The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-22
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data to say, but we believe it will be as large
as that with regard TO the mileage OF jurors.
The government will also he benefited as We
believe from having more accessible courts at
It's command In the territory covered by the
proposed district Many iniringements of the
law pass unnotod and unpunished in large dis
trict because Of the difficulty of their discovery
and prosecution. This is important because it Is
only where the heavy hand OF the law is brought
down upon them that offenders fear and respect
il. They have little regard for a court which is
peacefully located 400 miles distant
IL conclusion this bill is not to he regarded
as a new discovery nor a scheme for the
benefit OF any particular section or set OF in.
dividuals. II represents an agitation Of over a
quarter Of century aud is based its in.
trinsic merit A similar bill was advocated in
the house by Mr.. Shoemaker, OF WkcsBauc, in
the Forty.third or forty.iourth congress; by
Mr. Scranton in the Forty ninth, and by Mr..
Mccormick, Of Willamsport, in the Fiity.flrst.
Harrisburg, as we have already seen, has been
counting on it for nearly twenty years and con
grcss by the building which it has provided
there has recognized it, right to do SO. The
measure has been several times iavorably r..
ported and in the Forty.ninth congress was
passed by the house but failed through the ultra
conservatism OF the senate. Its merits are bound
TO be recognized in the end and ought in Justice
to be 80 now without further denial delay.
MAJOR WARREN's REMARKS.
Major Warren followed Mr.. Torrey
| in strong, able and eloquent argu-
ment in favor OF the bill. The major
started out by saying that the vast cX-
| tent of this district has compelled the
provision, from time to time, for ,es
sions of the Federal court at three
other places outside of Pittsburg--
| Williamsport, Erie ana Scranton--but
! pittsburg is still and always will bc
| the center around which the whole
district is compelled to- revolvc and
| from which it is ana will be con-
troled. the rest being Disseminated
against in its interest There are kept
| the permanent records of the courts,
| with their clerks, marshal and judges,
and where these are there of necessity
is the court itself.
Neither judges nor officers, however
! dcsirous of doing their duty. can make
| it otherwise. Nor can any judge--it
may be added--with any satisfaction
| to himself or to the public, hold court
| in the four different places so widely
separated. The demand that he shall,
| however. serves to show the needs Of
| inc QlSlGltI III inc Sdnlt tlIllc tndI II
| demonstrates its unwiedy and over
| grown character. Comparisons with
other sections of the third circuit of
which We are Il part cmphatically
proves this. Delaware has district
/ Judge and now recently 4 circuit
! Judge.
Philadelphia has a judge for the cir
cult and a judge for the district court.
neither Judge going one step outside
| OF the city. This leaves Judge Ache
son, Of PittSburg, to take care of the
sessions of the circuit court at four
different points mentioned in the
/ Western district, as wei as at Trcn-
ton, in the state Of New Jersey.
WHAT PENMAN SAID.
| Major Pcnman was the next speaker
! and commenced by saying that the
| middle dist rirt iG ,pola IN ,r