| Show ANOTHER HIGH COURT the judiciary of the united states as now organized provides for appeals from circuit and territorial suplene courts to the supreme court of the united states in cases which involve or upwards prior to 1875 the amount required to be in controversy was 2000 but so many cases were carried to the highest tribunal that they could not be determined with reasonable expedition tion and to relieve its docket congress raised the minimum amount involved in cases that could oe carried to that court to the relief thus afforded was but temporary soon the docket became more crowded than ever and at the opening of gf the october term of this year there were 1248 cases upon it if the cases shall be taken up in their successive 0 order the last one will not be reached until about four years have expired at the present rate the court falls behind its docket about one year in each five so that unless something shall be done for its relief it will soon cease to be of practical value to matvy many litigants in cases involving large sums and important principles without an amendment to the constitution no court of co ordin ate jurisdiction can be established the supreme court must remain as now the highest but it is suggested that congress might establish a court inferior to it to consist of a sufficient clent number of judges and to embody sufficient learning dignity a nd authority to greatly relieve the 13 supreme u preme cou court rt by I 1 increasing n g the minimum amount that must be involved in a case to render it to the highest court the docket of the latter might be fully relieved on repeated occasions the people 9 of utah have awaited with great interest the action of the united states supreme court as indeed they are now doing A case involving vast sums of money and principles of right whose import j 41 tl H 1 l w 1 l ance cannot be measured by a monetary standard an issue in which tens of thousands of the citizens of this territory are vitally interested is awaiting decision by that august tribunal on account of the power for good or ill which this high court is able to exercise over the affairs of the people of this territory they feel a peculiar interest in its personnel its work and all legislation directly affecting its authority or jurisdiction |
