The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-22

that in the neighborhood OF 1900
en- years ago and somewhat over 1900
now; that Is instead of having trebled
in number as one of the statements
made above. Instead of having increas-
ed nearly twenty fold. in accordance
with the other statement. they have
increased but little over one-half.
little over fifty per cent Moreover.
of this increase, considerably over
half was in the number of men used
In securing punishment of violators Of
the internal revenue laws, a matter
wholly outside Of that discussed by
any of the gentlemen who have OBJ
jected to the use of the secret ser.
vice. The remaining increase is due
TO such cases as the natural growth
OF the postoff1ce department. the an.
pointment of individuals to enforce
the pure food and the meat inspection
laws, the more rigorous enforcement
of the safety appliance act the SUD.
preston OF the liquor traffic among
the indians; the protection of the
public lands and timber and the like
Il call your especial attention to
the fact that the great majority Of
these men are not primarily or mainly.
OF indeed. ordinarily, engaged on se-
secret service or criminal inyestiga-
tion or inspection work at all: | have
employed these terms merely because
they were so employed by members Of
your committees and others in the
course Of debates in the bonse and
senate
ing insofar as they give an impression
tnat the chief work of the men men
tioneo was OF the character assigned
by Senator Hemenway and others in
the quotations given above and in sim.
liar statements. AS regards nineteen.
twentieths Of these men. the proper
tion of their time given to secret ser
vice work. or criminal investigation Is
altogether Insignificant and Is ONLY an
occasional incident to their ordinary
duties.
TO speak Of these men as having
become an army or as three thou
sand men engaged in secret service >
and similar work, Is comically out Of
accord with the actual facts. The
number was seven hundred men of
whom but a score or two are habitu-
ally engaged in secret service work.
AS a fact, the statements in the de.
Date IN both houses are So exagcer-
ated as TO bear no reference what.
ever to the actual figures Thus 1t
was stated that two-thirIs of the
money appropriated for the department
of justice was spent In criminal IN
vestiGatlon. AS matter OF fact. the
attorney general reports that the ap.
propriation so spent, construed on the
most liberal possible basis. was In re.
ality one and seyen.tenths per cent,
SO that the statement in question was
thirty-fold eXaggeration. In the
same way II was stated that 10000 900
(or. as one gentleman put IT, that $20.-
O00.000) represented the amount ex-
pended for the secret service work,
while the totals of another set of flg.
ures amount to S32 100000, as money
which could have been expended for
such work. A table carefully compiled
covering all the departments, shows the
amount actually expended during the
first six months of the present fiscal
year in work that can by any possibil-
ity be considered to come under this
head, as little less than S764,000,
an estimated total for the entire fiscal
year of approximately s1.600,000, which
goes to show that the statements re-
ferred to contain only from FIVE TO sew
enteen per cent Of warrant In fact. !
Senator Hemenway quoted the sec
rotary Of the interior as the authority
for the statement that but one secret
service man was ever detailed to the
interior department This statement
OF Senator Hemenway is completely
misleading. The secret service men
were used In the interior department
cases at tho request OF the secretary Of
the interior. but for convenience In |
operation they were assigned to the !
department of justice This has been |
set forth with the utmost clearness |
again and again In the reports of the (
interior department, BY turning to
the list to which / have already al |
luded. you will see, for example. that !
IN the year 1907 the department OF Jus
tice. on January s, asked for one man
In a land fraud case. that on January
rs 1t asked for Eve men to be detailed |