Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-03


The House committee on Judiciary gave
hearing this morning TO persons favoring and
opposing the bill nronosing the estabiishm.p,
Of n COM, ., .,.lI E. a.. 49,. "a a..
In. VI HpPe~s ior .ne pis'r'e' anu ,ie
oiiis proposed IN lieu OF that measure In
crease the number OF justices composing the
present Supreme Court OF the District
There are three bills before the committee.
One propose. the os,obbshmen, ., . cour, .,
'ne os~ohsnmen' OF eour' Oh
Appears, 70 consist OF achief tustice and two
associate lustices Another bill proposes the
appointment of two additional justices of the
Supreme Court ub,la still s,otb.r o.r. Gov .ho
~ yS.'' - '. 'uree au'i'ohAi Ius,iees
me luulciary committee has decided to re-
port Tue court OF appeals bill. which Is said 70
- In, ~ :. uislo.is ., 'ne naf as
a number Of lavyerS in ,ho n;s,;e, - ~ -,
indorse that measure. gave the hearing TODAY
before formally reporting the bill TO the House.
TIE ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT.
The Bar Association has appointed a special
committee ON Legislation corsis,;n, q, etc.,,
r,or,hovs A., ,.ra .o,,,,;-- :, M. -.
my ~ Se'N"ee VI e'''e Pe'e's
III Congress anecfing legal questions Of local
interest; ana subcommittee. consisting of
Mt' Natnauiel Wnson. MI; a - Morthinston.
M. He9rse Z, hsut'oh, MI. n 4. DAVIS ana
MI. H. hoss tefr!, 70 reSohlneho ths passage
All tne mempers OF tne subcommittee we're
present save Mr.; nsmiton' VINO was repre-
anamax,a5 a. s,,hco,,, 80 - "a; .,'
The opposition TO tue cour; of appeals bin
was represented by Mr.. Franklin Mackey. Gen
Eppa Hunton, Mr.. Enoeh Iotten. Mr.. Henry
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49,, Nj w, .ao M
Goodo W., n Wahh
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to a puments The time WA limited 70 forty.
five minuteS ON a id
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MR.. hAckEf AGAINST THE COURT OF APPEALS.
Mr.. Mackey opened the debate in behalf OF
the opposition to the court Of appeals bill
He said he had n pe,it,on signed NV 900 mann
bers of tho b.r aslin, CO.. ,ha ra,an,;o, =, a.,
present system. II # ia retained there sbonld
he q nermanort Gonoral t. - ~ -,
This Would answar a. -, r oi =:
those who fsyor tho 80, ,ns o,,,tfaI. E;.t,,
membsrs 90 tha Par sssoo;.,;aanp - -
the netit;on n. Sas;red ~ So r., ,ea
court of anneals hin "a NOT ,bs hill Of ths lar
Association. lie claimed that of the l49 mem-
cers OF the Bar Association there would be
the nras yU inJioi., so,a .nS re'enu ,, y,
against.
sycrss,,v ron aoxr,ro,s,.-,ox
THAI. ;. - 80 a. .rS,
40 "o ques''on ss '" 'ne necessary iof
some leslsiatlon upon TINS question: There Is
only one jury court to try the cases Of q popu-
latiou of $50 600 people.
He said that ali the laws made within the nss,
thirty wears have been made 10 it This indihcisi
system To disturb this system now by ap-
pointing another court would be pro-
ductive only of bad results When
this system was organized il took ten
years to straighten out matters TO adantability
to the new court. The Criminal Cont IL now
the poor mans court. The rich man gives
bail, the poor fellow goes TO iail and of course
the court tries iaiI cases first Therefore the
Judges should be increased. IL is desirable that
ful bench of five or seven iudres
should sit in General Term in the
hearing of important cases. last wear we
had two iudges sick and business was sns-
pended. The cost of increasing the nresen,
court would be 1000 a wear TO annoint the
court of appeals would cost s35. 600 a wear.
viii an economical Congress indorse the latter
expenditure. Another danger vouId arise IL
the appellate court sbonId he formed NV
olties and are unfamiliar with District laws
COL TOTEM VIEWS.
Col Enoch Totten said the present system
has been running nearly thirty wears. He had
been nractic;,g hssore !, for ns.rl, ,r.,.,.;x
n -. A.,
as it stands than the new system could
be. The new system would smother the
present court Inc present system was mod
~ "a - ',;n N, -, 80. ne e VI Ne"
else. II ia flexible and can he aSantas
to the growth of the civ ever WHOM tha
nonulation reaches a million Tbera can
ALWAYS be as MANY circnit conr,s o. ,o.r
become necessary as long as there are
iudges to hold them. We have sly iudges
They are capable honest and have woris5
hard This hill will he a nainfnI onS
bumiliatinU thing n these ;pdces o.
cress shouid hesitate before estahlisbino the
precedent of retiring them. No sunreme
court of anv sta To has ever beep ret;,e5 bv tha
Amendment of an anneIlate court over Their
heads. The present court is not an expense 70
the United States. IL is a waving in,titution
turning proft into the United states treasury
II this appellate court sbonld he estab.
iished il will unouestionabiy nroye an
expense on the government. A separate
institution with separat e records and officers Ia
provided. Our court now deals with The
records AS they are While the General Term
is dealing with n case no other court has anv
need of the records. Instead of HAVING ons
court to deal with and provide records for there
will be two under the prouosed anuellate sys-
tenn W course the salaries OF the new judges
wiiL nave 10 De pald but they can be paid out
a. ne az " .ne ne" La" fesuiaahs
mn. WILSON fANoRs THE NEW COURT.