Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-24

The Chairmen OF the judiciary coHi-
mittees of the two houses have received
from Council Bluffs an interesting
communication in regard to the Cuii-
mings bill for changing the terms oil the
supreme court and raising the salaries
of the judges. 1t recites that at
meeting of the bar association Oh fot-
tawattamie county committee eoH-
sisting of Judge Joseph r. Reed, John
N, Baldwin, Emmett Tipley, Z. M. Harl'
John NJ Calvin and A. L. F'lieNnger'
had been appointed to come TO Des
Moines and urge before the Legislature
the passage of the bill as 1T was pre-
pared and presented by MIR. Cummings
of Marshall In addition the bar asso-
citation passed the following resolution
approving the measure:
Resolved by the bar association OF
Pottawattamie county, That we heart
ily indorse and urge the adoption of the
bin now pending in the general assem-
bly,. requiring the judges of the supreme
court to reside in Des Moines and main
tain the court in continuous session.
and increasing their salaries, for the
reason that this legislation VIII enaoie
the court to take the SUBMISSION OIL
limited number of cases, on fuil arSu-
ment oral or written, and nave them
speedily determined on adequate CONSUL
tation, obtaining thereon the judgment
of the entire court, and will enable the
iudges to be together for consultation,
within ready access to all authorities,
and under conditions enabling them to
do their work with greater satisfaction,
both to themselves and the bar.
"It will do away with the present
cumbersome and inadequate 'postoffice
system which, without intending any
criticism of the court, has proved un-
satisfactory to the bar and likewise to
the court Under this system, 1T is
practically impossible. in the average
case. to have the ripened judgment OF
more than one judge. and 1t absolutely
debars the oral argument of causes by
counsel, which all of the most eminent
courts have declared to be not only con-
ducive to better work on the part OF the
court. but practically essential to the
satisfactory determination of important
cases.
"The proposed legislation will enable
the court, in the discharge of its busi-
ness. to in some degree follow the prac-
tice of the supreme court of the United
States and the circuit courts of appeals,
which have been found to be the meth
ods best adapted to the most satisfac-
tory discharge of judicial duty.
I'VE believe this system will be con-
ducive to the more orderly and salts
factory discharge of the duties OF the
court, and meet the objections which
have been precasSat among litigants
and the bar This increase of labor and
expense rightfully demands increased
compensation for the overworked and
underpaid judges of the highest judi
cial tribunal in the state"
! Senator Hubbard has prepared SEN
atorial redistricting scheme which he
has embodied in a bill to be urged in
the senate. He makes quite number
of changes in the senatorial districts
and places them as follows:
| Single counties-Ilee. Des Moines,
/ Wapello. Mahaska, Polk. Scott, Clinton,
Dubuque, Pottawattamie. Woodbury.,
! Linn.
| Two-county districts-Marshall-H
din. Tama- Benton, Iowa -keokuk. Jas
per- Poweshiek, Marion Monroe. Grun-
dy-B -Blackhawk. Story Boone, Wright
Hamilton, Calhoun Webster, Buchan-
an Delaware, Johnson Cedar Jones'
Jackson, Louisa Muscatine. Washing
ton Henry, vanBuren- Jefferson. Appa-
moose Davis, Clayton Allamalsee Fay
| ette- -Chickasaw, Winneshiek- Howard
F'loyd-C -Cerro Gordo. Dallas Guthrie,
| Warren Madison, Shelby-Cass, Audu-
bon Crawford, Montgomery Mills.
| MI.
mouth Sioux. Kossuth- Hancock.
Three county districts-Lyons-O Osce-
ola -o'Brien. Clay Cherokee Ida. Hum
boldt- -Pocahontas-B -Buena Vista, Frank
| lin Butler Bremen Sac Carroll Greene,
Adair- Adams Taylor, Union- -Ringgold-
Decatur. Clarke-Lucas-W Wayne, Dick
inson- Emmet- Palo Alto, Winnebago-
Worth Mitchell.