Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-01-24

litivation aud the eettlemouk OI cOotrO
xsy.Ies at a nominal expense. Our stat
nts now provides that the County Of Or
snrd will furnish to any parties In this
court who will agree thereto, ~ IN afbi'
traitor I'm matters between them, any on<
of the Judges Of the supreme Court. IN
INV opinion and judgment, and nom my
observation as q citizen and my ex'
p.ri.p,e as an attorney, the statute
which provides for the submission oil
controversies between party and party
10 arbitration IL In the Interest OF speedy
Justice aud cheap justice too. IL you
Will examine the docket Of our court you
will find that nearly one-thlrd Of the
cases upon IL are referred.
Under this statute the parties are not
Obliged to come To Paris; they are not
Obliged to go TO South Paris or to Nor
WAY or To Bethel; but the arbitrator
| goes right To their homes, right Into the
neirhborhood, and there hears the EVIL
dence. aud they may discuss the law, and
The parties win get decision that Il
eousl 10 an opinion by the full court OF
| the state. That L. really such radical
change In our court procedure that we
virtually have a court on wheels all the
time, travelling over the county. Ref
,r,pce after reference IL held at Nor
way, az Canton, at Dixfield, at Bethel,
M south Paris aud wherever the parties
see tlt 10 have them. And when you
have called Judge Foster, rJudge WAL
ton, or, In the DAYS that are gone, our
beloved Judge Virgin, whose spirit Is
now lowering between the two worlds,
II not already across the river, when you
have called those men to your homes TO
give their opinion upon any controversy,
you have been satisfied with the result.
Ii i not like the verdict of a jury, upon
which a motion for new trial nav per-
haps be granted; hut Il Is the verdict OF
a man learned In the law. Aud | say
that the law Il a glory To the legislature
which enacted Il. IL Il a law In the In
terest Of the people. IL cheapens litigs-
ton, and makes Justice possible among
the people. Further than that, gentle
men, I saw that nearly fifty per cent. OF
the lltigated questions that would other
wise come In here and make court
house necessary and impose large
amount Of obligation upon the county,
are avoided, and these considerations
NAV fairly be taken into account by US
IN this controversy. And desire to go
further. gentlemen. You can see this
court house; you can see this court
room, and say To YOU what think ev-
ery man In this audience will say, that,
so far as this building being out OF re.
pair l. concerned, under the careful
management of our past County Com
missioners, In repainting, In fixing the
doors. and attending to the ventilation
aud other things about it, this court
house has never been la so good condi-
ton, since I became member of the
Rar twenty-five years ago, as IL Is to-
day.
Another thing, gentlemen. That sug-
sestlon has been made about the probate
court. Have you thought, or have the
voters aud the petitioners In this county
thought or suggested, that the probate
court l. held here To accommodate
the eastern portion Of the county,
and In the west 10 accommodate the
people of the western portion OF
the county, and that Judge VIII
sou Il court on wheelss Judge Wilson
l. AN itinerant Judge. lie Is not only
very able Judge aud good lawyer, but
he has the management OF n bank and
other industries as well; but he IL ready
To 90 twice year, by the order OF the
statutes Of this state, To Fryeburg and
hold his court there. Now there IL no
necessity for the people at Fryeburg and
other western towns TO come here to at
| tend the probate court, because the
court must 90 TO them. The Reg
| lister will start one way and the Judge
the other, and they. meet at fryeburg
and hear all controyerted questions there
|twice a year, In separate and distinct
months, 10 accommodate that portion OF
the county. Now, what elser DO you
understand, gentlemen, that the records
deere contain all the records of the entire
property Of Oxford County, Not by
any manner Of means. We are divided
Into two registry districts, aud nine Of
|the most important towns In this coun-
|ty never send their deeds here for record
NJ all /; they have registry of their own
ht Fryeburg. When YOU consider the
question of the Importance OF the
|recorls of the real estate transactions In
This county, YOU must not forget that
nlne out of the thirty towns In the coun-
b have a registry Of their own.
Now, gentlemen, that goes to the
luestiOn of the necessity for an enlarg-
I'll and improved probate building aud
bflices In that building yonder. l desire
~ say that, while have been at Paris
peat many times, and have always
been la attendance upon the probate
eourt aud the Supreme Court and AT
bther times, INV attention was never CALI
l To that building, until this contro-
kersy arose, tn give IL an examination
Ind tn see what IL was. have since
Examined Il, and lind IL To be Of stone
md one of the most substantial build
pgs In Oxford County to-day. IL j.
bot Of modern architectural design. II
has mo-. Queen Anne pattern, with a
olumn or cupola or any Of those fancy
ligree things that you see In this pict-
pre-, and which do not aid justice at all,
md which does not help party In seek
ng his legal rights, and will not
preserve his property any better than
ire-proof vaults under that roof will do;
bat flnd Il To be substantial. IL Is not
built upon the sands, where a house Is
liable To fall, but IL Is built upon q solid
book, where Wise men placed IL nearly
century ago. What more do observe
(bOut iti Now am lawyer who INV
Bro. Bisbee says passes his time In the
Saddle. have two or three offices.
b into almost every county In the state.
nd | have occasion to visit almost
eyery court house In the state, and say
~ YOU that IL IL my own personal expe-
Fience that In no court house wherever |
have addressed Jury, have | had the
pleasure of addressing more intelligent
ury, nor have ever been able to speak
ith greater ease In any court house
han Ia this one.
have visited probate offices and have
Examined records In almost every ofiic~
his side Of Bangor, and | will say that
kou cannot find a more pleasant clerks
ptilce than that Of Albert :. Austin In
that building over across the way. You
cannot find a more pleasant Office than
that Of John y. Stanley, the Register Of
Deeds, In any OF the modern court house
offices In this state. They are as large
~ those In Androscoggin I'm their court
house costing sl25,tOO. They are as
barge as those at Pennington, they are
- large as those at Augusta, they are n
large as those at Penobscot, they are as
large as those In Sigidahoc, they are ~
large as those I'm Cumberland. III you
ioubt that they are Ne large a. those In
cumberland, go into the clerks Office In
hat county aud see how much room you
Nill lind To sit down. You 20 Into the
fourt house at Augusta or any Of those
offices there, and II you don't feel as II
|ou had gone down Into safety vault
md had the door closed after you, then