Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-29
WILL GO TO THE SENATE
Employment of Special Agents by
Departments.
AIM OF ALDRICH RESOLUTION
Reply to the House Resolution on
the Secret Service Will Be Sent
to Congress Monday.

Cabinet officers have been submitting
to President Roosevelt their reports in
reply to the Aldrich resolution on the
secret service. and it is considered likely
that the President will have all these re-
ports ready to send to the appropriations
committee Of the Senate soon after the re-
assembling of Congress. 1t is the Presi-
dents intention to act promptly in this
matter His reply to the House resolu-
tlon about the secret service will go to
Congress next Monday. and it is under
stood at the cabinet meeting TODAY he
made inquiries about those cabinet Off
GERS who have not yet handed in the facts
relating to the employment by them of
detectives or special agents
Aim of the Resolution.
One part of the Aldrich resolution nro.
vidiDg for an investigation of the secret
service directed the appropriation commit
tee to ascertain what other persons
than those included in the secret service
were paid from the public treasury dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 80, 1905, for
services in connection with the enforce
ment of the laws or for work in the de-
lection or investigation OF possible crimes
OF criminal acts or violations of law. in
cluding all special attorneys, special
agents. inspectors or other EMPLOYEES Of
any department of the government or any
branch OF the public service, to include
all persons whose employment was
authorized by indefinite or general ap-
preparations: the information to contain
the names of all persons SO employed or
paid, their previous occupations, and the
nature OF the work in which engaged, by
whom appointed and upon whose recon-
mendation."
Special Agents Employed
The language of the resolution is sweep
ing, and it has been limited that the SEN
ate is expecting interesting revelations as
to the employment of many special attor-
neys and agents by personal direction OF
the President and upon his recommends
ton. These are in the Department of
Justice. in which many persons were en-
ployed in investigating trusts: the bureau
of corporations. in which there has been
an extensive roll of special agents en-
gagged in running down the histories OF
corpora tions and their business: the In
terror Department. where. it is claimed
there have been employed hundreds of
men in western land cases. by which
western senators and representatives have
Deen aroused 10 H1ucn OppOSitlOH. Tue
Post Office Department, with its big list
Of inspectors, and the secret service.
President Roosevelt. following a custom
he inaugurated a long time ago. will
have all the information relating to the
different departments first laid before him
and he will put ii together for trans
mission to the Senate. The individual
cabinet officers will not make reports to
the committee.
Work on the Reports.
Postmaster General Meyer has already
turned in his report regarding the in
spectors and special men employed in his
department: Secretary Cortelyou has his
report completed. ready for the Presi-
dent: Secretary Garfield will have his
ready in day or two: Attorney General
Bonaparte is at work upon his and Sec
retary Straus is hard at work in the
same direction. Other cabinet officers
will have reports to make, but the bulk
of the Information the Senate wants will
come from the departments named.