The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-01
ELECT JUDGES OF BIRMINGHAM 'Nesmith and Sharpe Arc
 Chosen. SALARIES FIXED AT A,soo a.
 Howze and Garrett Also Put in
 Nomination. Large Number of Senators and Repre- sentatives. Attend Session at Which selection Is Made ny Leg
 islature.

and Senate were elected judges Of the City Court of Birmingham to fin the places created by the bill which re- gently passed the Legislature. AL though four prominent attorneys of Birmingham were put in nomination for the two judicial honors Messrs Nesmith and Sharpe were selected on the first ballot.
 On this ballot, MT. Nesmith receiv-' ed ninety seven votes and Judge Sharpe received sixty four. The other contes- tants were Hon. A. c. Howze and Hon. William Garrett. On the first and only ballot, Mir. Howze received fifty seven votes and Mir. Garrett thirty votes.
 The legislature in establishing the additional judgeships for Birmingham, fixed the salaries at S4500 annually. Under the new law, they are to be paid out of the State. The winning candi- dates were endorsed by the Birmingham Bar Association. Judge Nesmith has been serving as special judge for some weeks, but few minutes before the election yesterday he went to the Governors office and presented his res- ignation as a special judge.
 MT. Nesmith Is one of the youngest men to be elected in recent years to judgeship. He is now thirty three. years of age. He Is 8 member of prominent West Alabama family. and he represented Lamar County in the
 
 high place by his ability and his fac- ulty of attracting friends. He moved to Birmingham four years ago. and immediately took a high place in the able bar of that city. His endorsement by the bar after residence of four years, was one of the strongest arr gumcnts advanced to the legislators by the friends of the young man.
 Former Supreme Court Member.
 Judge Sharpe for six years was member of the Supreme Court of Ala bama. He voluntarily declined q reel ection to that high honor, and resum- ed the practice Of law in Birmingham. He is regarded as one of the leading jurists of the State, and he was given during his term of office the adrni- ration of the attorneys of Alabama. The Supreme bench of Alabama has been regarded as one of the ablest in the country, and Judge Sharpe's ser vice was such as to increase the pres tige of the court, The Bar of Birm- ingham has considered itself fortunate 1t could command the services of a man of his high judicial ability and train ing. He was not only supported by the Birmingham attorneys through their formal endorsement but large dele- gation came to Montgomery to urge the election of him and MT. Nesmith.
 The roll calls that followed the con- vening of the joint assembly showed thirty-three Senators and ninety one Representatives present.
 LieuteDant Governor Gray announc- ed the plhrpose of the joint assembly and called for nominations.
 Representative King of Jefferson presented the name of Judge O. C. Nesmith of Birmingham. He was an able lawyer, had served in the Consti- tutional Convention and in the Legis- iature. He referred to the endorsement by the recent meeting of the BIrmlng- ham Bar Association.
 Senator Miller presented the name of Hon. H. A. Sharpe, the first judge of the City Court of Birmingham, and six years a member of the Supreme bench. He was recommended by the Birmingham bar.
 Representative John said the names of Judge Nesmith and Sharpe were almost the unanimous choice of the Birmin gham Bar. This statement was made as coming from a committee of the bar,
 Puts Garret an NominRtIon.
 Representative Urquhart said he had been told only seventy-four mem bers of the bar of Birmingh were present at the meeting which en- dorsed Nesmith and Sharpe, out of over 300 attorneys in the county. He named William C. Garret as a candis date for the position.
 Representative Pitts of Dallas paid a glowing tribute to the personal in- tegrity and ability of A. c. Howze. whom he announced as a candidate for the judgeship.
 Representative Pitts of Perry sec> Onded the nomination of Mir. Howze, to whom he paid a tribute as one he had known for a long time.
 Representative John seconded the nomination of Mir. Garret, and the u.nIl ln,lI Ahnwa .H Ha.-.. Gray. which resulted as follows:
 Nesmlth-Senators Barbour, Bayles, Blackmon, Davis, Doster, Forester. Gardner, Gum, Hamburger, Heacock. Jones, King, Leith, Lowe. Lusk, Mer- ritt, Miller, Moody Overton. Reese. Reid Spragins, Strother Teasley, Thomas, White and WimberIy. Repre- sentatives Afford, Arlington. Ballard of Autauga, Ballard. of Pike, BenneFs, Bulger, Cannon, Carmichael of Colbert, Coleman of Lowndes, Coleman of Mar shall, Cooper, Cranford, Doyle of Clarke, Dudley Elrod, Fuller, Glover, Goodwin, Haley, Henley. Hoffman, Jenkins. John, Johnson, King. Korne- gay. Lacy of Walker. Lancaster, Law son, Lee of Etowah. Lee of Houston. Long of Butler. Lyons. Maner. Mid dleton. Mitchell. Moore McCrory. Me Duftie. McMillan. Norville, Parker, Pitts of Dallas Pitts of Perry, Powell, of Bullock, Powell of Covtngton, Pow CT, Pratt, Price. Pugh, Rainer, Rattray, Rushton, Semple. Sanders, Sanford. Scale. Smith of Franklin. Smith of Lee, Steagall, Thompson, TunstaII, Turner, Urquhart, Vann. Weaver, White of Lamar. White of Perry, Williams and Woolf-97.
 ~Sharpe-SenatOrs Barbour, Bayles. Blackmon. Davis. Forester, Gardner, Glenn. Gum, Hamburger. Hammer, Hea- cock. Horton, Jones, Leith, Lowe, Lusk, Merritt, Miller. McWhorter, Reese, Reid, Reynolds, SpragIns Strother, Teasley, Thomas, White and Wimberly; Representatives Armstrong, Bulger, Carmichael of Colbert, Coleman of Mar shall. Cooper, Glover. Goodwin, Gun ter, Haley, Henley, Hoffman, Jenkins, King, Kirby Lacy of Dallas, Lancaster, Lawson Lee of Etowah, Long of But Ter. Long of Morgan, Lyons, Malone, Oliver, Peete, Ragsdale, Sample Sam ford. Sherrod. Smith of Elmore, Smith of Etowah, Smith of Franklin, Smith of Lee, Weaver, Williams and Woolf -64.
 Howze--Senators Doster. Hays, King, Moody. McWhorter and Reynolds; Rep -resenta tivese Afford. Armstrong, Ar rington. Ballard of Autauga, Ballard of Pike, Baltzell, Cannon, Carmichael of Clay, Coleman of Lowndes, Cram ford, Crum, Doyle of Clarke, Dudley, Edwards, Elrod Hugshton. Killen, Lacy of Walker Lee of Houstons Lind sey, Long of Morgan, Malone, Maner. Mitchell, Moore, McCrory, McDufhe. Me- Milan, Parker, Pearson, Peete, Pitts of ogt4. a4 EOxgall of FtaI.