The sun., 1909-01-12
SECRET SERVICE, $90,OOO,OO0
THAT AMOUNT SPENT IN A YEAR
BIZ THE ADMINISTRATION.
TINS viii Fern the Basis OF . Rigid In.
yestigatIon Into the Cses 20 which
Such Sum Has Been Put-Large
sums May Have Been spent Illegally.

sums May Have Been Spent Illegally
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE Senate
Committee on Appropriations. which ID
carrying out the Senate's instructions 10
investigate the operations Of the secret
service and other detective bodies en-
ployed under the Roosevelt Administra-
tion, already has obtained sufficient
information to show that in the last year
sums OF money ggregating about s20,-
O00 900 have been expended in secret
investigation under the direction OF the
President. This knowledge will be used
by the Senate committees sub-com-
mittee Of inquiry as the basis for a rigid
examination into the uses TO which
such a vast amount OF money has been
put. Much OF the money expended was
not appropriated specifically for making
investi cations OF q secret character, but
was taken from lump sums placed at the
disposal OF the Executive to meet CON-
tlngent expenses.
The criticism Of the lavish way in which
Government funds have been used for
purposes Of Investigation is becoming
very pronounced among Senators and
about time to call a halt. Where all the
o.o0o, 900 was spent Is source Of wonder
at the Capitol. II Is understood that IN
the speech he will deliver tomorrow on
the subject of the Brownsville episode
Senator Foraker will endeavor 10 show
that not only was money spent lavishly
for purposes Of Investigation but that
II was spent unlawfully.
In spite of reports to the contrary II 10
denied that there Is any real basis for the
belief that in undertaking to investigate
the workings Of the Governments secret
agencies the Senate and House are
making first step in the direction OF caus-
ing general trouble for President Roose-
welt. The purpose OF those inquiries.
II Is asserted. is to ascertain and prevent
further abuses by the Executive and not
to place obstacles in the way Of the Presi-
dent In performing his legitimate consti-
tutional and legal functions.
There is good reason to believe that the
Senate investigation will result in an
effort to define in unmistakable terms the |
relations between the Executive and the |
legislative branches Of the Government
and 10 make clear that moneys appro-
priated by Congress shall be used only
for the purposes for which they were
specifically appropriated.
THE enormous ramifcations OF the |
system Of Federal espionage which has
grown up largely under the Roosevelt
extending even to the
domestic Affairs Of citizens are shown
by figures quoted to-day by Representa-
tive Tawney Of Minnesota. chairman OF |
The House Committee on Appropriations.
During the last session OF Congress
The Administ ration. which is now COM
planning because SIC, 900 was taken ofY the
usual appropriation for the secret service
division Of the Treasury Department,
called for very large appropriations for
other secret Investigations, and these
were actually made by
Congress. The several amounts reached
he enormous total Of $S.i26.O0O
While II is only fair to say that part
,f this large sum was not expended for
Investigations essentially secret In char
loter an enormous amount was intended
o further the secret police and investi-
cation work Of the Government: the rest
vas for various inspection work.
Representative Tawney and other mem
'ers OF the House Committee on Appro-
,riations declared to-day that large
ums Of money have been diverted for
'ther purposes than those designated
n intended by the law. The investi-
'ation about to be begun by the House is
Intended to uncover as many Of these
buses as possible.
Speaker Cannon to-day named Repre- |
entatives Olmstead OF Pennsylvania. '
Currier OF New Hampshire,
'oung Of Michigan. Brantley of Georgia
nd Bowers Of Mississippi as members
4 the special committee authorized by
he Tawney resolution of last Saturday 4
o investigate the various branches Of the
,rantley and Bowers are Democrats, |
ir Bowers is member Of the Appropria- :
ions Committee.