Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-05

q question. and in the am form fur
Their stated that h private CON
duct" OF members Of congress, SEN
~ators.' and others ought not to be
investigated by the secret service, and
that they should not investigate a
member Of congress" VINO had been
accused of conduct unbecoming a
gentleman and a member of congress-
In addition to these assertions couchcd
as questions, he made positive dec
laration. that This secret service az
one time was used for the purpose Of
looking into the personal conduct of q
raember or congress-" This argument
Of Mr.. SherleN. the only real argu-
mept as to the merits Of the Ques-
ton made on behalf of the committee
on approximations, will be found in
columns / and , of page 5000, ana
column J of page 1851 eff the Congress
aioral Record. In column / OF page
5b56 Mr.. Shcrley refers TO the impro-
priety of permitting the secret service
men to Investigate men in the depart,
ments. officers of the army and navy.
an senators and congressman; in coll
u,nn . he refers to officers of the navy.
and members of congress; in column
/. page 5557. he refers only to mem
bers Of congress. His speech puts most
weight on the investigation of mem
bcrs of congress.
What appears in the record Is filled
out and explained by an article which
appeared In the Chicago Inter-Ocean
of january 3, 1904. under a Washing
ton headline. and which marked the
beginning Of this agitation against
the secret service. Ii was a special
article of about three thousand words,
written, as | was then informed and
now understand, by Mr.. l.. w. Busbey,
at tina time private Secretry to the
speaker Of the house. | inclose a
copy Of certain extracts from the ar
.icle. marked Appendix g.. 1t contain-
ed an utterly unWarranted attack ON
the secret service division Of the treas
ury department and its chief. The cp-
ening paragraph includes. for Instance.
statements Ike the following
He Ohe chief of the division) and
his men are DESTROYS of doing the Sc
cret detective work for the whole gov
ernment and are not particular about
drawing the line between the law
makers and the laWbrcaNcrs. They
are ready to shadow the former aus
well as the latter.
Then. after saying that congress will
insist that the men shall only be used
Ia stop counterfciting, the article goes
on:
Congress does not intend to have a
i'ouche or Any hlh,' - lniilSlNi Y
ponce to pc used ~ ihe
departments against the lesTl"ilNN
pfaneh OF me goNefhilent has
been 50 used, ana 1t is suspected n a
has been so used reeently
ne ieslSlallNF nraheH or the SvNetHr
mont VIII NOT tolefate the hleuulllS 81
detectiNcs' Wntlhef tney represent tne
president CABINET olfleers, or ohY
themselves. Cohgressllen
fesented the secret interference OF the
secret service men. VINO lor weeks
9~hadoWed some OF the most respected
OF IN" mouse anu senate,
Nheh IL was ~dlscoNefed
the secret service men were shad-
wing congressman there was "a storm
)i Indignation at tle taDlt"l ana INC
bureau came near belhg aDollsled
and the appropriation Tor the sun
OF countefleluhS ~ on
At another tlmc the chlet or the secret
'efFiee had ms men SHADOW congress-
men with "a NleN TO INVOLVING them
IA scandals lhat would enable the
puieau 10 "lolal, 10 lhgln aus lne price
sllehoe' d secret SER
zee men nave SHOWN an Inclination