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Show TIse Supremo Court UtiaiaesB Washington, 23. In coaveraalion on the business of the eupreme court, Chief Justice Waite said this year be thought the court would run behind about forty cases; that at present there 1,080 odd cases in the docket undecided, and that tho court cannot disposo of moro than about 2G0 a year. Its business is at present nearly three years behind, the case now bo-fore bo-fore it having been brought in 187G. I bis wbe, he Baid, tho cause of the president's recommend ation in hij message concerning the creation ot new circuit judge. II these should be created, and if this jurisdiction of tho court should bo extended to cases whore 10,000 or moro might be involved in-volved instead of $5,000, the project amount, the chief justice said he thought tho pressure on the court would be sullicienlly reiioved, and it would be able to conduct iia buai-uptid buai-uptid a3 nipidly as necessary. Juciice Srvain expressed similar views, ,uui inuuguc nugauon waa rapiuiy failing oil. This diminution, he thought, is duo to the (act that contractu con-tractu broken by the strain of the liuiiccinl panic had been about adju-jdic-ited and tho volume of lnw busi-! busi-! iiess has got back lo nearly its normal state. Although the flood of business now before the court shows no signs of reading at present, if it be truo thul tho Bourct-H o( the etream are drying up, it will not bo long before the cuuit will be able to decide cases about s:s iasst as Ihcy come in. |