The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-01-05

agents and thai the proposed modl-
fieation which Mr.. TawneY succeeds
in carrying through would be dis
tinctlv to the advantage of violators
!. of criminal statutes of the United
, States" | call attention to the fact
that inthis letter of Secretary Cortel-
= Won To Mr. Tawney. as i'm my letter
10 the speaker quoted below, the ex-
plfcit statement is made that the pro-
posed change will he for the benefit
of the criminals statement which
| simply reiterated in public form in
my message to the congress this year.
and which is also contained in effect
in the report of the secretary of the
treasury to the congress.
\ careful reading of the con-
gressional record will also show that
practically the only arguments ad-
vanced in favor of the limitation pro-
posed by Mr.. Tawney's committee.
beyond what may be supposed to be
contained by implication in certain
sentences as to abuse" which were
not specified were those contained
in the repeated statements of Mr..
Sherry Mr. Sherry stated that there
had been pronounced abuses grow
ing out of the use of the secret ser
vice for purpose other than those in
tended. putting his statement in the
form of question. and in the same
form further stated that the private
conduct of members of congress.
senators. and others ought not TO be
10 Investigate a member OF congress
who had been accused of conduct
nnbecoming a gentleman and mem
Der of congress. = In addition to
these assertions eouched as questions
he made one positive declaration.
that This secret service at one time
was used for the purpose of looking
into the personal conduct of a mem
Der of congress. This argument of
Mr.. Sherley. the only real argument
as to the merits of the question made
on behalf of the committee on APP
preparations. will be found in col
umns | and , of page 5556. and
column 5557 of the congressional
record. In column | of page 5556
Mr.. Sherley refers to the improperly
of permitting the secret service men
TO investigate men in the depart
ments. officers of the army and navy.
and senator's and congressman; in
column /. page a557, he refers only
TO members of congress. His speech
puts most weight on the investiga-
ton of members of congress.
What appears i'm the record is filled
ont and explained by an article which
appeared in the Chicago Inter Ocean
of January 3. 1904. under a Wash
ington headline. and which marked
the beginning of this agitation
against the secret service. 1t was
special article of about 5000 words.
written, as was then informed and
now understand, by Mr.. L. w Bus
hey, at that time private secretary
TO the speaker of the house. | in
close copy of certain extracts from
the article, marked Appendix B. 1t
contained an utterly unwarranted
attack on the secret service division
of the treasury department and its
chief The opening paragraph in
eludes. for instance. statements like
the following:
He (the chief of the division
and his men are DESTROYS of doing
the secret detective work for the
whole government and are not par
ticular about drawing the line be-
tween the lawmakers and the law
breakers. They are ready TO shadow
the former as we'll as the latter"
Then, after saying that congress
will insist that the men shall only be
used TO stop counterfeiting the
article goes on:
Congress does not intend 10
have Fouche or any other kind of
minister of police TO be used by the
executive departments against the
legislative branch of the government
II has been so used, and it is sus-
pected that it has been used recently.
The legislative branch
of the government will not tolerate
the meddling of detectives, whether
they represent the president.
cabinet officers. or only theselves.
Congressman resented
the secret interference Of the secret
service men. who for weeks shadow
ed some OF the most respected
members of the house and senate.
When it was discovered
that the secret service men were
shadowing congressman there was a
storm of Indignation at the capitol
and the bureau came near be-
ing abolished and the appropriation
for the suppression of counterfeiting
cut off At another time
the chief of the secret service had
his men shadow congressman with a
view to involving them in scandals
that would enable the bureau to die
tate to them as the price of silence
The secret service men
have shown an inclination again to
shadow members of congress. know
ing them 10 be law makers. and this
is no joke Several of the depart
ments have asked congress for secret
funds for investigation. and the
treasury department wants the limi-
tation removed from the appropria-
ton for suppressing counterfeiting.
This shows tendency toward
Foucheism and secret watch on