The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-04
JACK LEACH
 TO GET PLACE Union Man For Public Printer. MORE SOP TO LABOR TRUST Roosevelt and Taft Agree on Their Friend. Colonel Wiley is Hopeful of Securing
 Work on Public Buildins. i. His pistriet--Demeersts Are Active.
MORE SOP TO LABOR TRUST
BY ALrREn .. xrnrrn


 Washington, D. C.. April 3--(Speclal.) several Of the labor organization peo- pie who look after legislation before congress stated today that they had it pretty straight that President Roose- vet would shortly name for the posi- they call him.
 He used to be in the printing ofYice here. and Is said to be a practical printer and bookbinder. For several years he has been out in the Phipip- pines. having been sent to the islands by President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft to do certain organization work out there that they considered very important.
 It is also stated here that Leach is q union man. and that Is an important point to be considered in view of the row the administration forces have had with the labor organizations.
 Democrats are Aroused.
 The House Democrats arc at last thorougly on their mettle. and Leader John Sharp Williams talks as if he tn- tends to keep the Republicans on tho rack until they take up some of the important bills the managers Of legisia- ton have shown no disposition to pass.
 Representative Wiley Is working in- dustriously to get proper recognftton for the Second District when the omnt- bus public building bill Is named. Just now. from what he has been able to impress upon the committee. he thinks that $50 900 will be given for enisrR- ing the Montgomery building In order to provide quarters for the onitpu stafes Court of Appeals.
 Tine last Congress voted S5.0Oo TOT . sIta at Troy, and 1t has been purchases Colonel Wiley calculates that ne VII he able to secure S45.0o0 for the erec- ton of the building at Troy. The committee has adopted an iroA' clad rule that no appropriations viii ee | made for sites in cites in which post office receipts do not amount to eio.- 1 oe0 annually or more and In wnien | there ia free delivery service. if this I r,,Ie Is rixidiy enforced 1t will shut out lGreenvflfe. Andalusia and all citles eI simiiar size in the second district ss | well as in the other Alabama distriets' Judge Jones at Capitol. 1 Iudee Thomas c. Jones has abous l finiehed the work he came here to per- | form. He is a member of the commit | tee annointed by the American Bar As7 sociation to draft a code of ethics Tor | inc lawyers of the United states. 1 Some of the most distinguished iaw- yers and judges of the land are mem bers of, this committed. among @ ns | number \beinK Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court Judge Alton B. Parker. MT. Stetson of New York and Ex-Con- 1 gressman Tucker of virgina. the latter being a former President of the Ameri- l can Bar Association.
 Judge Jones Is author of code ex ethics that was about the first to st- tract general attention, and that IS why he was named as member or this committee.
 since his arrival here. Judge Jones | had the personal satisfaction of being ! highly commended by number Of the foremost legal lights on his decisions regarding the railroad cases.
 The Judge does not expect to return home for ten days as he will so to | Trenton to visit his married daughter.