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Show dice At kiit they Lave r-' J tL;.r vo!a3 in aner, much to the surprise and pleasure of the President 'Iet the good work go on. Let; the ax be wielded vigorously o that beads by thescorft may drop in the basket ' ' '-. . - 1 i 1 1 i i . . . "" , , Let. the Ax Be Wielded Vigorously. T That is good, news which comes from Washington Wash-ington to the effect that now the President has returned re-turned there will be a general house-cleaning in the Consular service. This branch of the Government has long been a disgrace to the Nation. As a rule the United States Consuls are an inebriated, incom-petent,. incom-petent,. Indolent set. Important changes will be made in the service." They will complete a policy of sweeping changes that was inaugurated by order of j the President some time ago and which has been very quietly carried out. Secretary Hay was asked to take up the work, but the new role of headsman was repugnant to his kind heart andjie begged off. He suggested that as there was to be no wholesale change- in -the Embassadors or Ministers the axes should be properly wielded by Dr. David j. Hill, who was" then Assistant Secretary. The latter also balked at the job, so he was appointed Minister to Switzerland and Francis B. Loomis was made Assistant Secretary. Mr. Roosevelt told Mr. Loomis exactly what be wanted at several midnight conferences just before be-fore the President vent West.' Loomis has been busy ever since carrying out the orders. As a headsman heads-man he has distanced Josiah Quincy, who was made Assistant Secretary only to chop off heads. He has put into effect may mora changes in the consular service than Jiave ever before been made in the same length of time, to say nothing of the bunch of n.ew commissions that awaits the signature of the President. Many Consuls have come home for their summer vacations to find that they are not to re-torn, re-torn, and more will make the same unpleasant discovery. dis-covery. In addition to the removals, many Consuls ave been moved to other points, with a view of improving im-proving the service or" furnishing better places for th6 new men. Loomis has performed the difficult task in a manner most satisfactory to the President; Through it all he has proved himself a natural born diplomat of high degree. When Quincy swung his as he stirred up all kinds of trouble and angry protests.- Since Mr. Loomis has been swinging there has cot been a xanrmar. He has lifted the scalps so artistically that the deprived men seem to have considered con-sidered it a pleasure to be relieved ofthe cares of ' V ' ' . - V |