Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-05


made, and proper accommodations should
Z bo provided, the suffering attendant upon
prison Tic a. Fort Smith may be greatly
mitlgated, but the inability of The court
id administer The law IN all cases Win
n that prOmptnraa required In criminal
causes win stu osist,
II was IN proof before your committee
that the court NJ Fort Smith was IN actual
session gp7 days during the last year, and
Notwithstanding the great labor per-
formed by tho Judge Of The court, tho at
tornoy-goncra reports that 'frOm nifty 70
one hundred prisoners are constantly
crowded into the rooms used NJ q jail"
This fact shows that tho court nj Fort
Smith n worked and overloaded
with business, aud furnishes strong
argument IA favor OF the changes pro.
posed By tho bill reported u ~
/ true that your committed heard
no com )aint from the Judge OF that
court on account OF tho extraordinary
amount OF labor he II required 10 per.
form ON the contrary, your committee
have been assured that he ~ nnconplaln.
/ Ing and quite content 20 perform such an
amount OF labor, but, however commend.
| able this may be, your committee do not
/ believe that from nfty % 100 prisoners
]
rooms Ia the basement of abandoned
army barracks subject 90 the suffering
and purls described by tho nttornoy.gen.
ornl OF the Unltgd States, there 10 await
! a trial before q court 40 greatly oyerhur-
/ dcncd with businoss.
During the Investigation OF this subject
| by your committee, Representatives Of tho
Interests Of the Chlokaaaw and the south.
orn part OF the ChoCluw Nations have up.
poarod before II and strongly urged tho
necessity aud proprlety of a0mt change
In the federal jurisdiction over tic In.
/ dian Territory, The legislatures Of both
these nations have adopted resolutions
approving the plan OF attaching thia sec.
ton " the indian Territory 60 Texas. "
seems from The evidence before your com.
| mlttce TINT The people OF tho territory
/ proposed to be- attached 10 ToxaN are
/ practically unanimous In favor OF the
changes proposed, for like rensous and
considerations which have brought your
committee TO the conclusion that they
ought 20 DC made and as early 0s pNctiG.
uhlo,
The committee further submit upon
| this branch Of tho BubIecl that the
changes contemplated by the bin horo ro.
ported, II adopted by congress, will not
! reduce The territory or population over
which the court at Fort Smith now has
/ jurisdiction even 10 nn average OF terri
! tory and population usually assigned TO
! judicial districts " viii Mlll retain aud
exercise jurisdiction over eighteen coun-
\ ticE IN the state OF Arkansas, and over the
| Cherokee, Seminole aud Creek Nations,
and the northern hall Of the Choetuw
Nation
/ Tho propositions before the committee
not only contemplate rc0dlustment and
change OF federal Jurisdiction over the
| Chlcknsnw and part Of The Choctaw M,
ti0ns, but r0adlustmont aud change of
federal jurisdiction a. respects The Coun-
ties OF Red River, Lamar, Fannlu Delta,
Ur0yson, Cooke and Montague, In the
state Of Texas, In view Of what the com.
mlttee believed To be nm urgent necessity
to change tho federal jurisdiction, nv
respects The Indian Territory, and M or.
der TO adopt the best plan TO effect that
object properly, " became necessary 10
ascertain where the court should be- To-.
Gated IN Texas which should exercise that
IlurlsdictIou and whether In selecting
such location the claims OF tho people re- :,
siding In the counties named for Il more
equitable and convenient arrangement of
federal Jurisdiction mlghtnot nl the same
time be accommodated
II appeared 10 your committee, in view
OF the area of population aud business fol.
atlycly OF the Eastern aud Northern dis.
tries otthc stale OF Texas, that those dis
trlcts were unequally and inoqultably or.
HnnlHnd, Tho labor required OF the Judge
OF the Northern district IN much gTGnior
than that required OF the Judge OF tho
Eastern district II waa therefore deemed
unjust to the people Of that district and
to The Judge 10 add additional territory TO
II by attaching the Indian Territory, I'm
less roadiustmonl OF the Eastern and
Northern districts could be 40 far effected
~ TO secure u reasonable equalization Of
the labora OF the Judges, and nj the anmo
time promote tho convenience ut the poo.
pie who reside Ia the counties referred 90
The committed believe that the only
ialr method In which TO adjust and settle
The various conflicts VI interests and con.
vonlonco which have arisen out OF tho
subirot-matter before II IL sot forth IN
The second and third conclusions OF the
committee rs herolnbeioro stated That
method viii largely promote tho con.
ycnlcncc OF the people who reside In tho
counties Of Red River Lamar, Delta,
t0nnln Grayson, Cooke, and Montague,
Nlthohb INJURY 70 hnN interest proper w
lac considered when providing courts fo,
The convenience OF The people, II leaves
tho Northern district with sufficient popn.
laton and business to employ ali the
time OF tho Judge Of that district, aud
adds no more To- the labors OF tho Judge
Of the Eastern district than should be
added II tends To oqnallgc tho lahors OF
the olllccra of the districts, ltglyes to
tho Indian population the best facilities
Tor enforcing law aud preserving order
which can be suggested, and fixes the
locations OF the courts which are 20 eX.
crclso jurisdiction over thom ~ cities
whore they trade, aud whore their social,
commercial, aud business relations nro
already formed, The committee deem Il
/. proper 60 say that IN selecting the places
az which TO hold the courts IL was guided
alono 10y considerations Involving the
convenience Of The greatoat number OF
people who ARC 10 be affected by tho
Jurisdiction OF the courts, II the measurc
proposed becomes law.
The passage of the bin isllis recon.
monded TO the house, aud that bllls mum.
bcrod gi86, giG2, aud 67lQ DO He upon the
ialia