The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-26

ignorant Of the great prccauti"n which
j. ,aaon To preserve his life and TO
prey y; his person being reached by
such 4 fanatic IL Booth or crank az
Gu:leau
1t has recently come to my knowl-
cuec il>t to what extent the OK; Of
this government Il" go to prevent any
tragedy such as has twice marrcd the
history Of this republic. \ good deal
used 10 be said about the number Of
detectives which were wont to accom-
pauy President Cleveland and some
snccrinr comments were made by
those who ought to have known bet
ter tut there was no more prccautlon
taken 10 protect the person of Presi
dent Cleveland than is taken during
this administration or was taken in
that Of President Harrison Prcsi-
dent Cleveland was not az 1.-the Of
limb as either Mr.. Harrison or Prcsi
dent Mckinley and consequently was
not seen abroad as much as either, but
he was as unconscious as either to the
sense Of danger.
This learn from some one who
knows what he is saying and who is
thoroughly posted on the ways and
means provided to insure our Chief
Executive from assault
MANY AMERICAN AssASSINArInNS.
This country a little over hun.
drcd years old. has had almost as many
rulers assassinatcd as France with her
thousand years back of her, and one
more than England. am not taking
into consideration those princes and
rulers who were murdered after they
were dcroscd and imprisoned but Of
actual bona fidc assassinations such as
that of President Lincoln, President
Garfield and President Carnot. But
of this later on.
rs l said, the President himself is
ignorant Of the precautions taken to
protect him. He would deny that
such precautions were taken because
he is ignorant Of them, and if the
secret service bureau was asked the
plain question if it had force of men
detailed for this work its head would
doubtless disclaim it for the reason
that there is no law which authorizes
the treasury department to detail men
for such duty. 1t was nil light for
Horace to sing Of
''Integer Vitae scelerisque purus,'
but the pure and good are as vulnera-
bic to the crank as the evil and wicked.
II any one doubts that such prccau-
tions are taken let him imagine the
prcposterous proposition Of govern
mcnt OF sixty or seventy millions Of
people permitting their head to go
unattended through the world at the
mercy of cranks. 1t is said that if
the secret service men detailed to
guard the life of Garfield had done
their duty properly his life might
never have been sacrificed to the pis-
to] Of madman
THE CHEF SAFETY"
From the standpoint of the Euro
pean our Executive is absolutely un-
guarded. In this is his chief safety
for where there are fewer evidences of
fear there are less incentives to crime.
The very absence Of guards is protcc-
ton. But it is the crank that has to
be watched and for this work six of
the ablest men in the secret service
branch Of the government have been
selected. They are absolutely trust
worthy and have an almost unlimited
amount Of money to spend. They
have TO report to no one save to each
other, one of whom is chief, so un-
dcrs,and, anu in this way their com
ings and goings are conducted without
suspicion. They arrive in town as do
other travellers, put up at the best
AAOeSAS IhN WCdI lHc SulurCCSC CIOLnCS.
Sometimes they come with large tour
ist parties and take in the sights.
going through the White House with
as keen an appetite for bits of gossip
as the veriest hay seed in the
party.
They will assume any disguiscs they
want, but they usually so as we'll
equipped gentlemen. They minglc
with crowds and watch the vagrant
and the loitercr about the White House
grounds with trained eye. rowing in
every direction. They know their
business as thoroughly as do any men
in their profession in the world, it is
said, and their DISCUSSES are impcnc-
trablc. 1t makes no matter who is
President and what the Executive
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