The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-09

ss1Er. 0nosloy otatod that thew ~
been .pronouncod abuses growing out %
the us Of the sscrst service CT purposes
othsr than thoso inten1o6S quitting BIZ
In the same form further statsd that the
private conduct Of members Of congress-.
senators,' and others ought net 70 b In
vestigated by the secret service. and that
they should not investigate member o.
congress' who had bean accused Of con-
duct unbeceming . gentleman and .
member Of congress.' In addition 70 these
assertions couchsd ~ questions. he made
one positive declaration. that This secret
service at one time was used for the pur-
pose Of looking nito the personal con-
duct Of . member Of congreas.' This ar
gument Of Mr.. sherley. the only real ar
gument - to tho merits OF the question
made on behalf Of the COMMITTEES ON ap-
preparations. will b found In columns 1
and Of page 655s. and column Of page
6b57 OF the Congressional Record. In col
umn of page 655s Mr.. sherley refers to
the improperly OF permitting the secret
service men to investigate men in the
departments. oficers OF the army and
navy and members of congress; in col
umn !, page 6557. 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 IL filled
out and explained by an article which ap-
pcared In the Chicago Inter-Ocean OF
January 3. 1904. under washington
headline. and which marked the beEin-
ming OF this agitation against the secret
service. 1t was special article of about
5000 words. written. as was then in
formed and now understand. by Mr.. I.
W. Busbey. at that time private secretary
to the speaker Of the house. It con-
tanned an utterly unwarranted attack on
the secret service division Of the treas
ury department and It's chief
AT the time OF this publication the
work OF the secret service, which was
thus assailed. included especially the In
vestigation of great land frauds in the
west and the securing OF evidence to
help the department Of justice in the
beef-trust investigations at Chicago.
which resulted In successful prosecutions
Efforts to Kill Move
Found to Be UnavaIIlna.
These methods proved unayaiiinr 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. It was impossible for me to con-
sioer or discuss II on it, merits, az I
should have done had Il been In q sep
arate bill. Therefore have now taken
the only method available. that of dis
cussing 1t In my message to congress; and
u All efforts to secure what regard az
proper treatment OF the subject without
recourse to plain speaking had failed, I
have spoken plainly and directly, and
have set forth the facts in explicit terms.
Since 1901 the Investigations covered
~ the secret service division-under the
practice which had been for many years
recognized AZ proper and legitimate, ana
which had received the sanction Of the
highest law oficsrs OF the government
have covered wide range OF ofrenses
against the federal law. BY far the most
important Of these related to the public
domain. ~ to which there was un-
covered q far-reaching and widespread
system Of fraudulent transactions involv-
Ing both the illegal acquisition and the
Illegal fencing of government land; and,
In connection with both these ofrenses,
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 dinicult
but dangerous. In Colorado one of the
secret service men was assassinated.