The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-06-05
A NEW FEDERAL DISTRICT,

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much interested AZ any measure that
las been presented 10 the present eonN
lress, II IL now before the senate,
where II Ia hoped concurrence will BIO
speedily arrived at In that body, and
that the appointment Of judge will be
made by the president AT once, The
absolute necessity for this court, and
that branch Of II shall be located ut
this CITY, is apparent to all who have
had occasion 10 transact legal buslN
ness In tho federal court At
Tyler In east Texas for thousands Of
dollars are annually spent by people
living In the extreme northern and
north western portions Of the state In
attending federal court At that place,
which would DO saved In case OF
federal court being located in Dallas,
Graham and Waco, II will be
u great blessing TO prisoners,
prosecutors and witnesses, 10 the
former, speedy trial IL one of tho chart.
ties, If II may DO 30 called, duo from the
courts Of justice and IL is one OF the
blooms guaranteed by the federal con,
shtution, II prisoner In innocent
common humanity dictates that his in,
noconce DO established IN speedily
AZ possible II guilty, the confinement
endured previous to trial and sentence
IL Just 40 much more of burden he
has 10 bear than Is contemplated by the
law, Prosecutors are or ought TO be al
ways roody and willing TO go into trial
asquickly as charges are preferred and IL
has often been u theme of discussion by
learned mon of the law that dorilect
prosecutors were themselves guilty OF
an inlraction Of the principle Of justice,
OF the disadvantage, expense and ans
noyance endured by witnesses who
have TO DO put TO tho test Of
their patience in leaving their
homes, families and business pur>
suits for long and tedious journey
TO tho seat Of justice much has been said
and more has been borne, All these
stumbling blocks can be explained upon
no other ground than that Of parsi-
mony, Cheap justic and cheap judges
are moro expensive than would appear
at n casual glance IN this state, espe-
cially, where there is more crime and
civil litigation than is common to other
states of ordinary area and established
customs, the judiciary, both state and
federal, is not adequate, either as to the
number of courts are the facilities
for transacting business, to the necessi.
ties Here, in northern Texas,
with population ranging from
one hundred thousand upward
there is but one federal court, that at
Tyler, at which litigants before that
court can take their cases. TO three,
iouths OF this largo population, the
distance to be travelled is much over
one hundred miles. Therefore the alb,
solute necessity for the establishment of
n new federal district, as specified in the
bill which has just passed the house of
representatives, is, rs before said, appa.
rent to all, and it is to be sincerely
hoped that our senators will favor u
speedy concurrence by the senate. As
to the appointment of judge it mat.
ters little to us whether he he
republican or democrat. What
we want is man of legal at.
tainments, purity of character,
and general qualifications to adorn the
bench. Even if he is partisan and
possesses the other qualities, that is of
little consequence, for an honest Judge
soon loses his identity with party, even
though he be II partisan of ultra convic>
lions Mt the outstart. We have in
mind number who prior to being ap>
pointed to the judiciary were notorious
partisans but afterwards were as conser-
vative and impartial as the embemati>
cal scales of justice, Conspicuous among
these were Judge Catron, of Tennessee
aud Chief Justice fancy, under Jack,
sons administration, both of whom
soon after their shoulders were adorned
with the ermine, sank their bitterness
OF party feeling, and like the honest
and conscientious gentlemen and law.
yers they were,ever afterwards remained
merely judges. 1t is total imposibility
for a man to be a judge in fact, and q
partisan at one and tho same time The
very nature and literal wording of the
oath he.subscribes to prevents such q
thing Then there ought to be no
sticking or delay in giving us a federal
court in north Texas at once, simply
because handful of pulling politicians
would attempt to make aparty question
of the appointment of Judge.
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Robbery and Murder.
As Sam Bass and his gang are in the
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