The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-01-31
TAXPAYERS OPPOSE
creation OF A
new District
Declare Benefits not Com
mensurate With
Expense.
l FORMAL PROTEST
Committee Waits Upon Canyon Re-
representatives. in Legislature-Sena-
tors Baldridge, Hart and Borden
Interested-Copy of the Protest
Presented.


tors Baldridge, Hart and Borden
Interested-Copy of the Protest
The Canyon County Tax Payers
League in a meeting held Tuesday
went on record as opposing the
creation of the Eleventh Julicial
district and appointed a committee
to present the protest in due form
to the Canyon county representa-
tives in the legislature.
The committee, headed by Cur
the representatives and received as
surances from Senators Baldridge.
Hart and Borden that the protest
would receive attention this week.
The taxpayers league is the
strongest organization of its kind
nthe county and has adopted for
its slogan Economical Govern
ment." The protest is based on the
fact that but 40 cases are tried
yearly in the proposed district and
that the work is now being done
to the satisfaction of everyone in
the present district and declares
that the expenditure Of $1,000 year
ly is not justified by present con-
ditions.
Terms of Protest.
The protest states:
House Bill No. which passed
the House of Representatives Jan.
"a. and is now pending before the
Senate, provides:
"That the present Seventh judi
cial District be divided.
| THAT new judicial district be
created, to be called the Eleventh
judicial District
THAT the present county of Can
yon in future shall constitute the
Seventh Judicial District; and that
the counties of Washington and
Adams shall comprise the new dis
trict.
1.-THE creation of this new district
will cost the state approximately
Eight Thousand Dollars ($S,000.00)
annually.
"It will necessitate the expense Of
another district Judge, court stem
ographer and other expense entail
ed by new and separate District
Court.
"It will give to the new district
Judge thus created the work of hear
ing causes in Washington and
Adams counties. This will be his
full and complete work. This work
is based on the estimate Of the
cases tried in the year 1912 in
these counties will not consume
more than fifty days. at . liberal
estimate.
I'm the year 1919 only eighty
nine cases originated and were tried
In Washington County. consuming
not more than thirty or thirty-hve
days.
nifty cases originated and were
tried in Adams county. consuming
not more than fifteen or twenty
days time.
This will be the entire work Of
the new court to be created by this
bill. unless all presidents fail.
Further the creation of this
bill will leave only the county OF
Canyon In the Seventh Judicial dis.
trict and the court of this district
will be required to do only hall
the work It Is now doing.
Judge Bryan of the Seventh Ju.
dicial district in authorised inter
view In the Boise Statesman of the
18th. (Jan.) states that there II
absolutely NO necessity for thi'
additional burden to the tax-pay
ers of the state of Idaho.
HE states his calendar Is no
behind and he does not ask for as
sistance in keeping it up.
1.-THE only possible beneft tina
can accrue from this division will
put the people Of Washington an,
Adams counties q little nearer
resident Judge. who can be calle,
on q few hours quicker In the mat
ter of extraordinary judicial pro
ceedings, such as mandamus ant
injunction. It is especially con
tended that this possible bench
: does not by any means Offset tn
great additional expense 1t will en-
tail, especially where such cause
arise only In the rarest cases Il
these counties - past experience
Does the state of Idaho reQuir
such hot haste In the matter of din
. pensing 1usticef
"In the city of Chicago the OF
Y binary call of the calendar In tn
: trial courts Is and has been TO
: many years past from two to thre
{ years behind.
I'm the city Of New York 1t take
from three to I'VE years to get a
Y ordinary case to trial.
' I'm the United States suprem
: court cases are seldom heard unde
n six months to two years, unles
there are some extraordinary fea
ture demanding an earlier adjudi
cation.
Shall Idaho today when she
Y sweating under burden OF take
try to exceed the nation in the mat
: ter of speedy justice!
i "These facts are true and "
stand ready to produce the prope
! amdavits and evidence to supper