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Show BILL TO HELP KNOX 4 i H WILL MOST LIKELY PASS H WASHINGTON. Fob. ll.-The bill re- fig J moving tho bar to the eligibility of Sen- SIM -'lH ator Knox to enter tho Taft cabinot as 41? H secretary of state probably will be called S J .' IH up in tho house tomorrow, and It is con- i IH fldentlally expected that, it will be IH passed, although not until some of thc liS I jH members who regard thc measure as ob- ;e IB Jcctlonablo and who filed n minority re- .iTO , IB port have voiced their vlows. :i f H Lack of unanimity of congress in re- 4,', H moving tho disability, however, will iu ,tl f 1 alone be sufficient to deter Senator Knox , 1 B from accepting. Senator Knox, who is jj., ( H uuotcd as contldlng to some of his friends o ' lH that ho would not accept tho office un- in . ' H less thc notion or congress wns practical- .'Ail ( jH ly unanimous, tonight denied that he had , JH over voiced such an expression regarding . M 1 : JH tho case, tho merits of which he has held it ' 1 ll aloof from discussing. , V ,. llH lie continued to docllnc to talk about - y , t jH anv phases of tho matter. IH It Is bollovcd, howovor, that Mr. Knox Is sntlsned that the action of thc house t- iH In adopting a bill Identical with thc ono IJH which passed thc senate will remove his J- 1 ,IH constitutional disability. t tl Mr. Knox also denied a story originat- 'i . z'H Ing In Chlcsigo, which stated that a let- ., tcr hnd been sent by Dr. Eugene Murray- JH Aaron of tho American Geographical In- i rH stltule of Chicago, about three weeks . il ago. Informing him at that time of thc 7 '1 constitutional bar to his acceptance of tf IH tho state portfolio. , IH Sonutor Knox said he had not received H such a lotlur und did not know thc per- "ijl I son said to have been Us author. hl |