Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-04

May was cmphaticaliy an action
against the interest uf justice and
against the interest OF law.
abiding people. and in its effect
/ ~ benefit only Co iawhreakers. anu
not now dealing with motives.
whatever may have been the motive
that induced the action OF which
speak this was beyond all question the
eject of that action. fs the house now
willing TO remedy tho wronr3
For "a lonG time J coutentrd myself
with cnuc1NufluH Co persuade the house
not tn permit the wrong. speaking in-
formally on the subject with thos.
members Who ] believed knew any
thlrr of The matter and clmmuuicat
ing officially only in the ordinary chan
nelH. as through The secretary of the
treasury ln letter to the speaker
on April 30 protesting against the CUE
ting down OF the Appropriation VltaIlv
necessary M tho Interstate commerce
commission was tn carry into effect the
twentieth section or the Hepburn Jaw,
7 added 'T'he provision about tho om-
pluymcnt OF the secret service men W. ~
work very great damaro tn the gov
ernmont ln its cndcav0r 90 prevent and
punish crime There is mo- more fool
18Th outCry than This against spies
only criminals need fear our dctce-
tVcs'' % lnCloso COPY 90 the whole lcts
ter, marked Appendix C.' The rost-
script is blurred I'M my copybook. and
two or three OF the words can not he
dcciphcrcd) These methods proved
unHvailinC 60 prevent tho wrong
Messrs. TWuney and smith. and thelr
fellow members on the appropriations
committee paid no heed To- the protests.
and as tho obnoxious provision was In
corporatod IN the sundry civil bin, &C.
was impossible for me TO consider or
discuss IL on It's merits, as ] should
have done had 10 been ln "a separate
bill Therefore ] have now taken the
only method available, that OF dis
cussing Il In my message 10 Congress.
and as an efforts 20 secure what / re-
gard as proper treatment OF tho sub
ject without recourse 70 plain speaking
had failed / have spoken plainly and
directly. and have set forth the facts
In explicit terms.
INVESTIGATIONS SINCE 1901
Since 1901. the Investigations covered
by the secret service dlvision-undcr
the practise which had been for many
years recognized as proper AMI legit-
Innate and which had received the sane
ton OF the highest law officers OF tho
gOVerument-havo covered "a wide
range OF offenses against the federal
law BY far the most important OF
these related 10 the public domain, as
10 which there was uncovered a far
reaching and widespread system OF
fraudulent transactions Involving both
the Illegal acquisition and the Illegal
fencing Of government land, and, IN
connection with both these offenses. tho
crimes OF perjury and suDOrnatiOn OF
perjury Some OF the persons involv-
cd I'm these violations were Of great
wealth and OF wide political and social
influence. Both their corporate ASSOC
Citations and their political affiliations.
and the lawless character OF some OF
their employees. made the invesuga-
tons not only difncult but dan
gerous. In Colorado, one OF the
secret service men WAS assiasslnat-
cd In Nebraska its was neces-
sarv TO remove a United states attOr-
ney and United states marshal be
fore satisfactory progress could be
made I'm the prosecution OF the offend
era.
Tho evidence in an these cases was
chiefly secured by men trained in the
secret service and detailed to the de-
partment OF justice al the request OF
that department ana OF the department
OF the interior. ln the state Of Nebras-
ka alone GO defendants we're indicted.
and Of tho 81 cases thus far brought
90 trial IS have resulted IN conviction:
two OF the principals, Messrs. Comstock
and Richards, men or wealth and wide
influence, being sentenced to II months
IN JAN and fined 81 500 each The
following secret service memorandum
made I'm the course OF a pending case
illustrates the ramiiicaltons OF interest
with which the government has 20 deal:
RAMIFTCATIoNs OF INTEREST.
Charles r. Stewart Of Council BLUFFS
was indicted at Omaha FOR conspiracy
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