The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-26
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
rsxt 0f Mr.. Cub rsoh's Bill on The
Subj O..
II W Uncle Sans Lines should Run In
North Texas
Lrng,hy, but Probable Reading.

WAsHiHoroH, March % Especial Core.
q udeucr l-fnl1sing IL tue tex of the
mmiit-o report on Mr.. Cu,beisoa's
Federal cnnTt oil:
This cub .ct m after Of the bills reported
btox TO the house nnh the substitute recim
.nendS1 by the committee relate 10 ~,
iursdirtion OF the Federal courts for the
ysttsrn district al Arkansas over IN.
Chic K ssAw aud part of the ChociAw ma.
ions In the lndiau territory, aud the es'ao
lshmsnt oi n new division In he eastern
md northern judicial districts OF the ttate
Of Tsxas.
An persons representing conf citing or
other interests affected by the changes pro
y seq IA exist.ng law, who desired to do 50.
naya ba n permitted % submit th'ir view,
10 the committee and aittrHn earnest aud
patient Investigation, tho committee
reached iha following corcusione:
1t That all NJ tho ChcEGsaW nation
N the lndian territory and u part at "a.
Nhpctaw nation hereafter described should
n. ti-.nchsd rom the western district oi
Arkansas aud st'eched 10 the ea'tsfn ana
n,riheru judicial Districts for the STATE Of
rexAs ,,,-,
nrw'diy lsioni IL the nor hern judicial dntrlcl
nf the STATE OF Texas, ~ b. composed OF the
COUNTIES OF Grnyr0n, Co X and Montague.
md that all of the ChickssnN nation
aud the following named cnuaies oi
the Choctaw nation, io-wii: Cams
and Tupucky, In the first judicial Oh tfo'
nfthe q octnw Ma ion The counties oi bue,
At,ka and Jack's Forks, OF tho miro Judi'
cla, di,trict of said uulion--sh ,uii oe at'
lnchsd 10 the northern jIdicial dis riot for
he at. OF Texas fr judicial pm pos q.
81 That the counties OF Faunin, Delta,
and Lamar should be d'tach.d from the
nor,hprn Judicial district of the state oi
Texas, and that a new division IN 10" cas-, .
EN- jIdicial district should De esthblshtn,
to Q cnmUused OF The counties Of fannir ,
d La, Lamar, aud Rcd River, in the state
OF Texas aud that all that CART of the Chor.
taw nation embraced by the county 81
Kiam alta. and tho counties com prisihg the
second judicinl dis rict ~ tho Cho tiw ma
ton. shall he attached to the eastern iuil'
ca district for the state OF Texas for 1ld +.
q purposes.
An. Ihat terms OF tbs circuit and dis.
triut courts II the United States OF the ist'
ern judicisl district of the state of Texas
should be held ut the city Of Paris, in the
said county OF Lamar aud that all pro.
cess, cvil aud chi ANAL cosn'z tble before,
said courts. respectively, Issued ngains
porsons residing il the sad counties oil
Lamar. Fannin, ID It, aud hs i YER
should be returpGble 10 snid courts - bs
held 1T said city OF Paris, and that the dr-
,rict aud circuit courts OF the United States
| 20 he h lien st Pans should nave orr gina
aud exclusive Jurisdiction oi al ohspses
| nRainst the laws OF the United 3 ares now,
! or which NAV hGrca ter be of force IN the
| Indian TER tory, committed within mat
! norton If the Cnpcihw nation Ntisched Ia
the eastern judicial district Tor the state oil
Texgp.
5th. That terms % the circnit End dis
uict cnurts OF the United States tor the
nnr,bern judicial district for the state oil
| rex.s IA, ~ uld be held ~ the city OF ~ 'ni'
son, IN the said county oi Grayson. lno
that oil procasa, civil and criminal cugnz
anie before said courts respectively, tsued
ngainst persons re idt In saia couh lts o'
Cooke. Graz son and Montague, nnouid be
made returnabe 90 the said courts. 10 nc
holder at the city Of Denisnn, and THAI ire
courts to he holden At Denisou shOud nave
original aud exclusive jurisdiction o. ~ OF.
lenses against The lave Of the United
States committed within tho ChioKtsaT
nation ard that part of the Ohoctaw nsiion
attached TO the nor hern JUDICIAL olssricI
for the s ate OF rexas.
Some OF the controlling reasons that in
duce the COMMITTEES Ia arrive at the Tore
going conclusions will now BIO briefly hta'
ted.
The Federal court for the western judi.
cipl district for the state OF Arkansas, held
ut the city OF Fort Smith, nov. exercises
state OF Arkansas, and over the whole ter
riiory of the Ipdian nations occupied ny
the live civilized nations, viz: Cher0kees,
Creeks, Ssmiuoles, Cnoctaws and Chicka
s.ws. The Chickssaw and ChoctAw nations
lie north OF the sac OF Texas and
cont guous thereto; and their social and
com N rcial intercourse are win the people
since the earliest settlement OF the respec-
tiva countries.
The Oh ckasaw md that part OF the
Choc,aw nation which Il proposed 10 be
att .ched to T xas for jude al pu poses
have no commercial intercourse with the
people OF Arkansas The average distance
OF travel from the Chickss,w nation TO Fort
Sm,tn, where the FeGeral cont IS held. Is
es,i,n tied ~ be not less than $50 m les by
laud, or $50 miles bv the rsirorc; and the
same may be- sa'd OF the sou hefn part OF
the Choctaw nrtior, wh'ch IA proposed TO
h. stt,cbed 10 Texas. The los OF tine,
expen,e and Inconvenience Incurred by
litigan Il, witnesses aud other p'r,ons re-
s,n,ug ia these localities who may be
,TtQuirei 10 attend the cour' NJ
Fnr' smith. strongly impress your COM
mit,ee that 1t 1, tue duiy OF Congress 20
pro vide more convenicn and accessible
u acre Tor holding the courts which exer-
al e Irisdiciou over the territory.
There ~, besides. no dout In the minds
OF Va. M u oe's o, y"ur nronossd I, n.
| remot-n'ss , 'ne h.,, ~, 's Sn,,,n whe,e
taonen ~ 800 h III ancom,...a viols.
tirps at tue awe %, the Unitsd 3 s'es. The
4 fIiculty OF procuring process aids Offend
srs III esu"p,ms go" .,',a 80 inss NJ ,;rs 10
,uconven,.nace "a p w,,c.s " si'sSd,ne the
" ,Ios g., s,ni,n ofren IN iucs ~itresss .
cou.. as 10. Az "a 'srm;, tSs law to %
10 "v"m .na T,s neonis nj ta,s ,errito,v
un n,s, 20 ia attached ,o Texas ara prac.
s,um' ~ ,ha m.ans or enf,rcinp ,hs
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