The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-24
THE FIGHT IS WARM
HUNDLEY'S . CONFIRMATION TO
 CAUSE TROUBLE
Friends of Hondiey PreparinE Cards E Fer Papers and they are Resentlng Action of Birmingham
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Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 23--(SpeciaD The fight being made by members of the Jefferson County bar associas ton. on the confirmation by the Sem ate of the appointment of Judge o. R. Hundley to the federal tudgeship of the northern district of Alabama is more than likely soon to develop con- siderable warring with words. if not personal difficulties. The report Of the committee appointed at the mass meeting held by the attorneys of the country last Saturday appears to have aroused q regular hornets nest and several attorneys who are friends of Judge Hundley are beginning to prepare articles for the newspaper in answer to the arguments of the leaders of the fight on the judge.
 It Is learned that some interesting statements will issue from those who are advocating the confirmation of Judge Hundley in the next few days and that those statements will ziZsle.
 J. O. Thompson refere to the presi- and chairman of the republican party in Alabama, when questioned in re- gards to the fight being made on the confirmation of Judge Hundley, said that he did not care to make any statement. He waxed warm however. and announced with positive tones that the confirmation would be had later on for a certainty He inti- mated that the seniors from this state had not changed their attitutes to- ward Judge Hundley and that they were not opposed to him.
 The men who are leading the fight on Judge Hundley are determined in their efforts to prevent the confirms ton and speak buoyantly of suc- cess.
 The report of the committee named at the mass of the bar Association Saturday. reads as follows:
 "To the lawyers and Judges in Alabama:
 "The undersigned have been ap- pointed by the lawyers of Birmingham who anpose the confirmation of Oscar R. Hundley as United, States judge for the, Northern district of Alabama, as a committee to present to the lawyers and judges of Alabama their attitude in reference to his confirmation.
 When this jugeship of the north ern district of Alabama was created prac- tically all of the lawyers of the dis trict preferred the appointment of some other of the various candidates offering for the position. Judge Hund- ley was not the original choice of any considerable protion of the lawyers of the state. When, however, the Presi- dent saw fit to appoint him to this position the great majority of the lawyers of the district were disposed to acquiesce in his appointment, and to hope that he would make good In the position. Judge Hundley's practice had been confined largely to Hunts vile. He was but slightly known ei- ther personally or professionally to most of the lawyers in the district. A large number acquiesced in his ap- pointment at the request of Judge Hundley's friends and relatives. and signed petitions for his confirmation. and the fight therefore made on hls confirmation has not been made at the instance of the lawyers of the North ern district of Alabama
 Judge Hundley has now been upon the bench about eighteen months Dur ing that time most of the lawyers Of Birmingham have learned to know him as a judge. Most of them have been familiar with his conduct on the bench and by his conduct on the bench since