The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-31
NEW MExICO's PROS pEcrs
The Movement Looking to Its Ieu
Into the Union.

The Movement Looking to Its Aar,.
Into the Union
A movement for the admiss;o.
New Mexico as a state is alreadv
der way. Congress, writes a 81 IN. u'
Globe Democrat correspondent Wilt; iyu'
asked at the coming season m a oe
the necessary legislation. Delan"c.'
Joseph who is a democrat, is onnes@
to the proposition, and has taken o
casion to declare his belief that ~ w
unwise, and that the admission is ~
desired by the people. 1t is claimed
however. on the part of those who o.
vocate the change, that Mr.. ,JosenS
represents only minority, owino h.
election to the fact that there war .s
two other candidates in the 6eId
Great interest is taken in the issue hr
such citizens of the territory as vis;,
Chicago. Col. Pritchard, late UnitoS
States attorney, in speaking of tbs
merits of the scheme this evening said.
"New Mexico is, l believe, the ola
est organized territory we have. 4
has population of 100000, and THAI
welfare of its people would be improv'
ed by the admission.
MT. ITllcndTu WIS dSheu II thera
was not quite an element of opposition
and replied: mo doubt there is, bnt
that opposition arises generally from
one of two causes-either it is the on.
position of the politician, who thinks
he is on the popular side of the CUES.
ton, without knowing, or it arises
from a lack of information as to thu
advantages state possesses over A
territory in respect to its autonomy T
and In respect to wiser and more
satisfactory administration of its laws
and management of Its affairs. Terri.
tories never did amount to ANYTHING
except as kind of dumping ground
for the political rubbish of the States,
the territories by the national congress
has been, from its inception, about
the worst that could be devised.
There is scarcely commendable fea- ,
ture in it.
''In what respect do you consider
the system wrongp" was asked.
'In nearly all respects the system
affecting the Judiciary is a mockery in
part. We virtually have no supreme
or appellate courts. AS rule three
judges are appointed by the president
representing so many districts. These
judges hear cases at ,aisi priuS or in
the district court. All cases that are
appealed from these courts are mo-
appealed from these judges, but t6
them, for they get together once
year, or oftener, to constitute what Is
called supreme court, and again
pass on the cases they have tried be-
low. Territorial supreme courts long
since became known as kind of log
rolling machine in which the Judges
enter in the business of you tickle me-
and l will tickle you,' to the end that
their decisions below may remain un-
Sometimes there is a
break in the judicial family. and then
they go to the other extreme, as thew
did in New Mexico last term of the
supreme court, in which the Judges
seemed to vie with each other in see
ing which one should be reversed the,
oftenest. l am glad to say the indi-
cations are that we have out there now
a different kind of court, but the sys-
lem is still open to the same obiec- {
lions. Another difficulty under the
system pertaining to the judiciary Is
his: Each judge is authorized to APP 4
point the clerk of his court. The laws 4
If congress allow but one clerk to
Zach judicial district. These districts
n some cases comprise as many as
lalf dozen counties. Now as the
Jerk can not be in more than one
county at time, the other five coun-
les, or whatever their number may
,e, have no clerk. You see at onoF
he great Inconvenience one is put to,
Ind that inconvenience is only the
greater by reason of the fact that
ome of the counties in the territories
re very large, with poor facilities in
raveling from one county to another
o find clerk"
''There is other faults in the system
# territorial government, continued
1r. Prichard. "The territories are
isfranchised in everything pertaining
o national affairs, and even in the
matters concerning their own welfare
n congress. A delegate from terri
Dry IN congress has no voice, even u
matter plainly and directly affecting
is own constituents. He ought at
east to be allowed to vote on ques-
ions having a local application in his
arritory. Then again, the people Oh
he territories are taxed and large
evenues collected from them by the
ational government, and yet the ter
tories are allowed no representation
S it cannot be said they are repre-
ented when they are denied voice
AVIATION without representation has
become a more popular al
air in certain quarters than it wasA
entury or more ago."