Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-17
Resolution as Adopted


"Resolved. That that portion Of the
annual message of the president relat-
| ing to the secret service is hereby re-
| ferred to the committee on resolutions,
| who are instructed to inquire whether
the legislation referred to in the mes
| sage has impaired the efficiency or sui
| fciency of the force employed In the
| secret service: and such committee are
| further directed to ascertain what per-
| sons other than those included in the
secret service were paid from the pup
lie treasury for the fiscal year ended
| June 80. 1908, for services in connection
with the enforcement Of the laws or
for work in the detection or invest1ga :
| ton of possible crimes or criminal acts
or violations of the law, including all
| special attorneys, special agents, IN
| sDectors or other employees of any de-
| partment of the government, or any
| branch of the public service, and also
! some information as to all persons
| whose employment was authorized by
indefinite or general appropriations; the
informations to contain the names OF
| all persons so employed or paid, their
| previous occupation, the nature OF the
work in which they were engaged, by
whom they were appointed and upon
whose suggestion or recommendation;
the inquiry, however. not to include
| officers appointed by the president and
confirmed by the senate or officers spe-
officially provided by law, or laborers
| appointed as such, and actually en-
| gagged in employment as laborers."
To Subpoena Witnesses
The resolution further authorizes the
committee on appropriations to SUD
poena witnesses and examine them un-
| der oath, and further to report what
action, if any. in the judgment of the
| committee the senate should take.
! Mr. Bailey objected to the resolution
because it did not direct the committee
| to inquire into Every gross and wanton
words" of the presidents message.
so far as [ am concerned he SAID,
mo action should be taken on that res
olution until that point is covered.
Either congress is the most infamous
! body that ever assembled in any coun-
try of the world, or it will take some
notice of this most wanton and gross
insult ever given any body in the
world
Mr.. Aldrich insisted the resolution
provided for just what Mr.. Bailey ad-
Vocated but the senator from Texas re-
! torted that if that was included in the
resolution it was in mild terms.
Mr.. Hale declared the resolution was
| sufficiently strongly worded to permit
the committee on appropriations to
make the kind of report required by
| Mr.. Bailey.
Il would like 40 inquire from the sem
ator from Maine" interposed Mr.. Till
man. whether he thinks the senate
| has been insulted?"
! Mr.. Hale insisted everyone had his
| own opinion on that subject and any
one was as able as he to form an
| opinion.
TiIIman ResentfuI
| Inc
to the presidents message, congress is
| composed of a lot of "rascals and
scoundrels who belong in the peniten-
| tiary."
Mr.. Hale replied that there had been
a great deal of "restlessness and in
dignation in the senate"
"There is no restlessness at the
White House." retorted Mr.. Tiliman'
"They are content and calm as can
be there"
| Mr.. Culberson said the message
twas a deliberate studied and gratu-
itous insult to the congress by the
president"
Senator Newlands declared that the
| question at issue was whether the
| secret service had been used to inves-
] tigate congressman in the pursuance
of their legislative duties or was only
to detect fraud in the duties deyolving
upon the executive departments"
! Mr. Newlands said he was not at
tempting to apologize for the presi-
| dent, but wanted to have the senate
avoid any hasty and improper Ian
guage.
The resolution was passed without
a roll call.
Letter from Wright
President Roosevelt sent to congress
a letter of the secretary of war trans
| hitting a memorandum prepared by
Judge Charlton of the bureau of insu-
lar affairs and Richard Rogers, the
| general counsel of the Isthmiane canal
commission, bearing further upon the
charges that Americans were interested
in the Panama canal property at the
time of the purchase by the United
States.
The memorandum states that at the
| time the property was transferred it
included the so-called Archives" and
they are now in the possession of this
government.
Examination of these archives by
Messrs. Charlton and Rogers show,
| however, that neither at the time of
i the first examination or now We're
there any lists of stockholders IN the
old or new Panama Canal company eX-
cept those contained in the formal min
utes.
/ The minutes OF ln6 ldSb lliCGbbt5
prior to the transfer Of the property
were not contained in the archives sur
rendered, and the law officers say that
the United States government has no
concern i'll them.
1t is believed to be impossible, there
fore, to gather from the records the
names of any Americans, if any, who
profited by the sale of the property
Fail to Agree
! Although two meetings of the special
! committee of the house to recommend
action on the presidents reference to
the motives of congress in laying a
Elimination on the use of the secret ser
vice force were held the COMMITTEES was
| unable to reach a unanimous agree
ment and adjourned until tomorrow
1t is understood that the committed
unanimously believes that the house
should express its displeasure regard
ing the presidents Disagreement, al
| though not along personal lines.
IL is believed an agreement VIII De
reached tomorrow.
Except for a few moments spent IN
the transaction Of routine business and
the passage of two bridge bills, the
house of representatives today devoted
! its entire time to the further consider