The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
DISPLEASED WITH
 PASSAGE OF BILL
Montgomery Sentiment is in
 Attitude of Protest
WILL WORK ON PRESIDENT I
No Unkind Feeling Is Entertained for Birmingham Bar, But South Ala abama Will Lose By Bir-
 mineham's Gain.
BY HERvEY W. LAIRD.


 Montgomery. April -6speeial1-Loeal sentiment. naturally. is in an attitude of protest regarding the passage of the fed eral court bill in Congress. by which six months at least in every twelve. are given to the Birmingham docket. It Is regarded here as an effort to get some thing away from the bar of tine Middle district and the same Is not keeping still about il by any means. if one may be- lieve what he hears. Though no one is wiling to assume responsibility for Il, there is no sort of question but that pro tests have gone to the President 10 pre- vent his signing the bill before those in- terested in it's defeat can be hard.
 Tine close relation of Judge Thomas G. Jones to the President and the latter's well known kindly feeling for him Is such that in a case where Jones is interested he would not ask the executive 10 veto an act of Congress. The members of the bar of the Middle district and in some other parts of the state are anxious to be heard in the matter and have re- auested the President to withhold ae-
 
 in the premises Men close to Judge Jones say that he and Judge Toulmin have done what they could in advising the law makers of objections urged to giving six months of court year in Birmingham, and 1t is now q matter of more concern to the people whose courts will be crippled by the change. It is charged that it will have the effect of giving Montgomery tslaafA vile uncertain court conveniences. There is also surprise expressed here at the setting of one of the terms to begin in September after there was protest from the judges and in view of the fact that Congress al the request of the bar, changed it from that month because of climatic conditions some years ago.
 Some emembrances.
 The passage of the bill has had the further effect of digging up more or less in the way of remembrances and the time of the passage of the bills for courts at Tuscaloosa and Anniston are recalled, with mention made that with the small amount of business neither could have l gone through without the aid of the l judges. and that Judge Toulmin in par ticular volunteered to help anl did help, 1 with Judge Jones' both agreeing to ar range to take care of the new courts It Is also pointed out that Judge Jones has worked night and day to get business moved. frequently going to his office at | daybreak and working Late at night to 1 clear his desk and the dockets, and that many times in order to accommodate law yers from Birmingham and other parts of l the state, to the north. he has held court l in his own home late in the night. and l some go so far as to say that the course pursued In setting the term to begin in l September is showing lack of appre- citation for this kind of spirit on the 1 part of the court.
 With the present situation in regard to the court bill has recurred discussion of the failure of the members of Con I gross from the state 10 get a bill through 1 for an additional judge. IL is an open secret that the bill for this judge was 1 killed not so much because the delegation l could not get together on it but for the l fear that Oscar Hundley of Madison l would be given the place. Local men who 1 ought to know-do know-what they are talking about assert that the President never committed himself to any one for 1 the filling of the position. but on the 1 other hand contend that there is good l ground to believe that he would have been governed by the wishes of major l ity of the bar of the state.
 1 The bar of this territory and further south flooded Congressman Wiley with telegrams and protests and the members all that he could have done to secure