The Grit-advocate., 1905-10-06
FAVORED LOOMS
TIE LATE SECRETARY HAY CON-
DEMnEO BOWEN'S ATTACK.
STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT

Substantial ylrdicatior Of Assistant
Secretary Of State Loomis Fur
1,saed N Letter by President
Rooseyelt-ContTary Reports De
o.e1.
'nsHiHs. on--Iu correspondence be
f.pnnn President Roosevelt and Assist
ant Srcretrr. oI State Loomis made
ru5ue hnra Sunday. he President says
,nrrrIusy Hay disagreed with him on
yen mid CcusuTe" of Mr.. LoOmis in
tl. TAI report on the investigation OF
tH. charges brought by Mr.. Bowen. for
w.Gl. H.nlslcr to Neu"Zue!u, and adds
raG Secretary Hay strongly con
t,u.4ed Mr BOweus course.
rnc Presidents letter IS in reply to
one by Mr. Loomis asking If there is
,ny trUth il the paragraph published
ia q New York paper. saying:
"PrlCUraUy the last oiiiCia! act of
Mr. lays life WAS to visit the White
:lprs" FOR the purpose Of urging the
i'geaIGant NOT to dismiss Bowen and
a. dismiss LOOMS. bUt learning the
;'.ra,Iouj mind was made up, he
tau' away with his m"Ssag" unspo-
.,.r Mr Hry thoroughly dislincd and
h,ti.ainf aim Lonm.sl and told the
,'.raiGcut 50. but WIS unable to pro
'ocr lty effect On the President 5
sniui
''lre dent Roosevelt, in mis- reply
arg.
M Dear Mr.. I.oomis:-In answer
Ga .our letter OF September 18th de
..,.- to state. in the Droadcst and most
na,,.hl.ic manner. that the statement
.ru guul" IS appearing in certain
.r,I,apera and especially certain
iu'Hapauyfa OF New York, as to the
,.nrrseG differences of opinion be
Igrrr ruysrii and tn" lat" Secretary
.it.. iu respect to the action taken by
tee regarding Mr. Bowen in connection
w'ih ihe charges against you is not
,".rri. without foundation in fact,
'a". a. he direct reverse OF the truth.
YOU we're appointed assistant sec
,.ary OF state on Mr.. Hays suggcs-
t.uu Ind request He never smoke to
.',. Luum You save with respect and
.rrtlu' appreciation OF the services
a.r, ""rr rendering and Ii" expressed
.p me very great regret that YOU were
..tnf, TO l"ny" the service and stated
'nr uc had hoped you would stay as
&. d,ni"utf 10 get any one in your place
t',t he would like 50 mUch.
hl' Hay expressed himself very
...qrorjiv on the occasion OF his last
.,4r ta Washingtou including the last
occasion I eyer saw him alive with re
gard Go The action taken b. me con
cernjng the charges made by Nj.
E,wrn against YOU
Fr i !, coll
tn,lu NJ. Bowen TO me in the Ian
nag" YOU quote him as having used
tI ibrur the same time to You in
,,ca'.irg OF Mr.. Bowen, but he else
Condemned MI Bowen in much
.,trc"ser teens than thos" which you
fuu,c l.im as having used. and dweit
particularly on the IHcT Of what he
tiled trCaCLery an disiOyalty Of Nh
'trwcr tc the government and to him
Nr HayJ. repeating again and again
tt,,i uiVS' Of the charges Mr.. Bower
s"rGr werr really not rharC"s against
20" II all but aGaiuSt nliuaeit tMr
t1Jr. and that Bowen of cOurS" knew
jt.A
Moreover, Mr. Hay used about Mr.
,:'""u stronger lHnguag" Of condomna
ZOO tn&u I over heard him use about
'uI other man who had served under
.,,in EUr thiS WAS not all. Mr.. Hay
.',H ~n;t; lie very rarely did. He eX
messed mis- strong dissent from the
rw'irn I mad taken in endorsing Mr
.HtS report as regards the mild cen
sure Of YOU which it contains stating
'tn he disagreed with both Mr.. Tai
Iad myself On this point and felt that
g,'i we're in no way whatever CCnsur
'o'". nud that the only action that hac
s,"rn called for was the dismissal o
Mc. ':owcu and the announcement o
.,gI ruUrc yindicatiOn.'