The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-07
BROUGHT OUT AT HEARING OF
PLACE before coMMI1TEEN
OF Congress In Asking for Terms OF
Court TO Be Held There-Com-
parsons That Do Not Compare
(ey Charles Brooks Smith }


WASHINGTON. ID. c.. April g.
The report OF the hearings before the
subcommittee No. 3 of the committee
on the judiciary OF the house on the
bill to give the town of Elkins two
terms of United States court a year.
rs of the government press 10 is a
highly interesting brief
Il shows that the supporters OF FL
kins' claim have no desire to have
their town substituted for any other.
What they want is to have 30 added
10 the list OF towns I'm the northern
district where terms OF that important
court are held. II this be done %
would give the northern district six
places al which court would be held
tthe same number as the southern
dtstrictl instead Of FIVE. as now. The
Randolph county bar Is backed up in
lis demand by the bar associations Of
Tucker. Hampshire. Hardy. Pendle-
ton and PocahOntas county. Parts Of
other counties would find II more con-
Yenient by the passage OF the bill
II was not the intention OF the
large delegation mostly lawyers
representing these counties 20 make
any invidiOus comparisons. nor was
such done But on REORGANIZATION
by members Of the committee some
OF the inside facts had 10 come out
which were not mentioned by the
spokesman for the delegation. H g..
hump. prosecuting attorney Of Ran
dolph. Ills was strong and digni-
ned argument in which he sought to
show the an around importance Of
Elkius In connection with the bust
ness 81 tho federal court which comes
up from that vast industrial region Of
which that town Of 1000 inhabitants
rs the natural hub With its 20
class. its financial strength. public
huildings ard institutions. its many
and manifold attractions Of an up-to-
date and thriving city set In the cen
ter Of vast industrial development
these and many more facts were
creditably presented that no doubt
impressed The committee with Elkins
comparative importance. no any rate
The Spice Of Hearing.
The statement further discloscs that
OF the 30 rountip. compoaiul tho
State arc iu frc Nortbern district ana
mat boo the last five wears Isf cases
have gone t0 the Federal court from
randolph county alone but Do was
on the cross examination by Mr. BoaU
ot The committee that the spice fo
this hearing WIS reluctantly spriukicd.
Mr bealI How far from EIkins BE-
court held at This timc7
o.. GU. NUM-. rlN IINlNI OF fNIlfH DO.
Iipyo 10 b. 30 miles but in poirf uf
travel and facilities for getting to This
point thnrr being only two trains
DAY % Dr. really Hlrfhrr than from
Washington 90 New York City
Mr. Hughes. of West virginia
Where d. So held now
Mr kump Al Philipni and other
points PhilpO being the nearest
point
Mr Brsll-How large a place BE-
Philippe
Mr. kump About 1900 people.
Mr. .Beall low Ions has court been
established there7
Mr. kumr q think DO has been there
a bout seven or eight years ] want f1
az mar when the court Was fixed for
Do town n IhlIpU 10 was with the
cypress understandings. az We AFRO in
formed. that the county OF Harbou.
Mould furnish "a county tsiIldinr for
Tie use OF the Federal court. and that