Telegram-herald., 1886-10-11
NO SHOW FOR JUSTICE
The Supreme Court Cannot
Keep up With It's Business
TIE OPENING or THE COURT TODAY.
Hundreds OF Cases viii Have TO Wat
Years tor Hearing--Scme OF the
Advanced Cases That are 10
De tteard This Session.

WAsEIsGTo5. Oct l0.-fhe October term
OF the Supreme Court Of the United States
opens here tomorrow with larger and
more crowded docket than ever before. A
year ago, when the court Bet, there were
.O33 cases on the docket; tomorrow there
will be 100 facing the court Last Year
the court cleared up about 600 cases, and
With that number as fair basis OF work for
the coming year, the court. il mag be said,
Is nearly three years behind hand, and with
fair prospects of running still further be-
hind thi. and each succeeding year, unless
Congress does something to remedy matters.
Ii i. conceded on all sides that something
ought to be done 10 facilitate and
expedite the work OF the court.
and variou. propositions have been
advanced during the past years in
either House of Congress 10 establish this,
but none of them have found favor with
both houses, and so the Court goes ahead
from year 10 year with its uphill work.
The long delays TO which litigants are
now subjected are in many cases equivalent
10 denial OF Justice, and the situation Is
bound 10 grow worse and worse each year.
unless matters are reuledied. OF course
this Congress, and Congress alone. can
remedy matters, but officials connected
with the Court have little faith IN immedi-
ate help from Congress. and have no hesi-
tatiOn In saying that things are likely TO
20 on from bad 10 worse tor some time yet
10 come.
The court will meet formally tomorrow,
but will transact no business beyond pass
ing favOrably upon the applications on hle
of lawyers, who desire 10 practice before II.
The court will then adjourn for the day
and in accordance with the custom and
practice OF years, will proceed in a body TO
the Executive Mansion, where the judges
will pay their annual respects 10 the Presi-
dent On Thursday busines. will fairly
begin and number of cases which have
been advanced on the docket will be taken
up. First among these are what are known
as the Boston Pacific National Bank cases
ten in number-made up of appeals by
shareholders of the bank from the decision
of the United States Circuit Court
of Massachusetts, in favor of the
receiver of the bank, and involving
the question of the right of the comptroller
of the currency TO assess the bank stock
holders 100 per cent. of their stock for the
benefit of the creditors of the bank. An
other of the advanced cases is the appeal of
the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway
from decision of the United States Circuit
Court of Kansas, vacating the company 5
title to 10000 acre. of land along the route
of their road in Kansas. Still another of
the advanced cases is that of the ChOctaw
Indian n alton appealing for a decision of
the court of claims which allowed the In
dians $1,000 for land IN the Indian Terri
tory, conveyed TO the United States under
the Choctaw treaty of 1920. The Choctaws
are not satisfied with this allowance, and
will endeavor in thi. suit to obtain several
million dollars more. A full bench is ex-
pected tomorrow as all the justices are
understood to be in the city.