The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-06-12
TINE FEDERAL COURT BILL.

dispatches from Washington in the
hope that we should hear OF the passage
Of tho federal court bill, establishing
the new judicial district for the United
States courts In Texas, While the bill
was In the house we knew that the
throng and pressure OF business there
might postpone, and by mere
delay II might be defeated
but when II passed the house
these apprehensions were allayed, and
In common with thousands Of our peo'
pie, we trusted In its lioal passage, We
felt assured, when II went 10 tho senate,
that the bill would become law NJ this
session, In the senate there 10 not tho
pressure which Ia In tho house,
aud u purely local bill like this can be
called up and put upon its passage at
any time by senator from tho state
interested In its passage II the bill
has gone 10 tho judiciary committee
upon request, tho committee would re-
port IL, as II affects no one but ourselves,
and especially az the bill carries upon
its face the evidence Of its necessity,
II presents the fact that population OF
hundreds Of thousands Of people, and u
territory as large Al many OF the larger
states OF the east, 10 without federal
court or federal judge. This question
rises far above the question. who is to
be judge. The interests of such mus
titude of people should not be sacrificed
TO the individual interest of a single
man, nor to the comparatively unim'
portant question whether tho Judge
shall DO republican or democrat
This would be OF no consequence II the
Judge is good man and sound lawyer
except upon quasi political questionsi
and as TO these the decision Of u dis
trict Judge would not DO final in settling
tho rights Of litigants, and would be OF
but little in right rs authority. The Ca
pense in loss Of time and money
and the hardship Of having to go so
far TO court, to so many people; the con-
saquent delays and inefficient admins
tration Of law,-t.iese are the consider
atoms to be weighed on tho one hand,
and the benefit which would be con,
feried on 80 many on the other are the
arguments we press upon our senators to
secure to us this measure 1T this session.
Surely II Is not too much for north
Texas 10 expect alacrity on the part OF
those who alone can secure II for
her, in this purely local and only sec
tonal relief which she has ever asked
at tho hands of the congress of the
United States. The bill can be passed
now lust as well as at any time. II IL is
meant by failing to pass II now, That we
must wait until We can know that we
can have democrat appointee orjudge,
then it is equivalent to saying that we
are not to have the bill until the close
of Mr.. Hayes administration in 1880
and then if another republican should
be elected, we must wait until his adj
ministration is closed and then.
In other words the people of north
Texas are to expend tens of thousands
of dollars annually, and to be subjected
to the inconvenience of going to eastern
Texas to reach federal court, and to be
deprived of the presence Of United
States judge residing in their midst,
and all the other advantages Of local
and speedy justice, for an indefinite
time, or not at all for fear we may not
get q democrat as judge Thepeople of
north Texas are democratic, but like
the HERALD they want no craftsmanship on
the bench. They want no man as judge
to decide according to democratic docs
trine or republican doctrine. They
want him to decide according to
law They wish not to see the high
and sacred Office Of judge prostituted to
the purposeor swayed by the motives of
the partisan. Nor are they willing to see
the interests Of so great population
and SO large territory disregarded or
neglected in matter OF so much i'm
portance. North Texas intends to be
needed in this matter. She must and
will have this court. Justice demands it,
and she feels assured that her interests
in this regard will be looked to and az
serted by her representatives in the
United States senate, notwithstand-
ing one United States senator may be
| q clog to the passage of the bill,