The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
MONTGOMERY BAR
 URGES THE JUDGE
RESOLUTION SETS FORTH THAT WORK IS ENTIRELY TOO HEAVY AT THE PRESENT TIME FOR ONE MAN.

Montgomery, October So.-(Special.)- )-At a meeting of the Montgomery Bar asso- citation yesterday resolution was passed urging the appointment of an additional United States court judge to take care of the enormous run of business. Judge Thomas C. Jones now has more than he can do. W. P. Crum presided and G. F. Mortns was the secretary. These were named to present the matter to congress and look after the details of getting It to some sort of a head: R. 10. Steiner' w. l.. Martin, R. L. Martin, Horace Stringfellow and w. s. Reese.
 The following is the resolution passed
 in the premises:
 .'Resolved by the bar of Montgomery county. That there is an imperative neces- sity for the creation of another judge for the transaction of the business oA the northern and middle districts or Ala bama .. ness civil. criminal and in bankruptcy heinz such that no one judge can dispatch If and that the only practicable plan or relief is to create an additional Judge TOT both districts who shall reside In the northern district, each judge having equal nowers in both districts. By such an ar rangement, in our opinion, the posiness of the two districts can be dispalcneu without injustice either to the presem' ,',dae of inc two districts or to the addi- tional judge who may hereafter DC ap- pointed. .4, .esort to create A new district out Of parts or inc northern district or from other ois, tricts as unwise and impracticaole, ana are satisfied that the attempt to proeuio relief in that way will result In deteatlh8 all relief Such an arrangement as w1 know from the proceedings of the seVerai Sheffield. Huntsville, Decatur, Tai- ladeaa and other places in the northern dIstrict-would meet with the unrelentins onnosition of the bar In both olstrlcts' and could not be put into law we uo ,ot daan If just or fair either 10 tne nresert iudge of the two districts or 10 the ltigants in great part or the nor.n- arn district to attempt to create ois- trict ont of the territory adjacent to BIT mingham, leaving litigants or other paIt7 os +be middle and northern districts with- out the services of their judge Tor large mart of the time each year ana compeiiihs tbem to take long and unnecessary JouI nav to transact business in chaihpers, u,h1e that inconvenience and cost wouio moi he entailed upon litigants adjacent .o Birmingham We believe tne iheiiD., r,.a at the har of the state ought to make known their wishes in this matter ,e t,O .o their representatives, and not put tne burden upon them of attempting to ue- wise a plan of relief in ignorance or ,', une n,iabes of the bar. We therefore heArt,iy aaSnrse inc resolution adopted by the o.ata par association, recommending to our Senators and Representatives the ora, tion of an additional judge for potn districts as the best and more praetlcap,le l,l man for relieving the congestion or the docket of the two districts.
 "Resolyed further, That the secretars of this meeting send copy or tnese res olutions to the members or tne par oi nd 'ns two districts and to our senators anu pa,resentatives in Congress-