Show THE MOVEMENT Mb FOR MORE JUDGES tits movement for the appointment of additional judges and more j judicial districts for this territory is rendered necessary by the large amount of courts court bust business ness that has to be transacted the territory has grown beyond the pre proportions contemplated for such political organic organizations eions when the territorial system was established we used need at least six judicial districts and sk a competent judge for each the salary for each office should be sufficient to secure the services of a thorough lawyer and jurist the supreme court ought to be separate and distinct from th the lower elower courts it is not right that the duties of the supreme and district courts should be performed by the same persons three justices are sumo sufficient tent for the supreme court and the tion mon to retire one when a vai vacancy canoy occurs is bound sound and commendable seeing that as asa a territory we cannot led elect our own judges nor arrange this matter according to our needs the proposed application to congress Js ia the only source left open to us it to is to be hoped that it will be successful and that the issue will not be delayed the only objection the has to offer to the bill as prepared by the salt halt lake bar is ie the proposition to pay the supreme court justices out of the territorial treasury there appears no good reason why the united states should pay the district court judges and the territory the supreme court justices the united states should pay the appointees of the government the incumbents of the waher higher court will be united states officials at least as much as an those chose of the tae lower and their salaries should bome from the same source we object to the principle involved for we have always held that when congress creates a federal office it should provide for its support and that it is not in accordance with the genius of our government that the national power should legislate money out of a local tre treasury abury whether it be state or territorial k however utah needs the extra 6 courts and the ait additional ional judges and with the exception of this to us important point we endorse the measure siad hope to see it succeed |