Putnam patriot., 1909-01-08

sseftsstarfaitfs z Ess.a one CT iso ssl.4-
 matters Nhieh ea8 f,e sregarsisslt and
 that such ianx9 Ee was now r. be
 fl sS as you'd eTrefustiF rTeFenf all
 s5fsh ss88aIaflon of mw bereafier# dr
 Tawney. for Instance. says. II was
 fsr fhe parI1@e ss stopping the use of
 this service la evary possible way Oy
 the departments If tAs goTernn nlenf
 tfaf thls pravls3an WIS inserted and
 Mir Smith saes. NON. that was the
 z4ulT 3sy In 9 heb anF limitation could
 s.e fsuf ur.ou fle activities of tbe secret
 ss.rs ies MT FNzGeFaid followed in
 the same rein. and ty far the largest
 f5arf # Hhe aFsa H5Fuf azHHnzf The efa-
 g.4syrseza of he seeref serKice Ras con
 ane8 ie fhe statement that t vas In
 violation ef faW 0s e5urse surb
 stafe=aeat fs s=et ln ag~ way an argu-
 aels ln fasaf af the 5ustlee of tbe
 eros fzIan f. tz aai sa argument for
 ss.s. fsfasielas af ag F ls simply
 zfate1aauf of wfIsf tne gentlemen Hak-
 Ex f. eaneetes fu bare iaeei liie la E.
 Taere aas basa iy 3ap.ieatlan ard
 direct statement fae Hzssfii9a fhat f
 ras t5e iaw and auxtt fa 6s the law
 that fhe se rft eerviee should taly be
 used t5 surpres coubIerfeifias and
 fhat ffe laW l4sad Hs made more
 rigid than eeer ia this respect.
 No Rsstf5st5s,s CT s<rvice-
 ineItfeuiai5y | may say that in my
 j1.dgfssaf there Iz ample Isgai author. Il, far fhe statement hal fhis ApIlro- pfgafFaH iaw Es ~hi j. reference was made Imposes 10 restrictions whatever ufsan fhe usa af fhe secret service men. but reIafas solely to the expenditure of
 fhe money appropriated Mr faWney ln the debate stated that he had in his s.osseszi4n '.a letter from the secretary af tae treasury received few days ago Ia vhieh The secretary ef the ff.ssaf5 himself admits sbat fhe pro
 4lslaas under Hhieh the appropriation has lslz.=a made have been violated year after rear faf numner of years In
 his ana department l append here alth as Appendix \ fhe letter re- 1 ferred to Appendix \ fs T letter from 1 Se relnrF of the Treasury C0rteiYeu to
 the chairman uf the committee an ap-
 nroprIafi#Is af fHe house af represent aiive5 dated April sI la0s protest l,g azaZas, fha nrppased lnw ahrids
 lag fHe flehf ef The secretary ef the 1 frrasaEF te defaii secret service men ts e # la other divisions f hAz de l partfaeHf saeH ahridseneat. Ae de rhret= would fz distinctly 10 the ad l vsnfaRe of eiai8tars of criminal stat i ufes af Tie BfFea Sfates r makes 1 no saeh admIssiaa as tAat which tlr Tawpeg alleges II contains, on the
 eoutrare. as Yea slll sec by reading it. l an seaHhatie prafest against any such 1 abrideement ef the rights delegated Co
 the secretary If the treasury by ex- 1 istias law" and concludes by assert I ing that he "is quite within bis rights l ln thus employing the service of these
 agents and fhaf fhe proposed medifi. l cation nhlch Mr Tawne. succeeded In carry Ing through would be distinctly 1 to the adrantaEe of vtofaturs af crimi- l nal statutes of rho United States " 1 cnH attention 10 the fact that in thls l letter = Seenetary carselyoa ta Mr l Tawney. as iu ny letter tn the speaker l quoted below fhe explicit statement ls nszaa fhai tka proposed change viii be fF The beaeHt ef The criminals, a
 ststs5assf hzzH simply reiterated in i pnhIs fafm fa n5Y H4essage Ia the cen
 eres thls year afd which Is also con.
 ialns,d in effect ia the report of the
 zeerF srs af fbe freasurY to the con
 sr's
 -efiVsss casa1st- q me~bsss.
 N1aHzF1i Tssz ef fae 1-snsfsz zlon= 1 ai ite Hd wi al o shaW that rrzef.cai 1 Ir fhaa aatt aEsamtrss aaxan ed la fa-
 SIT sE fHe HH#a8i eeaa sea r. Mir l ifn EaE rnHI1EilEfee fs=Eafzt E alf may i f, surpassed fs 6s euH5sla,d V lHH.i 1 Eaf5aH fu EeTfu sengeaeeS as to
 ..ahuseses waleh we're not specified 1 nFre fHase za#Hsl iH fhe reRsa led
 stateal6afs If He Sheflev Mir Sher. 1 iey afal That fhere had ls,.ea pro
 nauu-ea abuses croWia< out og the
 uss ef fhc eeanet service for purposes 1 efher tfan those intended putting his l sf8teasn, 'n fhe form If question. 1 and ln tbe same form further stated that the private eeraaef- If mem
 ters If congress. seuafursF and others l ought nag te he investigated hs the secret Serslsc and that they should not investigate "menlper nf con 1 srnSss who had been accused of .scon-
 dncs unhecomine gentleman and 1 member of congress in addition 10
 tnsse assertions, eousaea as questions.
 he maae one psslg,ve declaration that l athis ssvfet Serxtse at eue time was escd Ir the naEI~'se ef looking Into l tae lssfsouai eeHdust aK a member If t,.usrtass Ih{s aF1un8ssaf ef Air SAeT. ies. lae oa'4 na5 aTguueUt as Co The a8eglss eE Hue question aasle ea behalf eg tae VunAisI9s ou appropriations. vii lt Ieand Ia ceiaesa> ! and : of |. se sszal .ud solnma l of Ease a,s35
 q tae gouErssslsalal geeari h cod. ama ] ef pass ss.ss Mr >aeyley refers
 ,o th. iapreegiety of permitting the seerei SeFstce men to iHseSs sSaie men | in the aepArtn.guts alticers If the army and nsNs and seaaters and con srssSuss.n. Ia column he rvfers to
 attieers of the aAvy and nemters If congress. la column !. rssse AA51. he referS aaly h members of congress. Ills sreech puts most weight ea the investigation af members ef congress- Newspaper Article Rep~0eoeed. What spp~srs tn the rs>oord k niied e0t and explained by an article whbeh &ppeAr~d la the chksaxe later oeeAn of Jan ,. 1894. under a Washington headline and wAseh aaarked the eeStn- nlns ef this agitation against the se rres srryiee. 1T was a spsS-tai article