The Washington times., 1908-12-12
IF Secret Service Remarks
Are Expunged He Will
Say 1t Over.
HINTS AT SPECIAL
WORD TO CONGRESS
Threatens to Tell Connection of
Big Men With Bigger
Corporations.
ByJ. C. wELLIVER.

The White House has more kinds OF
warfare and defiance aboard Just at this
time, as a result OF the Congressional
resentment or n passage in the Presl-
dents message, than have been dis
played for many a long day.
President Roosevelt Is determined 10
make good" II Congress proceeds to
resent his reference to it.
II the ailusion to the Secret Service
which offended Congress, is expunged
from the message, the President vii
promptly send a new message TO Con
gress on the same subject; and 1t wil4
be calculated to give Congressional feel
ings a sad shock
Will Tell 1t Over.
The new message may be "expung-
ed too. by Congress, for all the Presi'
dent knows or cares; but it will nor
fail OF reaching the country and pro
ducing It's effect there.
In his message the President indicated
the view that if the men VINO restricted
the employment Of the Secret Service
had been moved by desire TO protect
wrongdoers they could not have done
IT more effectively
That statement ne is determined to
nenOnElTdLt III AAAN AAANeN
pointed way, if Congress forces the
issue.
Some Specific Cases.
Snecifc cases. It may be said. Will
be brought forward, illustrating the re-
lations which have obtained between
pubIic men and big, powerful interests.
It is not possible 10 forecast any de-
tails Of the matters which the Presi-
dent is prepared to set forth in defense
OF his message; but it is certain that he
has an ample supply Of ammunition In
the hold, and that AL the hoists are
working, getting it into position for ac-
tion.
Wilde May Report.
Exactly what CHIEF wilkie. of the Sc
cret Service has been called IN to do
for the President in connection with
this matter, is not yet known; but it
will be known in due time II the issue
is forced.
Il IS known that the chief has been
asked to get together some facts which
are IN possession of or available to his
department. which would bear on the
general subject in hand. It is stated
that he has been working personally
and through agents on this business.
which includes getting some records or
the actions Of public men on pubic
questions, IN their public capacity
and then setting alongside these
actions certain facts as 10 private IN
terests which could not but be afectec
bv their public acts, and enforce the
inquiry. whether these acts and inter
ests were TO be assumed TO be entirely
independent of each other The sugges-
ton Of improper motive would be made
as fOrcible as possible.
After Navy Yards.
GOSSIP. since it became known tina;
the President was getting his material
together for a great broadside at Con-
cress. has dealt with various matters
as probable ammunition for him Thus
the so-caIIed political navy yards have
long been regarded with especial dis
satisfaction by the President; but there
has been no way to reform them OF
abolish them, because Senators and
Congressman fight for them. without re-
gard to the effect on the public service
some facts concerning these, and
similar matters which are notOriously
the pets Of statesmen, would doubtless
be brought out IN such a document.
Just now the President is more i'm.
mediately concerned about the joint dis
cussion with Congress, than he is about
his controversy with a certain sectior
Of the press, about the properties of the
Panama canal financial transactions.
The suggestion Of the President en-
gaging In criminal libel actions against
some Of his detractors among the press
is by no means dropped; District At
torney Sumson. Of New York, is look
ing up the question OF whether there is
any method Of procedure in Federal
courts, and other aspects related to the
possibility Of such proceeding. 1t is
learned that within a very short time
some step will be taken publicly toward
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