Show IS TO kulju lu sy TILLMAN TAKES A SLAP AT SEN ALDRICH senator culberson asks why the re port was in printed form washington jan 29 the reply ot secretary cortelyou to the senate resolution ol ution calling for information in regard to the financial crisis was laid before the senate today the report wis not read but a printed copy of it wag on the desk of each senator mr culberson inquired of the vice president whether the pamphlet contained all of the secre communications the vice president he had not examined the report and did not know whether the pamphlet contained all of the message 1 I dont recall any instance ha said in which a head of the department has answered a senate resolution in printed form f 1 I ask the senator from massachusetts broke in senator tillman turning to senator lodge who is such a stickler for senatorial dignity and senatorial rights to reply to this inquiry 1 I dont know responded mr lodge whether i cabinet officer ever sent in a printed report of this kind as a convenience and I 1 dont think it is a matter of importance the entire reply will be printed tomorrow Is it legal asked mr tillman it is certainly legal because the secretary communicates to congress either in typewriting or in print mr aldrich remarked that all the representations odthe secretary of the treasury arc made to the senate in printed form mr tillman retorted to this by declaring the secretary of the treasury is assuming tha airs of a president before he is elected to that office the president sends his message in this printed form but I 1 have never known a cabinet officer to assume to dp this before mr Aldric li said there was a great deal of statistical matter in the reply of the secretary that was now being printed while the body oe the report had beon laid before the senate mr culberton Culb ereon said that the fact of which ho complained was that the secretary of the treasury had printed his argument and had it laid on the desks of senators and had left the statement of facts which accompanied it to be printed afterwards senator carter of montana referred to constant importunities that had been heard in the senate for an immediate answer to tho resolution by the secretary of the treasury had the secretary of the treasury delayed in making tills reply he added he would have been criticized criticised now this expeditious method of laying his reply before the senate is made a subject of i criticism how in the world could the secretary have pleased the senators from south carolina and from texas |