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Stand Detroit
Murder Trial. Shoots
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NAMED FOR JUDGE
Appointed Associate Justice for New
Mexico Supreme Court.
LEATHER MEN ASK FREE HIDES
Committee Appointed at Chicago
Mass Meeting Received at
the White House.

Charles Fl. Treat. United States treas
user. may not be appointed for another
term by President Taft. New York con-
Sressmen who have approached the Pres
ident In behalf of Mr.. Treat have not
found him at all inclined to promise to
keep Mr.. Treat. At the same time, he
has not stated that he intends to appoint
new man. He merely shows that his
mind is not made up in favor Of the
New York man.
Mr.. Treat has been United States treas
urer since March II. 1905. There has
been no complaint as to his service. He
was highly commended by Secretary Cor
teyou. He has the Endorsement of large
business and financial interests OF New
York, with which he was intimately as
sociated for years when he was collector
of internal revenue in the business dis
trict of that city. Senator Root and the
New York delegation are unanimous for
him. 1t Is probable that much will de-
pend upon how badly Senator Root wants
Mr.. Treat. unless the President has made
promises that cannot be broken. Repre-
sentative Cocks OF New York called on
the President today in behalf of Mr.
Treat.
Cooley Made Judge.
President Taft sent to the Senate today
a number of interesting appointments
including that of Afford w. Cooley OF
New York as an associate justice Of the
supreme court Of New Mexico. Mr.
Cooley was at one time civil service
commissioner here. Then he was made
assistant attorney general of the De-
partment Of Justice by President Rooss-
welt. He contracted tuberculosis, how
for his health. Some months ago. when
it was thought Mr.. Cooley had recovered
his health. President Roosevelt again
named him as assistant attorney general
ing his absence Of seven or eight months
from Washington.
Mr. Cooley was advised that he had
better remain lin New Mexico and not
come here. and he never came back to
Washington to enter upon his duties. Mr.
Cooley was one of the young men who
secured membership in the White House
tennis cabinet and who stood close to the
former President.
The nominations sent in by the Presi-
dent were as follows:
To be associate justice of the supreme
court of Arlzona-Ernest W. Lewis OF
Arizona.
To be associate justices of the supreme
court Of New Mexico--Alford w. Cooley
of New Mexico and Merritt c. Meecham
of New Mexico.
To be first assistant commissioner Of
patents-Cornelius W. Billings of Yer
mont.
To be second assistant commissioner OF
patents-Frederick A. Tenant of Ripley,
n. Y.
Leather Men Call.
A committee consisting Of Messrs. ]. F.
Pratt, NJ. S. Florsheim and J. Harry Selz
of Chicago. w. n. Fitzgerald and Edward
Zohrlaut of Milwaukee. appointed by a
mass meeting held in Chicago last Sat
urday to. lay the grievances of the shoe
and leather trade before the President,
met President Taft this morning by spe-
cial appointment. The committee ex-
planned to the President that the shoe
business as well as the leather business
was in danger of passing into the hands
of monopoly greater than any monop-
oily that Is in existence; that the great
packers had already secured over forty
independent tanneries. and that with the
continuance of tariff on hides for an
other five years they would undoubtedly
secure a practical monopoly Of the heavy
leather business. The ways and means
committee OF the House, after hearing
oral and written testimony on the SUB.
ject had placed hides on the free list. and
the House had concurred in the same.
Notwithstanding this. Senator Aldrich
has announced that he intends to con-
tinue the tariff on hides so far as the
Senate tariff bill is concerned.
1t was for the purpose OF laying these
facts before the President that the COM
mittee called and asked his assistance
and cooperation in preventing this ac-
tion.
Congratulations From Taft.
President Taft today sent the following
message of congratulation to the Prince
of the Netherlands:
1.-The White House,
Washington. April 10. 1909.
His Royal Hishness the Prince of the
Netherlands, The Hague:
Il participate sincerely in the satisfac-
tion which the happy delivery of prin-
cess to her majesty the queen has afford
ed your royal highness and the people OF
the Netherlands. and hope that the life
of the young princess may be long and
ilIustrious one. | offer my cOngratula-
tions and best wishes for her majesty S
health. WIN. Fl. TAFT
The Presidents message was IN re-
sponse TO the following message he re-
ceived from the prince:
."'S Gravenhase. April 30, 1909.
president of the United States, WASH
ington.
ITO my great joy l inform you that the
queen was safely delivered OF a daugh-
ter. PRINCE OF NETHERLANDS.