Show TELLER TAKES TARES MODERATE VIEW Colorado Senator Speaks S eaks on oo El tt mit Public Documents Washington Feb Fob 3 Senator Teller Tener spoke in the senate today on the tho Bacon resolution declaring that all public docu documents documents ments moats In the executive exe departments are subject to the Inspection of ot congress Mr Teller declared that the refusal of President Cleveland to send Information to the senate was not comparable to the refusal of the present president to respond to such a call In the Cleveland cases in he said it was desired to obtain facts relating to reasons for the dismissal of a n public official Mr Ir Cleveland Cleeland maintaining that such papers were not public property and that they were in his possession for his personal consideration Mr Ir Cleve Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land said Mr I Teller assorted asserted that we wo had no right to inquire why wh he had made madea a removal and contended that we should confine ourselves to the question of tho fitness of the candidate he had hind presented Congress Can Impeach Mr Teller Tener approved this view of or the right of the president although should the president abuse the power of removal he ho believed congress could invoke Its power of or Impeachment as his acts acL would con constitute constitute a crime President Roosevelt he said denied the right of or either house to call can for Information in the possession of the departments but Mr Ir Teller insisted that either house of congress had that right and the president would be obligated to respond unless there should be special reasons for not nol doing so There may ma be cases where the senate and house may call can for Information that the executive thought be he would be jus ins justified instilled I tined tilled in withholding said Mr Teller These are the exceptions The rule may maybe maybe I be well stated to be that the tho president or ora orI ora a head of a department should give to the senate information called for unless I It can be made exceptional and taken out I of the ordinary |