The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-30
After Long Waiting EXPlansliap Is Received of Bond and
 Certificate Issue
PULLMAN CRITICISES
 SECRETARYS METHODS
Some Entertainment Is Created In the Senate By TIIman's Demands To Know Why the Reply
 Was Printed.

Washington, January 29-The Senate was entertained today by series of ani- mated comments on the method adopted by Secretary of the Treasury cortelyou in placing before the Senate his reply to the resolution calling for information rel ative to the operations of the treasury de- l partment in connection with the financial disturbance. Tile Secretary had had the
 Introductory part of his reply printed and l copies of the pamphlet were on the desks l of all senators, which was declared by l democratic senators to be without preee- l dent.
 The Senate devoted considerable time l to passing minor bills on the calendar
 and at 2:l5 p. m. adjourned. l The reply of Secretary Cortelyou to the Senate resolution calling for inforna- l ton concerning the operations of the tras- ury department in eonnecton with tho { recent financial crisis was laid before the Senate by the Vice President. The document was not read, but q printed copy of it was on the desk of each sen- ator and nearly all Of them gave it their attention. MT Culberson inquired of the Vice President whether the pamphlet con-
 tained all of the secretary's communiea- tion. The Vice President said he had not examined the report
 T do not recall an instance,r said Mr. i Culberson, lin which head of a depart l ment of government has answered B Senate resolution in printed form T ask the senator from Massac usetts,p broke in Senator Tillman, turning to Sen- ator Lodge, who is such sticller for senatorial dignity and senatorial rlgnts,
 to reply to this inquiry" l T don't know" responded MT. Lodge, | whether cabinet officer ever sent in a 1 printed report Of this kind as convenl-
 ence, and don't think it is matter of importance. The entire reply will be l printed tomorrow
 'Is it legal?" asked Mr. Tlllman.
 Legal Document.
 Tt is certainly legal, because the Sec
 retary can communicate to Congress either in typewritng or in print. MT. Aldrich remarked that all the re- ports of the Secretary of the Treasury
 are made to the Senate in printed form. MT. Tillman retorted to this sugges-
 tion by declaring:
 The Secretary of the Treasury is as- suming the airs of a president before he is elected to that office. The President sends his message in this printed form, but l have never known a cabinet officer assume to do this before"
 MT. Aldrich said there was a great deal of statistical matter in the reply of
 the Secretary. That part was now being printed while the body of the communica- ton had been laid before the Senate.
 MT. Culberson said the fact that he 1 complained of was that the Secretary of the Treasury had printed his argument
 and had it laid on the desks of senators
 and had left the statement of facts whicn accompanied it to be printed from them. Senator Carter of Montana referred to constant importunlties' that had been heard in the Senate for an immediate an-
 swer to the Senate resolution by the Secretary of the Treasury.
 Had the Secretary of the Treasury de-
 layed in making this reply" he added. he would have been criticised, no doubt. Now his expeditions method of placing
 his reply before the Senate is made q subject for criticism. How in the world could the Secretary of the Treasury have pleased the senators from South Carolina and Texas?"
 Criticism of Cortelyou. During Senator Carters remarks, Sen- ator Beveridge interrupted, saying: T wish to call attention to the fact that the criticism of the senator from South Carolina was directed to the airs that the secretary has assumed T want the secretary to reply in an
 orderly manner" replied MT. Tillman. and in the same manner that has char acterized his predecessors in office. He ayad lat
 print 1t if we think fit The senator can-
 not point to a solitary case in which the printing has been done before"
 MT. Carter said he recalled instance
 in the Senate several years ago in which a cabinet officer had been criticised for
 sending a document to the Senate in type-
 written form instead of having it writ- ten with a pen.
 Mr. Tilman said there never had been
 such unaccountable delay in replying to
 Senate resolution.
 "The secretary" he said, had been in
 New York making speeches and now he
 sends this labored report to us.'
 MT. Carter inquired whether MT. Til- man had read the report and being told
 that he had not declared that tle sen-
 ator could not tell whether the report
 was in fact ''labored' whether 1t had
 been prepared fin a fluent manner and
 with special skill
 Ut may be- he added, that before
 the financial situation gees down the
 senator may agree with al the Secre-
 tary of the Treasury has to say about
 this bond issue"
 q ask him." interrupted MT. Tillman,
 waving his hand toward MT. Carter.
 whether ke undertakes to vindicate the
 issue of the Panama bonds?" Facts Not Known. MT. Carter retorted promptly that the secretary had just sent the informa-
 tion concerning that matter to the Sem
 ate and he did not propose to determine
 that matter until he had an opportunity to consider the facts
 Mir. Tillman declared that the sena-.
 tor from Montana was partisan in his
 defense of the secretary T have not been in any case parti-