New-York tribune., 1895-05-23
STARVING OUT THE COURTS
AID o,.NEy NOT CONGRESS. RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS YEARS TROUBLE.
80 ron THE COMING YEAR. HOWEVER. CONGRESS
sIoNAL CHEEsE-PARlNG OF HIS ESTIMATES
,,oREBopEs EVEN WORSE coMPLIcA-
rloNs THAN NOW EXIST.
Inv TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBuNE.1

- ,.o, MAY 22-The LIIId Congress had
,ns enough both of commission and OMISSION u
.r for without being held responsible ior any
tto, !. was not guilty. There seems to be Il
si,,si,ior however, to charge the present e"o"'
~assments of the United States courts on account
-, ~ funds 10 pay bailiffs and cr.ers. lees OF
o,,.,narshals witnesses and Jurors ana o,hoi
onessarv expenses. to the neglect or reiusdi VI
,h. Congress TO appropriate a suilclent a"iou'
80 money for those objects. This Is not just as Lax
- tho appropriations for the current hScai year
~ Concerned While it is true that the regular
orriations were less than the estimates lor
s ,sar II is also true that every dollar OF de-
ecancv appropriation asked by the Attorhe!-"e"
,al an account of support of United states 0ou -
Cor the wear ending June 90. 1875. was No'ed py 'o"
cross on or before March p 1879. Inc Department
Of Justice therefore. and not Cohsi'ss' 10 ''Sf''
he for the existing trouble.
rn. ORIGINAL estimate for marshals and deputy
narshas for the current year amounted 10 sI-i''-'
The regular appropriation amounted 10 so''V'V. -"
January 2S 1926. the Attorney -General asNeu io' "
denciency appropriation of S'l3Vo Tor the reia"u'
=, tho wear. which Congress voted making 'he
total for the year on that account N.5"V or dp'"'
s,-c ooo moro than the regular estimate For lees
NJ iurors the regular estimate was S'ooV0V' anu
only seaDOO was carried by the regular AppioI'iH-
ton hill but a deficiency appropriation OF >i"'"V
was aftcrward voted in accordance with an es"-
,oa,e furnished by the Attorn'y-General, making a
,,o regular estimate For fees of witnesses the
roru,ar estimate amounted to Nl'ow me
regular appropriation act carried only sOo'V"' ne
defcencv estimates on this account aihou"'e" 10
s756 900 until February %. 1880. whon chairman
Coctreu of the Senate Committee on Approprla-
..os received a letter from the Attorney-General
recommending that the item Of Sl560cD carried py
the General Deficiency bill as 1t passed the houSe
OF Representatives (Which item made up 'he i''
amount that had been estimated Tor uN'e' ''"'
head be reduced to $4,000, and his latest le0o'l'-
mendatlon was adopted II it had not been made
the total appropriation for fees OF witnesses III
1907 vcoud have amounted sl.50GCOo, or So7o'""
more than the regular estimate suonnitted l" 'o"-
cress by the Attorney General, ana even "i''' "''
deduction the total appropriation ahouh''" 10
81 4soooO or s2SOOOO more than that estimate foI
nav Of bailns the regular estimate amounted TO
sS0N and the regular appropriation TO N""0
ON January as 1885. the Attorney-GeneTal ash''
for a deficiency appropriation OF SfoV"' anu Il was
voted making the total for the year >i''vV'' "'
$1,000 more than the regular estimate Sup'''''" "
Congress. The regular estimate for support oi
prisoners amounted to $4,000, ana the 'o'"l "p.
nrouriations on that account for the current hscal
year 0ncludng $4,000 on account or deheleh'''a'
amounted 10 $500 0t OF $4,000 more than the orig
ma, tSa'ii"neons eXpenses amounted S.25'r, The
total apITopTlations dnoluens AuovD on "',"".t ~
Snn he reeiiar estimate No Other estimates fof
deficiency appropriations Tor NE .ni''t, 49,, h," 49,
eral al The last session, hni ihr run "'n"unl @'
every estimate that he did submit was "p""P''
Atod "a, ,t..,., s,.,a. ,h.,e
The Attorney-Oeneln of Tho lh!rl N,h'"Si ~ w ~,
,hs lack Of funds which has 10 great ekirhl par,
aiysod tho United states courts, ana 'Hus,l , n"'
"niv much Inconvenience nn1 delay Ia The hIhilnli
,iaiion of Justice but small ainoun, of dlni'''
nH we'll a., .,,.,.., .,
As fir ns tho appropriations for the support oi
Tinted ptatcs cour,H for IA" noAt ilHcal year ar" '
rrfnrd that r another story, These appropriation
were cut ~ far below the estimates nni w" h"'
Of tho service that the IINth Congress VII prom
ahiv he compcilcd TO vote at least t-VpuvD on a'-
count of donccnccs for the year 'ndihk Jun,
10 1906 At the last session OF 'ongicS" N.o'.,' 49,,
ys oruropriated on account OF DEFICIENCIES Tor IN
current fiscal year. and the total Of the feguai
annronrIatlons for next year ~ less than thc ioh
,yiiar appropriation for the current year, despite
tbc Increase In the number Of courts and places q
which terms are to bc held. well as In th'
amount of business TO be done