Show Nninii CHAMILS fliu jicoplo of Moulin t nrn loroiisl l urging tlio niMUIon of niiollicr District I Itulgo for Hint Ternlon inil thoro seems to be good reason for believing that Ihc effort will bo successful Tlio Scnito Ju dimrx Committee lias iciwrlcd fxvor nblj a bill the provi ions of which nrp us full OilS Seo 1 Hcrenflor llio Supremo Court of Montnnntilinll consist ofn Chief Justice nnd tliroo Afsocinto Judges three of who III shall constllulo R quorum to hold offico Cor Cour year onl until Ihelrslleoeor ho oppolnled IInd quollned shall hold 0 lerm onllually nt Ihe Bent oC Jlovernment oC Boitl rorrltory provilled however 110 Justlco hnll oct o R member ui the ouiruiuu Court ui uuuuiim In any action or proceedings uroujjut to such court by writ of error bill I I of cxccptlonx or tr j ohnI oJu decrcii rendered by kirn nn JujRo of a Uis trlct Court Hco 2 lint snld lorntory shall bo ill vldpd Into four jndiolnl districts and a district dis-trict court shall bo hold in cacli by ono of tho Justices at such tlmo nnd plnco as maj bo proscribed by law hOJ 1fri tYoWffones Sec t That all offenses committed bo foro tho passage of thin net shall bo prosecuted Jho lorr1 50n dt ol1 tl ol cuted and tried nnd determined in tho simo I manner nnd with tho namo effect as if this act had not been passed Tbo Inter Mountain in rtlowing Hie changes contimpl itcd In Ihia bill SIS nnd comments as follows The tb ingo from tho present practoo which tins lull comtemplates is first to increase in-crease tliu number of judicial districts nnd judges from three to four To show the need of this it is only lleccsslI1lo c ill attention to the overworked condition of Iho Territorial jiiclicmrj which ollen tie layslho idjiidicatlon of importiiit suits ami also docs nwaj sometimes with tho deliberate consideration which thtj aro < ntitlcd to Tho most important point howovtr is that it debira an Associate Itistico from taking part in tho Supremo Court consideration of n taso upon which ho his pissed opinion In the District Court Heretofore u District Court Fudge had is ninth say in i cao of this kind before the feupiemo Court us cither of Ins two collcijiicf which wis inifcstl mi propel The sumo ircmncnt ipplics with Mlill rellter force to Utah whore the population popula-tion IH greater and thu coin t work inoic than coi responding extensile mid laborious There is no Territory in the United btlies where there ire BO many cases tried or here the Judges arc BO soerel > worked in this The peculiar local institution breeds an amount of ciiminil business uhitli keeps tho comts almost constantlj cmplojcdto the great incononionco cost nnd general detriment detri-ment of ci 11 htig nils The const ml and almost uniform lengthening of tho mil ctlcndara m abundint evidence of the I noccssitj for addition judicnl force apart from tho importance of having an Appellate Court exclusive of the Tndgo who presides it the original hearing winch is of itself sufficient to irrant the increase Tho Montana bill appears to I bo inn arable position for passage anti i I there is no reason lij Ut ills dcmind I should not be as faxonblj considered Why not include thin Ternlorj in the Maine Act It woultlnecessltnto only the addition of a few woids uul two or three changes from singular to plural which would moho no complications while it would effect a double purpose The amendments could bo mado in the fccn itc without dclajin the regular conrbo of tho bill and would probably increase o rather than diminish tho chances for its passage It is not probable tlmt Dclc ito Cnino would tako any steps to facilitate this matter but proper representations from other sources would doubtless effect the desired purpose |