The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-06

Tile -adlnlulSGraIlOn OF department
nor should there be any uncertainty
as to the recipients of the subsidy
or any discretion left to an executive
officer as to its distribution. If sucl
I gifts of the public money are to b.
made for the purpose of aiding any
enterprise in the supposed interest o.
the public, l cannot but think thai
the amount to be paid, and the bene
ficiary, might be better determined
by Congress than in any other way
The international congress of del
egates from postal union countries
convened at Lisbon, in Portugal, in
February last, and after q session OF
some weeks the delegates signed q
convention amendatory of the present
postal union convention in some par.
ticulars designed to advance its pur.
poses. This additional act has had
my approval and will be laid before
you with the department report.
approve the recommendation of the
Postmaster General that another
assistant be provided for his depart.
ment. I invite your consideration to
the several other recommendations
contained in his report.
,- THE JUDICIARY.
The reportof the Attorney General
contains history of the conduct of
the Department Of Justice during the
last year and a number Of valuable
suggestions as to needed legislation,
and invite your careful attention to
the same. The condition of business
in the courts Of the United States is
such that there seems to be an i'm
.peratiFe necessity tor remedial Iegis-
lation on the. subject. Some-of these
courts are so overburdened with
pending causes that the delays in
determining litigation amount often
to a denial of justice. Among the
plans suggested for relief is one sub.
mitted by the Attorney General.
It's main features are the transfer of
all the original Jurisdiction of the
Circuit Courts to the District Courts
and an increase Of judges for the
latter where necessary, an addition Of
judges to the Circuit Courts, and
constituting them exclusively courts
of appeal and reasonably limiting
appeals thereto, further restrictions
Of the right to remove causes from
the State to Federal Courts, permit
ting appeals to the Supreme Courts
from the courts Of the District of
Columbia and the Territories only in
the same cases as they ere allowed
from tie State Courts, and guarding
against an increasing number Of ap-
peals from the Circuit Courts.
approve the plan thus outlined, aud
recommend the legislation necessary
for its application to our judicial
system. The present work of CON-
United States Marshals
and District Attorneys should, in my
opinion, be changed. They are al
lowed to charge against the govern
ment certain fees for services, their
income being measured by the
amount of such fees within a fixed
limit as to their annual aggregate.
This is a direct inducement for them
to make their fees in criminal cases
as large as possible, in an effort to
reach the maximum sum permitted.
AS an entirely natural consequence
unscrupulous marshalS are found
encouraging frivolous prosecutions,
people on petty charges of
crime and transporting them to dis
tant places for examination and trial
for the purpose of earning mileage
and fees; and district attorneys use
.essly attend criminal examinations
far from their places of residence for
the express purpose Of ofswelling their
accounts against the government.
Fhe actual expenses incurred in these
are also charged against /!
he government. Thus the rights !
and freedom Of our citizens are out
aged and public expenditures in
creased for the purpose of furnishing
public officers pretext for increasing
he measure of their compensation.
think marshals and district attor-
leys should be paid salaries, adjust
ii BY rules, which will make them
with services fairly
rendered. In connection with this
subject ] desire to suggest the adj
disability, if it be found not obnox-
ous to constitutional objection, of
investing United States Commission
IT'S with the power to try and de-
ermine certain violations Of law
within the grade of misdemeanors.
Such trials might be made to depend
lpon the option OF the accused. The