The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-23
United States District Court Judgeship.
MEETING OF THE BAR.


The meeting was opened by Mr.. B. R.
Forman calling James Brewer, ESQ.,, to the
chair, and nominating Harry q. Hall Sscre-
tary. Motions put and carried.
Mr.. Forman addressed the meeting, sug
costing that it was the duty of the bar to OK
hibit proper and becoming interest in the
matter of the vacant United District Court
Judgeship: that it was to be presumed that
President Grant desired to appoint to that 20.
sition one agreeable to the bar and people Of
the State; that the interest of litigants as well
as the duties devolving upon the Circuit
Judges would make the appointment OF
civilian to that position desirable.
Mr.. Forman then moved that the meeting
proceed to the nomination of candidates, and
that he upon whom the suffrages of the bar
centered should be recommended to President
Grant for his nomination to the United States
District Court for the District OF Louisiana.
Seconded.
Mr. Kelly thought it preferable that several
candidates should be recommended, inasmuch
as the one might be, for party reasons, unac-
ceptable to the President, and he moved to
amend Mr. Forman's motion by substituting
for the direct nomination of one candidate
the nomination of a committee Of five to pre-
pare list Of candidates for future meeting.
Amendment seconded by Mr.. Labatt.
Mr.. Brown, speaking in favor of Mr.. Kel-
lys proposed amendment, suggested the pro-
prlety OF having full attendance OF the bar
IN the discussion Of matter so replete with
general interest and that the same should De
requested
Mr.. Farrar concurring, proposed TO nx the
time Of the proposed future meeting tor Sat
urday. November ~, at l o'clock T. Nj.
Mr. McCaleb moved. in amendment OF MI.
Kelly's amendment, that the committee OF
five be instructed to prepare and submit
list of three names of candidates.
Mr.. Brown objected, thinking 1t unwise ios
the committee, and not the bar directly, to
have the power Of nomination.
Mr. Charles b. Singleton arose at this juno
ture, and rogretting the difference OF OPINION
which seemed to exist among members OF the
bar as to the means of attaining the object Of
their common desire, stated that, In MS
oninion. no voice from a bar, however
unanimous, would ever secure from poilt
ical opponent the nomination OF man
obnoxious to the tenets ana faith OF thai
opponent: that such was the history OF al
political parties; that the only available anc
proper man within tie Republican ranks, the
ONLY one Who to high sense OF honor and In
tegrity added the necessary legal requirement.
and qualifications and who, at the same time
would bs acceptable to the bar and people o.
Louisiana, was George williamson; that SOM
definite action should be at once taken, ano
he moved, as q substitute to all previou
motions, that George Williamson is recon
fmended as the choice of the bar of Loulslan'
for Judge of the United States District Cour
for the District of Louisiana, subject to tn
ratification of a meeting to be composed OF al
the members Of the bar, who are hereby in
yited to attend, in the Supreme Court room
on Saturday, 27eh inst. at o'clock Z: MI:
This motion was seconded by Mr.. McCaleb
n rer,lv TO n question of the presiding OFT
CIR. Mr.. B. r Forman stated that he wa
prepared to state authortatively that Ger
Williamson would accept the appointment.
rendered and confirmed, provided his occr
pancy of the bench was agreeable to tn
Louisiana bar; that otherwise he would ne
accept the position.
MI. A. T. Tucker, addressing the meetin
in favor of the substitute proposed by nj
Singleton, said that he had known Mr.. WI
hanson personally for many years, that ami
the cares and responsibility of deliberatlv
proceedings he had admired the intellectu
and moral vigor of his mind; that his age,
integrity, his knowledge of the civil law, n
affable manner eminently fitted him for tt
bench: that his esteem for Mr. Williamson
based upon an intimate acquaintance with
intellectual and moral qualities, was such tn
it had not even been alienated by Mr. WI
iamson's political career, =,
The question was called, and with out al
sentinp voice the substituted motion OF M
Singleton was carried, and the meeting q
iourne ed