The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-05

thought 1t might be timely to recall this
prosecution.
Lottery Cases and Others.
Three hundred thousand dollars in
fires were collected by the govern
ment in the lottery cases. Again. the
ink contract fraud ia the bureau Of
engraving and printing "a bureau OF
the treasury Department. was investi-
gated by the secret service and the
guilty parties brought TO justice Mr.
Tawney stated in the debate that this
was not investigated by the secret serv-
ice, but by a clerk down there con
veying the impression that the clerk
was not in the secret service. As a
matter Of fact, he was in the secret
service. His name was Moran. and
he was promoted to assistant chief
for the excellence of his work in this
case. The total expense fer 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 a year.
Thanks to the restriction imposed by
congress. ii is now very difficult for
the secretary of the treasury to use
the secret service freely even In his
own experimentation instance, TO use
them TO repeat what they did so ad-
mira5iy IN the case of this ink con
tract; The government Is further Grip
pied by the law forbiddlng it to en-
ploy detective agencies. OF 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 it in using the Que and for
bid it TO resort 10 the other can iuure
TO the benefit Of none save the crimi-
nals
Secretary Cortelyou Sustained.
The facts above given show beyond
possibility Of doubt that what the sec
rotary OF the treasury anG had both
written prior 10 the enactment Of the
obnoxious provision and what / have
since written in my message to the
congress state the facts exactly as
they are. Tie obnoxious provision is
If benefit only TO the criminal class
and can be Of benefit only to the Grim
iual class. II it had been embodied in
the Jaw at the time when | became
president, al the prosecutions above
mentioned ana many others of the
same general type would either not
have been undertaken or would have
becn undertaken With tie government
at a great disadvantage, and many
and probably most Of tie chief Attend
crs would have gone scot free &tead
Ct being punished for their crihss
such a body as tie secret service.
such q body Of trained Investigating
tion in the government service and
separate from local investigating forces
in different departments, is an absolute
necessity IL the best WORK Is TO be
done against criminals. 1t IS by far
the most efficient instrument possible
TO use against crime. OF course the
more efficient an instrument is the
more dangerous 1t is if misused To
the argument that n force like this
can be misused it is only necessary to
answer that the condition Of its use
fulness If handled properly is that it
shall be so efficient as to be dangerous
If handled improperly. Any instance
Of abuse by the secret service or other
investigating force in the departments
should be unsparingly punished, and
congress should hold itself ready at
any and all times TO investigate the
executive departments whenever there
is reason 10 believe that any such in
stance of abuse has occurred. | wish
10 emphasize my more than cordial ac-
quiesCence in tie view that this is not
only the right Of congress, but en-
phatically its duty To use the secret
service in the investigation Of purely
private or political matters would be
4 gross abuse. But there has been no
single Instance Of such abuse during
my term as president
The Presidents Appeal
In conclusion. I MOST earnestly ASK
In the name of good government and
decent administration, in the name of
honesty and for the purpose Of bring
ing to justice yioiators of the federal
laws wherever they may he found.
whether in public or private life, that
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 it 4 strongly worded protest
(Appendix ID from Secretary Cortel-
YOU like that be had sent to Mr.. Taw-
ney. accepted the secretary's views,
and the senate passed the bill in the
shape presented by Senator Allison
III the conference, however. the house
couferees insisted Oh the retentios Of
the provision they had inserted, and
the senate yielded. IAnpendlx . con-
sisfs Of letter from Secretary Cortel-
yea to the late William r. Allison,
chairman Of the senate committee on
appropriations, dated May ., 1905. Ia
il tic secretary protests vigorously
against the amendment 10 the sgndry
civil In prohibiting lie payment Of
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