The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
HUNTSVILLE MAN WILL HAVE TO
 FIGHT
gouthern POIiticians Insist On CaEiIng Ub EneOnsistency of HQosevelfs Psaftaon Toward F0RAner
 Isemocratlc Afabmna stateq Senator.

Washington. Dee. 7.--fSpecial)--A though there Is no authority for say- ing at this writing that the confirma- ton of oscar R. Hundiey to be United States Attorney for the Nol thern, Ala bama District is certain to miscarry this session 1t is petty well known here that his case will not be disposed of without mature consideration on the part of the Senate Judiciary. Commit tee.
 A few things will have to be looked into, so the talk in legislative and po- dtlcal circles runs. Congressman degree in the Hundley appointment, as the duties of the office are not to be performed, in any event. in Its con- gressional district, or in the middle judicial district of Alabama.
 AS previously stated, Referee Scott Is credited with having had something of a pull in bringing about the Romt- nation of Mir. Hundey, and 1t is gener- ally understood here that Hundley owes his selection also to the activity of Col lector of Internal Revenue Joe Thomp- son. and the silent but potent influence of Booker T. Washington.
 Tn view of the Presidents recent mes sage urging the white people of the land. out of their abundance. to pro- vide for the education of nero chill dren in order to fit them for future citizenship and lift them up to the full measure of self government the po- sition of Mir. Hundley on that sub 'ect Is discussed here by Southern people They insist upon recalling the fact that he, while a Democratic senator some years ago from Madison County, sue ceeded in passing through the Alabama Legislature a proposed amendment to the Constitution. to the effect that revenue raised for the school purposes from the negro rare should be applied to the education of the negro children. and that money c lected for like plr- poses from the white rare, should go exclusively to the education nf white children. He was Yio @ eltlyi opposed 70 the proposition to put upon the white man the burden of educating the ne- gro. That amendment, Aiaba nians re- call, was overwhelming gly voted down by the white people of the State, Afterwards, Hudley turned his coat and became a Black and Tan" Repub- lican; ana, in the light of these facts, many Southern men insist that the pnb- lie Is interested in knowing why Pres ident Roosevelt. whI expresses sympa- thy with any movement looking to the betterment of the negro should be gull ty of the inconsistency in singling out for official recog nition a man who, in the olden days, was so violently oppos- ed to negro education.
 Col Edward L. Russell, of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, left this afternoon f~r St Louis where he will remain q couple of days before returning hnme. He is much reio ced over the election of Mir w w Finley to the presidency of the Southern Railway Comp my. and Colonel Russells friends here congr tu- lated him that at the New York meet ing the other day it was his great pleasure to have placed MT. Finley in non ination.
 Representative Wiley introduced a bill in the House for public baildiug at Greenville, the limit of cost to he S75. .0OO He will press the measure be fore the committee, anc while h. may not succeed in getting It through this session, his aim is to have the meter In nroper shape so that 1t can be inc'ud- ed in next general bill for government buildings.
 this morning. He was a visitor at the canitol. and was on the floor of the fIouse during the session today, and was introduced to many Of the leading members of that body,
 Alfred J. Stofer.