The age-herald., 1901-10-08
GAVE PLEASURE
 ID BIRMINGHAM All Classes Join in COngratulat- ing Judge Jones MIR. ROOSEVELT'S WISDOM Appointment Pronounced the Best Ever Made for the South
 By Republican
 President.

By a Republican
 President.
 The news of the appointment of Gov ernor Jones to the Federal bench was re- ceived in Birmingham by all classes of the community with every manifestation of pride and satisfaction.
 Leaders of business and leaders of the bar especially were jubilant in expressing their qualification; and were most cor dial and emphatic in words of grateful ness to President Roosevelt for conferring an office of such great importance to the people upon such an eminent and univer- sally honored Alabamian as Governor Jones.
 Better Conditions.
 On all sides men declared that they saw in the Presidents wise action the promise of better conditions as regards all the more important Federal offices in the South.
 There was but one sentiment respecting the Presidents selection of Governor Jones as the first man to honor in inau- gurating the new Republican policy to- ward the South-it was ideal!
 It was argued that not only is Govern or Jones a great lawyer of the highest personal character, but that he Is accept ed everywhere as a conspicuous represen- tative of that which is best in Southern life.
 "The Presidents action is in the highest degree gratifying and 1t will have an in- calculable influence for good" said Judge Charles E. Senn Tn his public and in his private life Governor Jones Is and has always been absolutely above reproach. He went through the bitterest political strife ever experienced in Alabama, and was a leader in it all, but never was there a hint against his character and never did he stoop to coarse or undignihed speech or conduct. He came out of all that strife clean, pure and strong man. And all the members of the Alabama bar whose judgment Is of value are agreed that Governor Jones is conspic- uously able lawyer and judge of law. With his legal learning and intellectual ability, his stern sense of duty and high sense of honor and his unswerving fidel- ity to all the higher principles of justice and manhood, this eminent Alabamian will be an ideal judge"
 Best Ever Made.
 "The appointment of Governor Jones is the happiest, most satisfying and most important action any Republican Presi- dent ever took regarding Federal offices in the South, and I see in it far-reaching consequences for good,' said Hon. Charles w. Ferguson, who is and has been for many years solicitor for the Tenth judicial circuit.
 Governor Jones is an able lawyer and powerful man, and he is truly represen- tative of our best citizenship. He will prove to be a great judge, wise and just and watchful for that which is right and truthful All the people in every walk of life will believe in him, trust him, honor him. And my experience as prosecut- ing officer of the State has taught me something of the supreme value of such a judge. Such a one we have in Judge Samuel D. Greene of the Jefferson Coun- ty Criminal Court The lowest, most ig- norant and most vicious negro criminal faces Judge Greene with perfect conff- dence in his wisdom, his integrity and his sense of justice and in his mind there is never the shadow of doubt that Judge Greene will do what is exactly right That Is the kind of judge Cover nor Jones will be, and that is the way all the people will regard him.
 Ut is an appointment that is most wise and timely, and all of us owe Presi- dent Roosevelt the warmest thanks said Major James Spence of Tuscaloosa.
 An Honor to Alabama.
 Nothing has occurred in a long time that has given me so much pleasure as the appointment of Governor Jones'" de- clared Dr. Francis D. Nabers.
 Tt is an honor to Alabama which will delight all the people, for there is no man amongst us more esteemed or trusted as an able, upright and just man than Gov ernor Jones. Here in Birmingham every body believes in him and honors him, and what is true of our people here at home is true of all the people of the state. President Roosevelt has done a wise and noble thing for the state directly, and in directly for the entire south. It means a great deal for the general good"
 A great number of telegrams of glad congratulations were sent Judge Thomas Goode Jones, Montgomery. In spirit none was more graceful than this from United States District Attorney Vaughan, one of the leading Republican applicants for the judgeship:
 Birmingham, Ala, October 7 Hon. Thomas G. Jones, Mont gomery,
 Ala:
 'I beg to extend to you my congratula- tions upon being elevated to the federal bench. Have just been informed by the attorney general that your commission has issued. With high regards.
 ''WILLIAM VAUGHAN" The impression in Birmingham is very general that Booker T. Washington was one of those who urged upon President Roosevelt the wisdom of appointing Gov ernor Jones.
 Judge Jones' Career.
 Thomas Goode Jones was born in Ma con, Ga, fifty-seven years ago, the son of Samuel G. Jones, a noted railroad build CT, who removed to Montgomery when tho cop was child While St;J n lo..