Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-04
DEsERET EVENING NEWS MONDAY JANUARY 1909

out ana explained BY an article which
eppeated in the Chicago lutcr-Occan OF
jan. ,. 1904. under q Washington head
line. and which marked the beginning
on this agitation against tho secret serv.
l0e To Was q special article OF about
s'VVu words. written. as 7 was thon in-
lorincd ana nov understand. bv SIR. T.
" bushoN % that Time private score
tuii 10 ihe speaker of tho house. I
ln'lpHo "a copy OF certain extracts from
tne article. marked appendix B 30
contained an utterly unuatrnniod al
t"ck on The secrct aoryjcr division OF
lne treasury department ana lts chief
lhe opening roragrunh includes. Cor In
stance. eiatemeuis Ike tho following
tie Uhe chief Of the dlvisionl and bis
men one DESTROYS of doing the secret
detective work Tor the whole govern
mcnt ana are not particular about
drawing The limo between the iawmak
efa aud The lnWbroakura They are rcn-
ay 10 shadow The former as well as tho
latter"
Then after saying that Congress viii
insist That the MON she'll only be- used
70 stop countcuciting the article goes
"coneross does mot intend TO have n
fuuchc 0r amy other kind % minister
OF police Go be- used Boy the executive
departments against tho legislative
branch of the government 10 has been
30 used. and Sc is suspected that IL has
Deen ro used recently The
legislative branch OF the government
VIII not tolerate the mcddlinr of
detectives. whether they represent tho
president cabinet officers. or only
themselves. Congressman re-
scented the secret Interference or tho
secret service mon. who FOR weeks
swallowed some OF the most respected
members OF tho house and senate.
When A. was discovered that the Sc
cret service men were ahadowing con-
gressmon there was a storm Of indig-
nation at the Capitol and the bureau
came near being abolished and the APP
piopriation FOR the suppression OF
counterfoltinR cut on. 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
10 dictate TO them AS tho price OF ST.
lence. The secret service men
have shown an inclination again 60
shadow members OF Congress. know
ing them 10 be Lawmakers, and this
Is no tol3 Several OF the depart
nents have asked Congress for secret
funds for investigation. and the treas
ruy department wants the limitation
removed from the appropriation for
supprcssing counterfeitinE This shows
a tendency toward Foucheism and
secret watch On other officials than
themselves"
At tho time Of this publication the
work OF the secret service. which was
thus assailed included especially the
Investigation Of great land frauds in
the west, and the securing OF evidence
To help the department Of justice in
the bcef-trust Investigations az Chica-
go, which resulted I'm successful pro-
secutions
In view OF Mr. Busbey's position. I
have accepted the above quoted state
ments as fairly expressing the real
meaning and animus OF the attacks
made in general terms on the use OF
the secret service for the punishment
OF criminals Furthermore, in the
performance Of my duty, to endeavor
to find the feelings OF Congressman
on public questions OF note, 1 have
frequently discussed this particular
matter with members Of Congress:
and on such occasions the reasons al
legged TO me for the hostility Of Con-
gress to the secret service, both by
those who did and by those who did
not share this hostility. were almost
Invariably the same as those set forth
IN Mr. Busbeys saticle. ! may add.
by the way. that these allegations as
to the secret service are wholly with
out foundation In fact.
THE REAL ISSUE
But all Of this Is insignificant
Importance compared with the main.
the real issue. This issue IT, simply,
Does Congress desire that the Eov-
arnment shall have at It's disposal the
most efficient instrument for the de-
lection of criminals and the proven
lion and punishment OF crime, or does