The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
TOULMIN COMING
 ID BIRMINGHAM Effort Under Way to Clear Up
 the Docket WORK AWAITS GOVERNOR Friends of Both Tyson and Weakley Are Actively at Work In Behalf
 of Their Favortes for
 Chief Justice.
WORK AWAITS GOVERNOR

Montgomery, February 16.-(Special.)- | Now that it seems likely that there will be no new federal judges in the state the officers are beginning to cast about anew to find way to at least handle small portion of the work that has crowd ed up and will continue to crowd up with the present allotment of men to keep it up. A man said this morning that If judge of federal court were to go to Bir- mingham and sit from in the morning to 6 at night and never stop for Sunday 1t would take him eighteen months to clear the docket A Birmingham lawyer en- tirely familiar with the situation, who heard the remark, said; He could not do 1t in twenty-four months"
 An effort is to be made to get as much of the work off as possible, so an arrange ment has been made for Judge Harry T. Toulmin to open the court at Birming- ham on March 6. and to work off the criminal docket as he will have time to handle. The civil work of the middle district will not end before April 5, so Judge Thomas G. Jones will open court at Tuscaloosa about the middle of April, of which ample notice will be given. As soon as Judge Jones ascertains how long he will be busy at Tuscaloosa he will announce when he will take up the civil docket in Birmingham, at which place he will put in about three months in an effort to get the work out of the way
 This will necessitate the postponement of the May term of the court in the mid dle district, which will be held late in the summer.
 Work for River.
 The Commercial club of Montgomery will insist that the rivers and harbors committee of Congress. which Is coming to Alabama between March and 22. stop at Montgomery and have look at the river here and get interested In the Ala | bama to such an extent that 1t will be taken care of in the government appropri- ations. John H. Bankhead, ranking dem ocratic member of the committee, will have charge of the tour and many places | will be visited.
 l In addition to the Commercial club the 1 city will take up the matter and begin at once to have the wharf at the river banM
 
 up the wharf has been hanging fire in the council for some time and it is hoped 1t
 can be worked out soon. The Alabama l river is the live wire of the Montgomery and South Alabama situation just now | and anything that can be done will help | Congressman Wiley through his bill for new appropriation of half a million for it.
 Work for Governor. 1 Governor William D. Jelks will get back 1 from New York tomorrow morning and | then 1t will be up to him to appoint a man to the vacancy on the bench caused l by the death of Chief Justice Mcclellan 1 last week. There promises to be a great fight made for the place. A friend of Judge John R. Tyson, who is actively out for the honor, said today that he had as- surances from a large number of counties that Tyson would be urged for the posi- ton. It is well known that the governor
 h already large number of petitions for Judge Tyson as well as letters and other evidences of the wish of many that he be appointed.
 There is news of a great movement on the part of his friends for s. D. Weakley of Birmingham, which has reached the capitol also and 1t Is expected that he will have many endorsements by the time the governor gets time to take up the |. MT Weakley has any petitions in or not as the governor is away and his office force will not give out who the petitions are for. In the case of Judge Tyson they become known locally through his friends. It looks like pretty fight, but from this end so far Tyson seems to be in the lead so far endorsements go. Parole for w. A. Mooney. The governor has paroled w. A. Moon ey of Monroe county, who had been sem fenced to $40 days and 1S8 days for costs for violating the prohibition laws. It is shown on papers in the statement of the governor that "On recommendation of the judge and the solicitor that this man be paroled because of his physical con dition, and the assurance of both him. self and his friends that he would not again violate this law, a parole is hereby issued conditioned upon his future ob- servance of the law Costs In the case are l paid"
 The Electric Lighting company of Mo | bile, has notified the Secretary of State that their office Is in Mobile and that 1 L. J. Davis is agent representing its in- | terests, who can sue and be sued. The Waller. Lchtman & Murphy Land | and Development Go, has been organized l to develop the town of Akron. Its capital is s3OOO0 with c. F. Waller and Charles Lichtman as incorporators.