Show SE SENATOR HALE IS CHAIRMAN i Offensive Portion of Presidents Referred Vote Message by 1 to the Senate T 1 RESOLUTION OFFERED BY SENATOR ALDRICH f fI I APPOINTED BY BY THE HOUSE H USE HAVE NOT YET AGREED UPON A PLAN OF ACTION x r Washington Dec Dee 16 The senate to today today day decided definitely teb to enter upon an Investigation relative to the o othe the annual message of the he president pre ld nt which criticises the action of congress congie w v vIn In n prohibiting the detail of secret se ret ser sen s r h hice T ir irlee ice lee men to duty dut in other departments t The resolution directing the inquiry has heed beert in contemplation ever since the message was received on Tuesday i of last week but there had been s sam mpr difficulty in arrivIng at the terms tenus in which It should be couched and J in 1 agreeing upon the proper person to in introduce Introduce introduce it It was at last decided that Senator Aldrich should stand sponsor I Ifor for the measure and today after Sen Squalor S Senator alor ator Lodge had completed his speech spee on the Brownsville affair the Rhode Island senator took the floor and presented a i j resolution authorizing the Inquiry InquI Substitute More Specific I r f Senator Culberson the caucus leader lea i of the Democrats immediately a substitute which was somewhat mor morr I specific Both measures were promptly re to referred re referred to the committee on contingent I expenses and almost immediately at aft afterward erward enard Senator Kean from front the com coin committee reported back the Aldrich reb reio lution with w th a recommendation that it pass Senator Culberson made prompt objection and it looked for or a u time as asif asIf asif if the consideration of tie tle subject would be postponed until tomorrow Finally the Democrats made it known 4 that they would Interpose 10 no objection to the immediate of the Aldrich resolution if the portion of the Culberson substitute directing the com corn committee committee J on appropriations to advise the senate specifically as a to the course of 1 action it should take with reference to the message could ld be incorporated in it The resolution was Wa again referred to the committee on contingent expenseS expensed and Chairman of that commItte qS was vas prompt in reporting re a recommendation n I dation for the n of the AldrIch resolution with the addition of the Cul CuI Culberson Cuberson t berson provision After a very verr mi mf mated discussion the resolution was adopted without division and thus th s was vas the inquiry decided upon The resolution resolution resolution tion as adopted follows fono s The Resolution Adopted Resolved That that portion of the annual message of the president relating reI relating t tIng ing to the secret service Is hereby re referred referred referred to the committee on appropriations appropriations who are instructed to inquire whether the legislation referred to In Inthe Inthe Inthe the message has Impaired the efficiency or sufficiency of the force employed in inthe inthe the secret service and such committee committe i Is further directed to ascertain ln what f persons other than those included ln in inthe the secret service were vre w re paid front from the tha public treasury for the fiscal year ended end f June 30 10 1908 for services in connectIon tUh the enforcement nt of the laws or for work in the detection or investigation n Y i of ot possible crimes crime or criminal al acts or f violation of the law including all aU special p cial attorneys special agents inspectors Inspectors inspectors tors or other of any any depart department k kment ment of the government or any branch of the public service and also come some in information Information Information formation as to all tall persons whose em employment employment employment was authorized by Indefinite or general appropriations the Information Information tion to contain the names of all persons persona so employed or paid the thor ther r previous oc occupation occupation occupation the nature of the work Jn In I which they were engaged by whom they were ere appointed and upon uon whose su estIon 01 n th however hoever not flotto to include om rW appointed by the president an t en firmed by the senate or officers o specifically specifically cally lIy provided by law or laborers ap appointed appointed pointed as u such and actually engaged In employment as laborers The resolution further authorizes the committee on appropriations to sub subpoena subpoena subpoena poena and examine them un Un Under der clef oath and further to reach what action If it any In the judgment of the committee the senate should take in the matter natt r rt t Main Point Not Covered Mr Ur Bailey objected to the resolution because it did not direct the committee to inquire into the very gross and wanton the presidents mes message message message sage I ISo So far as I am concerned he said no action should be taken on that res resolution resolution resolution until that point is covered Ether Either congress Is the most infamous body that e eyer ver assembled in any an coun try of the world or it will take some notice of o this most wanton and gross insult In uIt ever given any body in th world Mr Aldrich Insisted that the he The re tion provided for just what Mr Bailey advocated but the senator from Texas retorted that If that was Included in the resolution It was in mild terms |