Ben Harrison: “It will be without excuse if one of them shall lift a hostile hand against the other.”

The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were appointed and qualified.

As these vacancies could not be filled immediately, the business of the courts would seriously suffer.

No provision is made for a continued discharge of the duties of marshal and district attorney by the present incumbents.

An examination of the records of the Attorney-General's office as to the amount of business in the courts in these districts leads me to believe that two districts would provide amply for the disposition of all public and private cases.