New-York tribune., 1912-02-15
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which is being made against him. l"et' 10
probably. no one among the promlne"' W
ponents OF the President who does ho'
realize that IL he is renominated ana
elected they and their Insurgent moNenieAN
will have gone into the discard long peloie
another Presidential campaign, ahd' do
was remarked by a prominent Senator To-
day, nothing is so abhcrrent TO geluiho
Insurgent as the thought that he Is IN
danger of sinking into oblivion
HERRICK WILL BE CONFfRMbD'-
There now seems to be little doup' nc
Ex-Governor Herrick will be connfiheu 90
Ambassador TO Paris. His NOMINATION.
after due consideration by the Coilih','.o
on Foreign Relations, has been faVorap'S
reported to the Senate. During that GU"
sidcration there was submitted a lettei
from Governor Herrick. in which ne eN-
plains that by the remarks which dro
charged against him he intended no III
proper reflection on Senator La Toilette OF
other Insurgents. and his explanation was
accented as entirely satisfactory by the
committee. Convinced that at heart MI
Herrick is not In sympathy with the'
movement, the Insurgent Senator'S WIZ ca
pregs their disapproval of his selection gnu
may somewhat delay his continuation put
thoy do not appear to be s'ihcieh'S
worked IN over it to make an actlNe hsn''
Several of them now say that when the
nomination comes TO a vote they VIII con-
tent themselves with merely voting against
It,
NO NORTHERN DISTRTCT.-There j.
little probability that the senate wiz
,,,.,,.,t,,,. ~, Senator Roots bill creating d
new judicial district in Northern Ne"
The prospects are that the bill WIZ ne per
mitted to reposc in a pigeonhole OF '',' IN, -,
rittec on Judiciary. and that no one wiz
rise IN disturb it's slumbers. Mr. Root MN
self IS hardly disposed TO prcss the Heasui0
e,r,bor noyy that he has found how htu'
b,,ei,ess is actually done in the sec'ioh
,,bicb u was proposed to convert into ne"
t,,droioI district II some other method oi
relieving the people who askeu lor ''V
6istrict-a method which seems pTac'icapie
and wise-is proposed Mr.. ROOT wiz uouD
loss father II. but he has not founh lne %
isting conditions such as TO enaple li', -
convert his colleagues on the june.
Committee 10 the belief that Ne" W"
moods such an additional district nan aS
badly as, do some other sections OF ''o
country.
THE VALENTINE sTATE.-That arr
zona IS to bear the name OF the Naeh',he
state" instead Of the ''hoodoo state 10 JUG
% oro of that fair sisters newer, althoue''
not Ices prominent. citizens, James . Nn'-
Ioms ir editor and publisher oi Inc
,r,cson Republican" Mr.. Williams VINO II
nav bo remembered, was one Of the Presi-
dents first appolntees, having been ha'heo
,or civu Service Commissioner, resigned
that office three years ago and took up ms
rosidcnce in Arizona. later becoming the
,roprIe,or Of THE Republican Wheh l"e
president decided that Arizona had tuihlieu
al tho conditions Of statehood he announced
tba, ne would sign the proclamation Great
inc tho new state on the day after MS re-
,,,r,, from New York. That was yesteruaS'
tho r2th and II Immediately occurred 10
AR Williams who was present that IL 'he
president did 50 Arizona would forever
bcar tho sobriduet Of "the hoodoo state
rIo therefore suggested 10 Mr.. TAFT that ne
defor the proclamation until to-day, so that
tho state might be known as the valentine
STAT" and the President cheerfully assent
"a N the suggestion OF his young friend
Thereafter. thanks to Mr.. Williams. Arizona
viii no known as "the Valentine state"
G. G. II.