Show STATEMENT BY 09 MR BONAPARTE I Attorney General Denies That Work in His Department Is Lax and Ineffective r Washington ashington May Ia S Attorney General Bonaparte today gave out a statement re referring referring referring ferring to the publication in a number of oC newspapers this morning mo ning th t he might retire from office because of oC ill health It was in substance that the department was w s at t a It low state of f efficiency in consequence of tho tha attorney generals Inattention to the public busi busl business business ness ne Mr Ir statement follows Insofar as the publications in question reflect on me personally I do not care to toay say ay anything an thing at all about them but they reflect by implication upon my subordinates nates as well since they the allege that the work of the entire department Is languid and ineffective in and It is m my duty as its head to pronounce this statement as a abald abaM abald bald baM falsehood originating either in mal malice malke malice ice ke or else In S and wilful ignorance of the facts The work of the tho department increases ses every day and I do not believe it has lias ever eer received more zealous and faithful attention than it receives now from the officers and of or the de department department department with the exception of oC course cf of the attorney general himself I do donot donot donot not Indeed consider It any an part of the departments duty to furnish a liberal liberat daily dally supply of headlines for newspapers and the department is not administered with Uh that laudable end In III view but for this opinion and its practical application no one is responsible or should be blamed but my unworthy self |