The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-21

country, aud they demand nr,beir ron.
IessntatlVes remedy for tie wrong,
WIZ this remedy be found in :,
reduction OF the present mum.
yer OF the Judicial Distrirtst
IN the state, and in making the other
| proposed reforms? | will admit for
the sake of argument, that the LARGE
majority OF the causes tried i'm those
inferior tribunals will Not be appealed.
| and that the business OF the District
| courts VIII he In consequence dimin-
lShed ana still the propositions will he
| iouhu inadequate 10 the emergency
mink OF TIE surroundings hul for a
moment Our state Is Increasing in
| population ut u ratio mparalled m IFS
| history internal improvement. are
| pellS made with sure and steady pro-
| gress our commerce increasing. our
lands rapidly advancing in value: and
CRIME on the rampage. Now, amid
All anu each Of these prolific causes OF
litigation, will II be seriously contend
eu That lie proposed remedy Is any,
| thlhs IKE adequate? Surely, then, M
terror and subordinate agencies are not
equal to the task their advocates rs.
sign them. II will be found, on rptlec-
tIon, altogether uhwise and unsutisfac-
tory to rely on the distribution of the
| business ,etwcen the inferior and su-
perior courts, with the right of appeal
rom the former to the latter, ms n
remedy for the delay and expense al.
tending litigation; and all effort in
THAT question will simply prove abor.
tive. Nothing short OF re-distrietlng
the State into sufficient number of
Judicial D.stli t3to.lispoe of the bust
hess, will approximate AN ADEQUATE
remedy torthe injustice complained OF.
1t is objected that the increase of
the number OF District Judges will be
attended with additional expense, but
how can an increase of business he dis
posed of without additional expense ?
Does the science Of political economy
furnish any remedy for it? Would il
not be passing strange, that amid all
the changes that have, and are now
taking place in this State, that the ju-
dicial department should be admins
tered without additional expense ?
Would II not be more surprising that
the wants aud necessities of our people
were sucn rs TO demand reduction of
the present number of Judicial Dis
tricts in the State ? 10 dispose of the.
business of our courts, ana Keep pace
with business in the future, will nee
essarily take more time than has hith-
erto been allowed, and will necessarily
be attended with more expense.
No change, no reformation, can pos.
sibly obviate these results. Let blsi-
ness he done by whatever tribul al you
may select, and it requires time and
the expenditure OF money; but it may
be safely affirmed, that the most eX-
peditious and the least expensive trbu-
nal is that in which the Judge is, and
must of necessity he, learned in the
law. Such courts are familiar with
those practical rules which conduce SO
much to expedite and dispatch bust
ness, and their decisions are so far re-
spected as to mensurably satlate the
desire for further contest.
The State should be re-districted in
to Judicial Districts, and it,, doing so,
amount Of BUSINESS transacted in each
and every county in the state. This
business should, rs near rs practicable,
be equally distributed between the en-
tire number of District Judges, and
this number should be sufficiently
large to enable them to dispose of all
the business.
The necessity for correcting the en-
rors attending the administration of
our law in this direction, has been felt
by our legislators. And they have by
Legislative eXpedients attempted tot
give relief, but thus far it has been
failure, and will ever be, until the
wants and necessities of the people of
every county in the State are under
stood and provided for 70 provide
tie state with n sufficient number of
courts to try and dispose of the bust
ness, is the imperative duty Of the
Mwgivers. Is it economy to permit
causes to sumber on the dockets of our
courts for years before trial can pos
sibiy be had of them ? Let litigants
who have paid hundreds of dollars OF
unnecessary costs, and have been 9TH
crwise annoyed and troubled, answer
this question. Let the many counties
of our State, whose jails have for years
been full OF prisoners, at an enormous
cost, be heard on this subject.
1t had been well for them had they
been permitted to tax themselves for
the last three years to defray the ex.
penses of Criminal Courts, established
for the trial of their prisoners alone.
The salaries of their Judges, COM
pared with the cost of keeping their
prisoners, would dwindle into insight
icance. JuNlls'
Dallas, August 20, 1875.