New-York tribune., 1911-03-06
H|LLES SUCCEEDS NORTON
Will Become Secretary to the
President on April q.
WELL KNOWN TO PUBLIC MEN
Woman Refers Him to Leviticus,
And the Goat Shall Bear Upon
Him All Their Iniquities.'
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} Washington. March J.-Chares ID.
Hnles, until yesterday Assistant Secre-
jary of the Treasury. will succeed
/ Charles ID. Norton as secretary TO the
President on April f. on April Mr..
Norton will become vice. president Of
the First National Bank of New York.
/ Ever since Mr.. Norton made known his
purpose TO resign his present position
there has been considerable speculation
regarding his successor. In inside cir
cles it has been known that the Presi-
dent desired Mr. Hilles for the position,
. but that he was reluctant To ask him TO
accept the statutory salary of S6.OCD, as
/ Mr.. Hiles had already made arrange
ments to go into business in New York
which offered much better prospects.
He had entered into a partnership with
Edmund Wright. of New York, the firm
to become the general agents for the
| Employers Liability Assurance Corpora
ton Of London. Finally, however, Mr..
/ Taft persuaded Congress to increase the
salary Of his secretary to $500, and he
then urged Mr.. Hiles to accept, even
sending for Mr. Dwight and making a
personal appeal TO him to release his
partner, which Mr.. Dwight promptly
although reluctantly, did.
Secretary Norton introduced his sue
cessor to-day TO a number of Washlng-
ton correspondents a luncheon, taking
that occasion formally to announce that
/ Mr.. Hillcs's appointment had been dem
nitely settled After the luncheon
considerably larger number of corre-
spondents came TO the reception when
! followed and which was also attended by
! the President.
Mr.. Hilles is already well and favor
ably known TO most Of the public men IN
Washington, having been Assistant Sec
retary Of the Treasury since March
1909 He has long enjoyed the conf
dence Of the President and has been OF
service to the Executive on more than
one occasion when special service of
/ confidential character was required. lie
is a New Yorker although he came
originally from Ohio. and before enter
ing the service of the government he
was Superintendent OF the New York
juvenile Asylum at Dobbs Ferry.
MIR. IiuJs received to-day from a
woman in Virginia a letter which is re-
cardcd as indicating peculiarly Keen
auureciation of the duties and responsi-
bitios Of the secretary to the President.
, This communication, which is addressed
~ Mr.. TiIcs as secretary to the Presi-
dent. reads:
SIN Genuine pleasure was mine when
t,D ure~s dispatches announced tLat you
mad pecn selected bV the President as ils
/ ..Or.tuty. and my congratulations are due
The Attorney General. Mr.. Wickcrsham'
/ in lis speech Of saturday evening idSi pS
tnrc me Pewter Platter Club 2t Noiioih:
: a.. deuICrcd the lack Of interest IN ana
Inc scarcity OF Nirglnians ~ sharlhE ine
4 buideus of national alaHS. -NcNt 20 s'ei'Is
I viking NirGinian patriot receive thlS iIlsH
l md re~pCuSiblc position know oi ~"
nther selection that would ne 80 S'Haple
/ IN me for your prompt attention ana per
/ ~ 1D.iiIi In written fculy 90 my letter 10 YOU
,oo65or.inp the T. Y. Rickford site for the
now uostofice IN Hampton. Va. insure me
tna neither the nation - nc iItslurIl, : oi
he purli.'s affairs VIII suffer ~ your Keep
-iioveyer. one good turn deserves another.
: .nd in order TO obtain the consultations or
1Sihiioeophv. please allow me to suggest that
litter Won have taken the Odih OF once anu
%ave Iecn introduced 10 your duties you
| ,,iil surely read aud ponder LeElucus' lbtn
] GLn,.r 10Th 10 22d verse. II Nou have
sstte,c,Itv i'm finding such book as the
/ uu,iti around the White House, possibly
/ I,,, I,. co,ill be secured for you at the CON
/ o,.aeeional Library. where one copy, az
! -, must be med 10 comply with ire
, I,",so,,,richt law. You will have no difficulty
/ cPsaic,rint tie use OF this one copy, for
III III ,Eoncrcsemau ever calls for the book
! ~ INC Vour duties may be pleasant, that
49, dieappointed patriots VINO did not sue
/ 'no 60 your poSition as secretary may not
/ &C. ob1e 10 exclaim. as did the Third Rich
ard .'cngland's woes in France VIII make
me smile:
/ Very sincerely. o,,
IIamptor. va. March l. 1911.
The Biblical quotation referred TO is
as follows:
t,yi,icus. xvi. 20-"And when he hath
adc an end of recOnciling the holy place
~ 10 tbc tabernacle Of the congregation. and
an" a liar he shall bring the live goat
',rwentv-first verse-"And Aaron shall lay
IN mis- hands upon the head Of the live
49, md confess over him all the iniqui-
80 of The children of Israel and all their
W '0aressions in all their sins. putting
~ 7,,nou the head OF the goat. and shall
'nr"' lin away by the hand Of III man
INTO the wilderness.
/ ny ",r-,.,n,y-eec0ud Nersc-"And the goat shall
ION him all their iniquities unto a
D., 1nt inhabited; and he shall let 20 tie
Agl