The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-10
Presidents Action Ends the
Long Contest
SIGNS HIS Commission
With Appointment of Federal Judge
for Northern Alabama District
Roosevelt Gives List of
Endorsements.
By wATrERsoN srgALEY.

| Washington, April 9.-(speeial.) was
expected would be the case. President
Roosevelt this morning announced the ap-
| pointment of Oscar Hundley of Huntsville,
Ala. for the new iudgeshlp of the Nor
thern Alabama district. Hundley Will
take the oath of office before the United
States supreme court tmorrow, and it
will then be Judge Hundey Judge Humid
ley will probably leave for Huntsville
tomorrow night and will begin the dis
charge of his new duties as soon as pos
sible Under recent decisions of the con-
troller of the treasury Judge Hundley
will not be able to draw any salary for
his services until he is confirmed by tho
Senate.
In case he Is confirmed he will draw
back pay from today. In case of his re-
lection he will receive nothing for his en-
| tire service. That Hundley will be Bit
terly opposed for confirmation in the Sem
ate goes without saying. He will have
the opposition of both Alabama senators
and all the other democrats In addition
Senator Kittrldge OF South Dakota and
probably several other republicans will
be against him. In the last session Humid
! ley was appointed district attorney and
| Kittredge was one of his principal op-
ponents.
The case was fought through the en-
tire session, Hundley never being con-
firmed In the meantime the new federal
! district has been created. owing to the
| crowded condition of the docket in nor
| crowded condition of the docket in north
ern Alabama, and now the President
of judge. 1t is safe to say that Hundley
will have a rocky road for confirmation
| in the Senate, but it must be remembered
that with the President for him and r.
long session ahead 1t Will not do to make
1.-The positive statement tIYat lis nomlna-
tion will be rejected. While everything
in the category of msdeeds will be al
legged against Hundley from the. number
of protests which have been made against
him 1t undoubtedly is true that he does
not possess much popularity in Alabama.
At the same time the President and the
| attorney general have, 1t Is said, care
| fully gone over Hundeys papers and de-
| clare his recommendations are everything
! that could be desired. The White House
! also gave out this morning a long list
| of those that have indorsed Hundley. A
| number of Alabamans here who were
| shown the list expressed much surprise
at the length of the Endorsements and
| doubted its correctness Some made the
| suggestion that perhaps the President had
| erred and that Hundley's Endorsement as
| given out had reference to all the posi-
| tions for which he had been IL candidate
| recently, including the district attorney
| ship. When II was brought to the atten-
| tion of Secretary Loeb by The Age-Herald
| correspondent he said all of the indorse-
| ments were for Hundley for the judge
| ship.
1t has been generally understood here
| that James S. Clarkson and Booker L.
| Washington were the men who landed the
| place for Hundley. but 1t will be noticed
! that their names do not appear on the list.
| In order that 1t may be known exactly
| who are put down as indorsers of Humid
| ley The Ase-HeraId correspondent sends
| the entire Its as given out by the Pres
/ ident. 1t is follows:
Names of Indorsers.
Endorsements of Oscar r. Hundley of
| Huntsville. Ala, filed with his applica-
| tion for appointment as United States
| district Judge for the northern district of
| Alabama:
The Judiciary Edward B. Almon Judge
| of the circuit court; w. H. Simpson.
| judge of the chancery court; F. f.. Skeggs,
| judge of the probate court; Justice Jonah
| Harason of the supreme court of Ala
| bama; A. A. Coleman. judge of the cir
cult court of Birmingham: II. B. Aber-
nathy, judge of the superior court; w.
T. Lawer, judge OF the probate court
1.-TWO letters); w. w McCurthon. Judge Of
probate court: S. l.. Fuller Judge of the
probate court; Dan Greene, Judge of the
criminal court of Birmingham; Samuel
Greene, judge of the probate court Bir-
mingham; United States District Judge
Charles Swalne; S. l.. Weaver, associate ,
judge criminal court, Birmingham: Tam
cred Belts Judge law and equity court
ExMembers of the Judiciary--Claude
Waller. ex-crcult Judge mew division
ship; j. Fl. Montgomery. ex-judse of tho
| inferior court of Birmingham; Floyd E.s-
till, ex-judge of the circuit court (of Ten
nessee); John w. Inser, ex-judge of the
circuit court; o. Kyle. ex-judge of the
Eighth judicial circuit of Alabama
Officers of the Supreme Court of Ala
bama-Lawrence II. Lee supreme court
reporter; Leon McCord. secretary of the
supreme court; julius NJ. Riggs marshal
and librarian of the supreme court.
Officers Of the Chancery Court--J A.
Kyle. register In chancery: A. T.. Hew-
lett, register in chancery; j. w. Altman,
register in chancery.
State Officlals-Wlliam d. Jelks. gover-
nor OF Alabama, (at date of letter.; Henry
Roberts. governor of Connecticut: Curtis
Guild. Jr., governor of Massachusetts,:
Massey Wilson. attorney general of Ala
bama, twhen letter written; r. r.
Poole, state commissioner of agriculture:
E. r. McDavid, secretary of state John
Mcqueen, state solicitor of the judicial
circuit. Birmingham: j. X. Jackson. sec
retary to the governor Of Alabama; T.
II. Carmichael state auditor; Harvey e.
Jones, state tax collector: II. p. Helm
state solicitor. criminal division Birmine-
ham: r. G. Hunt. state solicitor. Ninth
judicial circuit; John II, Proctor state
solicitor for Jackson county; S. A. Lynne
state senator: Il. Il. Wallace. city clerk
Culman; Hugh Morrow. ex-state sena-
tor: r. T. Goodwin. member Alabama
legislature: j. f. Gardiner, tax collector
Madison county, Alabama
Members OF the bar Of Alabama: Milton
Humes. ex ex-president of the Alabama State
Bar association; George w. Jones' chair
man executive committee State Bar asso-
citation; w. l.. Clapp ex-secretary Alabama