Arizona republican., 1899-02-20
GUARDED BY DETECTIVES
Every precauslon Taken 10 Insure
 Presidents Safety.


 Kinley is guarded when away from
 Washington is known to only few
 people in the country The silent, ob-
 servant men who are assigned to pro- tect the chief executive naturally make
 DO display of their businses, and the
 chances are that the president himself
 knows not who they are. They do not
 make themselves known to him or to
 any one else unless absolutely naces-
 sary. Yet they are within speaking
 distance of him on all occasions when
 he appears in a crowded place or IS
 Fiding along a crowded thoroughfare.
 That is what they are paid for. They
 are to keep their eyes open for sus-
 picious character and tc protect the
 president against harm of any kind, either intentional or unintentional
 The men who do this work are from the secret service bureau. Nobody at the White House asks for them, as the president would probably be offended
 if he learned that any one thought he had to be protected from a people who love and like him. Chief Wifkie of the secret service assigns the men and holds them Ito account for their work Their time is not wholly lost, as they ascertain facts of importance to the government wherever they go. In all cities visited by them they encounter the local detectives and learn whether there is counterfeit money in circula- tion in that section. They are awake and watchful nearly all the time. They see all that is going on and hear about all that is said In the hotels where the president stops they mingle with the crowd apparently as eager to get a glimpse Of the chief executive as the of iy7 +Io
 dors and on the streets. They have to know everything about the program of the day-where the president is go- ing, what time he will be there who is expected and how best to get there themselves, along with him. The last is generally the most important Ques- tion to the detectives-exactly what to do to be along with the president when he starts out on the street They may have to bribe the driver of the presi- dents carriage to get a seat beside him; they may have to bluff the driv- CT; they may be unable to do either, and have to walk behind the carriage for miles. All the same, they go with him.
 Up to the time of the war with Spain not so much care was taken in guard ing the president. He went many places without detective or police man in sight. He does so in Washing ton yet, as the amiabie and shrewd chief of the secret service is not al- ways aware of the presidents inten- tion to take an unexpected walk or ride. The war with Spain, of course increased the possibilities that some crazy Spaniard CT Spanish sympatniz- CT might watch an opportunity to do the president harm on some of his visits out Cf the city. Such a person could do no harm at the iWhite House, as cranks and suspicious people never get access to the president at the ex- ecutive mansion They are promptly goEbled up when they appear around the building. Cranks who go to the White House on any business nearly always tell their stories to the door keepers or usheTs at the front door, CT before reaching the second story If they manage to get through the cGrdon i of watchful men on the first floor they are forced to tell somebody what they want, and that exposes their purposes. They are generally harmless, but no chances are taken with them For | weeks before Giteau shot President | Garfield he went to the White House i almost daily to attempt to sec the | president. He was not arrested, but | was given the usual jolly and pat off | as easily and smoothly as possible | Whether that treatment resulted in his determination to kill the president or whether his intention had been that | from the start is not known.
 On the presidents recent trip tO the south there were two secret service men along. They went to Atlanta ahead Of the presidents train and se- cured quarters at the hotel where the party would stop. They made them far F, the two days the president was 10 be in the city, and then began finding out everything to be learned. Wherever the president appeared they were near him. So were two local detectives as signed by the police department of At lanta After addressing the 1egisla- ture of Georgia the president was to receive the public.
 The president walked down the mar ble steps of the state house to hold the reception. An immense crowd swarm ed from rear and front to shake hands With the president. who had stopped at the last step. He was protected from the jam by one of the local de- temtives and by one of the secret ser vice men, while the others watched The president did not have time to fin lsh the reception, and literally had to De pushed through the surging, eager throng, the members of which had lit tie thought whether they were tearing oH a woman's dress or a mans coat or cuffs. In such a jam the watchfuI detectives are frequently carried off their feet, but when the president emerged from the throng they were still near him. In the afternoon the event was flo- ral parade, which the president was to review from stand several miles from l his hotel. The secret service sleuths found no way of riding, and when the presidents carriage rolled up to the stand the spectators, if they had been watching, would have seen two well diessed men walking at the back of f the vehicle. The next day, when the president went out to review a military / parade. one of the men was nerched z