The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-10
.BONAPARTE DENIES
THAT He WILL QUIT
Says He Will Remain i'll Roosc-
welt Cabinet as Attorney
General.
PRESIDENT NOT SATISFIED
Intimatcd That Despite State
/; mcnt, Change May BE Made in
{ Month or Two.
ny w,,,-sl, EDWARD HARRIS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May s.--Attor-
ncy- General Bonapartc was qnick TO
deny to-day that he contemplated re-
firing from the Cabinet at an catly
day. In fact, the Attorney General de-
clurcd that he liked tho place aud
would keep 1t as long as the president
would allow him to do so.
1t strikes the average person who
gives the slightest attention 10 such
matters that MIR. 13onapartc comes dah-
gerously near to neglcctlng the duties
of his office. Nothing was said about
his frequent and prolonged ahsenct
from the department and the .ity, since
1t was understood that he was in poor
health. But he declared to-day tia.
lie was not i'll, and that he had been
only slightly sick. It Is UNDERSTOOD
that President Roosevelt thought his
Attorney General was In bad health.
md that his frequent absences were
f. due to this cause.
The work of the department has
been at a standstIll for months. In
fact. little or nothing has been done
or even attempted by the Department
OF Justice since Mr.. Bonapartc becalr"
Its head six months ago.
There are prosecutions pending
against the fertilizer trust, the watch
trust, the tobacco trust, and probably
others, not including the Standard Oh,
which Is now in court in Chicago. but
: II Is impossible to discover that the
Attorney General has taken any steps
to press any OF these SUITS to a con-
cIusion.
Mr.. Bonapnrte lives in Baltimore. So
far as Is known, he is the only Cabinet
officer who has ever lived outside Of
Washington City during his lncunben-
cy of the Office. Mr.. Bonaparte enter
tains officially ut bis Baltimore resi-
dcncc and other Cabinet officers VINO
accept invitations to dine with the
Attorney-General must needs go to
Baltimore in order to get their feet
under his mahogany.
In addition to other reasons for fIc-
quent and persistent absence from his
desk. the municipal campaign which
ended with an overwhelming Demo
cratic victory in Baltimore yesterday
has claimed much of the time Of the
Attorncy-General. mugwump at
heart, Attorney General Bonaparte has
come to Guido even Beveridgc IN adu-
lation Of the President and to out-Can-
non Uncle oe as standpattcr.
Via opCcCIl sIScCdlcQ.
The Senate was slow TO confirm the
nomination of Mr.. Bonapartc to be At
torney- General OF the United States
There were several Senator's who
thought a speech delivered by Mr. Bona
rarte four or five years ago, in the
course OF which he declared that COM
binations Of capital. commonly called
trusts. Wee pretty good things, indi-
Gated pretty clearly that he was not
proper man to put at the head OF
the legal department of the govern
ment at this particular time. The
leisurely course which he has pursued
In not pursuing the trusts would indi-
rate that those Senators who opposed
the confirmation of the appointment
OF Mr.. Bonaparte were justified. ku,
IL was upon assurances from the
White House that Mr.. Bonaparte would
be all right as trust prosecutor tina
the Senate confirmed the nomination.
There are rumors to tho effect that
President Roosevelt is after Dir. Bona.
partc, asking disaErecnble questions
concerning the progress and status oil
certain matters which have long beer
pending. There may be Significance
in the fact that the Attorney Genera
was at his desk at o'clock thi.
morning, after an absence Of many
days.
Despite the denial of Attorney-Gen
eral Bonapartc that he Is about t.
be prled loose from his Job, there j.
good reason to believe thut the Prcsi
dent Will have new Attoraey- G cnera
liz the course of moon or two.
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