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Washington, April In discuss
ing the bill regulating the removal
of causes from state courts Repre-
sentative r. Wayne Parker, of New
ark, chairman of the committee on
judiciary, had this to say;
This bill is intended for a nur-
pose which explains itself. 1t has
now become a custom for defend
ants to bring about delay by pro-
ceedings for removal. They take
that step just before the case goes
to trial in the state courts; they
never file any papers until the next
term; they have no pleadings ready
until the next term; and so that case
goes over until the term after that;
and thus a years delay is often
caused to an honest plaintiff and
an honest claimant. 1t is the object
OF this bill to cure that evil. No
man in this body and no man in any
other body who will consider the OBJ
ject OF this bill should fail to agree
that it is good thing to say that
the papers must be filed within TWEEN
ty days; that the pleading must be
filed within twenty days after that;
that it shall be noticed for the next
term and tried, and that this outra-
geous delay shall be stopped
mo, / appeal to the gentlemen,
when they have a good thing before
them, not to attempt to add to that
good bill, which has nothing to do
Naturalization an amendment on
the subject Of jurisdiction, which has
not been pressed before the commit
tee on judiciary Although we have
bills to that effect before our COM
niittee, no one has appeared before
the committee, no amendment of
that sort has been perfected there.
No amendment of that sort has been
brought out. If this bill be talked
to death 1t will probably lose con-
gress. We know there will be de-
bate on such a question as jurisdic-
tion, and meanwhile this provision,
which has nothing to do with jurts-
diction,. nothing to do with section
two which deals with jurisdiction,
this bill would be stopped"
mo. if the gentlemen will go be-
fore the committee on judiciary they
viii be heard with all the attention
possible. believe myself there
Should be some changes in the juris-
diction Of the United States courts. I
am not sure that those changes
ought to be by reason Of the amount
in controversy I believe that some
OF the most important cases that
were determined in the early decis-
fons of the supreme court had refer
ence to very small amounts in con-
troversy but settled great constitu-
tional principles"
Il think that the amount in con-
troversy has not much to do with
the question whether it is $4,000 or
$4,000, If the gentleman asks me-.
laying aside all questions of corpora
tfons, whether ] have the right to
go into the state OF Kentucky or any
other state, as a Jerseyman, and own
land and do business there and then
plead non-residence, will say to
him that there is great deal to be
said in favor of the proposition that
IL ! choose to submit myself to the
laws Of Kentucky / ought to submit
myself entirely.
gBut that question is not up here.
When | raised that question myself
some years ago found that lawyers
and citizens of many states came to
us and said they could not trust their
own state courts, and that they re-
lied on the honesty and integrity and
learning Of the United States
courtss
Mr. Heghes. of New Jersey. who
spoke after Mr.. Parker finished, said
In part:
MIR Speaker, j am placed In a
somewhat awkward position by the
oifering Of those two amendments. /
have not the. slightest hesitation. in
saying to the house that 4 was no
part of my purpose in introducing
this bill or urging its favorable re-
port from the judiciary committee
and having its placed upon the unan-
fmous consent calender to iegfslate
In any way affecting the jurisdiction
OF the Federal courts. MY object,
and the object of this bill is to expe-
dite litigation, to take out of the
hands of wealthy corporations an ef-
fective weapon against poor litigants,
and this bill, as it is drawn, if
passed in the shape in which it
came from the committee. will, am
satisfied, achieve that result"
The bill was finally passed by the
whole house and goes TO the senate
for consideration
United States Senator Ksan acted
as presiding officer Of the senate for
TWO days while the vice-president
and Senator Frye were both absent
from the city.
Charles A Reed. Of PIasnfeId, for
mer state senator from Somerset
county. is spending few days in
this city. While at the Capitol Sem
ator Reed makes his headquarters at
Cong Tesaman LoudensIag gers room.
Mf Roland Calhoun, Of Elizabeth,