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| could have George Foster go with him.
| George had been the doorkeeper to the
house CT representatives in Columbus,
| Ohio, when Mr. Mckinley was governor,
and the President was very fond Of him
| personally. He went with him to be as
| much protection he could be, but chief
| 1y because he was asked for by the Presi-
dent
THAT was the origin of the whole
business, was it?'' asked Mr.. Smith
THAT was the origin" Mr. Wilkie re-
piled. Previously, on occasions of public
! functions. detail was made of men to
do guard duty. but Congress was not
asked for legislation or an appropriation
until after the Buffalo tragedy"
Did the secret service guard the person
of President Cleveland?' asked Mr..
Smith.
THAT was before my time" Chief Will
summer, when he went down to Gray
| Gables, there were some men sent down
there. there for the summer period at his re-
"Was there anybody at the White
House until the present administration?''
During the Spanish-American war I
kept men there. and at that time paid
them from the emergency fund.-
And" queried Judge Smith. in conclu-
sion. ut was due to solicitude for the
| Presidents safety, arising out Of the as
sassination Of President Mckinley, that
| they were first put there?"
| Mr. Sherley then asked a number of
questions designed to bring out If there
had been any interference with the work
| of the various departments in the detec-
| of the enactment of the so-called pro-
vision of limitation.
What cases are there he asked,
"other than the one mentioned by the
subtreasury shortage), upon which they
have taken no further action. and that
| have been dropped by virtue Of this pro-
vision to which you ascribe the cause?'
| mo others that have been brought to
my attention" admitted Mr.. Wilkie
LAS a matter of fact" suggested the
| chairman, 'if your men who were en-
| ployed in the Department of Justice
| were transferred or secured original ap-
! pointments in the Department Of Justice
thereafter and were retained In the serv-
ice. this provision did not affect the ac-
tivity of the Department of Justice In
the least, did it?
I'm SO far as these ten men were con-
cerned. certainly not" replied Mr.. Wilkie,
"but fifty-one men were used at various
| times by the Department Of Justice"
Suggested by Mr.. Bonaparte.
In an effort to show that In recotn-
mending for enactment the limiting provi-
sion the appropriations committee was
guided in part at least by the opinion
of the Attorney General. Mr.. Tawney
quoted Mr.. Bonaparte as saying, when
before the committee last year, ''it would
tend to the more satisfactory administra-
being obliged to call upon them for this
| service, we had small, a very moderate,
service of that kind ourselves"
But Mr.. Wilkie took issue with this
statement Of the Attorney General: .
the United States attorneys who have the
| direct handling Of the men tell me that
| they are not as well satisfied with the
present service as when they got The
men from our service.
Mr.. Wilkie. at the instance Of Mr.. Sher-
ley, gave his views as to the main
tenance of a government detective force.
it's scope. limitations. etc:
Il should say" Mr. Wilkie explained,
that when such q bureau Is established
1t should be provided that in case a vio-
lation Of law requiring the gathering OF
evidence and the preparation for prosecu-
ton should be discovered in any depart
ment, 1t should primarily be referred to
the proper officer of the Department of
Justice for action. and that the tnvestt-
cations should be made under the direc-
ton of the Attorney General or under
the immediate direction Of some district
attorney"
Mr.. Sherley-What restrictions. If any.
do you think the law that should create
such bureau should contain?
Would Not Limit the Service.
Mr.. Wilkie-Do you mean as to the gen.
eral scope? II So should say all viola
tions of the federal statutes.
Mr.. Sherley-That, Of course. Would
leave such a bureau without Limitation.
Mr.. Wjlkie-Without Limitation in the
investigation of crime, yes; OF course. of
federal offenses only.
Mr.. Sherley-And. If I understand you
II &c, hot h,,ro CHI ho
free to investigate all alleged violations
of the federal law?
Mr.. Wilkie-Any violation of federal law
which. in the opinion Of the United States
attorney or the proper representative Of
the Department of Justice, is considered
worthy of investigation. He should be
the man who would say whether or not
case should be Investigated. No rowing
commission should be given to an investi- |
eating force to go about seeing whether
anything had been done.
Mr.. Sherley-That brings us to the meat
of what l am trying to arrive at; how to
the government a detective force without
at the same time giving it latitude Of
action which might breed abuse.
Mr.. Wilkie-Well, 1 do not know what |
you could do, Mr.. Sherley, except to pro- |
vide in general way that this force
should be used by the Attorney General
and the executive officers Of the Depart
ment of Justice for the purpose of gath
erlnS evidence III SuCn cases as the AT
torney General or his subordinates con-
sidered should be investigated.
Attorney General to Direct.
Mr.. Sherley-Of course, that would then
leave to the Attorney General and his
subordinates the power to determine the
scope of these agents?
Mr.. Wilkie-Exactly; and if your Attor-
ney General is not man who can be
trusted with that kind of q responsibility,
then he is not fit for his place.
Mr.. Sherley-Having established your
bureau what if any. restrictions would
you put upon it's activities?
Mr.. Wilkie-It should be used exclusive |