The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-06
Governor Announces His Appointments.
 - !. ] JUDGE THOMAS GOES TO
 THE CIVIL DIVISION = ~s The Naming of Judge Sayre Came as a Surprise. A Vacancy is Created i'm the cssminaa Division of the City Court by Eiecation of Judge Thomss ana Several :. .Nsmes Are Coa- -.,
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 James Render powdeIif Associats Justice of the Supreme Court :of the state of Alabama. was yesterday eie- Nated to the position of Chief Justice of the highest tribunai of the state, through the appointment of Governor Conner. Chief Justice D0wdell suc- ceeds Chief Justice John R. Tyson. re- signed The appointment takes effect immediately.
 ; To succeed to the position vacated by Justice Dowdell. Judge A. D. Sayre of the civil division of the City Court of Montgomery. was appointed to the Su- preme Bench, shortly after the an- nouhcement of the elevation of Justice Dowdell had been made. Immediately after the appointment of Judge sayre. Judge William H. shomas of the crim- ina1 division of the City Court, was appointed to succeed Judge Sayre on the civil division bench. ss
 The appointment to the position Of Judge of the criminal division of the City Court. to succeed Judge Thomas. was not yesterday announced from the Governors office. s-
 Since, the rumor of Chief Justice Ty- sons resignation, and the actual hand dng in of his resignation, gossip ai- most immediately settled upon Judge Dowdeu as the appointee to the chief 5usticeship. Rumor was persistent with regard to Judge S. D., Weakiey. loS BiEmingham. but with his official sstatement that he had declined the hon. tor. tite appointment Of Justice Dowdell Ito tIAs States highest jpdicial office Ebecanfe an almost certain conclusion. 4 When it became known yesterday Gnorning at the State Capitol, officials Iof the state as we'll as friends from Mwnsa sa~NxNS ..n~a A-w~ Az Khetr sincere congratulations. For sew. ,sral hours after the announcements his ,olsice waN thTpn9ed and business of Ane eourt waa' set aside to make way tor the informal reception which was
 5ades .sazss sansaousa.
 Following the annonnceraent of the nor Conner requested that Judge A. D. Sayre call upon the chief executive Of the State to discusa an important matt ter. Within few minutes after the arrival of Judge Sayre, Governor Co., mer announced through his private Sayre to succeed Justice Dowdell as Associate Justice.
 The news of the appointment of Judge Sayre to the Supreme Bench, spread over the city even more quickly than did the news of the appointment of Justice DowdeH.
 On all sides of the principal thor oughfares of the city. hearty endorse ment of the appointment of Judge Sayre was heard. Many persons pro- nounced the act of Governor Conner to be. the best appointment which he had made during his tenure of of1ice.
 Hardly had the news of the appoint ment of Judge Eayre been announced. when news was circulated that Judge h Na.. --.l ed to succeed to the vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Sayre: This .ap- pointment, tooss of the Governor brought hearty oommendation from the bar and laity of Montgomery. -. .. The resignation of Chief Justice Ty- son as handed in to the Governor took effect last night at 6 o'clock, and to- day VIII see the new appointees of the Governor in their places in the Su- preme Court, There will be no formal ceremony with the exception. of the oath of ofEice which will be adminis- tered by General R. F. Ason. Clerk of the Court. sf VsfF s7 7-7'F-s
 Yesterday afternoon there was no formal leave taking of Judge Tyson, and If there has been any plan to make his leaving the bench an occasion, Sof formal expression of sorrow by his former associates, the plan has been kept R well preserved secret. 3
 CAief Justice Dovaeu.
 James Render DowdelI was horn in Chambers County. April 3, is47. and he is the son of James Ferguson Dows,aII and wife Sarah H., daughter of Ian,s. Render of Georgia James F. DowdelI was member of Congress, n1eirber of the Alabama Secession C.onventioy, 1881, and Colonel Of the S7th AIabania Infantry Regiment. - :
 Judge Dowdell was educated in tha common schools of the towns of Ea- fayette and Auburn; was at the4 TTnt. wersity of Alabama, IS8l-s6; and was graduated from the East Alabama- Male College, Auburn with the degree of| B., in the class of 1S67!1 He, began the practice of law at Opelika in 1870: was Solicitor of the Ninth Judicial Circuit for four years. 1876 to 1880; Judge of the Fifth Circuit: Chancellor of the NNortheastern Division. and in 1898 wa a elected to Associate Justice: re-aIected an 1904: and again In 1908.
 Judge DowdeA Is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopsi Church. South. On December I2. 1878 he was married to Ella May Ware at Lafayette. Chambers County.
 Justice 4. D. sayre.
 A. D. Sayre was born April 2g 1888 at Tuskegee in Macon County. He fn fife son of Daniel and Musidofa Morgan Sayre. his mother being a sister of the late JOHn I. morgan, DnlLea' States Senator from Alabama, He attended the common schools of his county. and was graduated at Roanoke. Va. He read law in the office of Judge T. M. Ar rington of Montgomery. and began the practice of his profession in 1880.
 From 1881 to 1889. Judge Sayre was Clerk of the City Court of Montgomery. and was twice a member of the State Legislature from Montgomery County. He was elected Senator in 1884. and was President of the Senate 1S9S-7. He was elected Judge of the City Court of Montgomery. by the Senate In 1897. ana again in 1903. He served as Chair man of the County Democratic Commit tee, and is a member of the Masons. His wife is a daughter of ". B. Machen Of ISddyville. Ky.
 Judge ". H. Thomas.
 Judge William II. Thomas has been hpon the bench of the Criminal Divis- ion of the City Court of Montgomery