The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-13
C0ngrtssmen ObiscttO COnflrma-
 lion of Oscar R. HundIey
PETITION ID BE PRESENTED
All of Aabama's Representatives Ex- cept Underwood and Taylor Join In the Protest-old Report
 to the Senate Is Used.


 Representatives Richardson, Clayton, Heflin, Burnett, Hobson, Wiley and Craig will tomorrow file with Senator Johnston petition signed by them protesting against the confirmation of Oscar R. Hundley as judge of the northern district of Alabama. The signers of the petition include the names of all the members of the Alabama House delegation with the exception of Representa- tives Underwood and Taylor. The members base their opposition to Judge Hundley's confirma- tion on the report written at the close of the last Congress by the late Senator Pet tus of the last Congress against Judge Hundley's confirmation for the position of district attorney
 Senator Pettus, as well as Senator Nor gan. was opposed to MT. Hundley's con- firmation for the district attorneyshir, as we'll as the federal judgeship, and the signers of the petition believe that it is their duty to use every effort to keep up the fight against him.
 The petition is addressed to Senator Clark, the chairman of the judiciary com mittee of the Senate, and is as follows:
 Wording of Protest.
 'Sir-We desire most respectfully as representatives from the state of Ala bama in the Sixtieth Congress to submit to you and the members of the judiciary committee of the Senate our earnest pro- test against the confirmation of Hon. Os- car R. Hundley, who has been nominated by the President of the United States n ba J,,an of court of the northern district of Alabama.
 We call the attention of your honorable committee to the fact that our late dis fnguished and honorable senator's Hon. John T. Morgan and Edmund w. Pet.us, after a careful investigation of and hay. ing personal acquaintance and knowledge Of the character of MT. Hundley, and his | personal standing at the bar, each ob- l jected to his confirmation and gave their reasons for the same.
 Tt will be recalled that Senator Pettus was member of the subcommittee of | the Judiciary committee of the Senate. So l appointed to investigate the papers sub- mitted in the Hundley case We fully | concur in the objections made by Sen ators Morgan and Pettus to the confirma | lion Of MT. Hundley, and we respectfully
 renew these objections and ask for the
 same proper consideration at the hand;
 of your honorable committee"
 Extract From Report.
 The subjoined is an extract from the ! report of the Senate Judiciary sub-con. | mittee prepared by Senator Pettus ane
 filed against Hundley's confirmation, as district attorney and is believed by the l House members to apply with redoubled fn hia ! judge:
 Your committee is impressed with the l fact that the office of United States dis. , trict attorney is growing rapidly in i'm ] portance. by reason of the complica ed l suits and litigations arising between the
 government and the trusts, corporations | ana combines and the highest legal abil ! ity is required to discharge the duties 1 of this office It can hardly be claimed | that lawyer is well founded in the | cardinal principles of law or possessed l with the highest sense of justice who would so consistently pursue such an CT. ] ratio, unfair and unconstitutional metho or | as the records show MT. Hundley did | CThis refers to Hundley's joint resolution | In the legislature to educate the negro out of the taxes paid only by the negro 1 Your committee refers to copy oI l the docket of the February term, 1907
 of the circuit court of Madison county | l of January, which discloses the follow | ing facts: That out of about 125 cases or | the docket of the chief state court o ! the town in which MT. Hundey lives ant
 has practiced law for the past 20 years | that his name appears as counsel in bu 1 five cases, and your committee. canno
 believe that MT. Hundley's services a.
 a lawyer are much sought after. l Substance of Evidence.
 '"The evidence presented to your com
 mittee fails to present to us MT. Hund l ley as man of high character and cred l 1t with those who know him. It is hart ] for us to see how any conclusion othe | than this can be reached, after a full | fair and dispassionate examination of al | the evidence before us. We believe tha | the government ought to be represented | at least in this important judicial posi- | tion by a man of character, integrity | honor and capacity--a man entitled to ans | !, ho enjoys the confidence and respect O
 those who know him best
 "lour committee is of the opinion tha | -r Hundley falls far short of that stand | ing and we do not believe, that under 1 the circumstances he Is worthy of hold 1 ing a high and important federal office ] and we recommend that the Senate rejec Ill. confirmation as the United States ais l trict attorney for the Northern distric 1 of Alabama" W. s.