The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-06-15

number ofIudges 10 do the business
well, and would be willing 10 see them
well paid for their services Such .
system we think could no adopted 10
affect this end and NJ the SAME tine,
without much diminulion In the NUM-
ber of the Judges the aggregate eKpen-
ses proper NJ The department eould be
diminished, II 10 universally conceded
thai the number NJ terms ol lhe courts
should be two instead NJ three a year
aud that the probate blHiness should
be restored " The local courts Of Tho
counties, The number NJ district Judges
elyll aud criminal, IL now about forty,
with an expense ~ the state NJ one
hundred aud iofly thousand dollars Ia
salaries, This llumber could be- lesaen-
Cd 10 thirty, Including halfa dozen ~
10 criminal courts IN the most populous
sections, without delrimenl 10 lhe Her'
yioe, aud by reduction NJ tho salaries
10 three thousand dollars saving
could be attained ~ my thousand dol
lars u year, aud the business could be
easily done without burdening the
Judges with too great labor The Se'
lection Of the inoumbenlH should be
loft with the people, aud should there
be any failure 10 put Ia the right men,
the fault would he with the people
themselves,
The expense Of the supreme court
cannot well be diminished, The actual
labora IT this department are nav per
hapA more than ally other In the state,
These laLoru should be- diminished. II
IL duty which The people owe 10 the
supreme Judges 10 tighten their lnborH'
They work harder than any other
i've officials Ia tho state, aud
with Nil the work they do, II IN al'
most impossible for them 10 iinlsh
the work constantly accommodating be-
fore them, II lisa mistaken idea That
because there II five VI them that they
can do moro work than II there were
but three. Every member oflhc court,
IN ho should do, examines every cnuc
or himself, aud II there were n dozen
members Of the court the labor would
b. the same, Various modes OF relief
10 the court have been suggested, but
none 10 our MUD moro practical, aud
which would afford greater relief than
the establishment Of two supreme
courts, one civil and the other criminal
These courts should consist Of three
Judges each, 10 hold their sessions NJ
the same places, aud with salaries TO
the Judges of about four thousand dol.
lars year, Tho appeals In civil cases
should be directly 10 the civil supreme
court, aud those In criminal eases 10
the criminal supreme court This
would expedite the business most rap.
idly. Under such system M this,
with about twenty civil district
Judges, most Of them with criminal
jurisdiction, aud about eight or
ten criminal Judges In tho most
populous sections, with salaries OF
about $1,000 year, active, able and
energetic men, with disposition and
capacity TO dispatch business, the eX-
pense OF the system could be materially
diminished in its administration, and
the Annoynncps, expense, loss Of time
aud trouble attending the course of
Justice would he greatly avoided, the
people whose interests ARE first to be
snbserved would be better satisfied, the
certainty of trials aud of an end TO liti-
CATION would be seen and reached,
jurors and witnesses would be relieved
the bar and the officers of the court
would soon attain the rewards Of their
labors, aud the whole country be
blessed 10y the change