The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-07
NEED MORE
 U. 5. JUDGES Clayton to Push the.
 Measure. COURTS ARE WAY BEHIND Judge Jones Forced to Call on Judge
 TouImin
 ---e-- Outside Judicial 0ncers Have Ass Bees Called On Te Aid Tn Re- Iieving Congested Condition
 Of Dsckets.

Washington, Feb 6.--tSpecial. )--An- other attempt will be made this ses- ston to provide a United States judge foe the Northern District of Alabama an,i the outlook fairly indicates 1t will go. through.
 Former dispatches to The Advertiser session. session. 'fe Today % Representatives clay ton drafted a report on the Dill which Is endorsed by the lawyers of the State.
 mously indorsed vy the committee is as follows: At present there is only one judge for both the Northern and
 Middle Judicial pistr,eis of Aheame ,n tne
 1t is impossible for ope judge to do the work of both districts.
 courts In the Northern District of Ala- bama are held as follows:
 Huntsville. April and October, two months; Anniston, May and November; June three weeks; Birmingham. March and September, six months. Totat about eleven months
 In the Middle District Circuit and District courts are held at Montgom- cry in accordance with the special sta tute, in May and December and the ses- sion of the district court IS also neiu
 Besides special terms of the courts have been held there at different inr teryals from time to time.
 The minimum requirement. for holu- ing the district and circuit courts by the present judge ih the Northern and Middle Judicial Districts aggregates about thirteen months I,l, m eaea Sn- year .hsra is judge residing at Mobile; court is In session about five months in each year. In addition to the terms of the court there the judge has much work A. .l, .lxs~ la uk fh0FA Ia a very considerable admiralty bus mess done at that port. Besides this judge holds court twice . year at sel- ma in his district and is Irequently called to serve on the Circuit Ceart oi Appeals at New orleans.
 All his time Is now occupied. Cir. cuit Judge shelby has held the Circuit Court at Huntsville since May, iso5. Bistrict Court there last year. Judge Toulmin. of the southern District, has heIdsall the terms of the court at Al, nistofl. The judge, of the Northern and court at Tuscaioosa in May, is0s. The business at Huntsville. Tuscaloosa ana Anniston is fairly we'll up to date:
 For many years district judges from to assist in the Northern District of Alabama but such assistance as these judges have been able to. give has not been sufficient to dispose of tpe pust- ness or 70 Fei'sNe tne o1oukSSsSu,,S ,SSiis
 Al BirminEham the business of the United states Courts IS about three years behind. There are about soU takes nearly three years to get civil case to trial at Birmingham. That city is the center of large coal mining. iron mining and manufacturing industries
 The commerce and tonnage there fs greater than at any other point in the entire South. There are foreign rafi- roads there and two more are being built. Many civil suits are brought there against foreign corporations, and these suits are at the Instance of at torneys ot these corporahons gener- ally removed to the Federal. courts.
 At the last session of Congress. an act was passed recurring the c.hs court a, sn each year. It has been impossible for the present judge to strictly comply with this law. and it IS obvious that this act has not afforded the desired
 During the year ending June 90. igOs Circuit and District Courts were held at the different places In the Northern District as follows.
 At Huntsville. by Circuit Judge shel- hy, tWenty-one days; by Judge Bor- man of the Louisiana circuit. hfty-five days. Total seventy-six days, . AYniston, Judge Touimin of Southern District of Alabama, twenty-five days Total. twenty five days.
 irminEham-Judge Jones. sixty-nve days: Judge Touimin, twenty-seven days Total niuety-two days.
 Tuscaloosa--Judge Jones. seven days. Total, seven days. Grand total, zoo
 ii Is understood. of course. that these shows only a fraction of the work performed by the present jodge.
 It Is certain fact that besides hold ing courts at Montgomery, hes holds court for the Northern District at chambers In Montgomery many days each mouth. heed when he Is at business for the Northern District; that fs, the Birmingham District, every day, such as orders in bankruptcy eases and deciding cases in equity. etc.
 On June 30, 1906. there were pending in the Northern District of Alabama 5O4 criminal and civil cases. all of them said to be live cases.
 Besides there were pending there at the same time S4s bankruptcy cases.
 At the same time there were pending 22a criminal and civil cases at Mont gomery. most of them live cases: Be sides, there were pending at Mont, gomery at the same time S02 bank ruptcy cases
 The Department of Justice recently. made a very thorough examination or the conditions In Alabama and else where in nine cases in which bllls were into Congress for additional judges.
 This investigation showed the nec- essity for four Inore District Judges, one of them for the Northern District oT Ala hama Alfred J. Stofer.