Mr. WILLIAMS. I do not suppose it is necessary or proper at the Present time to discuss a bill that has passed the Senate. I entirely disagree with the views exPressed by my colleague. Everybody knows that the mischief is that the office holders in the territories come to Washington and spend their time in Washington, and they do that with the leave of the President, which can always be obtained by an influential friend or a telegraphic dispatch. The object was to keep them in the Territories to which they were assigned in the faithful performance of their duties, and that will be the effect of the bill to which my colleague refers. as to this bill, so far as these judges are concerned, I know that they have been in the Territory and have been engaged faithfully in the performance of their duty. It is a mystery to the Senfrom Indiana how a legislative Assembly can incommode judges by legislation. Suppose a man who has a family lives in a certain city, has his home and his property there, and the Legislative Assembly provide that he shall hold court in a district 200 miles distant from his place of residence. Suppose again that they make the districts 2 and 300 miles long for the very purpose of compelling the judges to perform a great amount of traveling at very great expense, when the districts might be arranged in a compact form so as to accommodate the judges and to accommodate the suitors in the Territory. These judges have duties to perform under the organic act of the Territory. This bill simply provides that they shall determine as to the times and places where those courts shall be held, and there is no reason to suppose that these judges will fail to perform their whole duty, because if they do so they are guilty of a delinquency which will be ground for their removal. I am satisfied from rePresentations made to me that this legislation is neces. sary and just. I do not desire to go into particulars. I do not desire to say anything: offensive to anybody more than is absolutely necessary; but I think I understand the system of proceedings in that Territory, and I believe that this legislation is just to good judges and necessary for their protection, to enable them to perform their duties and to meet the wants of the people of the Territory. If districts are made 80. it is exceedingly difficult or impossible for the judges to go to the different counties, then the responsibility of not attending the courts is thrown upon them, and they are made responsible to the people for not performing their duties in accordance with impracticable and unjust legislation. As to this being an innovation it is alto gether a mistake. I know it from experience while I was judge in Oregon Territory, as I have before stated. This law was in force there, and I never heard that anybody complained that the courts were not attended the judges, and their duties performed satisfactorily to the people; and so in all the other Territories. The law applied at one time to every Territory in the U.S., and it would have applied to these Territories, but they have been organized since that law took effect. There is no occasion for delay about this matter. This is a bill that is offered in good faith, and I hope it will pass. It is intended to promote the interests of the people of Idaho Territory, not to promote the interests of any party.