The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-01-09

prosecution.
Lottery Cases end Others.
Three hundred Thousand dollars in
fines were collected by the govern
ment In the lottery cases Again. the
ink contract fraud In The bureau Of
engraving and printing "a bureau OF
the treasury departments was investi-
gated by the secret service and the
guilty parties brought 10 justice. Mr.
Tawncy stated ia the debate that this
was not investigated by the secret serv-
ice, but 10y n clerk down there" con
veying the impression that the clerk
was not I'm the secret service. As
matter OF fact, he was In the secret
service. His name was Moran. and
be was promoted 20 assistant chief
for the excellence OF his work In this
case. The total expense for the Office
and field force OF the secret service
last year was $4,000, and by this
one Investigation they saved TO the
government over 100000 year.
Thanks TO the restriction imposed by
congress. Il Is now very difficult FOR
the secretary OF the treasury 10 use
the secret service freely even In his
own Experimentation instance, 20 use
them 20 repeat what they did SO ad-
mirably IN the case OF this Ink con
tract. The government Il further Grip
pied by the law forbldding Il TO EN-
ploy detective agencies. or course the
government can detect the most dan
gerous crimes and punish the worst
criminals only by the use either OF the
secret service or Of private detectives
TO hamper IL in using the one and for
bid II TO resort 70 the other can inure
10 the benefit OF none save the crimi-
nails.
Secretary cortelyou Sustained.
The facts above given show beyond
possibility Of doubt that what the Sec
rotary Of the treasury and l had both
written prior TO the enactment OF the
obnoxious provision and what l have
since written IA my message TO the
congress state the facts exactly as
they are. The obnoxious provision is
OF benefit only 20 the criminal class
and can be OF benefit only 10 the Grim
inal class If Il had been embodied in
the law az the time when l became
president. all the prosecutions above
mentioned and many others OF the
same general type would either not
have been undertaken or would have
been undertaken with the government
at a great disadvantage, and many
and probably most OF the chief offend
crs would have gone scot free instead
OF being punished for their crimes.
such a body as the secret service.
such body OF trained investigating
agents. occupying a permanent posi-
ton in the government service and
separate from local investigating forces
In different departments, IS an absolute
necessity II the best work Is 10 be
done against criminals. 1t Is by far
the most efficient instrument possible
60 use against crime or course the
more efficient an instrument Is the
more dangerous Il is II misused. To
the argument that a force Ike this
can be misused II Is only necessary TO
answer that the condition Of its use
fulncss II handled properly Is that Il
shall be so efficient as TO be dangerous
II handled improperly. ANY instance
Of abuse by the secret service or other
investigating force IN the departments
should be unsparIngly punished. aud
congress should hold itself ready at
any and All times % Investigate the
executive departments whenever there
Is reason 20 believe that any such in.
stance OF abuse has occurred. I wish
10 emphasize my more than cordial nc.
quiesccnce in the view that this IS not
only the right OF congress. bat ON
phatically It's duty To use the secret
service IN the investigation ~ purely
private or political matters would be
gross abuse But there has been no
single instance OF such abuse during
my term as president
The Presidents Appeal
In conclusion. most earnestly ask
IN the name Of good government and
decent administration. IN the name OF
honesty and for the purpose ~ bring
Ing 20 justice yiolators 81 the federal
laws wherever they may be found.
NANANfA III liNfAAN ~ IAAhNNA me- NAftA
the action taken BY the house last year
be reversed. when this action was
taken the senate committee, under the
lead OF the late senator Allison. hav-
Ing before Il strongly worded protest
Appendix ID from Secretary Cortel-
you Ike that he had sent 90 Mr.. Taw-
ney. accepted the secrctary's views,
and the senate passed the bin In the
shape presented by Senator Allison.
In the conference. however. the house
confcrees insisted on the retention OF
the provision they had Inserted. and
the senate yielded. lAppcndix u con-
sists Of a letter from Secretary Cortel-
you 10 the late William r. Allison.
chairman OF the senate committee on
appropriations. dated May 3. 1908 In
10 the secretary protests vigorously
against the amendment 20 the sundry
civil bin prohibiting the payment OF
"any person detailed or transferred