The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-03
GEORGIA SENATORS
 ENGAGED IN SN NARL

! Washington December 2.-tSpecial,)- | The Georgia senators are again in suarl They cannot agree on man to succeed the late Judge Pardee on the circuit court of appeals. Senator Smith stands for Judge Sibley of the district court, and Senator Harris stands Tor l Alex King, solicitor general of the de- partment of justice.
 In the meantime the senators from Texas, Mississippi and Florida have been able to agree on a Texan, Mississip- ' plan and a Floridian. As to whether or 1 not the inability of the Georgians to agree might give Georgia's logical place l to a man of another state remains to ! be seen.
 1 Alabama and Louisiana have Judge Walker and Judge Fenner on the bench
 and are not personally interested. But iuasmuch as the new judge Will nave l jurisdiction over territory in which Ala gama is included Alabama is interested l in a general way in the contest between ! the Georgia senators
 Senator Harris stands better with the administration than Senator Smith. But l his candidate is beyond the age limit. In | the following statement however Sen ator Harris points out that the President might not appoint but might transfer Mr King from the department of jus l tiee to the circuit court. Senator Harr' said:
 "There have been so many statements made in the Georgia papers connectins I my name which are so at variance witch l the drect information l have in regard l to the appointment of judge that l feel called upon to state the real facts as I I understand them.
 l ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DECIDE "It is not fact that the attorney gen 1 eral is considering only one person in ! Georgia for this position, and I have his direct statement to this effect. On ac- count of the Presidents health the attor- nev general will most likely decide this matter I am indorsing as strongly as l can the appointment of Alex King of Atlanta, who is probably the ablest law yer in the south, and who has made an enviable record as solj ,itor general of the department of justice. There would be | no doubt of his appointment except for hls age believe that the attorney gen. eral will urge the President that the age l limit should not be construed to pre- vent the transfer of MT. King as solic- | itor general of the department of justice | to the circuit court of appeals, and while | the President would not make any ex- ception to the age limit, I hope that he may construe it as transfer just as President Taft did in the appointment of I Judge. Lurton. who was on the circuit court of appeals at the age of 65 when 1 he was transferred to the supreme court Soon after Congress passed the bil relating to the retirement of judges voluntarily asked Judge F. H. Callaway | of Augusta. one of the ablest lawyers in our section, to let me present his name
 ! to the President. Judge Galloway haf | a distinguished record as superior cour
 ! judge and has one of the largest prac- tices in the south. He agreed to have ms name presented to the President only on
 | the condition that the President wouia
 not appoint Hon. Ajax King on account
 of his age, ba being e2. Judge Callaway | is strongly supporting Alex King, just a. 1 I am doing and shall continue to dc until the President decides definitely | about the transfer of MT. King to the circuit court of appeals. If he declines | to waive the age limit and appoint MT King I shall strongly indorse Judge Cal laway, and I believe his appointment would meet with the approval or the people of our section.
 OTHER ABLE APPLICANTS s"If the attorney general declines to appoint Judge Galloway there are sev- eral other able lawyer whom l shall ln- dorse for this position, among them be- ing the two United States district judges of Georgia, members of the supreme court and the court of appeals of Georgia an ex-member of the supreme court of Georgia, a former attorney general oi Georgia and the superior court judges of the state. Any one of these men would reflect credit on our state and our sec tion of selected for this position. This appointment is the most important and will probably come to our section for some time. and it is for lifetime. My one desire is to secure the appointment of the ablest Georgian who would accept the position. The man who has had ex- n6 hnc 6n e good record should have the advantage
 in this appointment. Although a number
 opposed me when I was urging the ap-
 pointment of Judge Sibley. I think it is
 now general conceded even by them that
 no better appointment could have been
 made in Georgia. I am willing for my
 record as senator to be judged by the