The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-26
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MsnieariAl Ot CitiEens ~ northern
TsxAs 10 Congress Relative
IheTetO,

Your memOrIalista, resident citizens
of Northern Texas, would most re-
specl hlly ask your honorable body to
establish a branch OF the United States
Circuit and District Court Ia the FUN
Judicial Circuit aud Western District
of rcxas, NJ the city Of Dallas, Ia the
county of Dallas and state OF Texas, or
In case such measure be deemed mex
pedient then We ask that Dallas he
made the place VIII ere said courts shall
he held instend Of Tyler, where the
same are now located toy law,
Among our reasons for making this
request We enumerate the following
Tor your consideration: Our district Ia
very large, embracing 10000 square
miles OF territory, aud extending over
300 miles from north to south, and
more than 6JD miles from east To west,
and contains a population OF over hall
a million Inhabitants.
That the Federal Court II held at but
two places Ia said district to'Wit
AuHlin mnl 1ylrr, the former being
situated In the extreme southern part
of the district, while the latter Is Ia the
extreme eastern part Of the same.
That Austin In $50 miles distant, aud
! I,lrr .uJ miles rom the ceuter uf the
| ,hlck,y portion uf the Country com
prising said I'll 'trct.
That large amount OF the business
OF sald courts arise from the section OF
count y within aradius Of one hundred
miles around Dallas, and That both
Austin and Tyler are difficult OF access
% The people ~ said section. That
Within said radius ~ one hundred
mihs /. embraced fully three.tOurths
Of the inhabitants aud four tifths OF
the business In the entire district Of
said courts.
That the city Of Dallas has two OF the
leading railroads In the state, travers-
ing the same In opposite directions,
aud making II, beyond question, easier
VI access than any other point in tue
state.
That IL Is the second, ii not the first, /
commercial city In the state, ana !
| furnishes more business for the Federal |
Court alone than the ten counties In. !
| Tyler and Austin are situated, and oc- |
cupies n better position with reference |
% the convenience OF the people OF the |
district than did Tyler at the time the
court was located there some twenty |
years ago.
That, owing to the geographical To- |
,tion OF Dallas, II would be a great
savidg TO the Government IN the way !
of mileage for witnesses and Garshals, |
rs well ~ jurors aud other necessary |
expenses attending said courts. That
IL would save attorneys aud parties
ltigaut in said courts thousands Of dol
lars yearly which are now paid In trav-
cling SO grea! distance TO attend
court.
That fully three.fourths OF the attor-
neys aud litigaut pass through Dallas
on their way to attend court at Tyler
or Austin,
That we may not be understood as
misrepresentiug our friends in Eastern
Texas in regard TO the population OF
Northern Texas, we give the figures at
different periods within the past IT,
teen years. In 1850 the ten counties
around and including the county OF
Smith, IN which Tyler Is situated, con-
tanned population OF $1,000 inhabi-
tants, while the same number of coun-
ties around and including the one in
which Dallas IL situated, at that period, 9
contained population OF 10000. by |
the census OF 1870, the counties
around Tyler had increased To
l0l,Bl6 inhabitants, while those $
around Dallas had Increased to
100000, Since the census OF 1870, rail Il
roads have been constructed, aud i'm
increased so rapidly that our '
population has quitely nearly doubled =
around Dallas, while 1t has increased /
but very little around Tyler, The v
county OF Dallas to-day contains pop :
ulation OF near 5000 people, while the
city OF Dallas has a population Of some 9
$4,000, while the county of Smith now Y
some $4,000 Inhabitants, and .
the town of Tyler about 900. We [
barge that the other counties around Z
aud more accessible To Dallas have in
creased in population since 1870 in .
fully as great ratio rs the county Of
Ds,s', while the counties around Tyler
have increased in no greater ratio than \
the county of Smith.
That, by reason and In consequence
u said increased population, the towns
of Aastin and Tyler are both hundreds
lf miles from the center OF the thiekly
settled portion OF the district AS afore-
said, aud both of said places are much ;,
more difficult of access than the city OF a
Dallas. In order to make ourselves s
better understood, We give below !,
the otlicia! vote, at our recent State
election, of the different counties OF &
Northern Texas. We Tirst give those X
counties which are more convenient to
Tyler than TO Dallas, TO wit: Ander-
ION, 2,SS5; Cherokee, 1900; Henderson,
les; Houston, 2,230; Nacagdoches,
,947; Pamela, l,642; Rush, 2,I65; Sa.
line, $40; San Augustine, Si3; Shelby, !.
,05i; Smith, 5, s0i; being eleven coun-
les in all, with total vote of 10, $50.
Counties best accommodated at Dali CT
as; Cook, 1904; Collin, SOIL; Go. r
SSl; Dallas, 1886; Grayson,
,lSS; Fannin, :, 400, Ellis, 1857; Den.
on, 1892; Clay, 27l; Camp, 1888; Cass,
,79S; Bow e, $50; Delta, 60; Eastland, IN
81; Erath, g72; franklin, ~; Gregg,
,06S; Hill, 2,2i4; Hopkins, 2,l95; Hunt
2sS; Hood, S2i; Harrison, S,Ti9; Jack,
81; Kaufman, 2,0l5; Limestone, H. 10
IS; Montague, 0Ss; Navarro, i,947; OF
'arker, l,402; Red River, 2,ls6; Som.
rville S94; hrrant, 1872; Upsher, l..
~; Wood, LEY; johnson, 2,2g5; La
mar, 2,957: Marion, 1907; Morris, 40; Ia
'alo Pinto, 2S5; Raines, 40; Rochwall, We
IA; Shacklefork, SSl; Titus, 900; Wise, ar
IS; Young, go; making ~ counties IN
a all, with a total vote of 81 1856, which ar
oes not include the population of the AZ
counties of Archer, 'el
iaylo5 Wichita, Willbarger, Har- !
emau, Knox, Haskell, Throek-
horton, Jones, Taylor, Callahon and
tephens, making twelve, swelling the
)tal number Of COUNTIES best accom-.
lodated at Dallas to fifty.six (53l, as ID,
gainst eleven tll) In favor of Tyler. be
We would further represent that, un- pa
er the present revenue laws numer- o,c
Is criminal cases arise in said Feder-
Court, and that by far the greater n
nrfinn nf said pauSaS ara from, fha