,i .unaIis y e'lMent tnnt tho mode
Sor f. rhi Wnan shc1Shch IL m LITE IntnuSE (and
octuaiir nrsat;aa, ~ ~ ~ Antnoraty) IL thoono
eo,, ti,o pacs;eca toaay' "hatevef mdy haye
oeen tno Case III rue past.
,o ;i,u,t ~ VI The QUESTION OF RESIDENCE, !:
ian ron,i1as t 2 1T: IT, ~, o. rue Cnustitutlon Of
In ill., 'istr;ata ,l'. u; tG JuuEes ha' DO reAldana
y y ~, t'o u.s..css N wnleh they arc elected but
~ NV % rsJtoaou fuasohaatl9n should be effected,
cnuy monld propaoly ho Do tacto residents Of
,,ppt aaIlns t1or term Or Office, though
'cH II 'Gea@ haa has sict iocai hanitasion"
Inc caango would involve
r. @ eHEAiIH 1.. VI. EAPEssE TO t1rioASTs.
- caao iIoln Cincaso the only additional OK
Iiouso M "Gtu bo aooAt - extra railroad faro, aud
facs tat nv thero po III WEI for by the
nM ss snat tuelo nlo nosels III springfield rharblhg
ta pos 1uy, 1n'to as good ~ the Clifton at OF
tu"h, Wlliio ae Aohht Porhon thoro III literally no
acsoml1naaslon !' to 20 1au Which any fair-mluded
aaIa m,an "onlt ao)auGe to on worth 1noro tLan 50
ee9th = aay.
Anothar objection TINT las been strongly
nlSou ~ that tae supreme Court Practice would
peGoho vested III Tow individnnls. It is dill
Gnt ,2 eoneelse thas there ca'l DO any clnserit1
t4ae EOAlltof MILO Gttenu 20
cas- cases in tho Supreme Court arc almost inyaria-
ply tho same who Intended to thom in the courts
below. True 1t 10 that aomotimes m lnfcror
iawyor finds ho has case Of vast Importance on
, nls nanus ana then. II he DO an honest lawyer
TO- 70 retain additional and moro ominent counsel;
nat nlt th,a ia no moro frequent in tho Supreme
Coart tnan on ehc trial III tho inferior court.
naYlng tnua cleared away aone OF the smaller
4aGstlons Nitcn haVo accumulated In tho courss
u NieEu8HlUt1t
THE LETTERS OF JUDGE M'ALI1sTEn
suggest aome poluts worthy OF noticing.
InAs tho bua1hesa or tho Supreme Court ia
gno.mous ~ as 10, no ono VII doubt that the Judges
~, ~ IVY eu!oy any slneeufe No ollo can gainsay.
nut ~. ~ plopaD'y true that tho increase OF lti
Hata on uoos not vary much IN proportion to tha
~ tuct c"so y! Wea!tu, tfadof ana Industry In our
otaIe' ,s - tnla pe 30. thoro ls nothing to bd
IGss a9s'a. Iero @ IL cue point upon which Judge Nc
t1,a t aoes noE suem 20 nave reflected md
tnat n tnat among tho most prolific Causes OF
-, @ arc 'ho 3feauent ana radical changes
nnor1an ,s ~ Ie.u t ~ satu!eeaness OF want OF
noM.go r1';"h on tno pars or tno authors OF them,
winch Hlahea ttetr meaning doubtful Rnd re-
lulrcs construction to bo put upon them by
fsH oi 40 court ~ u ~. trao that fully
Rod thore for thin n,1rnoaa5 '''' oot' 1'e eAt-
70 tx an amount below which, ANNALS conno,
1,;a r;a., NUM- ~ ue!n'so TUG poor man OF
nls a rsghls' suroiy, II any one needs the pro-
loSt1ulk VI kl!lp LfiDllnQl 1t
The man Of slow legrce." ind not tho million
afro or tho Hgou)less corporation.
That n rront n,unu
,s ~ s+,, n.c,~,,
in which no principle Of Inv il invotved cor.
before this a,lgust BODY, is nrobahly trne o9 and
whether tho fnt be with t1e 1nwyare ~ ritt III.
Lho judges or ID attrihutnho cnirafv ~ ~ VIZ ,hn
present. inolo Of ustructing 1urios ia not necas. s
,ary to sattlo hero: Tho rront fot rcn,aina tn9
majority Of tho casos ara Tevcracd enj "4As ~
thus domonstrntnc tho nccoaat,. Nv
lo appoal. '''o "'eo''''' Ao1
Yllat tic Supreme Court cannot la ;,cro,sod
IN numbers lior tlo rroyainns ~ tAo nrosan,
Constitution iu fact: and Il NAV bo t1ouhf"I
shetlor, il tho power existed It yom1i Ip ha nrol
iuctiyo Of any good results IN cycrca" y w iut
ho Constitution does proyi.lo 'NS'e e''' ''' t'uS
REMEpY
IoA!iistor, in tho cstnbst,jnp NJ .intrrsio y"aGo
to" or ssuppol]nto u oo,rta' ri, u,tnnri.p ~
establish slcl, courts eommnnces nstns iS7i H. +.
conferred in Art. VI. son II nr % tho i9 rn,s,;A
ution Of 1870. whiei, in az foi1owa, " 'A' oo''''-
After the yar Of MIR Tor, 1877 tntar,or onns,,o,.