The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-01-09

mfr. Sherley stated that there had
been pronounced abuses growing out Of
the use OF the secret service for purposes
other than those intended putting his
statement in the form of a question, and
in the same form further stated that the
private conduct OF members of congress,
senator's, and others ought not to be in
Nestigated by the secret service, and that
they should not Investigate IA member OF
congress- who had been accused of con-
duct unbecoming a gentleman and
member OF congress. In addition to these
assertions couched as questions. he made
one positive declaration, that This secret
service at one time was used for the pur-
pose OF looking nlto the personal con-
duct of a member OF congress- This ar
gument of Mr.. Sherley. the only real ar
gument as to the merits of the question
made on behalf of the committee on APP
propriations will be found in columns 1
and OF page 5556. and column 1 of page
5557 OF the Congressional Record. In coll
umn of page $3.50 Mr.. Sherley refers to
the improperly OF permitting the secret
service men to Investigate men in the
departments, officers of the army and
navy and members OF congress; in coll
umn !, page 1857, he refers only to mem
bers OF congress. His speech puts most
weight on the investigation of members
of congress
What appears In the record Is filled
out and explained by an article which ap-
peared In the Chicago Inter-Ocean OF
January g. 1904, under Washington
headline, and which marked the begin
ming OF this agitation against the secret
service. II was a special article OF about
S'oVO words, written, as l was then in
formed and now understand by Mr.. L,
W. Busbey, at that time private secretary
10 the speaker OF the house IL con-
tanned an utterly unwarrantel attack on
the secret service division OF the treas
ury department and its chief.
AT the time OF this publication tho
work OF the secret service. which was
thus assailed, included especially the in
Vestgation of great land frauds i'm the
west and the securing of evidence to
help the department of justice in tho
beef-trust investigations at Chicago.
which resulted In successful prosecutions.
Efforts to XIII Move
Found to Be Unavallinq.
These methods proved unavaiiIng to
prevent the wrong. Messrs Tawney and
Smith, and their fellow members on the
appropriations committee paid no heed to
the protests: and as the obnoxious pro-
vision was Incorporated in the sundry
civil bill, II was impossible for me TO con-
slder or discuss II on its merits, as I
should have done had 1t been In a sep
p'' ih'ltlbIt 1 nave now IAkan
the only method available, that of dis
GUESSING II In my message TO congress; and
as all efforts to secure what I regard as
proper treatment OF the subject without
recourse to plain speaking had failed,
nave spoken plainly and directly and
nave set forth the facts In explicit terms.
Since 1901 the Investigations covered
by the secret service division-under the
practice which had been for many years
recognized as proper and legitimate, and
which had received the sanction OF the
highest law officers of the government
have covered a wide range of ofrenses
against the federal law. BY far the most
important OF these related to the public
domain, as TO which there was UNI
| covered far-reaching and widespread
| system OF fraudulent transactions involy-
| ing both the Illegal acquisition and the
| illegal fencing of government land; and
| In connection with both these offenses
the crimes OF perjury and subornation OF
| perjury. Some of the persons involved
| In these violations were OF great wealth
| and of wide political and social influence
| Both their corporate associations and
| their political affiliations, and the lawless
| character of some of their employees
| made the investigations not only difficult
| but dangerous In Colorado one OF the
secret service men was assassinated.