The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-27
JUDK|NS OUST[D
 BY B. [. WALKER l O ThOnpson's RecOnnen-
 xs n is Accepted By Taft !. 2 LITTLE OPPOSITION Alabama Senators Will Confirm Walker Is General BeIief-Mccalps EIec-
 ton Bill Is Considered Very Radical.
'dY LITTLE OPPOSITION
By WATTERsoN sTEALEy.

l Dy WA EhoON BAILEY.
 Washington, January 2s.-tspecial.)
 It was announced today that the Presi-
 dent had appointed B. K. Walker mar
 shal of the Middle Alabama district.
 The appointment was made last Mon
 day, but the White House clerk failed
 to make record of it on the ap- 1 pointment sheet sent to the Senate
 Walkers appointment ousts from office Marshal Judkins.
 The nomination was made upon the
 recommendation of Referee J. 0.
 Thompson of Birmingham. It Is under stood here that Thompson told the ad-
 ministration that he was set on this ] appointement and unless it went through he would decline to take fur
 ther part in Alabama patronage dis tribution. The fight over the mar | shalship in Montgomery has aroused i general interest by reason of the ac- | tivities of Judge Jones in behalf of the retention of Judkins. Judge Jones even
 made trip to Washington and saw the | president and Attorney General. but
 in spite of this the President did not
 follow his recommendation.
 Judkins' friends felt certain that he
 would be reappointed. taking 1t as
 matter of course that Judge Jones
 would not be turned down. The Presi-
 dent evidently concluded, however tn at the appointment was not one properly
 belonging to the judge, and hence ap-
 pointed Thompsons man.
 It was stated today by both Senators
 Bankhead and Johnston that they will not oppose the confirmation of Walker. i Should any charges be maze against
 him the Alabama senators will secure l the right to be heard before the Sen 1 ate judiciary comr Zee. II is GUS eomary feFAA1a baniss representatives to ! file charges against all political selec- | tions and there may be no exception in this case. The Senate judiciary commit tee will report the pom,nation favor
 ably next Monday unless the Alabama | senators decide to hold it up.
 "T would not advocate a force bill. I would not crowd the southern states that have the large negro population. I would trust them as far experi- ence shows they can be trusted" | This was said today by former Sena- tor William E. Chandler before the House committee on election of President and vice president in the course of a hearing on the bill to compel publicity
 of contributions to campaign committees ] in congressional elections. Chandler is from New Hampshire and was at one | time a waver of the bloody shirt. The remark was elicited by side-line dis cussion of the difference between super
 vision of elections and regulation re- | 1 mittees.
 | The pending bill, introduced by Mir
 Mccall of Massachusetts, provides that | the term political committee shall ln- ] clude the national committee of all pol | itical parties and the national congress | sional campaign committee of all politi-
 cal parties and all committees, assoca- | tions or organizations winch shall in two ] or more states influence the result or at 1 tempt to influence the result of an elec- | tion at which representatives in Con- l gress are to be elected.
 l The question was raised whether this | bill would take jurisdiction of com l mttee concerned in the campaign for l presidential electors if a congressional ! election were held at the same time thus l possibly conflicting between state and l federal jurisdiction. Former Representa- l tive Perry Belmont at the head of the
 movement for campaign publicity point | ed out that the regulation of campaign | contributions was not supervision of cleo l tions and called attention to the de- | cision of the supreme court holding that | where state, congressional and federal | elections are held at the same tine they | constitute one election. The House com ] mittee on banking and currency held a
 meeting today and designated Messrs | McCary, Pujo and Gillespie a sub-com- 1 mittee to consider the Freedman bank bill The bill passed the House in the last Congress but failed to get through l the Senate. It carried about $1 000, 900 for
 negroes of the south who deposited in the | institution in the late eos. When the | bank failed the government paid off
 about 62 per cent, the remaining 3s per
 cent still being tied up.
 Upon the recommendation of Repre-
 sentative Burnett of Alabama the de-
 partment of agriculture will probably es- tablish a seed experiment station near Gadsden. It Is proposed to send num- Der of different kinds of seeds to that point and under department instruction
 they will be grown and reported upon.
 The President today appointed J. P.
 Freeman postmaster at Bridgeport, and J. M. Stovall at Carbon Hill.
 
 famous Confederate general, is one of
 the leading social figures in Washington
 during the ten days she Is spending at the national capital.
 Mrs. Jackson, venerable but robust and in good health, was dinner guest at
 the White House last night During the
 remainder of her sojourn in the city many entertainments have been arranged in her honor President and Mrs. Taft have long been looking forward to the honor of receiving Mrs. Jackson at the
 White House, and last night it was made
 the occasion of an unusual festive event
 In spite of her advanced years Mrs
 Jackson Is wonderfully preserved in health, and her long journey from the south did not fatigue her bit. as she expressed 1t to the President. Mrs. Jack
 son is the house guest of the Letters on DuPont Circle
 The following Alabama appropriations have been agreed upon by the rivers and harbors committee: Warrior, Black War