The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-03
HOLT FOR new YORK JUDGE
NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
Former Appraiser wakemaD Author Of .
Report That the President Agreed
70 Gust Appraiser TO Gain Sup.
port for Holt-Judge Hollis Record.

i Report That inc fToiucnt AbToo<
TO Dust Appraisers TO Gain Sup
| port for HoIt-Judge Hollis Record
| WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Presiden,
to-day sent to the Senate the nomination
! Of George G. Holt TO be United States Dis
trict Judge for the Southern District oil
New York.
The vacant judgeship in the Southern Dis
| trict has created much interest. Lynn
Bruce was supported for the appointment
| " Senator Plat, while all along II has been
known that the President favored George
c. Holt. Arising from this situation nu-
merous stories OF deals as TO patronage were
| spread. The latest report was the one by
which 1t was said that the President agreed
| to Dust three New York customs appraisers
to obtain Senator Platt's support for the
new Judge. President Roosevelt was con-
siderably sngered by this report. and it was
Indignantly denied.
| Senator Plat said that he had acquiesced
in the appointment Of Mr.. Holt, although his
candidate for the place had been Lynn
| Bruce.
Il found that Mr.. Hollis Endorsements
were much stronger. said the Senator, "and
| l am willing that he should be appointed
Fl; to the judgeship. The Union League Club
supported .hr. Holt very warmly, AID there
were strong recommendations OF his cam
| didacy from other quarters
Mr.. Platt denied most emphatically that
there had been any arrangement with the
| President by which the dismissal OF three
Assistant Appraisers at New YORK was
made the condition Of Withdrawing oppo-
siton to Mr.. Hollis appointment 10 the
| judgeship. He declared that his willing
| ness to acuulesce in the appointment OF
l Ill nd ha okinn M Rriios.'s n
didacy was brought about wholly by the
| evident fact that Mr.. Holt was the choice
| of the New York bar and leading citizens
| Of the city and State Of New York. He had
never, he said, entertained any decided OBJ
| lection TO Hollis candidacy: that is. bis OBJ
| jections were not based on radical grounds.
President Roosevelt called Secretary
Shaw and Attorney-0eneral Knox TO the
| White House this morning to talk the
matter over with them. Secretary Shaw
dictated the following statement:
Secretary Shaw was secn with reference
TO the rport that certain remoyaLs In the
| Customs s rvice at thu, Port Of New YORK
Sesid mace soto dor ssd S SsOP
for sh sGHS Of H. had n"t S snd
sHts wt she 81 Stat, Of 9ork shd
certain the, D, partment Of Justice had not
ments in the Customs rvice.
The changes a. q the wt o aS
! though with tMir acuri scence, and upon
| ~" II comm, ndation of the Collector and the
The secretary said there was nothing
| sensational In connection with the removals
| but that the Government lest more money
sad of Sn hsn da Tie
service. and after cor suitaiion with the
sonnl Examination n lon and visits at the public
| stores. -, .,., o., a.
with the silk frauds and would have no 81:
1 feet upon prosecutions now IN the hards OF
In charge OF the cases.
Wilbur r. Nakenan. former Appraiser
| Of the Port of New York. who IL now In
| Washington, is intimat. ~ connected with
| the furry caused by the demand for the
| 'signation Of Assistant Appraisers j, p.
Wakeman protested TO- Secretary Shaw
| agairst ths removal Of these men from the
service, and he was the author Of the state
tnent that the demand for their retirement
1 was Sthe result Of deal between the
! President spd Senator Platt
| II Is declared by members OF the Ad-
| ministration that one of the chief objections
| to Hamill and Skillman Is that they have
been supplying Mr.. Wakeman With much
| of the material with which he has conducted
! his campaign against the present admins
| tration in the Appraisers office at New
! York and with which he has been able to
| continue his fusillade against the authors
| OF the alleged silk frauds. Mr.. Wakeman
| is recognized by the Administration as
an extremely disturbing factor IN the
| Treasury service at New York, and there
| is q determination 10 be- rid OF all Federal
| officers there who are aiding and abetting
Mr. Wakeman in his campaign
| II is declared Indignantly in high quarters
| that Mr.. Wakemans statement that the
\ opposition to Hamill and Skillman H. IN
| spired by Senator Plat and Lemuel 4.
| Quigg in their alleged anxiety 10 head on
| the prosecution of the silk fraud cases. is
a libel and the allegation by the former
| Appraiser that a cal has been made be-
| tween the Republican organization and
| President Roosevelt is denounced In the
strongest language.
II Is officially stated that the retirement
| of the two Assistant appraisers In question
is required for the good of the service;
| that, aside from their action In providing
| Mr. Wakeman with Information in regard
| to Affairs In the Appraisers stores, they are
not in all respects competent to perform
Both Mr.. Hamill and Mr. skillman have
| refused to resign. The statement was
made to-day on the highest authority that
| IL they persist In their refusal they Will be
| removed eummarily by the President. The
! theory that Secretary Shaw was not acting
upon his own initiative when lie called
| for the resignation OF Hamill and Sklllmsn
| is Indignantly secuted. II was explained
| to-day that the secretary hau LOT eohe
time been Watching these men, and that
he was not only seriously concerned be-
| cause OF their close association with former
| Appraiser Wskeman, but was dissatisfied
with the character OF their services In their
' respective divisions In the Appraisers
| Stores.
OF course, there was ripple IN political
! and Federal ofhcial circles 10 New York
| city and elsewhere yesterday when II was
announced In a morning newspaper from
Washington that the President oil the I'm ted
| \ ates, Ia conjunction with senator Thomas
| &. Plat had entered into an understanding
! by which q new Federal Judge Was 10 be
| appointed by the President, and at the
/ saline time two OF three assistant appraisers
! at the port OF New York were 10 be dis
placed as part Of a bargain, was nc;
| cepled 10y all politicians, hspublioahs ana
J Democrais, as q most Interesting story,
I and la Federal ofhcials circles Il was ooin.
: lnentsd op very widely
The rial author III the story. Ia the esti-
nation of tho.s Who said that they we're
familiar with al III. details ~ the situation,
Was n former fodsraI ofiialal whom Pnesl'
I dent Mckinley and iI..idepi itooasselt
4 and Cornslius bllss, NJ. hohinlsy's hrst
hoorriaIy VI tbs IntsfioI, harnnJ s.s9fsl
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