The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
OPPOSITION ID
 BILL IS GROWING Many Towns Sent Protests to
 the President GOVERNOR ISSUES PAROLE Hannibal Donnel Will Be Released, Subject to Good conduct-Further Order In Lookout Noun.
 tain Case.
GOVERNOR ISSUES PAROLE

Montgomery, April 12-(Special) )-Sev- eral out of town lawyers are here today | and there has been much discussion of
 the Underwood federal court bill. with the feeling against it growing stronger
 all the time. Congressman Clayton of the
 Third district has sent a warm protest
 to the President
 These places have already protested by
 wire against it's approval: Montgomery,
 Mobile OpelilSa, Tuscaloosa Annlston, Decatur, Greenville, Andalusia. Troy and Talladega Others will do so it is learned here
 Judge Jones declined to be interviewed
 A close friend of his said. that Judge Jones regarded the six months provision as mandatory. and that under the Un- derwood bill it would be his duty to give six months court to Birmingham himself or with the aid of some other judge leaving the Middle district and other places in the Northern district with such courts as they could get with the aid of outside judges. He was wounded at the suggestion in the Birmingham meeting to the effect, that the new bill turned e+AN TAtAeabiVAi oNtl u JuuHt JbHeS. anu as no additional judge would be sent except on his request, that inl view of his opposition to the bill the old law
 was preferable The writer was author ized to quote on this point Judge Jones' exact language as follows:
 "A judge, above all other men, as the servant of the law, ought to set an ex- ample of loyal and unquestioned obed- | fence to the law. No man who knows anything about my life" he said "has any ground for such an opinion. My whole life refutes every such idea. Hannibal DonneI Is Paroled. Governor Jelks has paroled, subject to | good conduct. Hannibal Donnell, con vcted of petit larceny in the criminal court of Birmingham, and sentenced to one year and fifty days for costs. His term would have expired next October. r Judge Dan A. Greene, in q statement 1 furnished the Governor says that he
 gave the boy a heavy sentence because he was of the opinion that he was an old offender. Since he has learned that prior to the offense charged he had good character. The judge hopes the sent ence will be cut down to about what he l has served and that he will be paroled. | The solicitor joined in the request E. A. Dudley, clerk and register of the Bessemer city court, says that Donnell was janitor of the court house at Bes-
 semer for a long time and had good | character. He found one time q purse | containing $500 and returned it to it's own | CT and at another time purse with $40 | which he returned to it's owner A good word was also said of the prisoner by
 Hon. l.. D. Godfrey solicitor of the city court of Bessemer.
 Orders for StIlman.
 Thomas G. Jones. judge of the United | States court for the Northern and Mid
 dle districts of Alabama has granted an
 order allowing c. A. Stllman. receiver of
 the Lookout Mountain Iron company, at | Battelle to sell certain stock and other | things not needed at the plant He is al- l lowed to keep one mule to deliver goods l from the commissary. The sale may be
 made at public or private sale with ] proper notice and must be for cash l The receiver is also allowed to pay iu-
 surance premiums coming due and prose-
 cute suit against one of the guarantee
 companies which is said to be due the
 company To do this he may employ eoun-
 sel. Mr. Stillman is also allowed to pay
 $10O balance on two cash registers and
 covenant to pay court costs in eases sub
 mitted to the supreme court. He is also
 10 pay certain labor claims not hereto l fore allowed
 | MT. Stlllman was accompanied to the
 city by his attorney F. H. Cabaniss of
 Birmingham, and after the business of | the day they were driven to the Country
 club by the governor and given a look at the best golf links Of the country, as 1 well as a prettily arranged and equipped | club