The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-10-09
FEDERAL COURT AGITA-
TION.
East Mississippi Bar Meeting.



MERIDIAN, Miss Sep. %, 1856.
Pursuant to adjournment there
MAS held Ia tho law office of Woods
aud Mcintosh, III the city o. be
ridiau, n meeting OF the Bar OF
East Mississippi TO take fnrthe 81
and necessary steps toward secur
ing a new Federal COarr Dis rict
of the State and the ,Stlb isnmeni
of additional Federal Quarts, 1n,
al Meridian and une on the M.ssi,s
lppl sea coast.
There were present Hon. Wiley
N. Mash, OF Starkville. RI .tesent
ing the Starkville bar; Hon. & II.
Wood, of Jackson county ; Hon d..
w. p. Evans, of Kemper couatg :
Hon. Jas. s. Hamm, W. II. Hardy,
Thos. b. Woods. 8. B. Watts, j. X.
McIutOsh, hon. Z. e. Watkins, NJ.
II. Whitaker, s. A. Withrrsuoon,
w. N. King, +. A White. & @
Hall, j. p. Walker, r. F. Cochran
&. F. Wood, ThO~ IA. Griffin aud,
b. IL. Dial, of the Meridian bar; by
written proxy, Il. Z. Holmes, of
Neshoba comfy JAS Ii. Neville,
OF kemper; Hon. s. Evans, A. +.
McGee, Robt George aud L. A.
Wood, of Clarke county Hon Ben
Lame Posey, of Hancock county [;
Hon Elliot Henderson,, OF Harrison
county; j. l.. DAIMLER, @. 3. Mer.
riweather, II. Bloomfield and Q. Il.
Chidsey, ot Jackson county.
The Chairman, w. II, Boyle,
Esq, of Macon, not being present,
on motion OF w. II. Hardy, ESQ.,,
tue Hon. Wiley N. Nash, of Ok.
tibbeha county, was unanimously
elected to the char. On assuming
the duties OF chairman, Mr.. Nash,
after expressing thanks for tue
compliment, made some apppOpri-
ate and torcibIe remarks as TO the
Importance OF the business III hand
and the interest felt ia the sncces>
OF the movement BY the members
Of his bar.
On motion, Il. II. Dial was elect.
ed Secretary of the meeting.
The meeting being ready tor bus
mess 3. Is. Watts, Esq, a mem.
Der ofihe committee on correspOn
dence, presented u communication
from Hon Fred Beall, OF Clay coun.
~, endorsing the object OF the
meeting, which after having been
read by the Secretary, was ordered
fled.
A communication from Hon. 8.
Evans, A. +. McGee. Robt George
and 4. A. Wood, of Clarke, prpsen.
ted by Col. j. II. Mcintosh, read by
Secretary, aud ordered filed.
Hon. Wiley N. Nash presented
the proceedings Hf the meeting OF
the StaTkville Bar held on the 18Th
Instant, endorsing the object OF
the meeting, which after being
read, were, on motion, ordered d.
cd.
Report of Committees being in
order, the COMMITTEES on Memorial,
through hon. j. s. HamIn, made
their report aud submitted the toll.
lowing Memorial TO Congress, which
was read by the Secretary
Memorial TO the Congress of the
United States by Members of thu
Bar and Citizens OF the State of
Mississippi into two separate Judi.
clal Districts, with - Judge to be
appointed for each OF said Dis.
tricts.
To the Senate and House Of Repre-.
in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, Members OF
the Bar aud citizens of the State of
Mississippi, respectfully represent
your Honorable Bodies, as
Thar the territorial area OF the
State OF Mississippi is very large,
aud it's conf Suration aud surround
Ings peculiar, as will be apparent
from Il glance at the map of the
State of Mississippi, and the a tjoin
Alabama aud Louisiana,
aud the Gulf Coast, upon winch
he State OF Mississippi borders
hat the population OF said STATE
Ias greatly Increased since the law
Tas enacted establishing the Fed.
sral Court for said State, aud that
he business of said Federal court
n said State of Mississippi, would,
n the ordinary course of things,
increased in proportion to
Vt tue increase OF the population.
But your petitioners represent
hat, by the Laws enacted within
he last few years by yOur HOUOra.
Die Bodies, the business of the
Federal Court in the State OF Miss.
ssipri has been greatly increased
he suits aud actions of which the
Federal Court originally bad cogui.
have been greatly augment.
d "a number ; and they further
how that laws have, within the
asst few years, been enacted by
our Honorable Bodies by which d,
he right 10 remove canses from
he State Courts to the Federal ,
has been greatly enlarged |
~ bracing many causes, not there /
Otore removable from the State 1
o the Federal Courts. /
Aud further your petitioners rep
rsent HAT Iailrnad companies,
hartered by the Legislatures Of
iber States, aud tue charters OF {
fhlch have been simply adopted I
ud recognized by the Legislature
I the State OF Mississippi, claim
he riabt 70 have All csusrs hrought /