The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22

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future 10 assume lhe harness and dfniasD
Of position which not only falls 10 supply |
his Immediate necessities, bat offers no
hops for pisi oiiioisl property The fact
10 that lnag Judicial career inoipasltate's
lawyer hom success rs practitioner
Some MAJ fsy thAt % 500 10 a good salsfy'
but when a. 10 considered that home Inter
eats are neglected; that different slaoliah'
menis have 10 be ken, no; tina, everg
bookseller. oaaHiy seeker md I'M
poyeflshsd friend who mas assisted
him In getting Into oiioei every eounty
newspaper that has published his name
when candidate, has bill; that heavy
travelling expenses Tor visits nom ia" iaml'
lies, and innumerabls other Incidents TO
high position arc only some o. many Tilis
constantly Iaaning away irom thst SS,oO,
or salary tack. I. bto0mgs very apparent
that the stric,est economy 10 Necessary 70
even live on tho pay. United States judges
have larger salaries. travelling expenses
paid aud a certainty provided by continued
DAY after their term OF office expires. Now
York paya her CHIEF justice $4,000 and as
scclates SIS, 600. aud tho labor Is divided
among much larger number Louisiana
pays 5000. Georgia, 5000; California
larger s,ill, aud the work performed by the
appellate Judges Of tholo states II 10 sale to
say, "a not oae.fourth TO the Judge OF what
is required OF our judiciary.
These things should not be. The e1pena
necessary TO change the constitution from
It's niggardly Limitation and suitabls pay
for such servIcs wonld be enthusiastically
email, whilst the benefits 10 be derived
from more enlarged and liberal pol
icy would be great beyond expression.
We do not deem this state OF Affairs credit
able to ntate rlaiming to BIO the empire
state. The blood, brains aud muscle OF her
gifted sons should DO ss dear to her as that
OF her other soma of toll. The servics they
render Is incsloulably great, not only to the
present population OF tho siete, but reaches
In i,s benelicsnt influences distant pos
terily. The present mode of dealing with
these honored and learned men, VIC cay, is
far from honorable or equitable, and 1t
clips Texans boastfnl ploioDs 10 the very
pin feathers when he hears of her most
elevated sops being compelled in tho dog
days b. fight fiies aud mosquitoes, whilst
they spend the days and nights necessary
TO health's lest ration in toilsome effort to
coin from their brains the means to supply
, their families with tho necessities Of life.
Nor should The spirit OF amelioration
. stop here. Twenty-Five hundred dollars
! per annum Is an insufficient salary for a
district Judge. There Is not Q district in
: the settled portion of the state where there
ars not score of lawyers whose practice
amounts TO double that sum. VIII they
consent to beggar themselves by assuming
the duties of an Office which keeps them
constantly on the oiront. imposes magnifi.
cent lsbor and heavy travelling expenses
for position which is temporary Ut
best and entirely unremunerative?
We are aware that tho multitude are prone
, TO cry ont for low salaries and small text.
, ton, and we are also alive 10 the fact that
, political demagogues are prone to join aud
/ even swell tho popular oismcr; but whilst
it is neither just, patriotic.or wise to pursue
, tina course now adopted toward the judi.
ciary, It is evident to our minds, that by en-
ergeiic reformation of The system, true
economy could be obtained.
Suppose, for instance, insteac oions Judge
there should be three, snd let them sub
: divide the work-chauging from one de-
pertinent to another. Then, on motions fer
new trial, let them sit in bank. This would
, cut Town the number Of appeals wonder-
fully, and by adopting system agreed on
between the bench sRd the attorneys en-
gagged, the resl points OF issue, already
greatly eliminated. could be briefly trans.
, mittcd to the highest court OF appeals
and vast saving OF cumbersome and ex.
pensjye transcript record thereby avoided.
/ But still greater saving could be affected
) by compelling the party lILigant calling for
Jury to pay tho actual expenses of that
, Jury. Take our own county, for instance,
+ where the amount of jury fees for which the
= people have TO be taxed is over $4,000 per
? annum. In one notable case here, known
80 the CRAVEN case, the actual jury fees
, which the county lad TO pay WEE $3.50, and
$ the subject of litigation was a brace OF tur'
, keys. Let such parties pay the piper them
: selves, If they desire to dance, and not take
' 10 an involuntary collection on the people
, at lsrge when they happen not to like the
: music OF judges fiddle. This system, II
I applied 10 ell except felony cases, would
i coon reduce expenses to tolerable burden,
Q and secure more reliable and substantial
: dspenaation OF justice. The pay of the
: Judges under this method might be doubled
!. and still the state treasury be subject to
0 less depletion than ct present. But this is
o only one of the many means OF reducing
i, present expenses, and which might tend to
D reconcile the popular prejudice against lib
' eral, or even sufficient salaries, promoting
: at once the safety, honor and welfare OF the
| state by doing eveu.hepded justice to the
0 opponents ofjustice.
4 THAT wonderful octogenarian, ROBERT
Il TooMBs, in late conversation, remarked
8 that our country was in most enomaloua
0 oondition-it was neither nation nor a
). government OF states. This Is strikngly
/. true, and from that fact can be accounted