The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-06
Daily Thursday zflorung ebrnary g. 1896
MAY GET ANOTHER
WICHITA My GIT AN ADDITIONAL
AND IMPORTANT COURT.

Judge Judge Horton is not Can
General.
Topeka, Kan. Feb. 5.-(Special)-A
dispatch from Washington says: Rep
resentative Miller today introduced
bill to divide the state of Kansas into
two judicial districts, Northern and
Southern. The Southern district is 10
consist of the counties of Miami, Linn,
Bourbon, Crawford, Cherokee, Labette,
Neosho, Allen Anderson, Coffey, Wood
son, Wilson. Montgomery, Chautau-
qua, Elk, Greenwood, Cowley, Butler,
Harvey, Mcpherson, Rice Ellsworth,
Barton, Rush, Lane, Ness, Scott, Wich-
tia, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearney, Fin
ney, Garfield, HOdgman, Pawnee, Stat
ford, Reno, Kingman, Pratt, kiowa,
Edwards, Ford. Gray, Haskell, Grant,
Stanton, Morton, Sedgwick, Stevens,
Seward, Meade, Clark, Harper, Barber,
and Sumner. All the remaining coun-
ties of the state are to constitute the
Northern division. The present judge
Of the district is declared TO be the
judge of the Northern district, the
president being authorized to appoint
for the Southern district a new judge
who shall be confirmed by the senate.
The Southern district is to be diVid-
ed into two divisions, and the counties
Of Miami, Linn, Bourbon, Crawford,
Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Allen, And
erson, Cofey, WoOdson, Wilson, Mont
gomery, Chautauqua, Elk and Green
wood are to constitute the first division,
and the remaining counties in the
Southern district to constitute the sec
ond division. Court is 10 be held in
the first division Of the Southern dis
trict at Fort Scott the first Monday in
May, and the second Monday in No
vember, and in the second division at
Wichita on the first Monday of March
and the second Monday Of September.
Terms of the circuit court for the
Northern district are 10 be held at
Leavenworth the first Monday in June
and at Topeka the fourth Monday of
November, and of the district court at
Topeka the second Monday of April
and at Leavenworth the second Tues
day of October.
The present attorney and marshal for
Kansas shall act as such officers for
both of said districts until the expira-
ton Of their terms. The present mar
shall shall appoint a deputy for each of
the divisions of the Southern district,
who shall reside and maintain an office
respectively at Fort Scott and Wich-
ita, each of whom shall exercise the
powers of a marshal in his division.
These appointments Of deputies must
be approved by the judge Of the South
ern district and they may be removed
by him at pleasure, but the marshal is
made responsible for their official acts.
Cases pending shall he tried where they
oil &c
tinued as clerk of the Northern district,
and the deputy clerks at Fort Scott
and Wichita are made clerks of those
respective divisions.
All civil suits in the Southern district
must be brought in the division where
the defendant resides, but where there
are two or more defendants residing in
different divisions suit may be brought
in either. JuridictiOn now given to the
courts of Kansas with reference to any
portion of Indian Territory IS contin-
ued and vested in the courts Of the
Southern district.
HORTON OUT OF 1T.
For many years eX-Chief Justice AL
bert II. Horton has been mentioned as
a candidate for United States senator
from Kansas.
Since the present campaign was in
garded as a probability in next win
ter's senatorial race, and politicians
have freely but quietly predicted that
he would in time announce himself as
a candidate.
The prediction of the wise ones have
come to naught. Judge Horton an
nounces that he will not be a candidate.
Il am neither an aggressive nor a re-
ceptive candidate for the United States
senate. l deem it my duty to make
this public statement in justice to many
friends in different parts of the state,
who are constantly writing me of their
earnest support.
Il have received strong assurances
that my candidacy would meet with the
most favorable consideration.
L am profoundly grateful TO my
friends for their promised assistance,
but / do not desire the office.
The discussion in the newspapers of
my proposed candidacy has been with
out my consent. never intimated that
l wante TO succeed Senator PETER.
l retired voluntarily from the chief
justiceship to devote my time and my
services to my profession. l consider
that office as honorable and responsible
as a senatorship. When l laid down
TIE IVDSS VI CIlltL justice L utG-utu
not 10 engage agin in = contest for
Office. I have had enough. ] am fully
satisfied. l have given eighteen years
Of my life to public service at a great
personal sacrifice. Now l prefer to be
a private citizen. l have a lucrative
law practice and have neither time nor
the inclination to be a candidate.
This conclusion is final"
PRUDENTIAL SAYS.
Concerning Ex-Governor dwellings
statement through the Journal this
morning that he viii not be a candidate
this year. John Breidenthal. chairman
Of the Populist state central commit
tee. this afternoon, said:
Il have long understood that Gov
eTnor LewellinE would not seek the
nomination this year. though | mad NJ
for saying 50. Mutual friends /
have told me. however, that the gov
ernor had no aspirations in that direc- !
ton
VIII you be a candidate for govern |
or. Mr.. Breidenthal?" queried the re- /
porter
No. sir"
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