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COMMISSIONER LEUPP'S
RESIGNATION.
III
Hon. Francis E. Leupp.
We give below the full text of Mr.
Leupp's resignation, together with the
reply of the President.
June 8, 1909.
My Dear Mr. President:
Three months ago, when at your per
sonal request I withdrew my resignation,
I did so in good faith, believing that I
should find it practicable to continue
my work as Commissioner of Indian
Affairs for a considerable period still.
The experiment has not proved a success.
I have found myself more tired than I
supposed, and shall need a longer rest
ing spell than I can afford to take
with the responsibilities of office on me.
I am physically as sound as ever, but
for my fagged nerves. Very much to
my regret, therefore, I. shall have to ask
you to release me from my promise,
and let me carry out my original plan
of resigning my commission so that I
can spend the whole coming season in
the mountain country unweighted with
the anxieties which heretofore proved
fatal to my every attempt at a real va
cation. As the Indian Office is now in fine
working order, and its machinery in the
hands of a competent corps of men, all
identified with the progressive policies
we have been pursuing, I feel that there
could be no more opportune time than
the present for my retirement, and shall
ask to be relieved at the close of business
on June 15, ora soon thereafter as suits
your convenience. I have communicated
my purpose to nobody outside of my own
family except yourself, Secretary Bal lin
ger and Assistant Commissioner Valen
tine, In maintaining this secrecy I have
had in view not only my obligation to
you, but the desire to avoid the pain of
taking formal leave of the members of my
official staff, whose loyalty lias won for
them a ver3T warm place in my heart.
The sympathetic approval you have
given to the work done by the Indian
Service during the last four , and one
half years, leads me to hope that my
successor may be one who will carry it
forward along the same constructive