The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-11
UNCOVER ACTS
OF ROOSEVELT
Senate Committee VIII
Investigate.
AFTER SECRET SERVICE HEN
Sensational Developments Expected
In Report.
Forner senator Hsmeaw.y Gives
Task Of u.sartAiss nzp..Aasurss
OF Ee<ner Ps..a4s-t sBr
Work Of slsafAs.
AFTER SECRET SERVICE HEN


Washington. Aug. lo.--(speciaf)g-~
As is well known to those who watch
Legislative proceedings at the capital
former Senator James A Hemenway
OF indiana has an important position
with the new and powerful Committees
known as public expenditures.
There are seven members OF fhfe
committee and each 10 the chairman of
q leading committee of the senate, Mr..
hale OF Maine. who In chairman 81
the Appropriations Committee. being
the heal man and guiding genius Of
the committee on Public Expenditures.
The other six members OF the pub
Tic expenditures Committee are tha
heads Of these big committees: Aid
rich OF finance. Warren OF military A.
fsirs. Perkins of naval affairs, Penrose
OF postofnces and post-roacs. DoiIiver
OF Indian affairs.
When the Committee ON Public Ex-
penditures was first formed the infor-
nation was given out that the Repub-
iican managers In the Senate were d.
sirous OF finding out lust how much
the annual appropriations could be re-
duced, and for that reason they had
determined to have q new COMMITTEES
whose members were chairmsn OF the
great business of the upper branch vf
Congress 30 far as dealing out the
money was concerned
Argues for E;cononxx.
For the past two years or mora
senators Aldrich and Hale have beef,
insisting that the annual appropria~
lions must be reduced. All through
the recent discussions on the rarifx
Mr. Aldrfch cpntended that ii would
not be necessary to raise such AZ
enormous revenue through customs
and internal revenue receipts II Con-
gress wouid only keep down the ex-
penditures. He was doing this larEe-
~ In the interest Of the highly pro-
tected manufacturers who, did nots
want duties lowered. and feared thar
z they We're reduced the -system'
would be in danger -
Ex-senator Hen1enway was fur sosras
years chairman Of tho HOUSE Appro-
py1ations Committee while q r1s,i1he4
Of thar body. lie e. rexaraed a. 4
expert when 10 comes 10 dealing with
tho public revenues. That ie wfw
senators Aldrich, Hale, Lodge ana 9TH
er managing u1sn IN the Senate ianaea
him tn a $500 position with the SEM
ate Committee on Public Expenditures
after he failed to secure his re-alection
to the Senate from Indiana
At the next sesaion OF ConxroaH tia
Public Expenditures Committee ii ex-
pected to make a report 70 the Senate.
II VIII be on general lines, and for
the guidance Of the body with q view
OF outlining q policy as to appropria-
tons that ought to be made for the
next fiscal year.
Within. the past few days some very
interesting talk has been heard N
Washington as 60 one special investf-
cation being made by Ex-senator
Hemenway. II the men behind him do
not weaken and carry out the plan
under which Mr.. Hemenway IL said
to be working there will be INTEREST,"
ing IL not Sensational disclosures fn
the Senate during the coming wintar
session.
Probe secret Service.
The Republican leaders In the SEN
ate are reported to be determined to
find out approximately how much
money former President Theodore
Roosevelt spent in making investixa-
tons through the secret service sys-
tenn that was so greatly enlarged BY
him, and used by him to run down
men and things
Congress could never get at the bot
tom facts Of this business Presi.
dent Roosevelt not being in accord
with the Republican leaders Of either
the Senate or the House. and siurinw
the last two years Of his ADMINISTERS
ton had locked horns continually with
them. and would not furnish inforrna-
ton on that particular subject that
wss repeatedly called scr By the two
branches OF Congress. Indeed. II win
be recalled that he treated the Re-
publican leaders with supreme con-
tempt. and got into the habit of send
ing almost q weekly message to the
capitol in which he showed that he
meant to do as he pleased.
II Is learned on the best of authors
ty that through former Senator Hsm-
enway's Investigations the Public Elk
penditures Committee are digging up
some facts and figures on TEDDY
and his secret service operations that
will be truly startling II the Repub-
lican leaders make them public. and
the belief now IL that this IL the pur-
pose OF the committee. The Republi-
cans generally In both branches OF
Congress have never gotten over the
terrible lambasting Roosevelt gave
them on repeated occasions through
the peppery messages fired at them
from the White House. They could
not then afford to fight Mr.. Roosevelt
but now that he 10 out OF public Of
flee and cannot come back at them It
IL said they will show up his reckless
expenditures through the secret SER
vice as not warranted by law.