The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-27
A COURT CONTROVERSY.
ovERA CAMP COUNTY TRIBUNAL
Facts, Figures, Reasons and Logical Propo-
sitions why Its Jurisdiction should
be Restored One who Claims
TO Voice Public Opinion.


PrTTsBURe, April a. Editor HER
ALD.l-The PitCsburg Gazette, in its
issue Of April %, published reply to
the spondent of the Dallas HERALD
at this place on the subject of restoring
the criminal Jurisdiction of the county
court Of Camp county, and the action Of
Hon. sam D. Sunson, state senator from
this district, IN defeating the measure
before the legislature. The Gazette has
been requested to publish an article en-
bracing the main points of this article,
oub mas declined to do so, and we appeal
70 the HERALD TO place this matter in
us proper hight before the people OF the
county.
The editor Of the Gazette has pra
sumed TO speak for "the people" in this
matter, and has asserted that he believes
two.thirds OF the county are against re-
storing the criminal jurisdiction Of the
county court ard his ipse dixit has gone
iorth - law. We have called on hiIu 90
puniish list OF the names OF The most
prominent men who oppose 10, those
VINO are OuJ-spQk0u and against 10. not
those who may be lusewarm or mdiagr-
ent, aud he has dec'ined to do So. IN.
thoush we stand ready with list 20
meet aud compare.
A few good men have op.
posed the comfy court, but
some Of them did so with9nt
lnvestie eating the matter Eysn the edi-
| Tor OF the Gazette published that if we
| hno 2 county court parties would an.
peal from thRt 10 tho district court aid
make double expense 10 tho county Inv
tw9 'iii94ls, whereas we now have only
one. llQW absurd The ideal A trial in
Tho county court would be lust as much
@ bnallty as trial in tho di strict court,
ana 1ppeals would only be to tho cour /
OF appeals. Many good mon opposed
the county court and urged this as an
objection, and while the editor OF tho
Gazette has acknowledged privately he
was wrong, he has never taken the
pains 10 enlighten his readers, A iury
In the county court need only cost Sl2 n
! day, Whil9 IN the district court it costs
! Y4s. And under the amended c0nstitu.
non thore need be only four terms of the
| county court whereas, under tho old
law there were eighteen. Personally,
DO not favor county courts, especially
Tor small counties, but there are now or
the Camp cOdnty district court docket
about 800 cases, both criminal and civil
and business is accommodating and the
| interests of the county and of parties
| litigant demand its restoration. The
people asked for it and failed to get it.
Hon, Gideon Christian, representative
from this district, says while in AustiT
ne knew OF but six men in the county
ana the editor OF the Gazette was on,
them. who opposed tho restoration O
the county court; that il there wer,
others he never knew of their opposi
ton by letter, petition or otherwise
save the grand jury which opposed il
ana that he received three petitions
embracing over 800 names, and Their
are only about l,l0O voters in the count,
iaVoring its restoration, besides numef
Gus letters.
The editor of the Gazette has writer
quite freely as TO what he believes to h
the sentiment Of Tho people Docs h
! presume 90 say he embOdies the sent
mont OF "the people," or that he is 9Th
people, lie puts himself up as tn
champion Of tho cause Of the people, AN,
though have made diligent inquiry,
have been unable 20 nod out for WHOM
I ne speaks, unless a small few OF WHOM
lac IS chief. He has used his columns /
b cry down the county court, but I'm
spirit OF fairness, never has throw
open the gate foran intelligent discus
sion OF tho questions involved, that III
people might hear both sides.
Leaving out few exceptions, speal
the Intelligent voice of the people of IN
county whoa say Camp county needs
J county court for criminal business, Il
unolog the dockets of the district court
Every lawyer In tho town favored il
restoration save the district attorney
and nobody ceusured him for his course
ana the only man who was active il
opposition TO IL, at least publicly so, wa
the editor OF the Gazette. He threat
ened, here at home, to write up Senate
Stinson II he did not defeat tho bill II
the senate, but whether those throat
ever reached the senator, the write
does not know, but results show he wa
guided In his course in tho matter h,
the line marked out for him bv the edi
tor OF the Gazette.
If the aforesaid editor can show m,
that am wrong I'm this matter, or tina
do not represent the sentiment of
largo majority OF tho best peOple of tht
county, and Of those who best know IN,
needs Of tho county, then IN retro /,
some lsuoly spot aud try to dispors,
mysoli nnd never return until / get m,
iuil consent 10 live loyal D. the GOOD pg6
pie OF Camp. And IL the editor OF IN,
Gazette viii study tho tomrer of th,
! peoplo little more closely, he may bt
| ablo 60 remove the dolWsiv6 thought thal
he has been haunting his brain over this
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