The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-07-15
HON. CARL HAYDEN MAKES PLEA FOR
 FEDERAL JUDGE

Washington, D. C., July 13-The House Committee on the Judiciary bill providing for an additional Fed. eral Judge for the District of Ari- zona. When the bill was under con- sideration by the Judiciary Commit tee Congressman Carl Hayden of Arizona end James R. Dunseath Of Tucson, who waj MT. Hayden's op- ponent on the Republican ticket at the last election, appeared and urged it's pasSage. The following extract from the hearings contains the sub stance of their remarks:
 MT. Hayden. You will note, MT. Chairman, that this bill passed the Senate on May 2, 1921. being, l be- lieve, the fourtI, time it has passed tbat body i'll this identical form. The same l ill vas ( so favOra bly reported to the House by the Committee on the Judiciary in the last Congress. The measure provides for the ap- pointment of all additional judge for the district of Arizona, and does not authorize the appointment of an ad- ditional United States marshal or district attorney or an additional clerk Their work will be done by deputies.
 There is present this morning Mr. James R. Dunseath, of Tucson, Ariz, a distinguished member of the bar yot that State, who is very familiar with conditions in that judicial district, and | shall be pleased if the commit tee will hear him briefly in support of this bill.
 MT Dunseath, said in part: MT. Chairman and gentlemen of the coIn- mittee, I appreciate this opportunity for the simple reason that we have been laboring for probably six or eight years under difficulties in car rying on the business of the federal court in. Arizona without any chance of getting the matters cleaned up at the end of the term. Judge Sawtelle has been working to my personal knowledge, as earnestly as any man could work. He is now engaged in the trial of many cases of great inn portance not only to the litigants, but also of importance to the Govern ment.
 Judge Sawtelle hears cases involv- ing matters pertaining to the Gov ernment forest reserves, the public lands, litigations where patents have been received by persons in the States, and for some reason or other the Government has attacked them. This requires considerable time and patience. The fact that we have SC many foreign corporations doing business in that State also means that all those cases that might origi- nate in the State courts are immediate ly transferred into the Federal courts, because they think they can get bet ter results and because they think .they can probably get better hearing on the merits, and the litigants who are plaintiffs desire to have the cases tried before the Federal courts.
 MT. Hayden concluded the discus sion by saying: I anne aware, MT. Chairman. that the committee is be- ing requested to increase the number of judges all over the United States, owing to the large amount of legisla- tion that has been passed by Con- gress increasing the jurisdiction of Federal courts. That applies in Ari- zona as to the prohibition law, the interstate commerce law, the hours of service act, the safety appliance act the Harrison narcotic act, and all the ether enacted in recent years. We have the same proportion of such increased Federal court buSlneSS as elsewhere in the United States; and in addition to that there is a peculiar condition in Arizona which does not exist anywhere else in this country.
 I remember talking at one time with a Congressman from Indiana who stated that with some 3,000.000 people in that State they had but one Federal judge He could not under stand why in the State of Arizona with less than half million people we should require an additional United States judge. However, in the State of Indiana there are no public lands or forest reserves or Indian re- servations or reclamaAion projects. lh Arizona there are 20,000,000 acres of public lands going to patent about which litigation arises which must he settled in the Federal court.
 We have over 13,000 900 acres iii national forest reserves and every trespass case goes directly to the Federal court. We have over 2O.OO0.' OOO acres of Indian reservations, all of which is within the jurisdiction Of the Federal court, because every h. dian is ward of the Government. z In addition to that the United States has invested over S1S,000,000 in re clamation projects in Arizona and there are suits pending in the United