The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-06

Industrial Association, Umteds Statcs Senator Edmund W. Pettus gave assurs ante that the interest of Montgomery as headquarters for the proposed Sixth Cir cult Court of Appeals. to be created by the Hoar bill, would he cared fof by him. SC l. and the other Alabama representa- lives in Congress.
 | The Montgomery Bar Association held a mee ting yesterday and resolved to do ali in its power to have Montgomery made the headquarters of the court, and the Florida Bar Association will be asked to join with the Alabama Bar Association in endorsing Montgomery.
 Senator Pettus sent a copy of the Hoar bill to the Commercial and Industrial As- sociation. He said that the bill provided that Montgomery should be the head quarters of the court. and that he had not heard of an amendment substituting Atlanta for Montgomery Senator Pettus Is a member of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate.
 The Montgomery bar met yesterday morning at the Court House at Il o'clock to aid in securing Montgomery as the site of the Court of Appeals for the State of Alabama, Georgia and Florida, as pro- posed in the bill introduced In Congress by Senator Hoar.
 The meeting was well attended. Capt. J. M. Falkner was called to the chair ana Judge J0nn G. winter was reQuebteu to act as Secretary.
 The following resolutions were present. cd by Gen. J. W. A. Sanford: Resolved. first, That & committee con- sisting of five members of this bar be appointed by the chairman and authorizS ed to take such steps as they deem nee esssry for the purpose of inducing Con- gross to make tho City of Montgomery
 the site for the holding the Circuit Court
 of Appeals. as proposed by the bill of Senator Hoar, embracing the States of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Resolved, second, That the committee heretofore appointed by the Commercial and Industrial Association to act in the | same capacity. be requested to cooperate with the committee named by this meet ing"
 The resolutions were unanimously | adopted and the committee was named as l follows: Gen. J. ". A. Sanford, Hon. | Thomas H. Watts and Hon. George M. | Marks.
 On motion of Major R. E. Steiner. the
 name of the chairman of the meeting. | Capt J. M. Faikner, was added to the kcommittee.
 | A resolution endorsing the bill of Sena-
 tor Hoar was introduced by Col Francis | G. Caffey and unanimously passed. | To lend it's assistance to the same |
 Alabama State Bar Association will pro- bably meet tomorrow night. Secretary Alex Troy said yesterday tha t | it was his purpose to call a meeting of | the Executive Committee for tomorrow | night. The Committee cannot. of course | commit the State organization to Mont gomery as headquarters for the pro- posed Circuit Court of Appeals. but it can
 do some work to that end. It was said | yesterday that the committee would go l as far as it could towards having Mont- gomery named as headquarters Tor the | court.
 | All the members of the Executive Com
 mittee reside In Montgomery. They are; | Secretary Alex Troy, E, A. Graham, r. G. Caffey. R, F. Ligon and George W. | Jones.
 1 This matter,' said Secretary Troy 1 yesterday ''is one in which the whole | State is interested and the Executive l Committee will I am sure do all in it's power to have Montgomery selected as
 the site for the Court Of Appeals" 1 Another prominent lawyer discussing
 the matter said 1t was evident Senator
 Ifoar in framing his bill had selected
 Montgomery as headquarters of the cir | cult to be created because of its central | location.
 "The proposed circuit" said he "is to | consist of Alabama, Florida and Georgia | Montgomery Is certainly nearer to all | principal cities in Alabama than Is At | lanta; Montgomery is nearer and of | easier access to points in Florida than | Atlanta; and Montgomery is nearer many points in Georgia than is Atlanta.
 The law library of the Alabama Supreme | Court is known as one of the finest law l libraries in the Southern States and this alone is an inducement for the head
 quarters of the Court of Appeals to be established here"
 Continuing this lawyer said it was
 proba ble that if the Hoar bill was pass ed for the Circuit. The three judges | now on the bench of the Court of Ap- peals for the district which Alabama is l part are Judge Pardce of Georgia, Judge Mccormick of Texas and Judge Shelby of Alabama. Judge Pardee and Judge
 Shelby, he said, would undoubtedly re-
 main In the new circuit and the third judge would probably be appointed from Florida unless Judge Thomas C. Jones Of Montgomery was selected for the place.
 Judges Shelby and Pardee are Repub- Iicans said this lawyer. and if the Prcsi- dent desired to name q Democrat for the third place it was probable he would select Judge Jones. If he selected .a Re- publican the new Didge would probably be appointed from Florida.
 
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