The Washington times., 1902-06-09
M ny Who Fill Important
Places Come From
Other States.
MOVEMENT FOR HOME RULE.
Subject Revived With Death of the
Lamented Judge Bradley-Pennsyi-
vania Well Cared For-Its Citizens
Fill Well-Paying Berths Here.

As the subject Of home rule" for
the District has been revived recently
by the much lamcnted death Of Judgs
Bradley it is interesting to note the
actual number of people who occupy
important positions in the District ser
vice. and yet who are not residents OF
or can be termed District people.
The citizens of the District will, as
a unit. no doubt vote for home rule. and
that District offices be filled by our
own residents and taxpayers. The cur
rent issue d90l) of the Official Regis
ter of the United States" furnishes re
markable statistics on this subject
The number Of salaried employees Of
the District, not includir-; laborers
foremen and per diem rolls, and not
including school teachers. are 1896
these receive an aggregate annual com
pensation of $1,536.3S4 OF this number
those credited to the District of Column
bia are GO, and these receive an ag-
about third of the District en-
ployes are residents of this city. or tc
speak more correctly. are credited to
the District. 1t would seem from this
that we are not particularly blessed
with official positions.
Home Rule" the Slogan.
1t would seem also to have been the
intention of the trainers of the present
form Of government that home rule
should be the slogan. 1t is provided by
the act OF 1875 that the two Commits
sioners appointed from civil life should
be at the time Of their appointment citi-
zens of the District of Columbia, and
shall have been actual residents Thereof
ing the appointment, and have claimed
no residence elsewhere.
This positive provision of the law has
doubtless prevented appointments from
the States to the Office of Commissioner
This should certainly be an example tc
be followed in the appointment of all
officials who constitute the city govern
ment.
AS the matter most in the minds OF
citizens at the present time is the ap-
pointment to the bench, it will be well
to specify the names of the present in
cumbents and their residence. The Judi
ciary, it should be remembered, is not
included in the statistics given above
as the appointments to the bench are
made by the President. and those given
above are, with the exception of two or
three, made by the Commissioners.
Maryland Satisfactory.
The Court of Appeals consists of three
judges; the salary of the Chief Justice is
Sc, 500, and of the two associate justices
$4,000 per year. The Chief Justice, R. H
Alvey, was appointed from Maryland.
1t is probable that if an appointment
is TO be made from State at all, It can
best be made from Maryland.
The law of the District is practically
the law of Maryland OF 1901, supple
mented by the statutes which have since
been enacted. All of the forms of plead
ing. the questions of practice and the
substantive law are founded on the
Maryland system as it existed at the
time of the making of the District the
seat of government of the United States.
The two associate justices are Justice
Morris and Justice Shepard; the former
was appointed from the District of Co
lumbia; the latter from Texas.
The Supreme Court of the District
consists Of six judges. who each receive
compensation of $1,000 per year Judge
Bingham, the chief justice. was appoint
ed from Ohio; Justice Hagner from the
District of Columbia, Justice Clabaugh
from Maryland, Justice Barnard from
the District of Columbia, while Justice
Anderson is credited to the District OF
Columbia, though he had not resided
long in the city. having previously resid-
ed in Ohio. The late Judge Bradley was
appointed from the District.
Only Five From District.
The two judges of the Police Court,
whose salaries are $1,000 each, are
credited to the District, but one of them
came from Maine and the other from
West Virginia. Thus of the eleven
judges five were appointed from the
District and six from the States.
The President also appoints the judges
of the various territorial courts and il
is interesting to note the favor in which
other Territories seem 20 be when ap-
pointments are made.
Alaska. OF course. has all three of its
Judges appointed from the various
States; ii could hardly be expected that
there could be found within that Terri
tory residents capable OF fulfilling the
duties essential TO the administration
of Justice.
OF the four judges in Indian Territory
but one is appointed from that Territory,
the remaining three being appointed
from the States; the same reason doubt
less, applies 10 the observance OF
the home rule principle in this case as
in the case of Alaska. In Arizona. how
ever, for some reason. OF the four
Judges, three are appointed from that
Territory.
Hawaii even can honestly claim that
three of the four federal territorial
Judges are residents OF its own soil OF
the New Mexico federal judges four are
from that Territory. while solitary one
was appointed from Indiana. Oklahoma
can point with pride to the fact that
four of her five judges were appointed
from lawyers claiming residence within
her boundaries.
The single Judge Of Porto Rico is
naturally an appointee from State and
the honor was given to Kentucky.
These various judges receive salary
OF from So 600 to s., 600 per year.
Others Fare Better.
The total number OF judges in the
Territories appoisted by the President