The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-06
THOMAS AND TROY
CONTEST FOR A MONTGOMERY
 JUDGEsHIP.
Associate Judge of City Court Does Not Agree to Proposition to Run in Primary
 Election.

Hon. Alexander Troy, Secretary of the State Bar Association, who will oppose Hon. William Fl. Thomas for Associate Judge of the City Court of Montgomery. has proposed to Judge Thomas to submit their names to the Democrats of Montgomery County in the primary election of August 27, and Judge Thomas has declined the propo- sition. holding that the law provides that the two Judges of the City Court of Montgomery shall be elected by .hs State Senate.
 The correspondence between the two distinguished lawyers of Montgomery Is as follows. and explains itself
 Montgomery, Ala. May 2, 1906
 Hon. ". H. Thomas, City:
 My Dear Sir---As your term of SIX years as Associate Judge of the City Court of Montgomery will expire in February, 1907. when the selection of your successor, under the Act of the Legislature. approved February 7th, 1901. must be made by the Senate, and as have concluded to let my name bs presented to the Senators for this high and responsible office I submit this
 proposition for your consideration and reply:
 Having learned that a paper has been presented by you to the members
 
 signatures to your petition asking for your reelection, 1t occurred to me that as we have many friends in common among the members of the bar of Montgomery whom 1t would embarass to sign a petition for either of us, and for which reason I have not permitted a petition to be circulated in my interest and as the person filling ] the off1ce is the Judge of the Court for he nf Ha tarhn if agreeable to our Senator we sub nit our claims to the ofice to the peo- pie of the county at the primary which will be held In August next. the pre- liminaries of which to be arranged by the County Executive Committee on 8 plan similar to that promulgated by the
 State Executive Committee in reference to. the nomination of alternate United States Senators.
 q understand, of course, that we cannot, by any agreement. change the
 law which requires the election to he made by the Senate, yet we can agree to submit our claims to the people of the county. the votes received to be n suggestion to our Senator as the choice
 of the voters for the office. the list to ba open to all candidates who may desire to enter. If you or any other candi- date receive more votes than do, will cheerfully retire from the con | test.
 "The Judges of our Supreme and | Circuit Courts. Chancellors. Judges of Probate, all State and county officers | Judges of practically every City Court l in the State and even United States Senators, who have always been elect l ed by the Legislature, are now. under the rule promulgated by the Executive Committee of the Democratic party,
 nominated by the people. and it is but l fair and just to let the people of this county say for whom they would like our Senator to vote for Associate Judg } of the City Court of Montgomery. Yours truly, Alex Troy" To this letter Judge Thomas replied as follows:
 Montgomery, Ala, May 3rd, 1906
 "Mr. Alex Troy Montgomery, Ala:
 My Dear Sir--In reply to your letter
 of May 2nd. l beg to say that the sug- gestion therein made does not commend itself to me.
 q am, Yours very truly. William H. Thomas" It is probable that during the first week of the State Senate, which meets
 January 10th, two Judges for the Mont gomery Court will be elected Thus far there has not appeared any oppo-
 sition to Judge Sayre.