, 1881-01-05

lhG NEW / Urk huttn9l llNs published Il
! number Of very excellent contributions on
the yexch question Of relieving the United
States Supreme Court Of the surplus b,,sl-
ness which now ctllnbers lis docket. In The
Inst number Of tho Nation IL a letter signed
"T. b." which contains some most practicut
| suggestions, THE TMnuNE cxpiuIned SOME
days ago the present judicial establishment
Of tho United states: /. The Supreme Court
| Of ,llno Judges. 4. Nine judicial Circuits,
with ono Circuit Judge in pael, and largo
number fn0w tfty.cIght) of District Judges.
] Tho Circuit Courts consist, when full, of
onc Justice OF tho Supreme Court, one Cir
cult Judge, ind the Judge Of the District
Court I'll which It is held. ANY one OF these
Judges may hold the Circuit Court; md It Is
often held BY tho District Judge alone. Thts
IL n most extraordinary aystcm which estn1,-
fishes court composed OF the Judges of
three separate an.l distinct courts, either one
0f which can net rs the Court. The Justice
of tho Supreme Court ,nay sometimes sit ns
Il Circuit Court and hear appeals from the
District Court, anti the District Judge n,ay
tomorrow sit as the Circuit Court and hear.
cnses of (which, as q District Court, ho Inns
no Jurisdiction.
Comparing tho business Of tho Supreme
Court with that Of the Court Of Appca1s Of
tile State of Now York, tho writer says:
This comparison Indicates, too, u1,other rad-
ical reforl, which tic Fedsr.l jatiica System,
ien,n1,ds. and tllas Is thnt tilo Justices Of tho
nppolato work. Thcy ayo t,s, ,nrfs r., m,,,nnr ,
than tho Ju'ixcs OF tito Now York Court; tfey
afe not ess competent for thos f:
nass,s;a e; npgn, Iy tio otlier Court, st thsy aro
peals ihr to stato cors e dcciess es ,,po Of n the
Whole, with emincnt honor to itatlf aud sAtlalnc-
T. tlon to llttga@nts The lus. docket ,ot no
crt g Of ls's aorssi: S is,e,|a9' is's' Ill.,, Hhs
arcr yosrs II; It Fec Geceive ,trnx rs1s the E ,esr
very nlitnero.ts eppoals from orders ns vol us
Fl n1 nf MSKh z y 1fGs Iavnx a1 psstsrence
the Court hna adjourned before tho dny liked,
i hayng 1card every cnune upon its calendar TINT
mt llave beun DONG il tho lncnGers or tint Conrt
iai nepti cnnpe!lotl e spcua part ut tho year In
in Essox to chautaaa,,a. upr, il nay m be be a'le l
4 they hud pecn IN tho habit Of t1ov0tinr thcir
ny eaS, Sbsh tic H. sSn psresy Ct s xo
lesrias tAo arsamont Of two or tSsee see',, n,oso
Thu writer suggests, rs methods Of ac-
compllshing NIL the reform needed, that there
H1AuN4A W aEHs5EHklQlh AA<flur 1Ul t4a pAlpQGRt
~ TO abolish all Original Jurisdiction Of tho
Circuit Courls; give the district courts uni
ycrsal Jurisdiction In the first instance Of nil
cascs now found In the Federal Courts. In
crease tho number OF districts, or OF Judges
III zach district, until they DO adequate to tho
business to- be done. ~, Let there bo
n Circuit Court In enoll circuit
of two or three Judges, sitting
In the several districts; those Cir
Gilt Courts having revisory power only;
but the right Of nppealto this Court should
bc giyen to every lNigaut, no matter what
tho character Of the cnsenay 10. {a) Relieve
tho Supreme Court OF all service except in
that Court. allow the right Of review Of tho
Circuit Courts down to tho limit of $4,000
and In all cases where tia Circuit Court Is not
unanimous. ~ Fay tho Judges az much us
tho nnilifls Of their courts get; 1t would be
extrayagant to pay thom Us much as tho
CloEks get. With these changes tho writer
thinks, tiloro wauld be all the relief needed.