The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-10
LAWYERS FAVOR
SEPARATE JUDGE
BAR MEETING ENDORSES CLAY
TON MEASURE AND SENDS A
TELEGRAM TO REPRESENTA-
TIVES AND SENATORS.

meeting of large number of the
members of the Birmingham bar, re-
rnarlkable for its enthusiasm and unan-
unity was held in the circuit court yes
terday afternoon at o'clock to express
their views upon the Clayton bill now be-
fore Congress, Robert n. Bell acted as
chairman of the meeting.
Having announced that the meeting
~as open for the transaction of such bus
iness as might come before it, Capt.
Frank S. White rose to propose the fol-
lowing resolution:
sResolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting of the bar of Jefferson county,
this day assembled at the county court
house, in Birmingham, Ala, that the bill
reported by the judiciary committee p?o-
yiding for a district judge Of the United
States for the Northern district of Ala
bama meets with the hearty approval of
the Jefferson county bar, and we urge
our senators and representatives in Con-
gress to use their best efforts to secure
its passage at the present session of Con-
gress. Be it further
Resolved, That said measure is pre-
ferable to any other measure suggested
as better calculated to give the necessary
and desired relief; and be it further
"Resolved, That Frank S. White, A. o.
Lane, C. p. Beddow and the chairman Of
this meeting, r. n. Bell, be appointed a
committee to transmit by wire to our
representatives in Congress and the
chairman Of the House judiciary commit
tee the substance of these resolutions.
Captain White made a vigorous speech
in support of his resolution, pointing out
1t was either matter of having separ-
ate judge for the Northern district or no
Judge at all. He referred to Representa-
tive Clayton's communication in which
he stated that the bill providing for
Judge for the Northern district of Ala,
bama> met with less opposition than the
bill providing for the associate judge for
The Northern and Middle district "rhree-
fourths of the litigation in the United
States court in Alabama came from the
Northern district said Captain White,
''and it was only right that there should
be a judge for that district" He COLI
tinued to speak about the congested con-
dtion of the docket and the delay and
expense W.. Il litigants suffered on that
account we cnn get a Judge for the
Northern dist let, but we cannot get the
additional judge for the Northern and
Middle districts. 1t Is for you, gentle
men, to say what shall be DONE
Mr. Harsh proposed to communicate
with the representatives and senator's,
and to send a telegram to Representative
Clayton to that effect A committee was
appointed to prepare telegram which
was to the following effect;
Hon. Henry S. Clayton, Washington
d. G..
At Jefferson county bar meeting this
day held it was unanimously resolved
that the bar of the county entirely favor
the Clayton bill providing for a separate
judge for the Northern district of Ala
bana, and we were instructed to wire
this to the senators and representatives
of Alabama, and the chairman OF the
House Judiciary committee to urge the
passage of said bill at this session of
Congress in preference to any other
Please communicate this to them.
FRANK s. WHITE,
A. o. LANE,
c. p. BEDDOW
II. N. BELL,
Committee