The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
senator sehaston Plea.ea.

Senator Johnston of Alabama Is very much pleased over the appointment 0f Judge Lurton of Tennessee to be Su- preme Court Justice for several req. sons.
 one is that he and Senator Bankhene joined the Tennessee Senators last week in letting President Taft know that they hoped 1t was true. as re- porteds that he select Judge Lurton. When the President was at New Or leans recently. Senator Johnston had n talk with him then about Judge Lur-l ton, but objection had been raised thai he was s6 years old and that he fear ed, was rather old to start on the ibeneh.
 Senator Johnston put io by gsayina
 that he thought Judge 1.ufton Was ex- acfiy ripe for such an eminent position that he was also we'll up In the judicias work ana would make an Ideal justice.
 The President admitted that the Ala. bama Senator was correct in hts view ever since Senator Johnston has been firmly of the opinion that the Tennes- see jurist would be appointed. Delay Canal OpenfnG. When the last river and harb0r bill was reported to the House ik contained an appropriation of sso0.000 for the completion of Lateral Canal at Colbert and Bee Tree shoals on the Tennessee River. Then the amount was reduced to s4o0.0o0. Recently the chieg engi- neer of the river reported that the ca- nal could not be opened for navigation for a year. This was a great disap~ pointment to the citizens of Florence. Sheffield and Tuscumbia, who had been formerly assured that 1t would be open ed as far back as last January. It was stated that the delay was caused haf t4a rf.l lAf erfn gar aa Na1 to make tire opening.
 Representative Richardson at ones applied to General Marshall and ex. plained to him the inconvenience tk which the locality would be put If sucn delay should occur. The War De- partment officials have now recom- mended. and the House Rivers and Haf. bors Committee has 3ince Judge Rich. ardson called attention to the matter, sanctioned the following resolution,
 which will be called up in the House tomorrow, with every indication that 1t will pass:
 Resolved. by the Senate and House Of Representatives. That the sum of sI5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the unexpended bal@s ance of appropriation made for the improvement or the Tennessee River between Chattanooga, Tenn. and River ton, Ala, may. in the discretion of the Secretary of War he applied to the
 work at Colbert and Bee Tree Canal,
 for the purpose of opening said canal
 to navigation"
 Alabama Case Delayed. Attorney General Garber and Judge weakley did not have chance to make
 their arguments today in the Supreme
 Court in the foreign corporation tax l case brought up from the Supreme Court of Alabama, and may not have an opportunity to do so until Wednes~ l day, although 1t was set for today. Other cases just ahead of 1t prevented. Herbert Lamar May of Montgomery, who was Secretary to Senator Johnston when he was Governor of Alabama
 was among the latter's callers today.
 John Craft of Mobile was another of the Senator's callers. MT. Craft is lingering in Washington to get addi- tional facts in connection with the good
 roads movement with which he is prominently identified.
 The President today sent to the Sem ate the nomination of Charles Booth tc
 succeed himself as postmaster at Pratt vile. Alfred J. Stofer. Parker Likes Decision.
 New York Dec. 12.---Alton B. Parker, who was mentioned from time to time as likely to receive the Supreme Court appointment which now goes to Horace H Lurton, said tonight;
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