The age-herald., 1899-01-21
NEW JUDGES FOR
 TWO CIRCUITS Bills Have Been Passed and Will be
 Approved Today. MANY CANDIDATES IN FIELD Vaughan Urging the Appointment Of D.
 D. Shelby. JUSTICE MCCLELLAN MENTIONED Hon. Hillary A. Herbert Also in the Race, and is Backed by Secretary of the Navy Long-Oth
 Applicants.
MANY CANDIDATES IN FIELD
JUSTICE MCCLELLAN MENTIONED

Washington, January 20.-(special.) )-The bill creating additional judges in the Sixth and Fifth Judicial circuits went to the president today and will be signed to- morrow.
 The fight for the appointment has opened up in earnest. Judge Pardee being from Louisiana and Judge Mccormick from Texas, the new judge will come, most probably from Georgia or Alabama.
 The two Georgia senators and a majority of the delegation favor the appointment of Major Tom Glenn, of Atlanta.
 Judge Emery Speer is asking the presi- dent direct for it, while Ex-Judge Hammond applies as a democrat, he having supported Palmer and Buckner.
 It was said today that the president would name a democrat for the post, as the other two judges in the circuit were republicans.
 Herbert an Applicant
 I learn today that Hon. Hilary A. Herbert will be an applicant and he will be backed by Secretary Long, his successor in office It is said that if the president consents to
 
 this appointment as a personal favor.
 D. D. Shelby, of Huntsville, has the sup port of the leading republicans in the state. He called at the white house this morning with Fourth Auditor Youngblood and Chair man Vaughan and made plea for this ap- pointment.
 The delegation from Alabama will be unit in urging the appointment of Justice Mcclellan of the supreme court of the state. They had an informal meeting today at which J. l.. Tanner, of Birmingham, and J. J. Willett were present, and at which it was decided to press the name of Justice Mcclellan on the attention of the presi- dent. If the president agrees to appoint democrat the members believe that they can secure the appointment of their chief jus tice as he has a record that will commend him for the federal ermine.
 Improvement of the Tennessee
 Representative Wheeler went before the rivers and harbors committee this morning and explained the necessities for improve ments of the Tennessee river and the req sons why the dam system should not be used.
 Senator German is preparing coup d'etat by which he hopes to throw the odium of delay in coming to vote on the treaty from the shoulders of the opposition to those of the administration.
 At the next executive session the Mary land senator who has been instrumental in divorcing the democrats in the senate from the leadership of MT. Bryan in this matter will ask for vote on the treaty. This Is a shrewd move and thoroughly Cor manesque as he knows that Senator Davis is afraid to let the treaty come to vote. Senator Hanna said to me today that the situation was very much befogged and that 1t was now extremely doubtful if the treaty would be pressed at this session. This un- certainty causes the legislative wheels to clog and is delaying matters of every kind. So far behind is everything that the war department is hopeless about getting their bill through at this session. The adminis- tration is said to appreciate fully the situa- ton and that the president has determined to call both branches of congress together in an extra session immediately after the fourth of March.
 ARCHIBALD w. BUTT.