The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-25
MAY SELECT
 JUDGE SOON Alabama Appointment Expected Tuesday. COMPLICATIONS IN OHIO Threats From Buckeye State Delay
 Action. Opposition to HundIex Gives Him slen- der Chance and Judge walker is Looked Upon with Great
 Favor.
BY ALFRED J. STOPPER.

Washington, D. C., March 24-tspe- ciaD-The indications point to the naming of a new Federal Judge for Alabama probably after the cabinet meeting Tuesday.
 Tt is learned on good authority that the President and the Attorney Gen eral are proceeding slowly on account of the warm fight that is to be made against Mir. Sater, of Columbus. who was recently named as an additional Judge for the southern district of Ohio. Senators Foraker and Dick are not only going to fight this nomination when 1t comes up, next session, but they and others hold that as he should have been nominated while congress was In sess- ion, as the laws directs, that as re- cess nominee he is not entitled to draw any pay.
 The Clayton bill which provided the extra Judge for Alabama wass of course. passed in ample time for the President to have picked out his Ala bama man. The president and all his advisers knew many days in advance that this bill was going through, and 1t is contended that the president could easily have found a suitable man so that the nomination might have been confirmed before Congress adjourned. Then. there would have been no contention if some one agree aDl6 10 Al6UdIil0ub BGhCa0A&S A@N~@ ~SN-- selected, whether Republican or Dem- ocrat.
 Matter May so Over.
 Not A few people believe this ap- pointment may be held up until the next session of Congress. They arr que this from the standpoint that as the Alabama delegation had been try ing for two years or more to secure an additional judge and could not sucoeed until the last Clayton bili was launched, and as the courts have been crowded with business ell these years, 1t will not make much diner- ence if the matter goes over until next winter.
 The friends of Mir. Hundley still fnv eist he has the inside track If a Re- publican is to get the high ofiice- The oufside influence for him Is strong General Ciarkson, of New York, and others in J'cahoots" with local Repub- icans (ncluding referees).s it being wei known here, are doing their ut- most to convince the powers -that-be that Mir. E4undiey ought to be the man, regardless of the fact that two Repub- Iican members of the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee stood shoulder to shoulder with Gen eraI Pettus in reaching the decision that Hundley was not even At person to be United States Attorney for the Northern District.
 HundIey's Chance slim.
 This fact is being brought strongly to the attention of the President and the protests against his appointment are SO numerous that several of the opponents of Hundley at least believe that if Mir. Roosevelt acts in the near future he will select some one other than Hundley. Those protesting ask this question: 'Tf the Senate refused to confirm Hundley for the district attorueyship does 1t seem reasonable to suppose the judiciary committee. will confirm him next winter, for the Judg- ship7''
 If a Democrat is selected the pre- vailing opinion here still seems to be that Judge Walker of Huntsville will be the man.