Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-16


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The State Hortic,,ltnra, society Of Kansas
has become ono Of the lead;ng bort;cnIturai
ms Of the conntrv Jts renorts
are instructiye and valnable' and he man
ence in STIMULATING and develon;ng the in
terests II WAS orga1ized IN nronote has been
wide and poteri;sl Your at,en,;,,n l. Al.
rected to certain Recommendation Of the
society. embodied in a ser;es Of reso,n,;ons
recently adonted. and which will ba nra.
sented TO YOU.
THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
This society has done and is doing a work
of great value and importance. fts main
object is the preservation Of materials 70.
lating TO the founding. growth and nrogress
of the state. and the most valuable porf,ons
of them are the free Gift of its members and
other voluntary contributors. These COL
lections already include over 10000 hooks.
newspaper files and pamphlets. nearly ali re-
lating to, or connected with. the history and
development of the state. The peonlc will
believe. approye any reasonable apnronr;.
atoms for continuing the work of he His
torical society.
DEPARTMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
State officers are required nv law IN mon.
ton. in their reports to the Legislature, such
apparent defects, inconsistencies. omissions.
or ureo lal OF oppressive provisions of law
ms they NAV have discovered II
is alleged that yery few Of
the suggestions and recommendation
made under this requirement. bv officers nj
the head of the various Departments of the
state government, have secured the attention
of the lav-making power. This. probably
is due 10 the fact that it is so often difficult
10 interest members of the legislatures in
matters not coming within the scope of their
own personal experience or knowledge.
Would it not be advisable to appoint n lep-
islatiye committee CHARGED with the snecial
duty of considering the suggestions and rec.
concentrations thus made, and before which
the officers Mt the head of the various depart-
ments might appear, and verbally p:esent
their views, Surely the results of the OBJ
seryation and experience of the departmen,
chiefs would frequently be of great benefi,
10 the law-making mower in the discharge q,
its duty.
THE JUDICIARY.
The constitution provides for the iustice,
of the supreme court. II was adopted wher
the stale had less than one-twelfth of il,
present population. There has been. OF
eourse. a corresponding increase of ltira
ton. and as "A conseouencetbe supreme corr,
justices have imposed upon them labors ant
RESPONSIBILITIES not only oyertasking. but in
consistent with that deliberation. research
and study which ought to wait on thei,
judgments. Article 8 of the constitution
should be so amended as to authorize five
justices OF the supreme court.
There is grave complaint, also, concerning
the uneouai division of judicial labor he
tween orr judicial Judges In four or fy,
of the eighteen districts the Judges are over
hurdered with work. while in some of tn,
other districts the labors of the iudge,
are light. II is probable that we hav,
enouob district iudges To DISCHARGE all Tn,
duties devolving on them with ease if thes,
Duties were equally distributed. A genera
and equitable redstricting of the state. SO n.
To fairly apportion its judicial labor woulc
be the best method OF remedyinp the eyi
complained of If this cannot be accom-
plished, something should be done to relieve
The Judges in these districts. where. witt
courts almost constantly in session. and
business dispatched with the utmost expedi.
ton. il is impossible to Keen the docket,
clear.
REVISION OF LAWS.
There has been no authorized revision nj
the statutes since 1868. The work of thai
wear was not only revision, but also a par.
tial codification. An authorized revision a,
AN carly dav Is imperatiyely required. and
the time is fast approaching when the wboIf
body of the laws should assume n statutory
form. This subject is now attracting much
attention throughout the country. and many
of the most enligbtened LAWYERS and inrist.
are favorable 10 codiicstion. In this com.
para,iyely new state we have tbirtv-on,
volumes of supreme court record. with
enough material IN decided cases to make
two more volumes. IL now requires yearly
two volumes of over 800 PAGES each To leer
I'm with the decided cases. ALTHOUGH VERY
li;tie space is given to briefs. and most 81
them are entirely omitted. In our sister
s,s,as tho accumulation Of renor.s Poems
pace with our own so tho, in s,ate and faJ.
eral renorts about one hundred new volume.
ara added each wear TO the legal literature
of the country. a very LARGE mar,
~ each volume consists of tho argnSents q,
tho ;ndges az to what the law il unop mar
t;c,ior Subjects. and the oninions arc made
up largely of the arguments of other JUDGES
or of great LAWYERS. which are scattered
through thousands of volumes Of reports and
text hooks. and which are often conflicting.
II results that the difficulty of ascertainin1
tho Law on any narficular:ub;ect ;s increased
rather than dimisbed BY the MULTIPLICATION
of renorts and treatises' II would seem hat
with the immense wealth of legal learning
now afforded by our great law libraries. y
code of laws sufficient To define the riphts
and obl;g.t;ons of every nerson. in all he
relations Of life and business might he franz
cd which sbould be embraced within the
commas of two or three convenient volumes
This would relieve the annellate courts from
tho greater mart of their drudoerv. and .Iso
very much iigbten the labor Of the in.
ferior courts When the work of revision ;s
again commenced. # wonld be good nol;cv
to further extend the system of codiscntion
az for as nract;c.bIa
rrrs
Ono of tho most ,edious and onerops d,.;os
devoly;no mon clerds of the district courts
and ;ust,ces Of tho nea,e il ,he tayat;on Of
costs ernhrac;nc in some cases a bundled
items or more. of few cents each some
times the taxation of costs involves more Ia
bor than all other services in tho case and
,bo svs,on i co counl;ca.od ond ;ntr;oato
tba, Il rarely occnrs tbst any two of;cers
,t the same amonnt even annrorimaie,v IL
The fees of an officer were SO rrouner ,ogetb-
or in tho law ,s To consist Of two mr. thras
Items only there would be , great sav;na Of
inc and labor. and the officer and The Iii.
rant unders,onding how much tho Law al
Ioued tho o.f;car To collect and rao,,;raJ H..
I;t;gant 70 nav 10Th would ho ho,tar sa,;ss
"a
CAPITAL ruy1suNrNrs.
E,.o-,. ,,n,arnor or ,ha -, IL
mast ten years has called tho at,ert;nr ~ ths
egisla,ura 10 and adv;sad !, reveal Nv n,od;-
ication of the act of March ) 1870 which
,bol;sbes cani,al nun;sbment nv ;nG;,oo,;nr
In INV indictment Il would he hotter n ahoI-
81 the death penalty absolutely than 10 con.
inue in fierce the present law.
Tur p,pnoxrxc povrp
The constitution vests the nardon;,o now
r in the povcrnor sander regulat;nns and
prescribed nv law Sncb rea,,-
atoms and restrictions sbonld. il seems IN
no. include n tribunal of some cbsrao,sr