Show COLBY l f GETS PlA l OF f I I tAN IN 1 I. I Progressive P Pr 1 o gr ress ve Re Rep u lican 1 Appointed Ap 4 s 's Secretary Secretary S l t y i of Mate sf h tin hl Cabinet of I of President Wilson I WA Feb Fe 1 25 I W- W Bainbridge ge Colby o New I Ir York York ork who was one of this the le leaders ders j in ill the t le Progressive party part under nde I Theodore Theddore Roosevelt Roosevelt- will trill succeed I Robert Lansing as secretary of of state Announcement A of his his' selection by President President Pres Pres- ident Wilson was made today at the I White House t The sele selection of Mr Colby came ame as a surprise most Officials assuming that l Frank L 1 L. L Polk acting I be the choice The first j inkling that the president was was wass to appoint appoint ap ap- appoint apI ap- I point s someone of outsIde or of lifts his official I family family- value cams when Mr Ir ColBy visited I the White House early today today- irl I pany pan with Raymond T T. Baker director I of Df th the mint I 1 Mr Colby was taken to see the the president president pres pres- I ident on the south lawn and a few tew minutes later the formal announcement announce announce- ment went of his selection was made His His nomination is expected to be sent to I th the senate within a day or two HIS POLITICAL CAREER I I Mr Colby was appointed a member m I I 1 of ot the Hie shipping board and the emer emer- emergency ge gency icy fleet corporation in J July Tilly Iy I emer-I 1917 I and also was a member of or the American American Ameri Ameri- can can mission to the d shipping I Ameri-I I c conference at Paris in the same year He lIe retired from the shipping board more than a year ago ao Mr Colby was was a Ii lifelong Republican j I until the he famous Bull Moose bolt at the Chicago hica o convention in 19 1912 H Ke He had h a d' d been Teen actively Identified with t acan e can I of ot Theodore Roosevelt for the Republican can nomination for president that year and was In charge of or contests to Lo seat the Roosevelt delegates tes In Inthe the Chicago convention BACKED BACKE WILSON I IN 1916 1916 Wh When n Colonel Roosevelt Roosevelt bolted the Chicago c convention Mr l Colby helped to o found round party arty and was wasa wast s sa a t delegate to its Chicago convention In n 1912 He lie continued an active leader In n the party and IJ In 1914 1 and again in I 1916 he was a repressive candidate for tor senator from New York state stat When Colonel Roosevelt threw the weight eight of or his Influence to io Charles Ev vans Evans ns Hughes in lri the 1916 1916 presidential l race ace Mr Colby Identified ed himself with the he Democratic p party i Mr 11 Colby was was was' b born rn at St St. Louis Louts fifty- fifty one years ago and graduated from Williams Wil VIl isms liams college Massachusetts He tIe sp spent nt one me year car all at t the Columbia law school and has practiced law In In- n. n N New w York I since ince 1892 He was was a member of or the New few York assembly emblY In 1901 02 I |