Show End of the Fight Over Beattys Confirmation WASHINGTON Feb 4The confirmation by the Senate today of the nomination of James H Beatty to bo district judge of Idaho marks the termination in favor of the administration of a struggle lasting nearly a year which it had with the Idaho Senators Beatty was nominated February Febru-ary 10 last in spite of protests of Senators Shoup and McConnell who sought to convince con-vince the President the nomination would not be acceptable to the people of Idaho The opposition was able to prevent action upon tho nomination during the few weeks that remained of the last sessionaof the Fiftyfirst Congress Three days after the adjournment of Congress Con-gress however the President appointed Beatty to the judgeship and his nomination was one of the first to besent to the Senate Sen-ate at the beginning of the present Congress Con-gress Again the Idaho Senators resumed their opposition to the nomination but for nearly a year Judge Beatty had been discharging the functions of his office in Idaho and Cal ifornia His decisions have been Iornia decsions sustained wherever an appeal has been taken to the superior tribunal and its I It-s not possible i to pick any flaws in his judicial career These facts naturally had an effect in a favorable termination ter-mination and the Senators soon found several sev-eral of their Republican colleagues who had been in sympathy with them last year had changed their minds and determined to support the President A week aeo Shoup and Dubois realized they were alo de feated and after notifying this judiciary committee they bad nothing to retract but did not care to follow the matter further they abandoned the contest and the nomination nomi-nation was confirmed today without any open opposition |