Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-10-06
FAVORED LOOMS
THE LATE SECRETARY HAY CON-
pEMNED 6oWEN's ATTACK.
STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT
Substantial vindIeation Of Assistant
Secretary Of State Loomis Fur
nished In Letter BY President
Roosevelt-contrary Reports De-
nied.


overwhelmingly Reports De-
nied.
Washington.-in correspondence De-
tween President Roosevelt and Assist
ant Secretary OF State Loomis made
public here Sunday. the President says
Secretary Hay disagreed with him on
even mild censure" OF Mr.. Loomis In
the Taft report on the investigation OF
the charges brought by Mr.. Bowen. for
merly minister to Venezuela. ami adds
that Secretary Hay strongly con
demncd Mr.. Bowen's course.
The Presidents letter is in reply 10
one by Mr.. Loomis asking II there Is
any truth In tho paragraph published
in New York paper. saying:
practically the last ofiiclal act OF
Mr.. Hays life WIS TO visit the White
House for the purpose Of urging the
not to dismiss Bowen and
TO dismiss Loomis. but learning the
Presidents mind was made mp. ne
went away with his message unspo-
ken. Mr.. Hay thoroughly disiiked and
distrusted him tl.oomis) and told the
President so, hut was unable To pro
duce any effect on the Presidents
mind"
PresIdent Roosevelt In his reply
says:
My Dear Mr.. Iyoomis:-In answer
to your letter OF September goth de-
sire TO state. In tho broadcast and most
emphatic manner. that the statement
YOU quote ms appearing In certain
newspapers and especially certain
newspapers OF New York. M to the
supposed differences Of opinion be-
tween myself and the late Secretary
Hay. In respect to the action taken by
me regarding Mr. Bowen In connection
with the charges against you Is not
merely without foundation In fact.
but Is the direct reverse Of the truth.
You were appointed assistant sec.
Rotary OF state on Mr.. Hays suEIes.
lion and request. lie never spoke TO
me about you save with respect and
cordial appreciation of the services
YOU were rendering and he expressed
to me very great regret that you were
going to leave the service and stated
that he Ind hoped you would stay as
long ns he did and that he would find
II difiicult to get any one In your place
that he would like M much.
MIR. Hay expressed hlmscl! very
frequently ON the occasion Of his last
visit to Washington. including the last
occasion ever saw him alive with re-
gard To tho action taken by me con
ccrnins the charges made by Mr..
Bowen against you.
Not only did he express himself
about Mr.. Bowen To me In the Ian.
guagc you quote him as having used
At about the same time to you In
speaking of Mr.. Bowen. but he also
condemned Mr.. Bowen IN much
stronger terms than those which YOU
quote him as having used. and dwclt
particularly ON the fact OF what he
called trcachcry and disloyaiiy OF Mr..
Bowen 10 tho government and to him
tMr. Hny). repeating again and nEain
that most Of the charges Mr.. Bowen
made were really not charges arnins,
YOU at all. but against himself ,Nr.
Hay). and that Bowen OF course knew
this.
Moreover. Mr.. Hay used about Mr..
Bowen stronger language Of condcmnn-
lion than I ever heard him use about
any other man who had served under
him. But this was not all. Mr. Hay
did what he very rarely did. lie OK.
prcsscd his strong dissent from the
action I had taken In endorsing Mr..
Taft'B report ms regards the mild cen.
sure OF you which Il contains. stating
that he disagreed with both Mr.. Taft
and myself on this point and felt that
YOU were In no way whatever censur-
able. and that tho only action that Ind
been called for was the dismissal oi
Mr.. Bowen and the announcement OF
your entire vindication.''