Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-06-12
LAWYERS FAVOR
RED|STRICT|NC
Majority Of Attorneys Approve
of Judicial Redistricting
laW...Giv0 Reasons.

for publication OH the Judicial Ke-Dis
tricting law, which is referred to the
people,, June 18th, took OccasiOn to-
write to large number of lawyers
over the state, asking their opinion
as to the merits and shortcomings Of
the new measure and has received II
large number of replies. or fifty-tive
replies received up to the first of
June, forty favored the law. twelve
opposed (but in some instances quail
fed this oppOsltion) and three were
non-cOmmitul. The letters are re-
murkable for the number of reasons
advanced in favor of the law, which
evidently have not hitherto been
thought of by the farmers who en-
acted the measure.
1t would be impossible to give the
complete text of all the letters, and it
Is unnecessary. here, as undoubtedly
Mr.. MadduX will embody them in the
article he is preparing for publication.
However, 1t cannot fnil to DE inter-
esting to run over u few of the high
lights in the replies.
Judge A. T. Cole Favors
One of the strongest endorsements
Comes from Judge A. 4. Cole. He
says that with the growth of popula-
ton, the increase in number of new
laws to be interpreted by the courts,
and the natural growth of litigation,
more judges are needed and he an
ticipates that in Cuss county alone
there soon will be eight months jury
term and the remainder OF the year
will be absorbed in hearing motions
and work in chambers. Under such
condition Il judge has no chance to
for rest or careful consideration of the
cases which he must decide. The cir
cult system adopted by the law, gives
the judges change and ut the same
time establishes confidence in the
courts and eliminates the political as
poets that courts sometimes present
to the people.
Joy Finds No Joy in His
1t isn't difficult to quote Willis A.
Joys entire opinion of the new law:
Measures intended" says he CURLY,
ITO bring about a packed court. that
would under all conditions sustain the
views and favor the supporters Of the
present un-Americnn, Socialist, dis
loyal rulers under the bankrupt, Car
Townley." Mr.. Joy is located at
Grand Forks and somebody has taken
the joy out of life for him.
Bar Association Wants Law
Thorstein Hyland, of Mandan, re-
marks: '"rhe Bar Association of the
State met at jamestown several Years
ago. We passed 81 resolution that the
low be changed to read substantially
as the new law, 81 copy Of which you
enclosed me. / was for 1t at the time
and l am for 1t now" w. III. Ander-
son. of Devils Lake, also refers to the
action of the State i;ar Association.
He says he believes the law will
Operate to lessen appeals to the ST.
preme. court" give judges more time
to study the cases before them and it
will be "check on very few of
the Judges who delude themselves
into believing that they are the mas
ters instead of the servants of the
people," 1t will give better treatment
both to lawyers and clients and he
concludes: "Will have tendency to
humanize our courts and make n very
few of our judges less autocratic."
The iowa System
A great many Of the attorneys refer
to the Iowa system of circuit Judges
and approve of the new law, as pat
terning after 1t. Thus we read Ben
e. Combs, of DonnybrOOk: 'Famili-
arity breeds contempt and we be-
come so familiar to the court under
our present system that 1t is apparent.
from some decisions, the court holds
our knowledge Of law and procedure
in contempt. BY rotating each alter
nate term of court, we would be less
likely to become SO familiar. was
raised under the Iowa system and 1t
IS my belief that the dignity of the
court is upheld by the new law to
greater degree by the proposed system
of the new law" Other attorneys
who favor the new law and who men,
ton Iowa's system are A. Il. Jonge-
ward, of Aanmoose; Il. Goer, of
Devils Lake; Il. G. Mcfarland, of
jamestown; Miles S. Odle. of Mott.
j. N. McCarter, of Bismarck, heartily
approves the law, having prncticed
under the similar law in Michigan and
John H. Lewis, Of Minot, says: "The
principle of this law is sound. A
similar method has been widely
adopted through the. United States.
I can~see nothing substantially wrong
with the law and am in favor Of it."
Old Friends Differ
Former Supreme Court Justice E.
7. Burke, opposes the law and says:
ut is apparent that the bill is
political measure solely. think the
judiciary should be kept strictly out
Of politics and am therefore against
the bill" His old partner on the
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