The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-04-28
Communicated.

communicated.
Ed. Examiner:
In the proceedings Of the House of
Representative, of April ed, as pub.
lished by you, extract the following;
"HousE BY leave, Mr. Stewart, of
Falls, introduced a bill repeating an act
establishing criminal court for the ci,
ties of w lco and Marlin, in so far as it re.
lated to Marlin and Falls county, as that
county did not need or desire it, tn ugh
there were many legal gentlemen in Waco
who would make most excellent Judges
and district attorneys. Thc bill passed
under suspension of the rules
/ think it due the members of the Waco
Bar to explain their position ia connec-
tion with the Criminal Court Bill for
Marlin and Waco, in view of the attempt
at witti:ism on the part of the Represen,
tative from Falls, at their expense
After the passage of the bill referred
70 by the Senate, as amended by Senator
e. ath, at his request, the Bar of Waco
held meeting in the Courtroom to take
such advisory action on the bill as our
Senator thought necessary at that stage
of the proceedings, to post our reprcsen-
tatives as to the wants of the county of
McLennan, in this respect, and the proper
remedy. We were also informed that
Falls county did not need the relief
sought, and that Mr.. Stewart would op,
pose its passage on that account. / will
state, Mr.. Editor, that the Bar of Waco
had held two meetings before the one re,
ferIed to, and after discussing the matter
in all its phases, arrived at the same con-
clusion as at this meeting. AtIthis last
nattn ho Nf
nection with the courts, was fully dis.
cussed, the majority of the Bar
taking the position that McLen,
nan county could afford to pay the entire
salary of the Judge, allowed in the bill.
and save the county at least five thou
sand dollars year; and this conclusion
was arrived at upon the report of data
furnished by the County Treasurer, show
ing the expense of keeping up the com
mon Jail to amount to near twelve thou
sand dollars per annum. Upon this
statement the meeting, with unanimity,
passed resolution as the tense of the
Bar advising our Representatives to so
amend the bill as to give McLennan
county Criminal Court, with Judge.
whose salary shall be two thousand dol
lars, to be paid by the county, the terms
of said Court to be holden every two
months or six terms year. Imme-
diately upon the passage of the resolution,
gentleman present from Falls county re,
quested that we should not take any ac,
tion that would deprive Falls of the bene,
fits under the bill, and stated that Falls
county desired the Court; and at his re-
quest resolution was adopted to the ef-
feet that the above action of the Bar was
not intended to interfere with the mas
sage of the bill IN its present shape. pro
vided Falls desired it to pass. will also
state that, in conversation, members of the
Bar exoressed the wish that, should the
bill include the county of Falls, the
Judge should be selected from the bar of
that county
This, Mr. Editor, is succinct state
ment of the position Of the Waco Bar ON
this question, and we still trust the Leg-
islaturo will g ant the relief sought. 4s
Mr. Stewards insinuation in his place in
the House may have the tendency to
prejudice the minds of the Legislature |
request:the publication of this.
wM. N. FLouRNox.