Show I HAVE NEVER KNOWN When one of the anti administration crowd in congress desires rh end the argument he sa says s 's he never neier knew any anyone one to do what the President President dent ent does That is supposed to o be the thelast thelast last word won of condemnation And now v and then some one below the ibe dignity of the President but Included In- In c In in his official is fa s assailed with the same saine weapon Here is a a. sample sam sam- sam sam- lo 10 of it I The secretary of ot the treasury treasur had hail I been asked aske by the senate for certain i iI I information Years ago that information tion would have haa been transmitted Inper in per person on A little later and in or order er to it properly on record the report would have come in writing in the thelong thelong long long hand hand pen ink fashion of the day A little later and typewriters were introduced and then reports were made in that medium Recently the secretary replied with a n printed statement And AntI then trouble began Get th this this this-a J a fragment of the Congressional Congressional Record for the da dayI dayI day I do not recall an Instance said Mr Ir Culberson in which a a. head of a department of the government has answered answered an a senate resolution in printed form I ask the senator from Massachusetts broKe in Senator Tillman turnIng turnIng turn- turn Ing big to Senator Lodge who is such Buch a a. a stickler for senatorial di dignity and senatorial senatorial sen sen- sen- sen atonal rights to reply to this inquiry i I I dont don't know responded Mr L Lodge dge whether a cabinet officer ever sent in a printed report of this kind as asa a convenience and I do not think It I I is a matter of Importance The entire reply will be printed tomorrow Is It asked Mr Tillman I It certainly is legal because the secretary can cnn communicate to congress congress congress con con- gress either in typewriting or i In print Mr tr Aldrich remarked that all the I reports of the secretary of the tho treasury tress treas ury are made to the senate in printed form Mr 1 Tillman retorted to this suggestion I tion by b- declaring The secretary of S the tre treasury sury Is assuming the airs of a aI President before he ho Is elected ejected to that I office ollice The President Een sends s I his J message men mes sage In this printed form forn but I have hae never ne known tn a n cabinet officer to assume as as- sume sumo to do o this before That seems to be the extent of the objection Of or course it was legible Of course It was complete Of course it was precisely what the obstructionists obstruction obstruction- of oC the senate had asked for So they took the one ground of kicking They The Therose rose up an and howled that the they had never heard of such a thing thins Lots of good things have hac never been heard hear of or b by Democrats |