The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-31

 Since the nght has bsen made on him he had freQuentlys gone to the court room tc observe whether the fight on him was merited. He made Judge saunley out as judge of high stand ing sni thought he shouid Dc connrna-
 Mr. Percy took the witness in an ef- fort to ascertain the extent of his prss- tice before the court.
 Judge Kelly Is Hot
 MT. Kelly. told of the cases he had he'd and gave Mir. Percy this parting shot: T cannot be put down as nobody because I don't represent corporations" ], District Attorney Street took the stand and stated that khs had tried about two hundred cases before HunI ley. He had Eever heard until recent. iy fnat he was anything but 2 man Q, !, the highest character. Until the steel matter came up he thought he wac generally liked He was an excellent lawyer he said and was not dictatorial. and had made good judge. He vas capabie and had far more than an or dinary knowielge of the law. He was batient. even tempered and courteous
 sterling Wood declared Hundley good judge. especially in view Of the believed he would be just judge if conflrmed, especially to those who were now appearing before the committee ' H. K white. Of Birminshan. thought Hundley. quick. alert. patient and im- pressed him as man anxlous to ad- minister justice in the broadest sense
 Mr. Percy asked him if he thought a Judge who had SO much. protest against him had given general satisfaction
 Mr. white replied that he thought he had, especially among the lftigants and people represented fin the courts.
 sEsor some reason.p MT. White said, ssthers are attorneys dissatisfied with him. m.-amohg them, you. Percy.
 Takes shot Al Percy.
 2. T. Rudolph. of Birminghan. thought Judge Hundiey one of the best judges he had ever practiced before.
 There are those who are opposed to him, am sorry to say" said Mir. Hu- tioiph. q esteem you, Mir. Percy, but my admiration was not heightened hy your oppoaing him"
 Felix Blackburn, of Birmingham, thought Hundley was an able lawyer and a fair and upright judge. He thought his character had never been essaiied until he changed. his politics.
 4. |. obendoffer. of the Birmingham bar. considered Hundiey q learned. able patient judge. and in every way quAl-
 
 iieved, was based on mere suspicion. There was nothing tangible.
 Mir. Percy asked him If he did not in- timate at the Birmingham bar meeting that Judge Jones got up the opposition to Hund1ey.
 MT. obendorfer denied this and start ed to explain. but was cut or by Mir. Percy who said he would put the pros ceedings of the meeting in the record.
 fN n T1.sa AT n4WVafA nhafm and NV. S.. welch. also testified fayoraply to Hundley.
 Anti-Hunalsy saae.
 The first witness for the anti-Hund. ley side was Jerry King. of Birming- ham. He stated that he had practiced law at Huntsville nearly six years and then moved to Birmingham, where he has been living for several years praes ticing his profession. While residing in Huntsvfile, lre became very well lac- -auairited with Hnndley and knew hts general reputation for charactersas well as his professional standing at the b&r of that city.
 He did not hesitate to say that this character at Huntsville was that Of an unreliable man and a Spettfogger lie was looked upon with distrust and as being unreliable ke ranked at ue bar as a mediocre lawyer, had but lit~ tie practice and was the erepreaentatsve of the Nashville. chattanooge and St. Louis Railroad. Q branch Of the main atem of that system from Winchester fo Gadsden. That road during his residence had but little litigation.
 Afr King said that he had actively Supported k.r. Pleasafts Of Hnntsyiiie Ror FeaSfai Judge, but when tie ap- polntment was given to Hundleys that being a member Of the Ise@jsfatufe of Alabama himself. he got more than thirty members of the Legislature to wecoinmend HaAdieXAs confirnlaEio that he was with that class of lawyers who gave Hundley every enc0uraEe- nent when he was first appointed to the bench; that he hoped he would make rood on the bench. but he had to confess after the lapse Of more than thirty months. Hundley had been on the behch, he had utterly failed to demonstrate either his fitness or his capacity for the bench
 steeI company Matter.
 He referred to repoarts as Co Hund- iiey's conduct In the appointment Of re- ceIvers in the Southern steel Company. and said that the reckless disregard Of the interests of the stockholders In that company manifested by the ap- nolr,tment of Thompson and Chandler. sneh utterly unsuited and untraineds had shocked the lawyers of Birming- ham and created the most profound aistrust among the men who had sim- liar interest with the steel company as to what Hundiey would do }n tne future. AT
 He believed that Hundley's confirm ation would not in any manner be sat- isfactory to the bar of the N0rthern District of Alabama. -' -
 Leading and eminent lawyers not only residing at Birmingham. put throughout the valley of the Tennes- see in Alabama, he said. hea pFotest- cd most earnestly against Hundieys confirmation because. as they said' ne was unftted in character, Judicial tenn, peramegit and legal knowledge to nlA such place.
 He said that there was an applica- -tion now pending before Hundley to reduce q s20s00o verdict that he had rotfen Tn HundIey's court. He had heard a number of lawyers say that they would not protest against Hund- .Iey'a confirmation because they had cases on the docket and he would rec taliato on them.
 Captafa Waite Tesflfes. {. The next witness was Captain Frank white of Birningh am He said he had been predicting law for overt forty years. He came from Mtsstssipp to Br1minRhan and had been practicinG hi.3 Dfofession in Birmingham quite lwenty-five years; that he knew the tnenbers of the bar of North Alabama and was fully satisfied that tho con ,nrmaton of Hundley would in no man nar be satisfactory to the majority or the iawyess who had been practicing in the district.
 on heinz asked by MT. Knox upon svvhat he based that opinion he said;
 .I have heard Hundley's character