Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-07

by secret service men, he
calls attention TO the fact that when
the measure was being discussed the
chief argument YVES this, as can be
seen by reference to the Congress
ional Record. He says be would net
name authors Of these artlc-
les, but for the fact that it is de-
manded.
The President quotes the following
from the Cicago Inter-Ocean, written
from Washington by L. w. Busby.
private secretary to the Speaker OF
the House:
uHe 1.-THE chief Of the divisionn
and his men are DESTROYS Of doing
the secret detective work. for the
whole government, and are not par
ticular about drawing the line be-
tween the lawmakers and the law
breakers. They are ready to shad-
ow the former asswen as the latter.
Then, after saying that Congress
will insist that the men shall only be
used to stop couhterfeiting. the ar
ticlo goes II
Congress does not intend to have
a Fouche Or any other kind Of min.
lister Of police to be used by the ex-
ecutive departments against the legis-
lative branch Of the government. II
has been so used, and it is suspected
that it has been so used recently. :
The legislative branch Of the
government will not tolerate the med
ding Of detectives, whether they
represent the President, Cabinet Of
%ficers, or only themselves
Congressman resented the secret in
reference Of the secret srvice men.
who for weeks Swallowed some Of the
most. respected members of the House
and Senate. = When it was
discovered that secret service men
mere shadowing Congressman there
was a storm Of Indignation at the
capitol Shd the bureau came near
being abolished and the appropriation
cut off. = 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 to dictate tc.
them as to the price Of silence
Inc secret service men nave
shown an inclination again to shad-
ow members Of Congress, knowing
them to be lawmakers, and this is
10 joke. Several Of the. departments
have asked Congress for secret funds
for Investigation, and the Treasury
Department wants the limitation re
moved from the appropriation for sup
pressing counterfeiting. This shows
a tendency toward Foucheism and
a secret watch Oh other officials than
themselves"
This the President considers an
index to what seems an enimus Of
Congress to the secret service.
He then says: Gin connection with
the Nebraska prosecution the gov
eminent has by decree secured the
return to the government of over a
million acres Of grazing land; in Col
orado Of more than 1000 acres of
mineral land, and suits are now pen
ding involving 100000 acres more"
The President follows with a long
list Of crimes against the government
brought out in his administration
through the secret service detectives
in which even wealthy men have been
punished with fine and Imprisonment,
He then specifies a number Of con
v%ictions by the secret service such as
the selling Of fraudulent naturaliZa.
ton papers,, (which congress has
since remidied except that the appro
priations are still too low for ful
effectiveness. Green and Gaynol
have been brought to justice and arr
in prison. In the State Of Nebrask;
alone sixty defendants were indicted
and of the thirty-two cases thus FOL
brought to trial twenty-eight hav'
resulted in conviction.
The secret service was used to as
| sist in the investigation of crime
under the peonage laws, and OWN
| partly thereto numerous conviction
s. were secured and the objectionabl
practice was practically stamped out
) at least in many districts. The mos
extensive smuggling Of silk an
opium in the history Of the Treasur,
9 Department was investigated b
Eagents Of the secret service in Ne,
! York and Seattle and a snccessfr
, prosecution Of the offenders under
taken. Assistance of the utmost va
= ue was rendered to the Department 0
: Justice in the beef trust investigs
= ton at Chicago, prosecutions wer
followed up and fines inflicted. Th
: cotton-leak scandal in the Agricu
\ tural Department was investigate
: and the responsible parties located.
! The destruction of the Hondurs
. Lottery Company, the successor I
n the Louisiana Lottery was affecte
: and $4,000 fines collected. The in
fraud contract in the Rurpau IF prin