, 1881-06-23
Any Court Will, Jurisdiction must decide

this.
rIfE st'rnEMt: tO1'nr OF MtxSt:-orA
at'd tie Supreme Court of tic United States,
n y collateral casa, DECLARED II tin mn.tri.
iirNy validity tn tho State Constitution md
hnhl tho State !labls fir tic t,yiicllt nf tic
t,o,lt!S. llni. sincc the l'ot.lloldera catt1lot
te lle statc, i Is not casy tsEst tie enst be,
winter thought it fo,tiltt u WY. Tie pian lit
upon whs ~ iInss NJ, net pfDyittin9 fur tlln
payment Ut half the principal alitl inscrest NJ
ING bonds ti'o holders having repeatedly cn-
prEnc Court, II willcl ttle question wns to l'a
tho ciaIm n4atnst the state yniid. This
VIII WI "IM1', !'. +" .,t ths "1!se1on t, tat i
Tor lie While II Il. It'll lj i'Ss'i WIZ t,,o'ii fIi
10 ~ t0, provide for n direct settlement wifi
tlIG holldtioltsers upon lasis " ~ i,er rent,
tribunal, to which si,onltl b.: referred OIL:
the question whether tlle cst!e1neilt was ya!i
Without submission To the people.
THE 1,,IDtNAL
was 10 be masle up Of the Supreme Court, Of
~ e1@a ,l'linMr of Stute !nstlees either
pe,ilng iis ccsI"n % "'' if !''g ist n'e .cisio n
was favorable, new thirty ycar Il
Rer eens bWntts were tn hu lss,!c'l
liz liz 1 sae In I'm. q,' p2vc ASs' r lie ast c1 5ss' d n
SINKING il,lid lor tho payment nf tlIcse new
bonds w!Icn tuG by tlle sate of tile Internal
!mprDve!'Ictit bands Uttered II exeilnngC for
TIE bonds by tiie lust proposition ucfratml BY
tne people. vi course everybody understood
Tint the tlsrlsEon Of this tribunal cn,,d b..
only formal nnu not final; that tho sstlp III
rev bonds could be resisted by injunction;
aME that t'le real struggle would have to ,e
Stat. ald the United States. int lifts method
WIS tnkeil, III tile On1ynyRilablG 0,,e, IL bring
II before the courts.
Tbe Governor was to appoint tito irtbntanl.
tnk'nE ITS members from s''iy Of the State
judiciary, aud he was
OWEN tNTII. THE FIRST OF 1uT.Y
10 complete IT. If the tribunal WIS not or.
gnhlzed by that date, tile pawers ur lie Ex-
ecutiva under tho act were to tcrIniuutu.
Gnly q; week na1re re,nnins before tile lst Of
@ grest on .s ss e'ui for.een y "i d,eis 6ease ;s
n.ise! III the execution Of the act will. which
TUG Governor. wt!o Il .eynted heart a1il soul
tn t!ll nsi Of tteellallg the Status credit, Is
wy a,npsftiiy S,r1gg!ing ln tIle 'lrst p'ac.
Court Judges from three to five, by act af
tha Inst Legislature, Increased tllE sEzn Of the
II, triptina y ni! tl.g dlculty Ut n!Itg t!,e., TO
tllt It. Tho t;oyernor WIS restricted III Ills
cholce ~ I'VE supreme mud twelve District
Judges. There WAs ntl obytOus difficulty
about appointing Supreme Judges upolI the
trlblt,lll l}erallsg they were snru 10 liz called
ttInn to lWAr Injunction clses brought To
e0ntes thu decision uf the tribunal II Il were
favorable To- the bonhl.nltIrrs. 1t Is ,l,tter-
asptHl tsant tho tiDvernDr, nfter careful ro.,-
stderatiO1l. tlrcttet not 10 urge my Of tile
Supreme Judges to sprye unleys he absolute
y falltti t9 nake rp tie tribunal ont Of tha
twelve districts. Accordingly
TIFF MAIN EFFORT or rIIl GOVERNOR
llas becr to induce five Of These .]ntlgrs to
serve ,lpon tho tribunal. Tho iask has mt
been M eHsy Dfr. III view Ut the anomalous
position and duties nf the tribunal, tho popt,-
lnr strength or tile rrttl[atlUn notion, u1nl
tue tImld'ty. Of the elective I,tt!Ecs before
t!aseu 70 serve, some layya consented boldly,
result Of It nil Is thu Governor Inns not. yet
bce'l nbsc to announce that the tribunal ii
complete. THE nnster has been further ct,,ll-
pllGatel By tllH recclit tleutll uf Judge Cor
nell. Of the Supreme Court, whose pIace his
been ftlleu by tic promotion If ,jittlge Dtek-
cns, ol,H Of the District l,encl,, creating
Il nvaca1tcS tliore. upon tho tilltng Ut tllIs W.
Cnncy nlay llnl1E thu completion Of Thu, trl-
bnla!. tioy. 1'lllsbnry. .reIllni,ls confident
tliat the number Of tho tribunal will be tlfell
beforv tho entl, nf the mouth, md lnny lo
able to telegraph, YOU lts organization i,efore
this reaches y0ll by nlni|. Thu matter must
end OF the present. week. II tile tribunal
VIII pc inuetlnitlr p0stp9ctl II ills formed
aftl decides II! fayor Of tile b0hlhofGrrs, tllen
Will beEIn slinrp litigation to tesl tic yntltl-
ity OF the dGcsIUn TINT will prObuhly not 10
ended until II reaches the Supreme Court Ur
the United States.