The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-13

community to which they are Appointed.
prescribe his district. abolish thetfee sys-
TEN and make the office a salariedI one, ad-
Justing the salary to the probable amount
of business to be transacted in theRdlstrlct
There is no gainsaying the mo fast
operandi by commissioners, great frauds
are being perpetrated, lage sums q money
are wasted, spies, common 1nfornIers anu
professional witnesses are being prea, great
outrages are being committed ana V we ~
justice done reputable citizens ana Hnoce ;
persons and the administration IS 'Justlce
made a byWord and reproach In soAae OF .ilo
districts in the United States. 10 teSlL the
northern district of Alabama, eXa1lne the
accounts of commissioners, learn u e man
ner of proceeding i'll their courts, see w
number of criminally frivolous caSek RrouSht
and tried, attend the courts anu ee ne
crowds of witnesses and defendan 1Sent
ing, see the witnesses and Jury FL %lcale
broker plying his vocation - t4e# n COZ,
ridors of the courthouse, visit thex rs ana
see the squalid crowd of innocent a3V guilty
huddled together in common JAN, - noSS
In pen, hear their tales or woe, " theif
wives and helpless children in their umole
homes in some distant mountain cove are
depending for a bare SUBSISTENCE upon me
charity of some trusted ne1ghpo" Fe1o ~
poorly able TO spare it from the scanty IRE
of his own family, while the delendaht IS
Ianguishing in a loathsome jail CELL VIC
tim to the rapacity of some professional
witnesses ana judicial officers IS enough 10
enforce the conviction that II N Womb pc ~, d
godsend to justice to have the doors OF the
criminal courts in the district closei. There
is no surer way to make a bad citizen out
of a patriot than to deprive him OF ms
rights persecute him in the name of the
law and tuln a deaf ear to his cries Tor
justice.
Punishment of the Guilty Is Demanded.
81 cannot too strongly urge upon you the
necessity of sending to this district sutti-
cient corps of examiners to visit each COM
missioner doing any great amoull OF pusl-
ness and thoroughly examine ~ me &C.
counts, papers ana process of his office, and
to cali before them defendants, witnesses,
deputy marshals and all others VINO may
be able to testify to any fact connected WIN
the trial of any particular case urea De-
fore them and bring out all the IactS con-
nected with the administration OIL R1suce
by them, and il fraud IS deVeiopeq 20 iay
the facts connected with it before the Unit,
ed States attorney who should be instructed
to prosecute the perpetrators to the tuillest
extent of the law. From N zen eNpelit .1l
in such matters / will say that, to tho
rough examination into these matters II Is
necessary to clothe examiners with lsl au-
thority to compel the attendance ana an
swers of witnesses, employ stehoSIdphelS
and if necessary, employ the services OF
guides who know the country and the PEG,
pie Clothed with this authority ! VIII
stake my commission on beng able 70 re-
duce the expense of the district $ooooo
per annum. c;u
of the dis riot and punt shment OF tne Suity
is not only demanded by justice, but \ Tue
to the good people of the ulstrict W eel
keenly the stigma which is being nv
upon their community by the como I OIL
some of the officers, and are ready, ing
and anxious to render any asS1stal at
their command to unearth, the frau lo
punish the perpetrators and purge TT IS
trict of the pernicious pactices.
81 respectfully recommend that t1N re
port and accompanying evidence be aeler-
red to the United States attorney for the
district, with instructions to spare neither
pains nor expense in bringing the guilty 10
Justice. Very respectfully,
LEIGH CHALMERS,
EXAMINER Department of Justice