Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-21
BOWEN DISMISSED

Taft's Investigation Exonerates As-
 sfstant Secretnry-Roosevelt Sends
 Scathing Letter, Declaring Bowen's Conduct to Be Especially Repre- hensible" and Disloyal Tn Hunting
 Up Scandal and Gossip Against .
 Comrade of the Service.
 WASHINGTON, June 21.-The dis
 missal of Herbert w. Bowen, for some
 years United States minister to Vene.
 zuelas and the exoneration of Assist
 ant Secretary of State Francis iB. Loo
 mis of the allegations brought against
 him by MT. Bowen are the outcome or the Loomis- Bowen controversy, which has attracted wide attention for many
 months past.
 This disposition of the case is made by President Roosevelt in letter ad. dressed to Secretary Taft made public last night approving Mir. Taft's report on his findings and conclusions in the case.
 In his report Secretary Taft says that there was nothing dishonorable in the transactions in which Mir. Loomis
 figured, but that he was not discreet. The report says that Mir. Loomis was not justified in becoming personally interested in any of the schemes either with mere nominal interest or sub stantial interest. He holds, however, that Mir. Loomis has been most cruel ly slandered" and commends him for the self restraint with which he has met the charges.
 It appears from Mir. Bowen's state ment as well as from the statement of Messrs. Dater and Riddle and the letter from Mir. Wright that Mir. Bow. en while minister at Caracas instigat- ed and requested and actually secured the publication of attacks on the as- sistant secretary of state and furnish ed to the press copies of documents be- lieved to reflect upon the assistant sec retary of state. which documents were already before the secretary of state for investigation.
 Mir. Bowen's excuse for this conduct, % far as 1t can be made out. seems to be that he expected the newspaper men to keep his connection with the charges secret. In other words, he ap- parently regards his case as improv- cd, that he secured this attack upon his official chief in furtive and un- derhand manner and that he did not Intend that his connection with the at- tack should be divulged.
 The president scathingly arraigns Minister Bowen. declaring that his conduct lis especially reprehensible.- that MT. Bowen asked one of his wit | nesses to enter the employ of a certain company for the purpose 'in plain words of stealing documents which | he hoped might incriminate MT. Loo mis and that Mfr. Bowen has "evident- | iy for many months. indeed for the | last two years. devoted himself to hunting up scandal and gossip until 1t | became a monomanis and caused him ito show complete disloyalty- to the | country he represented The president says be had helped to promote Mir. Bowen, as during much of his service he had done good work but that his usefulness in the diplomatic service is now at an end
 The president adds that be would di- | rect that Mir. BowenIs resignation be requested but for his statement that he would consider resignation an ad- mission of misconduct, and the dis nissai is therefore ordered The letter quotes correspondence and testimony The president states that it appears hat Mir Bowen while minister secured the publication of aftacks on Nr. Loo nis and furnished to the press docu- nents pending before the state deparf- nenf for approvaI and that his expIa- nafio1 fs inexc1sabIe and sh0wp hfs -e1ttre un1nen- fer tbe sezvfce Bvea [ Mk. LQ14ls v - Gxfny, an |