Show CHICAGOAN CHICAGO AIT ASSERTS HE STARTED ALL THE TROUBLE CHICAGO Feb 13 lt was It was a Chicagoan Chi Chi- says g the tho Tribune in a news item today who put over a quiet little oko the tho other day on Philander C. C Knox William H. H Taft and several other persons supposed to know a good deal about constitutional law Jaw At least this is tho the assertion of Dr Eugene Eugeno Aaron Murray president of the American Geo Geographic institute Dr Murray Aaron ha has nas been lim smiling lin quietly over tho the hubbub in In the house and the senat senate and the lobbies at Washington about Senator Knox's eligibility to theoffice tho the office of secretary of state stale but hut said not nota a word and went ri right ht on with his editorial editorial edi edi- tonal work Then he JIB h heard ard that some BONO someone I Ione one in a Buffalo n newspaper p p r office i ce had bath I bet been n given credit for starting the thing I This troubled him and he be began an lookin looking looking look look- in ing through his correspondence files flies The result was a carbon cop copy of a aletter aletter aletter letter written January 25 last Jast and anti reading read read- jag ing a as follows Dear Senator Knox Knox- Allow me mo to call caU your attention to the second paragraph paragraph para para- graph of section VI yr first article of tho the United States constitution Is 11 not this a bar to the position now offer offered d dyon you yon by br Judge raft Taft 1 Is not an enabling enabling en en- abling act called for first EUGENE NE MURRAY I have hn been working latel lately along lines of that sort on a volume touching on const constitutional matters Dr Murray Murray- Aaron explained and an as soon as the tIlO I senators senator's proposed appointment came camo up I saw the tho difficulty My ry first thought was as to write to SIr Mr Taft Then I it occurred to me that the appointment was unsettled and ina inasmuch much as I have known Knox for several years I decided de do- to write to him |