The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

sas and Texas. a bill has been prepar-
ed TO relieve at once the judicial hold
these two states now have over the In
dian country, not waiting for the 1st OF
next September, when, by law, all Ju-
dicial control of the Indian country
passes from the control of the courts OF
the two states. The bill, as understood,
viii be introduced in the senate by Mr..
Platt, and in the house, possibly, by MI
Curtis.
The proposed bill will limit the juris-
diction of the United States courts for
the Eastern district Of Texas, at Paris,
Tex, and the United States courts for
the Western district of Arkansas, II
Fort Smith, Ark, and viii increase the
Jurisdiction of the United States courts
in the Indian territory. II provides that
all law heretofore passed comforting on
the United States court for the Eastern
district of Texas, at Paris, Tex, and
the United States court for the West
ern district OF Arkansas, at Fort Smith,
Ark, jurisdiction over OffenSes against
the United States laws committed with
in the IndiOn territory be repealed, and
jurisdiction 10 try all OffenSes Of every
kind whatever committed within the
Indian territory against the laws Of the
United States is conferred upon the
United States courts for the Indian ter
ritory. The clerk of the United States
court at Fort Smith is directed TO trans
nit and deliver TO the clerk of the Unit
ed States court at MuscOgee, all orig
inal papers in all cases pending in Unit
ed States courts at Fort Smith, and the
clerk Of the United States court at Par
is is directed 10 deliver all original pa
pers in all cases pending in the United
States court at Paris to the clerks OF
the United States courts al South Nc
Alester and Ardmore.
The clerks of the United States courts
at MuScOgee, South McAlester and Ard
more shall receive the original papers
and file the same in their courts. All
the cases shall be prosecuted to final
determination in United States courts
at iMuscogee, South AfcAlester and Ard
more, in the same manner as though
they had been originally begun in these
courts. Tt is provided that the judges
Of the United States courts in the In
dian territory may in their discretion
transfer any case removed 10 the Unit
ed States courts in the Indian territory
TO any other court situated within their
respective districts, or to any other dis
trict in the Indian territory. 1t also
provides that this act shall not affec:
the jurisdiction of any court to hear
and determine any case appealed from
the United States court at Paris or the
United States court at Fort Smith, eX-
cept where each case shall he reversed
on appeal, and in all cases where an ep'
peal has been taken from the United
States courts at Paris and Fort Smith
and the judgment of the courts reversed
the clerks Of the courts shall likewise
deliver to the United States courts a;
MuScOgee, South A1cAlester and Ard
more all original papers, and the cases
shall be prosecuted to final determine
ton as herein provided.
House and senate members of the jur-
isdictiOn committees have been confer
ed with on the subject, and there is an
abundance of reason for belieVeing that
the bill will pass at an early date. The
present law was secured after years OF
struggle in congress against the con
gressional ring from Arkansas and Tex
as. that has always routed the Indian
country. They secceeded in deferring
dates when the law should go into eff
feet and are now crying to have it re-
pealed. As the present congress is not
dominated TO any alarming extent by
Arkansas and Texas, and as they have
INDUCED in the captiousness evidenced
in the Little bin, it has been concluded
a coed plan TO take it all from their
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