The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-04
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Tyler, smith County, Texas, January 50. 1855 -
To The Honors Bile Senate and House of Repre-
sentatly2s OF Eighteenth Legislature of Tie
State Of Texas
We, the unders; gned. your memorial SITS,
! menbers of the county comm issIonsrs court
of Smith county, and the mayor and board
OF alderman of the city Of Tyler, beg leave
to enter this, our solemn protest, against
the passage of the bill now pending before
your honorable body to change the place o,
holding the supreme and appellate courts
from Tyler to Dallas, because We consider
\ that We have now at least some rights in
the premises in this that il has always
been a rule with our county and city to
make special arrangements for the accom-
mCdauon and comfort of the judges and
4 officers OF the higher courts, without ex-
\ pense to the state. Our courthouse was
built over thirty years ago, and
was then planned and built espeCi-
Z ally 10 accommodate the supreme
court as then constituted, with court.
Z room and library, and rooms for the judges,
{ all at The expense of the conn y, and it was
occupied by the supreme court under that
H arrangement as long aS II was So COusti-
tuted, And when the court OF appeals was
y created by the adoption of the Constitution
IN 1876 special tax was levied by our COM
missioners court, and over $4,000 ten
Thousand dollars were expended by our
county ou our courthouse To make room
and accommodations tor the Judges and
& officers OF the court Of appeals; and again,
4 in the year 1852, our county commissioners
court, at an expense of over ($7 0OO) seven
4 dollars, repaired and remcdeled the court.
Z house, with special view to accom-.
modnte the Judges OF the higher courts
and their officers with more room and
better rooms, and We now coppratu.
/ late ourselves that We have Que of the most
"A elegant, commodiouS and convenient court
houses IN the state; and THAI our accommo,
datlons for the higher courts Will compare
< iavOraOly with the accommodations at
y either Galveston or Austin and the state of
Texas has never been at any expense on
that account. And, in case the number of
Judges and officers OF the higher courts
should hereafter ne increased We stand
ready aud willing to furnish MS we have
heretofore done, ample accommodations at
Z our own expense. What more can he done
than this2 We refer to What we have done
in the past to prove what we will do in the
Z future And, besides, we challenge any
place in the state for hcalthiulness OF loca-
ton and railroad facilities, and We are Ger.
\ tainiy at the most central point and point
the most easy Of access Of any other 10 the
great majority Of the people OF eastern and
northern Texas.
&C. White, county judge Smith county.
John Is. Douglas, commissioner precinct
J. T. Garnet, commissioner precinct
No. =
\, +. Buter,commissioner precinct No 3.
W, c, Allen, commissioner precinct No. 4,
Thomas W. Dodd, mayor city Of Tyler.
X II, Brown, alderman city of Tyler
ii. NJ, Whitaker, alderman city OF Tyler.
IL j, Mcbride, alderman city OF lyier.
j. ID, SloCkett, alderman city OF Tyler.
/ a. j. Swami, alderman city of Tyler
John ID. Grown, alderman city of Tyler.
70 thr Honorable Senate and House of Repre-.
sentative, Of the 5taIe OF reXaS
Your memoralists, Il committee on the
part of the bar of /, Ter, Texas, in beh Al + OF
Tyler and Justice to e 4Stcrn Texas would
most respectfully and earnestly protest
against the passage of the bill now before
your honorable body to- remove the su.
preme court and court Of appeals from Tyler
! to Dallas
Although we would not in the least de.
tract from the merits, wealth aud enter.
prise OF that place, yet We submit that our
claims should not be entirely ignored The
supreme court has long been located AT
Tyler, Smith county, at great expense has
made ample and suitable arrangement and
convenience for the accommodation
vi that court. In view OF the creation
OF the court OF appeals under the con
stitution of 1876, this expenditure ha.
been greatly inc eased as will be seen by
the accompanying memorial from oul
commissioners court To those who are
cogni1ant OF the fact, it is well-knuwn that
these arrangements and conveuieuCes com
pare most tasorably with those provided al
either oi the other two places wh-re these
courts are held. and are not surpassed ever
at Austin, which has had the benefit o
large state appropriations, Additions
provision would have been made to accom-
MEDIATE more fully the honorable commits
sioners of appeal, but for the suppose,
short tenure OF their term Of office. Smitl
county proposes 10 egua if not sUrnas
anything whicn Dallas has or will propOs
as an inducement to remove the courts t
that place.
Now we asN in simple justice, admitting
that the state has the power, can she Ii
good faith remove the courts? Certainly
not, unless the public good auu coaysnienc
greatly demand it,
Does equality in the distribution OF stat
patronage demand It?
Dallas already has two JUICES uf tn,
higher courts-Judge Hurj, Of the court a
appeals, and Judge Watts, ot the cpmmis
sion. Besides, that immediate srCtlnD hI
at least two other state nilivers--,'Nc at'ui
ney.general aud secretary OF sta'r. Al
that is ittt to oar section is the privilege ,
having one brancr 10 courts itr acre
Surely the older $. .,,I lrtiun a. the srat,
once the home OF the nov lam nted dead
who were giants ia their day louSJut
Rusk, Henderson, Vince er, y hiltree an
hosts ut others, is entitled u somr shrr (
the public patronage. Eastern rrXts hg
not only borne the heat aud burden Of u,
early struggles of our beloved state, bI
still nobly does her share Ot TIA, great Nuf
which is last placing us side by side wit
the weathicst and most iutueu,al state
of the Union.
Disadvantages of situate IN demand IL
removal
Tyler is in the very hear OF easter
Texas, and il far more pleasantly u
BEAUTIFULLY situated THAI Ia las, aud is &c
taiuly not below her IN the muf Il, educ
tlonal aud social plane IL II cnsy con
mumcaton and access, both hy wire an
rail. The lnternation,l N Grrd' Mother
runs through Tyler, and hrougl Smtt
count, from southeast W urrth vest, sn
also the Texas Il 81 Lnui, riiN,s frol
northeast to south west. rhr'r roads ~
their connections, afford a. trady cumnu
nication with tho population ri Tex
aud our sister states ~ Dallas Ia
In few month htauoh
the latter read will extend T. Dallas psel
aud the knns,s X Gulf Shurl l'ne railrOl
will reach us and open up die ct Commuu
cation with the inland aud coast counties
southeast Texas
We most earnestly prntc,' 'aii st Il
proposition that the b0asie supydority,
point of wealth OF Dallas, sh ~ be MAJ
the test or the removal ct these cuUrs
that place.
Surely such AN areument as th,- cam
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