Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-26
HOUSE MEMBER BITTER
AGAINST THE SLtUTHS
Iowa Congressman Utters TRADE
AGAINST Secret Service Men
and Their Services.
NE IS BACKED UP BY CO.. 0RAO0AA
Cook Called from the Floor Because
of Atuse of President-Smith De-
c,4res Secret Service Men incompe-
tent and All Liars-BIames Them
for Mcknle Assassination.

W a Sf11.>N ! ! ~ l.. ! ~ 49,
riolic Pronunciation Of Tn" secret ser
vic" of tn" treasury department was
uttered in the hcus" of representa-
,ves today hv Nj Smith. Republican.
Of Iowa. DUNG tn" Consideration Vi
the sun,,ry civil bill.
The discuss. on arcs" over All
anendmcur y, Mr. Rcnn".t, OF New
York. airinir. out the provision nm
itinc the .iC!L Of operations ol III"
score, SERVICE \ similar paSS2S" III
The last appropriation hl! Is wha'
.ayr rise 10 tn" presidential Etrirlhr"
q, members Of congress- When Mr..
smith r0s" 20 r''pl,. il WAS appareh'
TO ,ver: one iha: IL was IhorolSni'
wrCucht VI. u" Sponr OF III" h"ni''
Ors special a""nts. pGSt"i!ic" inSp'r
-nrs and others. Every few oi Wholh'
H.. said. are of higher and nobler
tyue than the members Of TN" so
called members Of tn" secret ser
vice.
Ore of the Requisites.
lie vehcmentlv declared. in speak.
iny of the secret service. that 1t was
a matter of common knowledg" tha'
one of the requisites OF the detective
was that he should be common
liar
The secret service agents. he said.
were not so high and lofty that they
should be the subject of admiration
among free people. Many OF them.
he said. work for three dollars
dav in hunting down land frauds
when there IS not considerable
number OF them that know legal
from an Illegal land entry.
Respectable men. he said. with
manifest sarcasm. would take places
as postofficc inspectors and speciai
agents Of the interior department
even though occasionally they might
have to do some detective work. but
he asser:e ed 1.-The idea that som"
threc-or-four- do, lars a-dayman who IS
willing to be a common detective. Cal.
familiarize himself with all laws ana
therefore become more useful IMAM
q specialist is simply absurd.
says Secret Service Worthless.
The secret service men. he charged.
were worthless. and he said ''nowhera
except in the vainglorious boastlnSS
of Chief Wilkie and the testimony
of men who did not know anything
about it. did find that II had done,
ANYTHING except in the watching c'
jurors and the like"
MIR. Smith said in pric. years 'hc
abuse CT the field of operation OF the
secret service was only incidental. but
that now it had become an enormi,y
Having become worked up to the fe'
YER mitch. ne referred to the assassi
nation OF President Mckinley. ana
seemed to throw into his remarks al
the venom he possessed.
Blamed COR Mckinley Murder.
The only President assass'natHd
since the secret service men were de-
tailed to watch tn" President n"
said was when President Mckinley
vas shot down at Buffalo with 2
G. cret service man ly his side. Wh"
was rrahle TO observe the approach
ing murderer with his handanSed
hand That man did rot even CAP
turc the murderer.
Then with ne expression oi n'-
.crness still IN his oOuntrranc". ne
sloyIv rnma rkci: ''Brt II took 4
man with a black skin TO capture tn"
assassin"
Mr.. Cook E"publi"an. Colorado" al
sc discussed 'hr provision with much
freedom, Of spc'rl. ani fr"T''"ni'v re-
fcrrcd 70 ,hc President ir most WI
cor,rlimcnjary phrases. such as IN"
following
Il. is rnfOrtun"t" not rr.N 'or
Pres id.D: Roc@cv "lt .hri for tho cit
IONS If tie r";,rhiic that 10 has not
\ Icra. mind and no eGu'poise "f r"a
son. riding through md ar"und IN"
arena OF political act on. IN his HDn
clio Of arrogant. ego is,ical .mpuls"
prctcndirs 10 throw his lar,a' of "V"'
cuijOn At ;hc hccls and broad horns
Of capiiai. for tho dclcctation "f vot
ing labor. and ending IN" sc"n" viii
the cunning catch of prairie wolf
or a gopher
Cook Called Down.
Go dcnuncia'or- - the President
s,s vr Cook that he was denied
tho privilege of continuing his r"
marks after he he'd spoken but a
few minutes.
Referring to tn" attitude Of ih'
President IN 'hc matter of fcrrc'inc
nu, fraud Nr. Cook dcrIare.l that IN
all ri this frss ard feathers Of tho
whole administration the President
aud his plant attorney general have