Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
ROOSEVELT REMOVES GARDINER.
Eugene A. PhiIbin Succeeds Him as
New IOrk's District Attorney.

Asa Bird Gardiner Is longer New
York's district attorney. Governor Roose-
welt removed him Saturday night after a
long hearing in the executive chamber at
Albany.
The vital charge against Gardiner the
governor announced in formally stating his
reasons for the removal. was his attitude
toward the Indictment against Chief Dew
cry, who charged with openly and de-
family antagonizng the state election Off
Gals and machinery.
The governor appointed Eugene A. Phil
bin 70 succeed Col. Gardiner. Mr. Philbn,
who has been a member of the state board
OF charities and law partner of The tate
Judge henry X. Beekman, is an independent
democrat and vigorously opposed Croker in
favor of eXJudge DAILY.
The governor, in his official menOran-
dunn, was very severe on Croker for ante
election utterdnces. on Devery for h 5
"scandaIOuSIy improper and SeditiouS order
TO the police under him. and on Gardiner
for ignoring telegram from the governor
advising him that in ROoSevelt'S opinion
the situation was most grave and moment
Gus, and for giving out interviews attack
ing the New York grand jury, jusufying
Devery's order and giving active encour-
agement 10 every element IN the community
which was enlisted ON the side of fraud or
violence"
OF. MIR. Croker the governor said:
Before the election last November there
was the most open Indictment by certain
leading politicians to violence and fraud
at the polls. In New York state in particu-
lar this Indictment took the form of a
naked appeal TO mob violence, the leader
of one of the two parties in this state urg-
ing his followers in repeated public utter
ances TO gather at the polls and criminaly
assault the officers Of the law in certain
contingencies. Utterances such as these of
course. excited great public uneasness and
baGe fair 10 cause the most serious dis
turbances-"
Colonel GARDENERS defense was a denial
OF the interviews and a statement that the
governors important telegram had been
detained by one Of his assistants The
governor considered the interviews we'll au-
thenticated and points out that they were
not repudated at the time. He also thinks
1t was proved that Colonel Gardiner failed
to assist state officials in preventing viola
tons of the election law.
The district attorney. at a conference
with his staff last night, decided not to con-
test his removal legally. His assistants
stated that their sympathies were against
the governor and with Colonel Gardiner,
but they decided not to resign.
Hamburg's Importance.
From the Chicago Journal.
Hamburg is the most serious rival Eng
lands big ports possess abroad She en-
tiers and clears 1900 ships year, an av-
erage of "a day, without counting those in
ballast. Hamburg owes her boom partly
to the growth of German trade. but chiefly
to the fact that she Is the biggest of the
German free ports. Two thousand five hun
dred acres of land and water are free. That
is to say, within these limits goods
OF any sort may be landed and stored
without payment of duty. This escape
from the veXations of customs regulations
makes Hamburg great International
clearing house. Up to last year Hamburg
had spent Is, 100000 in improvements to her
harbor. docks and wharves. Hamburg is
now but a million tons behind Liverpool
She has caught up 100000 tons in ten years,
and is now the fourth worlds port