The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-26

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Nothing separates Tho ionlesi murderer
rom tna deialnsd witness. Young ahu
Id Innocent anh guilty, ARE All orowied
together. Although n phyh'clAn ~ IN con-
slant attendance, prisoners who have on.
tured this temporary Ial IN apparent rood
heath have, after a tow months oonln,'
meni, been released almost physical
arecsR.
II would Seem from the foregoing extract
that considerations OF hum tnilY rlgo calls
tor a change in tne manner IN which the
Avs are executed in the Indian territory.
II 10 true bat the attorney general relrnl'
h,ends that an appropriation should be
made 10 build JAN o. Fort Smiih. ~, he
slleges the oouniy viii NOT probably ertc.
one tor several years To come II ths sp-
preparation II made, aEd proper acccmmo'
dations should be- provided, the suffering
attendant upon prison life ~ For, Smth
may be greatly millga'.d. hut the inability
NJ the court To administer the Jaw ~ oil
cases with that promptn.ss required III
oim nal osuses will still Exist.
IL was IN proof before your committee
that ihe court At Fort Smith was In &c ual
session 207 days during the last year, and,
notwithstanding the great laoor pefiormeo
by the Judge oi that court, tha attorney
general reports shat from 90 90 100 prlspn
era are constantly crowded into ths two
f ISS"S shows @,ea chat e 100 'S eacrt ct
Fort Smith IL overWorked and overloaded
with business and furnishes strong hrgu'
ment IN favor oil the changes proposed nv
the bill reported. II ls true thh your o,ui-
miitee heard 20 compliant from the Judge
OF that court on account Of the eX rtor-
binary amount OF labor he ~ renuin'd 10
perform. Ga thu contrary your opmmfter
have been assured that he ~ uncJmIltlu'
ina aud Quite content % perform sucn hn
amount ~ lab,T bot however comincnda-
nle Ibis may DO Your committee 40 MOI
pslieya tbat from 81 80 100 prlsO lcra should
he constantly cfo1deo into two room, III
tha hassl..nt OF abandoned array ha-
r.oks " subject 10 the sGffsrne and perils
described by the attorney general of the
United States, there 90 await tr'sl before
4 court SO greatly oysrburdeneo
with business.
During the investigation OF this suojec
by your committee, representative ~ the
IN etests Of the ChickbsHw AID the SCUM
ern part OF the CnoctsS nations, nave q. .
ppared before 1t and ttronsly urged the
necessity and prOpripiy OF some change III
the Federal jurisdiction over the Indian
Territory. rhe legislatures OF bOtn / ese
nat,oDe have adopted re-olotions aperuv-
ing the Ian of attaching this section 81 th"
Indian Territory g. Texas. II seems from
ihe evidences before your committed 'hat
the people OF the territory proposed 70 o.
attached 10 Texas are practically unani'
nous in favor OF the changes proposed, Tor
like reasons and considera'iOus which nave
b ought your committee to the con-
clusion TINT they ought To he made. and
% early ~ practicable.
The Committee further submit upon this
branch OF the sui j-ct that the charge con-
templated by the substitute hero Reported,
il ADOPTED by Compress, VIII not reduce ~.
territory or population over which the
court az Fort Smith now hos jur!sdic
ton even TO an AVERAGE OF tetf.-
tory anu population usually assigned 70
judicial districts, L. viii still retain and
exercise jurisdiction over eighteen coSnt'es
f. the state OF ArkgIras, aud over tnt
Cherokee, Seminole aun Creek nations aud
the northern hall Oi the ChociAs nation
Ynuf committee will now submit some NJ
the reasons which induced 1t 10 adopt the
sseond aud third conclusions here nboioro
stated, The giuol bills rslorfed TO The
COMMITTEES c1ptemg lated - taohing TO The
northern judicial district Of the state oil
Texas J Of the Chickasaw nation hnd .
part of he ChootaW uGIou, ana fer TIE
convent zee Of the people IN those sections
nj the l11tsG territory, as well as the cltl-
zens OF Grayson, Cooke aud monlaEue
counties In Texas, H. was proposed 10 con-
stitu,e new division in tbe northern Juii'
cial a strict, to De composed OF said COM
ties and said portion NJ The Indian tern.
tory, and terms OF said courts 10 be held
at Gainesville, In Cooke county. or NJ
Sherman or Dsn'sou, in tho county 81
Grayson, This procession did rot meet
the approval OF tho clmmitlee upon iuil
consideration OF the subject, because II ap-
cared 10 them that the entire portion OF
the Chootaw nation lying south Of the
mountains and mainly embraced by the
second judicial district QscsD VI the Choc
law nation was az much entitled tn be re.
liey.d OF to inconvenience sud burdens o.
existing judicial assignment at Fort smith
as cit her the Cnickasaw or that portion OF
tho Oboctaw nation mentioned IN the origi-
uil bills. Tho same considerations which
make IT proper to detaob the Cnickasaw
nation from Fort Smita apply with equal
force to the southern part Of the Cn0ciaw
nation. When your coHmittee arrived ~
tbe at concl lsiOn the question arcs how the
transfer OF the terrific y saOr'd be wRde TO
the state o. Texas tor juiici ] purposes so
~ TO best promote ,he ohjst IN view.
II was submitted that ~. err
from Fort Smith ought to b. attacn.d to
the northern judicial dis riot, and the juiis-
dic,ion OF the court at Dsl us 90 extended
The committee did not approve that sng-
gestion Tor tho following r.Asons. mainly;
Isl. The dis'anccto ~ Travelled from me
c-nt al portions IT the teri DRY To be nc
com mods,ed IT, the CITY OF Dallas wound he
much greater than to either Oi the places
named IN the various propositions before
the committee. and the expense To the
d. O lie aud 20 the government would be
cousspordingly greater.
"a. The propositions before the commit
tee net only Contemplated rea, in tnlent
nro char re of Fedora jurisdiction over the
Chickasaw and pa Of the Choc's1 ma.
t,one, nut n reacjlsiment and change OF
Fetersl jurisd ctioD as respects the cOn ties
of Red River, Lamar. Fannie, Delta
GRAY son, Cooke aud Montague, In the
state OF Texas. The proposition, therefore,
10 10 no more than attach the Chickasaw
and part al thu Choctaw nations 10 the
mort fern jndicial district Of Texas, giving
the court of Dallas Jurisdiction over thai
territory not only seemed unjust 70 the PEG.
pie oi the Indian terntory, but also ignored
vhsiever q aims the people OF Texas, resld.
Ing In the coun les named. might have for
a read justpeUt and u more convenient and
.quitsbls adjustment 81 federal jur sdic lou
As respects them than nov exsis. In view
OF what the committee believed 20 b. an
n 10. / necessity 10 change he federal jurs
dlctior, rs respsc.s the Indian terriiory,
and IN order to adopt the bet plan T. effect
that object properly, II became necessary
I'D in Texas Wnich should exercise that
1 lrisd elton, and whether In seiec irR such
10 atom the claims OF the people reading IN
the counties named for a more eqnitabla
and convenient arrangement OF federal
Jurisdiction might not .. the same time be
ommodsted.
Is appeared 10 your Committee, In view
of The AREA OF popu alton and business reli-
lively OF the eastern and northern districts