The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-20
TO URGE ELECTION
 OFSAMUEL WEAKLEY
STRONG DELEGATION FROM BlR-
 MiNGHAM BAR TO APPEAR BE- FORE GOVERNOR JELks TODAY IN MATTER OF CHIEF JUSTICE

A strong delegation of members of the Birmingham bar will go to Montgomery this morning to urge the appointment of Samuel D. Weakley as chief justice of the supreme court to succeed the late Thomas N. Mcclellan.
 The committee will appear before Gov ernor Jelks today and it is probable that the announcement of the appointment of the successor to Chief Justice Mcclellan will be made tonight or tomorrow
 Justice John R. Tyson also has a strong backing for the position, the bars of a large number of counties having endorsed him and petitioned Governor Jelks to ap- point him to the vacancy.
 The Birmingham delegation was named yesterday morning at a meeting of sev eral leading members of the bar and practically all of those named have sig nified their intention of going to Mont gomery. It is stated that a number of others whose names do not appear in the following list will also go to Mont gomery
 Frank S. White N. l.. Miller, James weatherly, H. c. selheimer. Walker Per cy, F. E. Blackburn, K. K. Campbell John London, J. P. Stiles, J. c. Carmi- chael, Frank s. White, Jr., L. J. Haley Jr., G. R. Harsh, Augustus Benners. c. c. Nesmith Frank Deedmeyer, George Huddleston, M. M. Ullman, A. c. Howze, Kinds Peevy, John c. Forney, John w Tomlinson, John c. Pugh, John H. Mill Ter H. P. IIefiin, E. H. Cabaniss, Sterl- ing A. Wood Z T. Rudolph, James A. Mitchell, Morris Loveman, c. W. Hick- man, J. T. Glover, w. c. Garrett, Charles G. Brown, and B. NJ Allen.
 possible to reach any point outside of Florida without going through Jackson vile, clear across the state. The new route will mean a great saving in time and distance to the west, and will un- doubtedly bring to this port a great ton age which it has lost in the past.
 To Atlanta 1t will also mean q new route to the gulf and especially great opportunity for trade with Cuba. The men promoting the Tampa Northern" are backed by ample capital. Liberal
  throughout west Florida.
 It is expected that actual construction will be begun in the very near future.
 C. H. Ivers, general agent of the Kan sas City Southern, with headquarters in St. Louis, was in Birmingham yesterday. E. H. Harris, a dispatcher of the Frisco nd to New Orleans where he will be con nected with the dispatcher's office of one the railroads.
 w. c. McMillln, travelling passenger agent of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi cago and St. Louis. with headquarters in Atlanta, was in the city yesterday. This is the first visit of MT. McMillin to Bir- mingham since his appointment as travel ing passenger agent He has been in Florida for some time assisting in secur- ing some of the winter business for his company.
 George E, Jordan. travelling passenger agent of the Central of Georgia railway, has returned after two or three weeks spent in Florida soliciting the winter tourists business.
 J. Taylor Green, formerly with the Southern railway in Atlanta, has been appointed chief clerk to H. c. McFadden, general freight and passenger agent of the Atlantic and Birmingham and the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic.
 
 A circular has been received in Bir- mingham announcing that on and after February IS passengers would not be car ried on fast mail train No. 3, which leaves St. Louis at 2:9O a. m. and arrives at Monett, Mo-. at 9:30 a. m.
 This is the train which the Frisco is using in the government tests to secure the mall service out of St. Louis to the southwest. The tests last for one month and, there is a hot contest in progress be- tween the Frisco and the Cotton Belt Route for the contract to haul the gov