Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14
CIVIL APPEALS COURT REPORTS
Nor ECONOMY no sTOr THEIR
PUBLICATION.
Courts of Final Resort In Many Cases
of Great Importance TO the People
of Texns-Revenue May he Derived
From the PubIicutis Ms.


Special Correspondence A member
OF the house. whose social Instincts
preclude unsoeially severe repartee
privately arraigned me the other day
for styling that dlgniAed and ponder
Gus thought-factory, the house, IAN
eniinently erratlc body He wanted 10
know wherein the compliment had
been deserved and urged that 1 al
lowed compliments to flow too freely.
How erratic, wherein erratlc. and what
the deuce did erratic mean anyway
Bringing science OF the physical
world TO bear In Illustration, "A body
which. under given forces might by
all the laws Of reason end experience
be expected to act in u certain direc-
ton but which does no such thing, is
styled erratic. And II colorlng adJect-
ives could enter the domain Of science,
a body Of peculiarly cussed proseness
in the manner Indicated would be
called "eminently errRuc" with pro-
priety
In obedience to the direction OF my
friends objections, ! do pause uncer-
tain whether eolorlng adjective
should DO applied in describing a move
ment of II body SO scientifically pro-
found In deliberations as the house
We know how to think. to think with
weight, dignity and accuracy-we OF
the house, and though 1 confess we
are human. and. aided and abetted by
the Popullsts. we have erred here and
there, yet / say without fear of sue
cessiul contradiction, we can point
with pride 10 the fact that we haven't
made more than one dozen such errors
(all told as that the finance committee
of the senate proposes that body shall
make In that monument OF financiering
genius 1t will submit, u general APP
preparation BILL Ii is true we have
builded with lavish art on some msa'-
ures redounding 10 the acceptabllity of
the DhrWinl1u theory. and / sndA
point with pride 10 some of our monu-
ments. but what ! want to show right
now IL that we are not stuck-up, hide
bound monopollsls and that the senate
exercises Its inalienable human privi-
leges In this direction along with us.
| allude to and have been trying to
focus the readers attention upon that
stroke of retrenoh art which proposes
to save the state "Sgl20 per annum" by
no longer publishing the decisions OF
the courts of civil appeals. have her
aided the subject but wlely. There
should have rung in my words the ca
dence OF the pompuus bass drum dis
courslng music at the head of a civic
procession. For this is senate
measure, mark you. Potent grave and
reverend. please you.
1 do not think II will pass either
house, this sc!ntlllating proposition. No,
rare and tempting as IN the opportun-
ity to build up retrcnch fame, / don't
think either house Will bite. / antici-
pate that IN the house twenty-five
learned members will back 1t to a GER
tainty, and say to those OF the others
who don't follow suit: Il will tell
the people next election about the way
you played your hand In this, fellows!
You dare keep outw But, in spite of
this additional temptation think both
houses will stand pat In refusing to
draw cards in, this proposition of the
senate committee Having become so
familiar with the method we each Of
US employ In playing our hands in
the house, | can almost single out some
OF those who are sure to vote for II aud
write the little speeches they will prob
ably make when they play. But these
constitute happy minority. We OF the
house will down II or l am much mis-
taken, And you Of the senate need not
think II done on the principle that we
want TO tear down whatever you build
up Alright Believe 1t, gentlemen we
Of the house like to sanction these
rare and bcneflcent accidents.
have been told that It IL the granger
contingent Of the senate finance COM
mittee that made the brilliant hit in
questlon-thRt the lawyers were out at
the time As / remember there are
fifteen senators on this important COM
mlttee. OF these, but four are prac-
tlclng attorneys. while there are three
licensed but not practiclng That is
my recollection, l say. OF the proper
ton OF lawyers and laymcn on this
committee. What ever be the accurate
proportion, 1t Is dollars to doughnuts,
Is was not . prepouderance Of law
yers that deliberately proposed to
cripple the cause OF legal education
among the fraternity In the state 70
seriously as will this 50 called retronch-
ment The best instrinsic evidence
OF the safety OF this WAGER Is the arr,i-
mcnt that the decision Of the courts
OF olvil appeals. not being In all cases
hnal. are not valuable to the legal fra
ternity.
The present system OF the appellate
courts 10 more complicated than the
''''ANs NasNs ~ lAAhH oNttIttlg kptken
into settled operation. That IL is not
fully understood, consequently, Is
cvinced fully by the recommendation OF
the committee In question
The system has come here to stav he
You'd doubt. Endorsed by the peonIa
who selected 1t and eugrafted IL In the
constitution. approved by the Legal
minds of the state almost without crit.
ieism land the supreme court ff.ureq
among the endorsers, the present and
next generation viii hardly SEQ il
changed, 1t will take condition ~
affairs We do not yet foresee to bring
about substantial demand for n
cnauge
one Of the first effects the brilliant
reironoh measure we have before ms
will have will be TO diminish the use
flilness and influence OF these courts
the people have demanded by takinp
out or general circulation Its decisions
All. but--but for very great but"
eNclaim my friends of the senate
finance committee. quoting the fash
ionaole Mr. Thackcray. 1.-THE dcrlslons
FINAL" so
Hold on good senator's Let's sec Tho
houses butts" on the question. we
have a few on hand
Certainly the social relations OF man
are the very highest and most import
ant that any court can consider. and
the constructions by the cour.s Il the
laws or divorce are as vital "a any
questions OF property that can core