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and seemed to bear an extraordinary animus
against his predecessor"

Ont!nmnR, the PRESIDENT says
"NIr. Bowen asked one Of the men he him
self PRODUCED as a witness Senior Pastor
to enter into the employ Of a certain com
pany for the purpose % obtaining in pla r
words, Il -tea!ing) docum ents which n
hoped tnlght lncrhlnate M, Looiht. n.
mas eI!1ently Tor many nlonihs; .n ai1 ~
lor me last Two years Gc'o.ed nliI'se'I !.
on ~nI'n ne nea rui anec.lns M. n ~ NJ.
un'l' ms seer .nsy uecp pI % nnn,'
MN n,iIi ana IN. o.isen M. 70 '' nh;oh y.
pr p'N'oyh'S W. w et ~. ~ on,,n, -,
rh,oIhh,, ar", utad'o'' u" WIG @ON''
"nTh ne repre-en'ed - ., A;s
vas 81 ~ Guy % ,,a AZ aus m the
er.. J' H. any ."c,s e,. ,,,has otRcial
,,, W W, n, ~ IL; W. a., w ,oaLe Loo
wv &C. q - a.. ", ~ o.r,e;,ii, 70 1;ve
aL.' ,''hl.,. a." ,,,roto,, af;er tSair
g. e., re n,i ,ot;n, ~ The Denart-
vow. ,,,''e'''" 'o' "''e''' e''''' ~
"'e"' c,,r. sr,v,s ,srv,vs7s n.uAovn
.,, ',"' 1, = .;.n,,
MI, bo"'n : conusic, ssree.aiy ~ ~.
rehrn'ihl' 'eCallse OF the oalnAse , has
u.,no,m" ~; .oh,' 70 Via rlsa;,;nn tnvard
our s''ser hfIpip,Cs yh,s I",i t o, us .,;os
"a AZ "Hl Hea.HleS WIN ltise' .epup!.e
we Hnouin enneaN9r nov ii'ieiy 70 ..' COZ!
te"nsiy, !ni,I an1 ceneiousy; o.' 10 max
evloen' tha' We are mus act!ns any GO,
; rlIf heaHhe. ohy nhseohdic1. ny n1e oi
our REPRESENTATIVES, u" ineHe cointl.e ,'.
calls for me sternnst p'nlSnment' ana sac
ohIy corrup. 'Gaink' .ns IorSL ail1 .hos IT,
fragrant m,Scononct OF ~mon one o, 'n n,,r
~ AZ .ec, rna he ~ .can
na!ous attacks upon the service OF ~nlcn
ne If nptnDer or upon one OF hls SUI
fl,'S r'sPohs'ne neau OF IN, ~
i'r Sioh attacks are certain 70 pe c'rcuiAtao
/ 10 the d'Hcredit ol OUT government ana our
/ fohe, h"I oh,y 10 me newPaPerS VI or on.
a. a,,n -, n,,iiins "
~, matter how taselei. they are. no
,,,tter how fompete the ref,,tstion Of the
| oharges they do a DANA pe that cannot re
| whnl7v rcra,re1
u,. rssp,,Sras At Az vx,
| ass, No A''s'' az -
M, bowen han long Len, zen IN the eon "a wa,
ana CllIomalir service; curing much OF ehat
time he has done GOOD work and until re,
Gently ] had toPe1 10 promote MN. II
could cond3ne hl' misconduct p TINS case !
"oiii Eia"ly 90 so hut E'e usefulness III '"e
dlploma''c service act. Is at an END hin; a,ro
40 not deSlre 70 E'Nlsh PIN. save
Tor the great FISK TO the service men wouIl
be involved IN MS re'eht'oh. "ouio pe
Wiling I" let MS misconduct 60 unpunlsneo
say ny severe adhohition' Dlt ! teel thae
1t is Impossible TO retain nin without e1.
posing tn" interests OF the Government
to a risk so, great that 1t cannot Justifably
| be incurred; Accordingly ] would direct
/ that his resignation he requested were II
not FOR the statemen' mace o. MS oehaii.
in your presence and mine to-day. that he
would consider resignation an admission
If misconduct. Accordingly direct that he
i've dismissed from the service.
LOOMS DIDN'T TAKE BRIDE.
secr.terv Toft's youminous review Of
rho ctarre. considers them ser;atim, OF
me rrst that Mr. Ioouis received a bribe
OF $40 ,0oo from the New York and Berrnudez
s. y" ron, ~, while Iinistar 70 Ca
~ ras he savs' -fhere is not n srjntila Of
co,nnetent evidence TO sustain thi. barge
and shows that the amount was $500 and
that it was merely a money exchange.
Mr., LOOMS is vindicated also by Mr.
Taft OF the charge that he prosecuted the
Mercardor claim against Venezuela and
received a share of the proceeds. Mr.
Taft shows that Mr.. LOOMS never prose-
cutec the cla i'm and that his only connection
with it was Indirect. he having loaned $500
to Jaurett, who ella lined to be an American
citizen, and taken part of the Mercardor
bonds as security upon which he subse-
quently realized sj.sss.
W W. Russell. who was secretary OF
legation at Caracas under Mr.. LOOMS,
undertook, in Mr. Loomis's absence, to re-
ceive and distribute the Mercardor bonds
and informed Mr.. loomis on his return OF
this action. MIR. Taft expresses the opinion
that it would have teen wiser, more pru..
dent and more discreet If LOOMS had
directed Russell to inform the State De.