Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-06-20
Rather Amusing.
We understand that on the day Il

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Legislature took its present recess, Mr..
Greer, the Senator representing this
county, again introduced bill relative
to the Judicial districts that is similar
to the one he introduced two years ago
and which was vetoed by the then
Governor Hcyt. This bill, like the
former one, after providing that Butler
county shall be separate Judicial dis
trict, which our population now en-
titles us to be, also makes Lawrence
county separate district, which has
not the required population. But as
to that point, or any such,it is no con-
Germ to this county, further than the fact
that it is clearly against the Constitution
and if go done with Lawrence, or any
other such county. the Governor
will be compelled to veto it, as his
predecessor did. But the bill of Mr..
Greer, we learn, goes on to assign and
say which one of our two present
Judges shall hold the courts of Law
renee during the remainder of the time
we will be connected with that county
judicialIy. That is, that for about
year and a half, or until January l,
1885, the bill assigns the President
Judge of the present district, Judge Nc
Junkin to duty in Lawrence county,
and provides that cur present Assist
ant Law Judge, Judge BreGin, shall be
the President Judge in this county
during that time. There would then
be two President Judges in the dis
trict as it now is during the balance OF
their present terms viz: to Jan. 1885.
This is 80 clearly in violation of the
Constitution, and of common sense, as
to prevent its passage in a body in
which there are any lawyers. But it
again displays the petty little spite ol
Senator Greer in the matter. We had
hoped he had learned something by
this time. Being the Senator from this
county it may be that come may cup
pose he reflects it's sentiments in this
matter, but such is very far from the
fact. From what we heard two years
ago, and hear now, we have no hesita-
tion in declaring that nine out of every
ten citizens Of the county condemn this
design of Mr. Greer. No such bill can
pass, or ought to pass, and the object
Mr.. Greer has in view, to legislate
Judge McJunkin out of our county for
a year or 30, may as well be abandon
ed now as again. The whole thing is
rather amusing. A weakness indeed.
The Judges themselves can regulate
as to Courts of Lawrence hereafter,
the same as they have done heretofore.
THE Beaver pa. argus and Radi-
cal, a paper heretofore regarded as a
"Stalwart Of the Stalwarts," in its last
issue says, on the subject of the Gov
ernor's call con vening the Legislature,
as follows:
The first extra session Of the Legis-
lature, under the present constitution,
has been called. The Governor has
summoned it to meet for the purpose
Of passing Legislative, Judicial and
Congressional Apportionment bills.
The Constitution provides that after
each deccnnial census the State shall
be re-appcrtioned into Congressional,
Legislative and Judicial districts.
The present Legislature failed to pass
these measures, and hence the Gov,
ernor's call The State should be ap-
portioned and the Legislature is blame
worthy for not performing its duty in
this respect.