The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-11
HANBURY APPOINTED.
He Il Made shipping Commissioners 70
Succeed Joseph NJ Dickey.


WASHINGTON, April l0.--The Treasury
Department to day announced the appoint
ment OF H. A. Hamburg to be United States
Shipping Commissioner at New York. to
succeed Joseph NJ. Dickey.
Mr.. Hamburg was formerly member OF
Congress from Brooklyn. and was urged
for the Shipping Commissionership by
senator Platt. Gov. Odell. however. In.
sisted that Mr.. Dickey should be provided
for, aud at the close OF a notable conference
between Gov. Odell and the President in
Washington last February the Governor
provided Tor Mr.. Dickey, and that there
would be no differences with Senator Platt
in regard TO the matter. II was said at the
Treasury Department to-day that the APP
pointment Of Mr.. Dickey as Railroad Com
for Mr.; Hanbury's appointment as Shipping
Commissioner.
Mr. Hamburg was born in England and
came to this country in his boyhood. He
settled In the Gowanus district In Brooklyn
and worked as a blacksmith for several
years. eventually becoming the owner Of
big machine shop; For twelve Wears, years ne ne
his bailiwick, securing In turn the leadership
Of the Eighth ward and the Seventh As
sembly district. 1t was mainly through
his vote and that OF his fellow delegates
from Gowanus in the county conventioa,
in 1897 that Timothy L. Woodruff ousted
ex-senator Jacob Worth from control OF
| the Kings county organization.
In the various faction fights In which the
organization has been involved, Mr.. Han
bury has always R H and l9ys V Ss SepJ
Dady were formerly bitterly opposed to
each other, but they have been close friends
for the past three or four years. He was
elected to Congress in 1900, but failed OF
reelection last year. His appointment as
shipping. Commissioners is regarded as
due mainly TO the backing OF Senator Plat
| Gov. Odell is said to have favored W. W.
Worden Of Saratoga for the place.
The appointment Of Hamburg. It was
said yesterday, is satisfactory in every
| particular. There was some little friction
over this matter for the reason that Gov
Odell re recommended TO President Roose welt
the appointment OF William W: Worden OF
SerRtom Springs. Senator Platt liked
the Pr sident should appoint Mr.. worden
to the place at the time when Gov. Odsl
| made the recommendation Chis was when
Senator Bracket, Senator Elsberg and
| Senator Brown broke loose in Albany on
| tho ground that it would look as II Mr..
| Worden, the personal friend Of Senator
Bracket was to be rewarded for Senator
Brackett's vote against Senator Platt for
N election to the United States senate.
Yet all along Senator Platt he's said that
Hib PTcOIhl WIN "oiee"
| have been Of the kinde st character.
Gov. Odell and some Of his friends have
| trie d to induce senator Platt to withdraw
his support from Mr.. Hamburg, but this
| Senator Plat de cline d to do and standing
side by side with him was Senator Depew;
and although the place Il not Pre sid& ntial
appointment the Pre- sident has very much
to do with influencing the selection and he
didn't care to make It unpleasant for the
two Republican United States 81 majors
| from the State OF New York at this time.
| II senator Plat or Senator Depew had for
an instant looked squint-eyed at Hamburg
he would have lost the job and Worden
would have been elected