The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-30
BY BENCH AND BAR
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES UNIT
FOR CAPT. CUNNINGHAM.
FOR DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.
BAR OF SOUTH GEORGIA SIGNING
PETITION TODAY.

Sent Out Yesterday Morning by
Members OF Savannah Bar-BOth
Savannah Judges Indorse Capt.
Cunningham Inducements Sc
cured as Matter Of Justification
and as a Complement to Savannah
Man-Cnpt. Cunningham May Sit at
March Term The Changes of
Course Dependant Upon Judge
McCormick's Resignation.
Petitions indorsing Capt H. c. Gun
ningham for appointment as judge of
the district of the Southern Dis
trist of Georgia were sent yes
terday morning to all OF the cities and
towns in South Georgia. There seems
10 be little doubt that Judge Speer will
be named as circuit judge. and Capt.
Cunningham as his successor on the
district bench, the object of the petition
being to furnish the President with
abundant evidence of the justification
of the appointment.
Judge Samuel B. Adams, who will
return this morning from Atlanta, has
written Endorsement of Gov. Terrell
Attorney General Boykin Wright, all
of the justices of the Supreme Court
Senator Clay and many other intiu-
entail lawyers of the state The petit
ton which was circulated in Savannah
yesterday had the signature of practi-
cally every member of the local bar,
i. -
Judge Barrow and Judge Norwood
With the Endorsement of the bar of
the many other towns and cfes in
South Georgia. Capt. Cunningham will
have secured practically a monopoly
of available Endorsements.
Depends on Congress.
1t is stated with positiveness by sew
eral members of the local bar that the
President has committed himself I'M
Qualifiedy, and that within the next
month the appointments will be made.
1t may even be that Capt. Cunning
ham will hold the March term of the
court here, cases for which were set
by Judge Speer on his last visit. This
all depends on the retirement of Judge
Mccormick, his retirement, in turn,
Ringing on the passage of bill now
pending in Congress.
This is a bill authorizing an increase
in the salaries of circuit judges. I'm
der the statute Circuit Court justices
are retired on full pay. 1t is under
stood that as soon as the bill is pass
ed Judge Mccormick will resign, since
by waiting, his annual allowance in
the future will be created than it 9TH
erwise would. The bill has already
passed the House and is now pending
in the Senate. In the opinion of the
bar it will be but few weeks. at most,
before the bill will be passed.
Meeting of Lar Committee.
A committee of the bar met on
Wednesday afternoon and formed
sort of Campaign Committee in the in
terests of Capt. Cunningham. AS a
result of the meeting the petition was
circulated yesterday among the mem
bers and several members were ap-
pointed to mail petitions for indorse-
ment to the various towns in South
Georgia With the exception of Ma
con- the members of the bar in all of
the towns in Southern Georgia are to-
day atfxing their signatures as marks
of their approval of Capt. Cunningham
as the nominee of the President
1t is the opinion of those who are
using their influence in favor of Capt.
Cunningham that i will be well not
ton. They say that matters will solve
themselves there. The action of the
Macon bar in failing to indorse any one
for appointment met with favor in
Savannah. Capt. Cunningham. they
say. is sure to be nominated, as mat
tiers stand, and there is no use to have
two or more Democrats in the race
against one Republican, the reports
from Macon being that Hon. Marion
Erwin's name will be presented to the
President.
Capt. Cunningham, however, has a
strong following in Macon, and there
is little doubt that a petition circulated
there would secure the names of many
prominent members of the bar 1t is
known that Hon. J. F. Hanson, one
of the most influential Republicans in
Georgia, as we'll as Postmaster Harry
S. Edwards, have Endorsed Capt. Gun
ningham,