The Florence tribune., 1900-11-24
NEW SUPREME COURT.
In all Cases of Appeal Judges Review
 Their Own Decisions.


 The following le tier addressed to Delegate J. F. Wilson, has been received by the Republican, with the request that it be printed. The writer being interested in litigation, prefers that his name be not mentioned:
 Dear Sir: You are not only Ari- zona's delegate-you are also one Of her leading lawyers. Therefore, for the purposes of this letter you are the right man in the right place.
 If there is any one thing above an oter that is unsatisfactory in the ter ritorial form of government, it is the territorial supreme court, to lawyers as we'll as litigants. This is so. It is made so almost of necessity by the formation of tLe court itself.
 For example, take four cases tried, one in each of the district courts, and appealed to the supreme court, and the four judges meet to sit as a supreme court, each on the others case. It is human nature that each one should desire to have his decision affirmed. and, to say the least of it, each one will give the benefit of any doubt to sustaining his colleagues decision, and as there is really no legal question tL,4 Loe .,,+ too,, doa;dad ;r, diffarant ways, time and again, it results in an almost unbroken record of affirming the lower court" The exceptions are confined to cases where the lower judge has either directly asked for it or has intim ated his change of views.
 As lawyer you know the above to be the facts.
 Now, the relief to this is very sim pie one, that you, as delegate to con gress can accomplish easily during the remaining session of your term, and without interference with your efforts for statehood, for the facts from the records of our supreme court have only to be presented to carry convic- tion to one and all.
 Your energy and ability are so well known that with you once started, will insure the correction, and by so doing you will earn the lasting grati- tude, not only of litigants, but of the entire bar at least of Arizona.
 The following rough draft is suggest ed to you as probably the least expen- sive and most expeditions way to &C., compIish the end in view
 Be it enacted by the congress of the United States that, whereas, the decis- ions of our territorial supreme courts show an almost unbroken record of af- 6rmations of their own decisions as district judges, and whereas, these af- irmations follow by reason of the de- fective system by which the supreme courts of the territory are organized.
 Therefore be it enacted that the ter rltorles of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma shall constitute one judicial district for all purposes of appeals from the district courts thereof, and said appellate court shalt be known as the Supreme court" of said respec- tive territories, with all the powers now vested in the supreme courts of said territories.
 The said court shall consist of three judges, one of whom shall reside at the capital of each of said territories.
 That each of said judges shall have the same power in chambers as is now held by the respective associate justices in each of said territories, and it shall be competent for any and in any portion of said judicial district, to apply fin chambers" to either of