The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-08
Writes Letter to Judiciary Commit
 tee Chaisman Jenkins.
gAinks Nsrthern and sIiddle Districts = Aiabsma should Have Addi- ss,.al Judse--wnI Bs sstis-
 asa witA Aetiss.

lively interest nhs ueon r~S.sVu among the members of the state par over the telegraphic news in tne Aa- vertIser that Congressman ciaytoh had introduced a h.ll in Congress pro- yidIng for a separate United States Judge for he Northern District of Ala bama. instead of the bill heretofore uending. to create an additional judge for both the Northern and Middle Dis- tricts as recommended by the State Bar Association at its annual meeting last year.
 After that meeting. this matter was threslfed oyer at conference or prom inent lawyers from all parts or 1ne State. and an agreement was reached to support the State Bar plan. There is a general feeling among the mem. bers of the bar that their wishes should be acceded to, and they are conjectur- ing the reason for this last move.
 All lawyers, 1t appears, are anxious for relief and they had hoped after the long discussions and arguments apout this matter in Alabama that there would be no further dissension.
 It Is intimated by some Of the pest informed members of the bar that the action regarding a separate judge Tor the the Northern District might de- feat any effort to obtain relief at this session by the Judge of the Middle Dis trict. and it is said lawyers in Bir- uaingham and elsewhere are urging their representatives not to consent to the plan of 8 separate judge. It IS also understood some correspondents has been in progress between officers of the State Bar Association and out side lawyers. with members of the Alabama delegation. the nature of which could not be learned.
 xnh h for an interview yesterday. refused to talk upon the matter beyond the state- ment that Mr. Clayton probably was doing what he thought was for the best, and that 1t was matter of per- sonal indifference t0Shim which plan was adopted, so long as he got relief.
 He gave the reporter a copy of q let ter he had written the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House af Representatives. however. defining his position in the matter. and giving tne reasons why the State Bar Association preferred their I Ian to the other.
 The letter follows:
 Montgomery, Ala, Feb. T. 1907. s'Hon. John J. Jenkins. Chairman. Judi
 ciary Committee, House of Repre-
 sentatives, Washington, D. C..
 'sMy Dear Sir-I send you by this mail the official proceedings of the Alabama State Bar Association, where- in they petition our Senators and Rep resentatiyes in Congress to provide for the creation of an aditiona1 judge for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, as the best remedy for the congestion of the docketS in those two districts.
 "After long discussion sn the news papers and conferences among commit tees of lawyers, the great majority Of the local bars finally united upon the plan Of an additional Judge for the two districts. In suggesting rem edy for our troubles in my letter. men, toned in the resolutions of the State Bar Association. simply voiced their Judgrlent and preferences.
 .Ths whole matter was aeain s9i dis, 5, held in Birmingham some few months later when the large majority insisted on the plan of an additional judge foi hoth districts: and it was agreed tC support the measure if 1t could bt passed. and only in event that It could not, to support the plan of q separate judge for the Northern District.
 "The reasons which led the bar and people generally. to prefer the plan of an additional judge for both dis tricts in prefefence to a separate judge for the Northern District, were sun stantiaily as follows:
 Tt is conceded on all hands that with one judge alone for the North ern District. he could not attend to more than half of it's business. and would constantly have to be callinR for aid of outside judges, and that the judge of the Middle District. If sep arate judge were created for the North ern District. having considerable time at his disposal, would necessarily he called on to render the main aid in the Northern District.
 "The bar. therefore. thought best. in- stead of creating a separate judge for the Northern District, to create an ad- ditional judge for both districts, and thus to do in the first instance, what would necessarily be the result under the other plan-dispose of the full time of the judge of the Middle District whn .As now judge of both. They felt sure that with the plan of an additional