The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-01-07
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these assertions, couched as questions,
he made one positive declaration that
this secret service at one time was
used for the purpose OF looking into
the personal conduct Of a member OF
congress" This argument Of Mr.. Sher.
ley, the only real argument as to the
merits Of the question made on behalf
OF the committee on appropriations,
will be found In columns | and Of
page $3.50 and column OF page 5557
Of the Congressional Record. In col
umn Of page $3.50 Mr.. Sherley refers
to the impropriety OF permitting the
secret service men TO investigate men
In the departments officers Of the
army aud navy and senators and con-
gressmen. In column 2 he refers to
officers of the navy and members OF
congress. In column l, page 5557, be
refers only to members Of congress.
His speech puts most weight on the
investigation of members Of congress.
Newspaper Article Reproduced.
What appears In the record is filed
out and explained by an article which
appeared III the chicago Inter ocean
OF Jan. ., 1901, under washington
headline and which marked the begin
ming OF this agitation against the Sc
eret service. II was special article
OF about 5000 words written, as ! was
then Informed and now understand. by
Afr r w pnobsy az ,hot ,t,a nr,vo,a
secretary 10 tne speaker Oh the house.
incl0se copy OF certain extracts
from the article, marked Appendix D.
tAppehdX u consists OF an article
from the chicago Inter ocean OF Jan.
o, lvoi. In this Johh II. Wilkle, chier
- '"o oeNie. 'ieo " 'ne ue"su'y
department, Is described as AMBITIOUS
of becoming "the Fouche of the United
Statesp I'm imitotton of Foucba cbief
I,,. ,,r,, r,
VI tne se'Iet poiice VI NnPoieoh j. Ahc
article declares that the secret service
bureau exists without warrant Of con-
oo,,o, on5 tbot oonoraas hos
"~'o" anu 'n". ,'a'
always Deeh antagonlstlc 10 the Du-
reaul IL contained an utterly unwar-
"a ntpd attach an tho sacraf servfce
,,..,-, - 5,.......
Wv 'S'o" VI '"o ''s
ana us chlef. Ine opening paragraph
includes. for instance. statements like
tho foIlov,no.
He tthe chief OF the division) and his
men are deslrous OF doing the secret de-
tective work for the whole government |
and are not particular about drawing the
line between the lawmakers and the law
breakers. They are ready to shadow the |
former az well as the latter.
Than aftor sov,no ,bat congrass will
s - 80 '.
Insist 'nhl the men snai oiiiy pe useu
10 stop counterfeiting, the article goes
On,
NonsrNss goes hot lh'eno 70 nays
oaehe OF any o.hsr hlnn OF munster oi
polloe 10 De USED py ,he executive oe-
pattinehts against the legislative brahcn
'i lhe government ~ mas been 50 useo'
ana y y suspected ihat J. mas been so
,ranrh N tbe Government atll nat tolsr.
tie The meddIIng Of detectives. whether
hey represent the president cabinet ON
,...s.,,,s,, vAsa,.,as Nm, .,,,n, ,,,.arfa,.,,,s
Il N.Y. secret service men who Tor weeks
lhadowed some Of the most respected
members Of me house and senate.
sn er,no saa sara seoNs1 shedoa,ne a ue ,ss sr
NH mere was y storm ~ INDIGNATION a.
he capitol and the bureau came near
'eing abolished and the appropriation
=, '.pbt sS"'Dn " ,gon'e, i'fhns WV
10 secret service had his men shadow
ongressmen with view to involving
nem ~ scandals that would enable the
1lance Tns - secrs, " .a,,aa ~ ~ sn
ave shown an Inclination again 10
hadow members Of congress. knowing
hsm 70 pe lawmakers. ana this no
ssed eoneress ,or ~ s.cre, -, n,nss , so, IN r..
and the treasury Department,