The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-22

representative walter i. Smith, of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, the other member
of appropriations, whom the President
especially singles out, is great Jester
and processes to laugh the matter Off
But he and other members of the ap.
preparations committee are very wroth.
If half the things they are threatening
to do come to pass there will be high
jinks at the Capital for some time to
come.
There is talk about conducting an
investigation and summoning Mr.. Bus
hey before the appropriations commit
tee to testify. He is willing to tell
more about how the President gave
him the material for the Inter Ocean
article, written before he became the
Swager Sherley, Democrat, of Ken
lucky, a member of appropriations.
whose words the President quotes to
show that Congress was determined it's
members should not be Swallowed by
Secret Service men, promises to put a
deal of interesting material in the
Congressional Record.
A Conversation with Sherley.
Mr.. Sherley was among the New
Year IS callers at the White House last
Friday. AS he passed in the line, the
President said:
~ had to make your argument in
debate the basis for much of my reply
about the Secret Service, Mr.. Congress
man. / did not want to bring you
into it, but / had too
: every well, Mr.. President re-
sponded Mr.. Sherley, as New Years
greetings were exchanged; 81 accept
the responsibility for all / said -
Mr.. Sherley has been delving into
the records for proof of the assertion
that Secret Service men have shadow
ed Congressman He has found the re-
port of an Investigation made during
the Hayes administration, which he
will probably put into the Congression-
al Record soon, that it may be pre-
served along with the President s spe-
cial message. Representative John ID.
G. Atkins of Tennessee was then
chairman of appropriations. A para
graph restricting the management of
the Hot Springs, Ark, reservation had
been lost out of an appropriation bill.
1t appears that this was by accident
in one of the enrolling rooms. It
caused quite connection, Just as did
the erroneous retention in an appro-
priation bill a few years ago of
paragraph for purchasing the site for
new public building in Washington.
Charges were made that Secret Ser
vice men took il upon themselves the
very day of that occurrence to "look
overs certain members of Senate and
House to ascertain whether they had
any guilty knowledge. The investiga-
ton brought out that Simon B. Con.
over of Florida. chairman of the SEN
ate Committee on Enrolled Bills, and
Stephen w. Dorsey of Arkansas, both
Republican reconstruction Senators,
were among those whom the Secret
Service men had 'looked over.'
Hostile Comments Abound.
The corridors and committee-rooms
are buzzing with hostile comments, but
it remains to be seen how much the
authors of these comments will be will
ing to say in debate, if there is a de.
bate, or before either the committee
on appropriations, if it chooses to in
vestigate, or before the special COM
mittee, headed by Representative Per-
kins of New York. One incident, re.
cited with considerable gusto, pertains
to a summons that Speaker Cannon
had from the White House. 1t was
the day, when Mr.. Perkins introduced
his resolution for an inquiry. He had
just taken the gavel, Mr.. Perkins was
| upon his feet waiting for recognition,
when by a telephone message the
White House asked that Mr.. Cannon
come to see the President before the
!. Perkins resolution was presented. When
/. informed that, under the circumstances,
!, that was impossible, the President ask
5 ed Mr.. Cannon to come to the White
House as soon as he could get away.
An hour later he took cab and
/. fastened to see the President At the
+ very beginning of their conversation
n the President brought forth the article
by Mr.. Busbey. 1t had been furnished
r him supposedly by Chief Will1ie of the
l. Secret Service Wilkie and Busbey
e used to be newspaper men in Chicago
Is After the article in question appeared
l, Wilkie ceased to speak to Busbey, and
o thew have had no intercourse since
y that time.
t Threats are heard in House commit
<. tee circles about dragging to the light
g records of the hearings regarding Secret
a Service appropriations. How much OF
this is pure buster and how much OF
IS it is really serious talk is a matter OF
1t conjecture. The testimony of Chic
lie Willtie. it is claimed contained SOM
= damaging admissions which were no
al printed at his own request. But thu
d, stenographers notes and also the type
1t written copy are understood to hav
ar been preserved. If these could be USE
IF to confound any of the President
IF statements, undoubtedly some member
r. of the committee would favor making
is the original records public.
ed Wanted His Salary Raised.
Il. Four years ago, about this time, Pres
" idhnt Roosevelt desired that the salar
of his office should be raised from $50
RS 900 to 100000. He has been credite
st. with having sent ex-Assistant Secretar
IA. of State Francis b. LOOMS to the Cap
es toll to confer with the appropriation
committee to ascertain whether such
is provision could not be carried on tn
mt general deficiency bill. Some of til
ial men whom he involves in his speei'
Ia. message were enlisted in that caus
,es There has been discussion about en-
he bodying the history of that effort