The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-19
PLIMLEYs NAME WITHDRAWN.
Hamilton Fish Nominated and Confirmed
for Assistant Treasurer at New York.

Hamilton Fish Nominated and Confirmed
for Assistant Treasurer At New York.
WASHINGTON, March ls.-The President
this afternoon withdrew the nomination
Of William Plimley for the office Of As
sistant Treasurer OF the United States at
New York, and sent in It's place the name
Of Hamilton Fish of Garetsons. The with
drawal Of Mr.. Plimley's name was brought
about by the investigation Of the charges
recently fled in the Treasury Department
alleging that Mr.. Plimley was unfit to
hold the Office.
Senator Aldrich. chairman Of the Senate
Finance Committee, to which the Plimley
nomination was referred. and from which.
upon the informal consent Of three or four
members OF the committee. at the in
stance Of Senator Plat. it was reported to
the Senate and confirmed last week, went
to the Treasury Department this morning
TO examine the charges supposed to be
on file there against Mr.. Plimley. Mr..
Aldrich found that the President had called
for all the papers In the case earlier in
the morning and that they had been sent
to the White House.
Accordingly, he went to see the Presi-
dent and with him had a. long talk about
the nomination and the charges. He and
the President were convinced that case
had been made out against Mr.. Plimley
at least strong enough to cause grave doubts
of Mr.. Plinleys fitness for SO important
an office.
Early in the afternoon Senator Plat
Of New York called on the President and
was told that, in Mr.. Roosevelt's opinion.
tho withdrawal of Plimley's name was
advisable. The President asked Mr.. Plat
what name he would suggest in place Of Mr..
Plimley's, and the Senator promptly pro-
posed that of Hamilton Fish When Senator
platt returned TO the Capitol he found
Mr. Plimley in his committee room and
after a brief conversation Mr.. Plimlcy
wrote the following letter:
The President. Wdohin cioa. u. c.:
Mr DhAR PIN: ! snail be flad to have
my name from your consideration in con-
Treasurer o. the INT d STAT az Nv iork.
In conveying this withdrawal On aCtuatf
rather by Wish not TO ,mbsIrsss your Ad.
lninistrstion. even in the Dightcst q gree.
than by any doubt. or fear a. 20 thc pltinate
make in refutation Of the in,iAuations that
have been mad" Affecting en- my charactr.
contest "s such a. my Would be invov'd would
necessarily abound in scrimony and 70, II
1%t be .ns ;1 as H. 10 to
this offoe at this p riod of my life Is not so
intense as to indnec mr. pdaoof,r, IT az thr
and mysoir. or the wslfare Of the ' national
With expressions o, my highest, apprecln-
tion OF your courteo rls consid, ration. / am
ivy WmII;N PrrvIrv
Before this letter was written, however,
the statement had been given out officially
at the White House that the Plinley nomina-
- Il,
mont Of Mr. Fish's nomination for the
Assistant Trcasurership came few minutes
he fore 4 o'clock. when the name was sent
10 the Senate. Later in the afternoon
Mr. F.hs nomination was confirmed.
While Mr. Plimley was in Senator Platt's
committee room this afternoon George
Sawter, who was recently nominated for
one Of the Assistant Appraisenships at New
York. came in. Charges were filed two or
three days ago against Mr. Sawt'r. alleging
that he II untitled for Office aud citing
ale ged instances Of incapacity in tho Con-
eular service. Senator Plat told MIR.
Sswter that he must make his pence with
senator Plat OF Cohne Cticut, and that he
could do nothing for him.
Tho Connecticut Senator has declared that
Mr. Sawter is no, fit man for the Office Of
Aseist ant Appraiser and that ne will oppose
his confirmation. Mr.. Sawter used to live !
in Connecticut. He was nominated oh the
of Collector Stranahan
and Appraiser Whitehead, after consul,a-
ton with Secretary OF the Treasury Shaw.
The Senate will probably pa-s over the
nomination of Sawter, adJournnG to-inor-
row without action unless the Investigation
of charges now being made toy the Treasury
depart fnent shall be- concluded Immediately.
Whether Sawter will h. again named Fer
the Assistant Appraisers!up through a
recess appointment will depend Oh the
result Of the invest CATION
Hamilton Fish is nearly j5 y'ors old, .
Hi home is nj GErrhoIs-'I-t the .HucF ~, +
but 10 practi-cs law III this city, ii" /, pc B
scIled the Putnam county dirtiict for /
eli ven come cutivc Il rms ~ thc Assembly, 7
and in 1896 was Il. ct"d Sy' aker. He l. .
a son Of ia" Hamilton Fish WHO was SEC /
rotary OF State uud'r Pr'siG' M Grant. /,
and Is a bIotl,T of Siuyvti at Fi'h ard F.
of Nicholas Fish. tie lUIk'r, who wa-
killed lat summsr. H va Aluo duct .
Commits sior,r hare from 1850 10 1888. In
1898 he was a candidat" for thc Republican /.
nomiI ation for Governor which fGOlk .
s. Black got. H. was quoted two " ars /
ago ~ tayirg that lac ~as out OF poiitics I
for all time