Show RAGE FOR THE JUDGESHIP JVIerritt Pleads Guilty to Being F tv Eight Years of Age HE WANTS TO BE JUDGE Has an Idea That Voorhees Will Help Him He Boca Not Think Much ot the Judicial Ju-dicial Qualifications of His Rivals Riv-als West and Jndd MarMlmlfihlp Will Go to BrJKJUani anti i Judd Is Not Made Judge He Will Be District Attorney Special to The Herald WASHINGTON D C Jan 7The latest arrival from Utah is exChief Justice Samuel A Merritt who registered regis-tered at the EObitt House this afternoon after-noon He called on Associate Justice Field of the United States supreme court tonight evidently seeking t enlist his Influence Colonel Merritt also hopes that Senator Sena-tor Voorhees will assist him as he served to Congress with Voorhees twenty years ago when he was delegate dele-gate from Idaho and Voorhees was a member of the House Voorhees has already intimated that he will help neither Baskin nor Baldwin Bald-win a he wishes to take no part in Utah appointments Colonel Merritt said to The Herald correspondent tonight to-night that he was merely here as a member of the national Democratic committee which meets January 16 I San Francisco stands any chance I am for Frisco but am Pledged to no city said he and casually I shall say to the president while I am here that I should like to be honored with the United States district judgeship unless my ace debar my name from u consideration Colonel Merritt says he is 58 years old Baskin 56 West 5 He knows the age of every candidate apparently Merritt thinks the appointment maybe l may-be made within a week or ten days He does not think much of the judicial I Ju-dicial Qualifications of his rivals West and Judd There is very little gossip heard about the attorneyship or marshal ship I is conceded that Nat Brigham will be his own successor and that i Judd is not appointed judge h8 will be district attorney |