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Show JUDGE HOOK FOR SUPREME JUDGE Washington Jan. 4. The appearance appear-ance of five members of the senate judiciary committee at tho White House today gave rise to th belief that President Taft had begun his usual sounding of that committee before be-fore sending to teh senate the nomination nom-ination of a successor to the late Supremo Su-premo Court Justice Harlan. As matters stood today. United States Circuit Judge Hook of Kansas seemed to he the foremost In the President's mind and It was understood that tho latter sought to discover if there was any objection to Judge Hook In the judiciary ju-diciary committee. None of the five senators admitted that he had objected to Judge Hook, but beforo any nomination is sent In, tho President will call in other members mem-bers of the committee. |