The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-05


 lawlessnes once aroused is expensive to suppress. The new circuits created by the bill are In the very sections of the state undergoing development and crowd ed with rapidly increasing population. needing .he strong arm of the law promptly ard certainty administered to preserve order.
 Inere Is also grave danger of the spirit of disappointment in procuring A much needed relief reaching so far AS to do the party some great injury. The peo- pie will feel a spirit of resentment to- ward a party In power not willing to meet emergencies when they arise. Mo- where has there been an expression of dissatisfaction with the law on the con- trary widespread approval. The people throughout the state were adapting themselves to It. They like it.'
 Fort Payne '.awyers Act.
 Fort Payne, October 4-(special)- )-At a mass meeting of the members of the bar and business men of Fort Payne county officers and citizens generally of DeKalb county, held at Fort Payne today, the following resolutions were unanimously passed:
 'To His Excellency, Hon. R. M. Gun
 ningham, Governor of Alabama:
 We, the members of the bar and busi- ness men of Fort Payne, county officers and citizens generally of DeKalb county most respectfully request you to call the To apfQ a attr In fnt pose of re-enacting what Is known as the Lusk act recently declared unconstitu- tional by the supreme court. In ouI opinion such is the confusion and un- certainty now about our courts that ar extra session of the legislature is neces. sary. We believe the people of this county are in favor Of such action.
 "W. E. QUIN, Chairman.
 EARL CoCHRANE, Secretary"
 Cadsdcn Bar Acts.
 Gads October L-(Special.)--Th. people his portion of the state ars emphatically in favor of special sessior of the legislature. They regard the de mand imperative. It is argued that tn, whole judicial system of the state is Ii chaotic condition and that the uncer tainty of the judicial status will breed lawlessness and tend to mob yiolenc, and, besides the questions of nominations excite political alarm. Arrangements arr being made for large delegations iron many north Alabama counties to go t, Montgomery on Tuesday to lay the mat ter personally before the governor. Ou people feel that his duty Is plain. MuddIed in culIman. Cullman, October 4.-(Special. )-Th' muddled condition of the states judici ary as the result of the unconstitutional ity of the Lusk act is the principal them, of discussion since Saturday. Every at torney at the Cullman bar except one Il opposed to the calling of an extra ses sion of the legislature and the majorit, of the people at large are of the sam' mind. The executive committee of thu eighth judicial circuit will meet at Deca tur this evening at 6:3O and the opinion called for a few days later for the pur pose of naming nominees for judge ant solicitor of the circuit.
 It is believed here that Judge D. W Speake, who was the nominee of the par ty for the circuit under the Lusk act | will be named by this convention, an, i Dave Alman, the present nominee fo solicitor. will likely be renominated fo l this position. Hon. George H. Parker committeeman from Cullman, is In Ohio | but gentleman here Is holding his prox. I and will act for him. Hon. Erie Pettu of Athens. who was the nominee for so licitor of the sixteenth circuit, which ha now reverted to the eighth, was in tn city yesterday in the interest of his can l didacy as solicitor.
 Resolution From Decatur. Decatur, October 4-l(Special) Al the talk on the streets of tn city tonight has been on the question o | the Lusk bill which was recently passe' l by the state legislature. This bill woul' cut out the present judicial circuit com posed of Madison and Limestone countie and throw this circuit in the Decatu circuit composed of Morgan. Cullman ant Lawrence counties. The democratic ex eutive committee of this judicial circui met here tonight for the purpose of ar ranging the matter, which has been both ering the democrats of this district great ly for the past few days and the commit 1 tee unanimously adopted the followin resolutions:
 "Whereas, under party authority am