The Washington herald., 1909-02-22
FLAYS SENATE.
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i force the law against many types OF
/ criminals; and as ii was. in the early
months OF the present fiscal year, during
/ the Morse prosecution in New York. and
IN connection with certain other impor-
/ tant cases. serious inconvenience and
anxiety we're caused TO the prosecuting
officers by this action Of Congress N de-
/ priving them OF the aid Of the experienced
+ operatives Of the Secret Service on whom
i they had been accustomed 10 rely.
! I cali your attention to the further
/ fact that the Department Of Justice had
never taken any steps 10 organize this
/ force as long As il could get men detailed
/ 10 il from the Secret Service. IN other
words, the action Of the Congress in ref
erence 10 the Secret Service would have
caused The greatest miscarriage Of justice
/ had 1t not been in large part nullified oy
I the prompt action Of the Department or
/ Justice, on its own initiative, and with
out any further legislation Of any kind
/ by the Congress. in providing species
/ Of Secret Service within the Department
( Of Justice itself.
that it has never been the intention OF
/ Congress 20 build up a spy" system. The
next sentence. however. advocates the
I building Up Of precisely this spy sys-
TEN in the Department OF Justice Not
only have I again and again requested
/ that the Secret Service be placed under
| the Department Of Justice, but the chief
/ OF the Secret Service has himself spe- /
/ cifcally requested on different occasions
that the same course be followed. AS re-
CARDS the general policy which should be
/ followed. therefore, your committee has
/ declared for the policy the adoption Of
which I have urged. and all the difficult
! ties would be met by providing specin-
calIy and amply for carrying out that
policy. Chief Wukie should he transferred
/ 10 the Department OF Justice. and put
at the head Of the forces therein or
sanized.
similar Service Proposed.
But IN your report, and the subsequent
debate direct and indirect attacks are
made upon the Secret Service, with a
curious persistency and a curious indifer-
/ Ience to the fact that your committee rec (
/ ommends that a precisely similar secret
{ service TO the one attacked he now estab-
ished in the Department Of Justice; and
he it observed that no limitation is pro-
posed for the new secret service; so that
the limitation is only imposed upon the
Secret Service which has already shown
/ It's efficiency and has already become an
object Of terror TO criminals.
( Senator Hemenway states that there
/ are more than 3e00 men now I'm the Secret
( Service and Inspection work Of the gov
( iernment," and that in the last few years
+ the number has trebled. and that II they
were t. march through the streets Of
Washington they would make an army.
while II was also stated in the same de-
T hate that AT the close or President Nc
T Kinley's administration there were only
+ 10 such men on the pay roll. whereas
i Il vas alleged that We Row have over
( 3pa.~ and that the appropriations on that
account for last year amounted 10 about
I 81 o00.09o
! These statements are not in accordance
with the facts I submit 10 you herewith
/ IL substantially. although not entirely. ac-
ClIrate statement Of the number Of men
employed on "secret-service work" or
criminal investigation" work during the
/ year that has just passed, as compared
with the years ISo1-1s02.
+ Owing 10 the very brief period which
/ 7 have had TO get al these figures. IL was
/ impossible 10 get them with entire &C.
tcuraCy. but they are not out of the way
more than a score Or so in either direc-
ton
Little Over One-haIf
/ According 70 these figures. It appears
/ that in the neighb0rhood Of 1.200 men OF
this type were employed seven years ago,
/ and somewhat over 1870 now; that IS.
I instead Of having trebled in number, IN
accordance with one OF the statements
made above. instead of having increased
nearly twentyfold. IN accordance with the
other statement. they nave increased but
I a little over One-half, a-little over 80 per
cent. Moreover. Of this increase consid-
Z erablv over half was in the number q
men used in securing the punishment OF
violators Of the Internal revenue laws-a
matter vhoIly outside Of that discussed
+ BY any OF the gentlemen who have OBJ
jected to the use OF the Secret Service.
/ The remaining increase is due TO such
/ causes as the natural gTOwth gf the Post
Office Department, the appointment Of in
dividuals to enforce the Pure food and
4 the meat inspection laws. the more rig
{ OrOus enforcement Of the safety appli-
/ ance act. the suppression Of the liquor
/ traffic among the Indians. the protection
I Of the public lands and timber, and the
/ ike.
7 call your especial attention 10 the fact
/ that the great majority Of these men are
not primarily or mainly, or. indeed. 0Tdi-
nsrily, engaged On Secret Service OF Grim
( inal invest cation or inspection work at
all I have employed these terms merely
I because they were so employed by mem
! bers Of your committee and others in the
/ course OF the debates in the House and
+ Senate, but they are entirely misleading
T in so far as they give an impression that
I the chief work Of the men mentioned was
3 Of the character assigned IL by Senator
( Hemenway and others in the quotation
I given above and in similar statements.
Not Actual Facts.
/ AS regards nineteen-twentieths Of
I these men. the proportion OF their time
( given 10 Secret Service work. or crimi-
nal investiga ion. IS altogether fnsignifi-
Z cant and Is only an occasional incident
of their ordinary duties. To speak OF
these men as having become an army
I or as 200 men engaged in Secret Ser
vice and similar work, is comicaIly out
/ Of accord with the actual facts.
/ The increase was 7o0 men. OF whom
but a score or two are habitually en-
ged in Secret Service work" As for
the amount expended the statements n
/ the debate in both Houses are so exag-
4 gerated as 10 bear no reference what
/ ever 70 the actual figures Thus il was
stated that two-thirds of the money ap-
/ prOpriated for the Department Of Jus
/ tice was spent in criminal investigation.
/ AS a matter or fact, the Attorney Gen
/ eTal reports 20 me that the appropTia-
/ ton as spent, construed on the most lib
| eraI possihIe basis. was in reality