The evening world., 1909-01-04

"'"lnug of my words Is that the ma.
yorty ot IA" congressman nrc in fear
OF being investigated by Secret Ser
vice mon urI that Congress as a
whole WIS antmtcd hy that motive TN
acting '.n provision In question
ana lhlt iN.- b. nm impeachment of the
honor aud ut",git. Of the COuLre is
Thsse -."t-Mga.s arc not / think Ia
aecor' 1r-c With tie facts. The Iur-
.',' .. iHt u'- -" rc."T.nu 10 ruus as
.ot.ows.
lloro tue President quotes verbatim
.' r'l'i' passage from his message
|.' u u~r considered Insulting
ana obn N'ous Continuing lie says:
"A cdrt-u! reading Of this message
|l!l s.-w thcJ said Nothing to war
'2@t IT, statement that the majority
- tne SlrgECsJmcn were In fear Of be-
.ag n?cs..gated by the secret service
men or '.aGt Congress ~ whole was
rctuas?a BY that motive I did not
make any suck statement in this mss
,aGe. Morsovc. have never made 1ny
.rch statement about Congress au
"hcle, nor, with a few inevitable excep-
lions, about the members OF Congress,
IN any message or article OF Bpsecii. On
tae CONTRARY nave always not only de-
precated but vigorously resented the
practice o. indlscriminate attack upon
Congress-. and indiscriminaso condenna-
zion OF ell Cougresmen, Wise ana un-
wise, TT ard unit, good and bad alike.
Sustained by Facts.
"Th.g allegation in the resolution,
therefore, must ccrta.sly be due to al.
entire failure to understand my niaf.
sage.
"The resolution continues: That the
President be requegted to transmit 10
the House any evidence upon .-vhlCn he
based his statements that N, chief
argument In favor Of The provision Was
that tho Congressman aid not t1oln.
selves wish to he investigated Ly sec
ret service men, This statement,
which was an attack upon no one, still
less upon the Congress, Is sustained by
tho facts.
II you will turn to the Congressional
Record for May last, pages j,5i3 to
: $50, inclusive, you will find the debate
on this subject, Mr.. Tawnev, OF Min
ncsotn: Ny. Smith. OF Iowa; Mr.. Shcr-
ley cr kentucky, and Mr.. Fitzgerald
IT Ne" York. appear In this debate as
tho special champions OF the provision
,atrr".i To- McsSrs. Parsons, Bennett
nd pr.scoll Were the leaders Of t"'sp
who opposed the adoption Of the amend
ment md upheld the right OF the GOV.
eminent 20 usa the most efficient Moons
possill H. IN order to dn'e.. criminals md
to prevent and purish crime. me
mt was carried In the Commit
tee of the Whole, whore 10 votes OF .Ho
individual Non "rs are RECORDED 50 |
nm unall" 20 o'eorI-..rate by mention
Ing tie members VITO voted for and
tho members vEo voted asa..S- the
provision, But It's passage. the journal
records, vsg : ct, with applause.
am well aware. howe over that in ans
case %, tbs Lind many members who
lave 30 particular knowledge OF the I
point ~ Issu" are content simply to
follow 'Gn lead OF ,hn committee which
nad 60 f..l"red the matter, and ! have
10 dorn' TIA. mnHF members of the
lTouz" simply followed the lead of
Alcssrs. 'G.ruc" ani Smith. without
having lad a." opportunity to know
very much rs 20 the rights and wrongs
Of the question.
Where Responsibility Rests.
i would not ordinary attempt In
this way to discriminate between
members Of tn" House, but a. objec- |
tion has been taken to my language.
IN which ! simply spoke OF the action
If the House ~ whole. and as ap-
parcntly there is n desire ! should
mus discriminate, | VIII state that /
think the responsibility rested on the
Committee on Appropriations, under
the lead of the members whom
have mentioned.
NOW, as to the request OF the
Congress that give the evidence for
my statement that the chief argument
in favor Of the provision was that the .
did not themselves wish |
70 be investigated by secret service
men.
The part OF the Congressional Record .
In which | have referred above entirely
supports this statement. Two distinct
lines OF argument were followed in the
i"batc. one concerned the question
n neither the law warranted tie employ .
Ncnt Of the Secret Service IN depart.
.lents other than the Treasury, and
his did unt touch the merits Of the
,'ryIcn In the least, The other line OF
rgument went to the merits Of the SER
.ice, whether lawfully or unawfully
mploycd. ana here the chief If not the
Ice should h" cut down and restricted
ecausc It's members had Swallowed or
Investigated members OF Congress and
her officers of the Government.
If we examining the debate In detail Il
ppears tia; most OF what was urged
favor Of the amendment took the
uGm of the simple statement that the
mmittee held that there had been n
Collation. Of law by the use of tho
'"ret Service for other purposes than
'ppresS'rg cnuutcrfciting tand on or
so other matters which can be disre-