Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-09

| desire to have. | transmit these re-
ports herewith; / call special atteh
ton to the report of the secretary OF
state, the secretary of the treasury
and the attorney general.
Let me at the outset earnestly ex-
press my cordial agreement with the
view that 1t Is not only the right, but
| the duty OF congress to Investigate the
workings of the secret service or de-
tective agents by which alone the gov
ernment can effectuallv safeguard IL.
self against wrongdoing. punish crime
and bring to Justice criminals / am
well aware of the liability to abuse in
heritent in any effective detective sys-
tenn or secret service system for the
measure of the efficiency OF the sys-
tenn Is also the measure OF the seri-
BUSINESS of the abuses of the system
If II applied to wrong purposes or di'
rected i'm an improper manner II
Is emlncntly TO the public interest that
there should be vigilant Inquiry into
the workings Of this agency both by
the heads of the executive depart
ments ana by congress.
II nevertheless remains true that
this system is absolutely indispensable
If the popular interest is to be ade-
quately safeguarded and wrongdoers
taught to fear the law To show how
Indispensable detectives are when i'm
portant work of a confidential char
acter must be done. | refer you to the
experience of the immigration COM
mission appointed by congress and
largely composed OF senators and rep
rosentatlvcs which has found II abso-
lutcly necessary 10 employ detectives
In order TO achieve the best results.
In my communication of the 4th
instant TO the other house 1 have set
forth at length the reason why. In my
Judgment. II is eminently desirable
that In addition to the special detec-
tives or inspection service of each de-
partmcnt. there should be in some one
department., preferably the department
IF Justice service which can be used
At need in anv department IN order 70
ichieve the ends | have described
you'd IKE to state here that very fro-
luently accusations have been mad
20 me privately by members of the
NO houses to the effect that the Sc
ret service had been used as 'po-
ice of morals or TO shadow senator's,
ongressmen and other public officials
Hitherto the effort to discover the
'asis for such allegations has always
'een fruitless. | should be greatly
bliged If any information could be
me tending TO show any in
tance whore this has been done In
lines past.
Certain Of the special agents. in
pectors and the like, In the several
apartments. have a highly specialized
york TO perform. In the treasury de-
artment. the secret service is especial
y trained TO deal with counterfeiters
nd the special agents with customs
rauds In the postoffice department
he corps of inspectors is especially
-ained and peculiarly fitted to detect
or abuses. or fraudulent
So OF mails In connection with the
ostal service In the interior depart
tent the special agents OF the land
ffce and the inspector Of the Indian
urcau are trained In similar fashion
meet present needs. In addition. II
urgently necessary as set forth In
Ir. Roots accompanying report. that
iere shall be a central force OF secret
'rvice men who can be detailed for
ork anywhere In the government
.rvice.
or course. In the investigation OF
pecifc frauds We sometimes come
cross wholly unexpected case. OF mis-
lnduct The frauds In the postal de-
artment which were unearthed some
* years ago. for instance. oIer a
ase OF point My suspicious were
rst aroused by report made as to