Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-16
President to Send Facts
About Emergency Fund.
FORCE OF CLERKS AT WORK
John A. Ahearn Commends Confer.
ence on Children.
VISITOR FROM AFRICA CALLS
Minister Quesada Sees the Chief
Executive-Expects Soon to
Go to Cuba.

Secretary Root and Senator Hale. chair
man of the Senate appropriations commit
tee. were with President Roosevelt today,
but both neglected to announce what the
subject under consideration was. 1t is
believed that 1t related to the resolution
of Senator Foraker passed Tuesday, call
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to the expenditures of the
81. 100000 emergency fund in the act of
March 3, 1890 Out of this fund Browne
and Baldwin were paid for their services
in ferreting out facts about the Browns
vile affair.
Senator Foraker believes that other eX-
penditures not authorized by law have
been made from the same fund, and that
many detectives have been paid from it
for all sorts of unauthorized work.
The Presidents View.
The President has taken the position
that disbursements of a secret nature. to
obtain information as to other nations.
were made from this fund. and that 1t is
not compatible with the best interests of
the country to have these spread before
the world by being sent to the Senate
The President is willing that information
as to expenditures relating to other mat
ters should go to the Senate. He con-
ferred with Secretary Cortelyou at the
cabinet meeting yesterday as to just what
expenditures to make public, and Mr. Cor
telyou has force of clerks at work pre-
pairing the information.
suggestion has been made that
Senator'S interested be permitted to
personally inspect the books of the
Treasury as to this fund, but reports
are that a request of this nature from
Senator Foraker had been denied.
Information to Be Prepared.
The White House declines 10 discuss
the matter or to admit that the President
has decided to put limitations upon the
facts and figures he is willing for Con-
gress to have. The information asked
by the Senate will be placed before the
President by Secretary Cortelyou and Mr..
Roosevelt will go over each item before
he finally decides what his action will be.
The relations of the Treasury to Con-
gress are fixed by law on a different basis
from other departments The law pro-
vides that the Secretary of the Treasury
shall report directly to Congress, espe-
cially in his annual report, but President
Roosevelt has insisted for some time that
all information desired by Congress, no
through his hands and be submitted by
him.. In this way the blue pencil of the
White House is at liberty to act with. as
much freedom as Is considered necessary.
Senator Hale and Seer etary Root ar. in
terested in the proposition to reorganize
the Navy Department which President
Roosevelt has under advisement and as
to which he summoned number of prom
inent persons yesterday
Minister Quesada Going Away.
Senior Quesada, Cuban minister to the
United States called on the President to-
day He said it was probable he would
visit Cuba in few days.
Another diplomat to call on the Presi-
dent was Jonkheer j. Louden, minister
from the Netherlands. He said his call
was a personal one.
Conference on Children Commended
John F. Ahearn, president of the bor-
ough of Manhattan. New York. has writ