| Show = S THE PETITION to Congress to increase in-crease the salaries of the federal judges j in Utah should receive favorable favor-able consideration It is i a mistaken S idea that ueems to prevail in Congress that tthe territorial judges have little to do and are required to know little ITT Very few judges in the United States are called upon to deside in more important suits or in suits involving larger amounts of money than thoio which come before the Utah courts A thorough knowledge 5 1 ff the law is required on the bench < < t Llb ere if it 5a i in any part of the country While it is admitted that the average federal judge is btttsr tban we might expect for the insignificant insig-nificant salary allowed him ordinarily S ordi-narily he is net aearly so deeply skilled in the law as the position require re-quire Large salaries would naturally na-turally bring into these places abler lawyers und consequently better 1jedgs We aey this without sny intention S in-tention of reflecting upon the presentS present-S justices who are but ababbily paid r hn for the services requireu ui iuciu Some of the federal oEScss in the territories are ulte else than sinecures S sine-cures but the judgesbips are not among the number If be does he workwell giving to it that attention I that its iuijortance demand the judge has little time for idleness We hope tha petition preientsd to the House of Koyiesentatves by General Garfield on Monday will be acted upon favorably |
