Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-20
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Randolph Times: Vote for the coustitu-
| tional amendments That they are neces-
! sary goes without saying The constitution
| OF our state needs revision or amendment
| especially In the judicial department The
supreme court has at the present time
| enough cases to keep 70 busy at least three
! years; that IS the court as II now stands, Is
| three years behind with It's work \ case
| taken up to the supreme court Will not
| reach decision before 1t is almost for
! gotten In the minds OF the public. II Is
| the universal opinion that FIVE judges VIII
! he littlc enough 10 perform the labor now
| nseribed to three. As It now stands, an
! individual can be deprived Of his property
! in a case OF law. for several years simply
because the court cannot reach 1t before
! that time 'rhe question is not political
one and there should not be a single vote
cast against tho amendments They con-
! Germ everybody, regardless OF politics.
Thurston Republic: The manufacturers of
! the state OF Nebraska are very much inter-
| csted in the proposed change in the coust-
tuition Of the state, which would allow the
voting Of bonds 20 aid In the location Of
| more factories and all other people should
| be particularly interested. No manufacturer
now In business can derive any direct benefit
! from such change, but they all appreciate
| the Importance of developing the resources
/ of the state and verify believe that this
change will bring about the desired result.
/ The manufacturers association heartily en-
!
/ . of article xiv of the constitution, which
! Is to be voted upon at the November cleo
! ton. 1t will give to cities and towns coun-
| ties aud townships, the privilege, under con-
| dtions and safeguards as they may pre-
scribe. of aiding in the establishment OF beet
sugar glucose, chicory or other factories
which would consume the natural products
of our soil. Such factories would not only
/ give profitable employment to thousands
of our citizens, but would more than double
} fls NFalN NJ NJ 10 In
vicinity. Ample proof of this statement can
/ be found at Norfolk and Grand Island, where
| land which before the establishment of the
sugar factories rented for 50. 80 per acre,
now brings from So to IS per acre.
Grand Island Independent: Perhaps more
attention IL being paid to the proposed con-
stitutional amendment Increasing the num-
Der OF supreme judges than to any OF the
other twelve. That the court is always over
I crowded any one at all acquainted with the
| conditions well knows Much Information
! Is given regarding the same in letter for
warded by Mr.. ID. A. Campbell the accom-
modating clerk of the court to Or. Harris
of Arlington. member OF the last legisls-
ture, from which we CLEAN the following:
! Mr. Campbell says: There are now more
than I 500 cases pending for hearing, or a
sufficient number to keep six judges busy for
( two years II no more cases were filed. In
! Guiding the time spent In writing opinions,
! Ms well as that spent in arguments. the mem
! except a vacation OF a month during sum-
mer. | might state that for some years
| prior to the creation of the supreme court
| commission great many more cases were
! filed each year than II was possible for three
Judges 20 dispose OF. Since the creation OF
the commission. however. 1t has been pos
sible to decide as many cases as were filed,
but II has not been possible to make any
Roadway toward catching up. Should the
amendment be adopted, increasing the mum
Der Of judges TO five. they with the assist
ance of the commission, will be able to catch
up by the time the term Of the commission
has expired, which Will be something over
two years. After that IL is thought that
five Judges could keep up. unless. OF course.
there should be large increase in bust
ness. In this connection u would state that
an examination of the records will show that
our supreme court dispnses of greater
number of cases in proportion to the number
of judges than the supreme court OF any
other state. or the supreme court of the
| United States. As you are perhaps aware,
the bringing OF cases to The supreme court
| OF many states is hedged around with con-
ditions OF one kind and another as to greatly
! limit the number. In some states, for eX-
| ample, only felony cases involving large
sum. can be taken to the supreme court.
Then they have provisions requiring the
records to be printed which adds greatly
to the expense. or they require that leave of
court be obtained before case can be filed.
etc. While in our court there no lmi-
tations Of any kind to printing record.
amount involved. etc. the trainers OF our
constitution deeming II wise and just to
allow every one who became involved i'm
litigation TO have his case passed upon by the
! court OF last resort without condition or
limitations or without regard TO amount in
volved. 1t is claimed and no doubt cor
| rectly. that many cases are brought to the
supreme court for delay. There would of
course be an end to the filing of this class
OF cases as soon the court was able to
take up and dispose OF cases as soon as they
| were filed"