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Show Till ATTACK ON THE (Jut Elm It. It Is matter of history that as early as July 21, 1890, UoTernor Thomas wrote to the Judiciary committee of the I Senate urging the passage of a bill granting two additional Judges to Utah. In his letter he set forth the need of more ludges, and suggested ! thit the law should authorize tlielrgls. latlre assembly tocreate two additional dlstrlots This, he said, was necessary to relieve the Bait Lake and Ogden districts, and would grant relief to the other districts Tho governor further said that, In bis oilnlon, six Judges were needed to meet the publlo ilv ' mands The nv.ttor was fully dlacusiud In the publlo prssi at the time Tbe bar association of Bait Lake City Interested Itself In the matter, and prepared the draft of a bill which embraced other sub. Jsota thau the granting of ad. dltlonal Judges. It la probable that but for such complication the relief asked for would have been grantol Tbe attempt to saddle the blame for the Second district's dilemma uion Governor Thomas, In the light of all the facts, would seem to be Inspired by Ignorance or malice, perhaps both In some cases Not only has he, as shown, used his olllolal and personal Influence to enlarge the Buj reme bench here, but he has recently been deprived of the ower to assign judges, by aot of Congress Tho act providing for tho oreatlou of a fourth district hero (1 proved 1 ebruary 11, lbO.) sajs among ether things that "us soon us Binay be alter the execution of the power conferred by sectlou one of this act, the Buprume court of mid Terr I tory shall ensign one Judge to each of j said districts, and shall have lower I Irom (luie to lime to chuugu such as signment aud to provide for occasions ' of disability or absence In such cises accordli g to tbe ractlco now author i lied by lew" It Is thus shown that Ip formoro than a year he has hadnoth log to do with the matter at all It Is further charge 1 that he was . resonslble to a great exteut If not I wholly, for the loose and tie, llgmt manner la which the business of tint dlstriot bus been curried ou Tills le also wholly untrue. It wus ret, re sented and certified to tho governor by JudgeAndenonoueachotcuslon when '! It was sought to holJ court nt Mil j ford (hat there was uothlug to do In 1 the district, that therefore all the court j had to do was to convene aud adjourn j and this could as will bo performed at f Mllford as at Heaver It would '! hava been a very ungraceful er. (J- fermanco for the executive to have f Ignored the cor tl (lento of ono cf the , judiciary as to matter? peculiarly with. VI l In the purview of the latter, It might !! have been something considerably worse than that Anyway, tho Gov ernor did uot do so, and In doing as he did was clearly not to blame lu tho j--t -a -,r-lT, midst of partisanship In ue at lent he truthf il evsn If we cannot always lis frlenlly The controversy that ha (-town out of the recent costly experience of litigants, wllnesees, eto , In the Heaver district will not have utter ly falle I In benefit If It aht.ll I e s Jcoees-ful Jcoees-ful In establishing, what the law clear ly intends and common sense InJIoatee, that the Judiio shall reside lu his dlstriot. |