The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-18


these pills." says the report had for
It's OBJECT the abolition of the fee sys-
TEN ana afhxing TO the several Offices
connected TO the circuit and district
courts IN the States and Territories as
certained salaries, Is well as limiting
the compensation of clerks and regulat
ing the per diem and mileage of jurors
ana witnesses. and provisions relating
TO commissioners, etc. The committee
are unanimous in opinion that a change
from the lee 10 the salary system is ad-
visable.
Experience has shown that in all
cases where compensation is governed
by the number and result of prosecu-
tons, The temptation has been great
and often yielded to by swelling the
number OF prosecutions and multiply
ing the business of courts to increase
the amount of fees.
The reports of the Department of
Justice and of the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, for the past ten years,
show an enormous disparity between
the expenses of the various circuit and
district courts and the punishment in
! 1lcted Tor crime, and amounts recover
ed TO the United States. Ii is apparent
from them that many prosecutions have
been begun and dismissed or carried on
at great expense to the government.
simply that officials and those i'm attend
ance upon the courts might receive
fees"
I'm some cases the committee find il
necessary, owing to the greatly increas-
ed population and rapid development
OF certain States and Territories. and
the increase of business consequent
thereto, TO increase salaries beyond the
annual average compensation. Especi-
ally Is this necessary in the Territories
where, in addition to the reasons above
given, the cost of living and the small
amount OF private business make il diff
ficult TO get, without increase of COM
pensation, such officials as the large in
terests Of the government in those sec
tons demand; still. with this increase,
the committee report the gratifying
fact that while this system will secure
better officials and relieve the people Of
much annoying and frivolous prosecu-
tons, and the government MANY thou
sands of dollars in other aBd general
court expenses, IL also makes an annual
saving of 5000 in the aggregate COM
pensation for district attorneys.
The saving to the government in the
annual aggregate compensation of mar
shals will be much greater, amounting
to $s7, 500"
That the above report. when seriously
considered. has a great deal Of merit
there can be no question. 1t is true
that in some OF the Territories very few
men would care to risk their lives. as
Marshal, for the paltry some of 50 900
or SS,5O0-the sum the committee on
expenditures in the Department of
Justice propose should be paid for Ter
ritorial Marshals-yet il cannot be de-
MED that certain marshals, both in the
States and Territories, have made far
more money, under the laws that now
exist. than they ought to have done. In
this respect l will not refer TO the Ter
ritory of Utah; the fact is too notori-
ous 70 require comment. The same re-
mark will apply to District Attorneys
whether State or Territorial-who are
10 be dealt with in this bill in the same
manner as the Marshals-paid fixed
salaries, made to account to the De
partment OF Justice for every dollar
over and above their salary, and pre-
vented from taking in hand a good deal
OF private or outside work they are now
permitted to handle. II is said by many
members of Congress with whom have
coLversed that this bill for regulating
the compensation and duties of United
States Attorneys, Marshals, ETC., will
become a law, If not this session, Ger
tainly IN the near future, II the bill
were law now. perhaps there would
not have been so many applicants for
the Marshalship of Utah. 1t is fat
office at the present time; but limit the
office to a fixed salary. such as have
indicated. and many men who are now
seeking the position would not be ION
the list"
Miss Kate Field arrived in this city a
few DAYS ago. She has not announced
her anti Mormon, stereos opic lecture,
and l question very mnch IL she will
intiict a Washington audience with the
played-out ret of which her lecture is
composed. She delivered the same lee
ture in this city some time ago. but in
asmuch as it fell as fiat as dishwater
upon all who heard her and knew her
do not think she will desire TO renew
the experiment. kate's character in
certain quarters is fine; in others il is
unsavory. When in Salt Lake she was
pointed out to me upon several occa-
sions, and she is no doubt an entertain
ing lady; but her a. ti-Mormon lecture
is gotten up and delivered in all parts
OF the country, not so much for the
truth il contains as the money il will
bring unto her pocket. She attacks the
Mormons upon the principle that they
are unpopular. have heard Of others
male and, female-doing the same
thing. but they have generally, in the
long run, come out poorer than they
started in. She was interviewed the
other day by a reporter of the National
Republican of this city upon the Mormon
question. OF course the readers OF TIE
HERALD can imagine what kind Of stuff
she would talk. Space Is too valuable
to reproduce il in full. Among other
things, however. she made reference TO
Mr.. G. G. Goodwin. editor-in-chief OF
the Salt Lake Tribune, saying that he
was the only man living to-day who.
in her opinion. filed the shoes as q
journalist. Of thelate Horace Greeley. OF
New York Tribune fame. / know Mr..
Goodwin very well; have met with him
frequently since his arrival in this city;
and in case his friends are solicitous as
70 the state of his health since the pub
LEGATION OF the interview in question,
am authorized 10 say that he Is well and
has not lost his head over the Kate
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