Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-10
ORDERS
SWEPT
INQUIRY
INTO OPERATIONS OF
SECRET SERVICE CORPS
Evidence That Congressman
Are Not Content With Rebuke
Administered to President in
Action of Friday Last.

tBy Morning journal special Leased Wire
Washington Jan. 9-That tn
house does not intend to stop with it
action Of Yesterday ia rebuking tn
! president in connection with his strict
| ures regarding the secret service wa
! evidenced today when at the nstanc
of Mr. TawneY of Minnesota, ant
| without a dissenting vote, il adopted
| sweeping resolution of inquiry int
the amount of money appropriated
for the present fiscal year for detect
ing frauds and the efforts made t.
bring to trial offenders against th'
law.
The resolution called for the ap
pointment of a committee of five
members to conduct the investigation
and to send for persons and paper,
and to administer oaths. The sum OF
S5, 900 was appropriated. 1t is under.
stood that there will be nothing fur
ther from the president on the matter
of the secret service resolution adopt
ed by the house yesterday. The list
Of Saturday callers from congress Is
usually large but today there Were
but four representatives. to see the
president, two of them to introduce
friends. The callers from the senate
werc Few also.
After providing that the committee
shall ascertain the amount Of money
appropriated for the present fiscal
year that could be used to prevent
frauds upon the several branches of
the public service with particular ref
erence to the public lands the resolu-
ton nstructs the committee to ascer-
tain what branches of the public SER
vice paid for in whole or in part out
of the United states treasury. are au-
Js0riz q uf sf Vistence anG sum
ported by appropriations made by
whose principal duties are
to detect and prevent frauds, or to
and bring to trial and pun
ishment persons charged with violat-
ing the laws of the United States;
such branches of the public
service or any persons employed
therein nave been or are engaged in
any duty not contemplated by the law
or the appropriation establishing or
providing for such service; the names
Of the persons employed for any pc
riod, in each branch of such service
during the current ana last fiscal
year, the rates Of compensation and
allowance paid or being paid to each
IF them by whom they We're APP
pointed and on whose recommenda-
ion, and "A statement of the specific
luty performed, or engaged upon by
each of such employees, each day since
he beginning of the fiscal year, 1908.
taa a..
ustration of the old adage that "rrou-
ole never comes singly' In addition
o the difficulty about the oregon
ands. Postmaster Barnes, of Wash
ngton, is trying to collect from him
bill of SIS for carrying through the
nails a government typewriter which
he senator had "franked" from his
lome in South Carolina TO Washing
on Mr. Barnes insists the senator
ihould pay postage at letter rates. The
1ostmasters notification to Mr. Till
nan was contained in letter in
which he said
"Inasmuch as matter of this char
leter is not entitled to transmission
through the mails under the frank |
it is being held for due post
49, 'il "VN i80
mo as II Is sea'Vu' IL t""'
'hn postage "t inc l'Is. '''S9
which amounts to SIG. Kindly remit |
h' amount "uc ana nav ,"' l'''N
20 removed az your ear 'les' ''''N'"
hce'
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oulu collect rom l's oN'''' f"'io"
ng IS thf iui 'oNl ol ms ~
nave your l''l'' I"'iyn's
hat the typewriter ma'led at iron
oh' = c.. under my FRANK anu "u-
ressed L" me mere Is helo lor po9'
&c during my service IN "''
te typewriiers nave p'eh lrtnA'" ~
nj lro the same as p""lN "'0 nc
nd ! was not aware ol any Ia" :"
uhng on the Suhl',r llte ~
cionss To the senate ana NOT 10 me