The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-13

TO meet any extraordinary emergency
that may arise. DIR. Gregory voluntarily
retires from the board on the first o.
January next. which will be q grea
loss To il, as he commands the conf
dence and love of his professional
brethren.
SUPREME COURT COMMISSION.
Since the creation of this commission
by the last general assembly, it has done
excellent work, fulfilling the eXpec-
tations of the court and the friends OF
the respective commissioners. Since il
entered on its duties, Judge Charles 4.
WinslOw-One of its members-died
and Judge I'll. Clay Ewing was appointed
in his stead. Judge WinslOw, was =
honor TO his profession, the commission
and the state. The supreme court is still
much behind in its work. | think the
commission should be continued for two
years more. With the cOnjoint labOrs
of the commission and the court of
appeals, just established at Kansas City.
| think the large number of cases so
long postponed, will be heard and de-
cided within the next two years. and
there will no longer be a denial of JUS
tice to those engaged in legal .contro-
yersies.
The hardships of these delays fall the
the more heavily upon those who are IN
able to stand the pOstponement. and are
necessarily driven Ia any compromise
rather than prolonged litigation. After
those deferred cases are determined.
then the services of the commission can
be dispensed with, leaving the appellate
duties upon the courts of II. Louis. Kan-
sas City, and the Supreme Court. Ii
will be a day of qualification. alike To
the litigantS, the lawyers and the courts
when it can be said that the appellate
courts are full up in their business.
By the adoption of the last COnstitu-
tional Amendment. the st. Louis and
Kansas City Court of Appeals
have jurisdictions in all cases
of misdemeanor, No provision exists Tor
the state TO be represented before these
courts in such Gases. Many of them ale
quite important, inyo wing intricate ques-
ZION of law. This assembly should cure
the defect in some way, either by requir-
ing the encouragement or the attorney re-
presenting the state in criminal prcsecu-
lions in The county or city into which such
appeals are sent, to represent the states be-
fore .ihe appellate courts. A reasonable
COMPENSATION should be paid by the stote
FOR such labor. SINE provision shouid
also be m ade to pay for printing of briefs
made in behalf of the state. Bc'h should
b. paid from the fund set apart for the
payment of criminal costs, when ceriifi d
prosecution is had.
CURT OF APPEALS.
The amendment 10 the constitution
establishing tie Kansas City court OF ap
peals, having bsea adopted at the late
election, il devolves upon this ASSEMBLY, to
enact such legislation as will make the
amendment operative. Section If the
amendment reads as follows:
"The state shall provide suitable court
room at Kansas City in which the Kansas
City court of appeals shall hold Its sessions !;
also a clerks cffiCe and furnished Offices for
the judges" As the court is required by
the amen 1ment 10 commence its labors on
he first Monday in March next, a bill
should be passed without delay in con-
formits with the requirements of section 9,
regulating the fe Of the clerk and provid-
ing for the appointment and compensation
of the necessary officers of the court, and
appropriating a sufficient amount of
money to supply the court and clerks Office
with all the necessary records and station
cry.
AS there is lack OF such text books as
The court may requiIe in the law library
al Kansas City, [ recommended the appro-
priat;on of one Thousand dollars 20 be used
for the purpose of purchasing such books
under the direction of the presiding Judge
OF the court.
MILITIA.
think the state should no longer neglect
this branch of IFS strength. 1t my not be
required to-day nor tomorrow nor next
year, but the time may and will inevits bly
come when it will be badly needed. 1t
was only the foolish virgins who put no
oil in their lamps. The only way to up
build and maintain a militia force j. TO
encourage its members through reasonable
appropriations Tor necessary and legitin lie
expenses. There is commendable dis
position among the young me1 throughout
the state to enter into military Urg.niza- |
lions and 10 donate a reasonable portion |
Of their time for purposes OF drill and en-
without compensation, but few ,
Of them can afford to give of their smsll |
ms ans sufficient amount for uniforms and /
outfits This should not be expec'ed by
any liberal sta.e. No state is sale for one
lay without such organizations. In this
respect, the present and future are not like
he past. Times have changed and so
nave The minds of men. There are mapy
turbulent spirits constantly eng ged in
stirring or attempting to stir up st,i'e and
lisobeIience to law among the wage
workers Of the country. With credit, BE- it
aid, that up to this time that large c lass
# industrious and law abiding people has
ilsregarded their reckless appeals
u ly understanding that aloue un-
Ter good govern ment and quiet
lines, do the laborers receive just com
,ensation for their work. The disposition
heuld be encouraged by good government ,
md reasonable compensation; and IL csc
workers of evil should be held in subiec. 8
ion by the terrors of the civil law. If
hat is not sufficient, then by the armed