, 1877-01-20

H0W TO HELlEfE THE PRESSURE.
To hs Ettior Of Tie Tribune.
CHICAGO, Jnt. l0.-Allow INC to make some
suggestions as to the crowste,l condition of tic
| CotntnUn.lAw lurhtts OF the courts oi Cook
County.
III the Circuit Court there arc some 5000 or
more pending co1ntnut1Aw rast*, and til the S1-
pcrfor Court sornc 80J0. Ths large aecumu'a-
ton of business puts the Circuit Court about a
ycar bchIn,l, and tile Superior Court from
eighteen mouths to two years.
In the Circuit Court two Judges are engaged
ostchst1fy In tic trial of clnlccry cascs. What
they arc rcn11v engaged lit When not writing
long anl nscrsa "nptninbs" IL not known to
The writcr,-for certainly the few cases they try
cannot takc up mora than a small fraction OF
the titno for Which they rerciyu t7.Uo0 year.
Thc record will shpw that Judga atonrc, who
tries all TIC chnnecry cases Of tho Superior
Court aul keeps Ills doGkct r1car, tries great
many 1nrrr cn4es than both the Ctlauucry judges
uf Tie Circuit tuurt.
Now, i wonll recommend this: that one Of
these Judges 70 to trying cosnnlotl-law cases.
ClluEwcvy practice Is Hustle. Thcrc arr five
.stnsters III Clnnctry uf the Cirrut nilll tree of
tirn "uc ,Iutigc could dispose of ali liz chat,.
Gerry business in this COUNTY.
Iw4,ul,l further auggest that In cases inYolv-
t',1 small s'lfns ntt0r1icys be limited IN time III
LtfCE HI RTC Ill t[lE lHitGH
States Court In cases inyolring considerable
amounts.
T'leru Ia law on tho s,atutc-book that cases
may lc tried before IL rricree BY conscnt uf both
cases to bc trlcsl 'n ths way II tls county, and
! think know nf Must q, the cuses that have
been NJ tried. The rrasons WHY clsrs arc not
10 trctl aro several Tie greatest unc IL TINT
referees co,tlL he llnl for $l0 or sl', tlay anl
IL, 14ut know Why the noarl oF Cnunty Com
n.lseioncrs clsI not psavdc far the payment
by tr roumty of this Ell',l. 1t certainly Is much
less ttau tug pay Of the Juiccs. for thy sat1c
service, the largcr part of which Is puil by tho
county.
There is Mao 4 law regarding tho establisf,-
feht uf ttts courts Which call bo male ayaila-
a1luls,er court. It rrnyidcs that the Coiiltnun
Council Of p'ly rity lrav submit tie question to
ta ucope vi tat city, nsnl. II carried tn thp a.
tlrfnat!re by tWnthr1s maturity, the court
,,ay ,y be a., Established. sec iIeyised Statutes,
Tlcsc things could be done without my lcrts-
latIon by tIe General Assembly, ami would giyc
u. Iu law provides that tho Judge Q, one cir.
cult may liold court III another. THIS has BE-
CONC dca1 LITTER BY rtasoa of II dietunl If tue
Supreme Court to the elect tnat ,!le payment
~ sus!l Judges u $l9 day BY the County
buasd was increasing h!s aaiary, which could
Judges cannot come to Chicago anl hold
court anl l,uarsl themselves un the miserable
sAlary Ut $'htO0 Il yrnr. Tic Legislature could
provide that IL should br the lu.y ol such
Judges ns we're only Occupied u small portion Of
I'll" time, comparatively, tn 1oll co'irt II. a,,-
DtEcr ctgtntt upul, request 0t the Secretary Of
Slate or sol1e utltcr oii!ccr ~hUse duty It should
be to Keep f.!inell informed Ut the condition uf
tic conrt ltrt,cts TT cach county. The cx-
pcHscs VI such Judge while holding sucl. curt
could bo Faid by the county wherein It was held,
without a''y conflict with thc Constitution.
bills have already been introduced in the Lug
la!aturc for prsl,atc courts II, counties over
ho.g}o tnlabitantE, al'sl for iii appellate court
lGMrr tic provisions of tic Constitution.
Il bill slloli'l he Introduced euttElg uir
appeal to tho Supreme Cnist IN caacs involving
small Gums, a appeals fro.n Justices III ..lscs
under aso, l!thcr party IN IL Justice Court h
cnti:lell to Jury of twelve n!ei, nsnl certainly
tlMt Is enough to settle finally any controversy
Involving no more than 23o. u.