The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-10

To accomplish this. he must have three times as much aid as in the past; Where surmount this difficulty in the least, but disregards 1t altogether. If the bill becomes law. 1t is inevitable other places will be greatly neglected. The bill makes 1t the business of the judge to ask for help. That is the law now. He has repeatedly called for help. Calls can not bring us enough help.
 The judge has only four spare months on the bench, after giving six months four places in the two districts. If he devotes these four months to Hunts vile and Anniston, 1t would leave Tus- caloosa and the while middle district unprovided for at all, save as outside help could be sent there. If the judge gave these four months to the mid dle district. 1t would about half take care of the work there. and leave out Tuscaloosa. Huntsville and Anniston. Judge Toulmin presides over an admir- alty court at Mobile which requires He has already given what time he could to the northern district, and Is often designated to answer urgent calls at other places If the judges who have been helping out at Hunts vile and Anniston have to concentrate on Birmingham that Judge Jones may look after the middle district, and do his part of the work at Birmingham, the courts at Tuscaloosa, Huntsville and Anniston would suffer. Leaving the bankruptcy business out of view for the present, 1t will be seen that the southern division of the northern dis trict has civil. criminal and equity cas- es amounting to 42S. while the middle district Huntsville, Anniston and Tus- cases in the latter places than at Bir- mingham. The bankruptcy business which the judge transacts. follows him. and 1t is safe to say that one-half of that business for the southern divi- sion of the northern district Is trans acted by the judge when in other places out of the time that should go to them.
 Judge shelby's duties in the court of appeals are exacting. When not on the hench, ne IS exam'hing h eases ana nsses in the lower court 1t disquallfies him from sitting in the court of appeals. Ncver- Huntsville. The bar and people of the State give full confidence and esteem to their circuit judge and the two dis trict judges. It Is but scant justice to the patriotic citizen who is judge or the northern and middle districts 10 say that he has labored unccasingly and unselfishly with the burdens that have fallen to him. The Bar of Ala hama feel that they owe something to their judges Why should they. be forced to hold courts at Birmingham In September. when the State Courts there will not sit in that unpleasant weather in our climate. Why should inc Federal courts he forced to go back to such an unpleasant season, when the objections to 1t induced Con, gress to change the date for the fall term to November? The people and lawyers in places outside of Rirnlng ham do not desire any advantage over the people there. They feel keenly that the evil of present conditions, due to a want of sufficient supply of judi cial force in the courts of the United states here fs burden which should be shared equally hy all places. They insist that no one place should be se- lected and given an advantage over all the other places.
 The great majority of the lawyers in this State were entirely unaware, after the effort to secure the addi-