The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-04

upon no one, stin less ~POn ~--s.---,
is sustained by the facts.
"If YOU will turn TO the Congressional
Record for May last, pages 5553 to 556O,
Inclusive, you will find the debate on this
aubtect Mr. Tawney of Minnesota Mr..
Smith OF Iowa, Mr.. sherley of Kentucky,
and Mr. Fitzgerald of New York appear
In tits debate as the special champions
OF the provision referred to- Messrs. Par
sons, Bennett and Driscoll were the lead
ers OF those who opposed the adoption
OF the amendment and upheld the right OF
the government to use the most efficient
means possible in order TO detect Grim
inals and TO prevent and punish crime
The amendment was carried In the com
mittee OF the whole. where no votes OF
the individual members are recorded, so
] aryl unable to discriminate by mention
ing the members who voted for and the
members who voted against the provision
but It's passage, the journal records, was
greeted with applause ! am well aware.
however. that In any case OF this kind
many members who have no particular
knowledge Of the point at issue are con-
tent simply TO follow the lead OF the
committee which had considered the mat
ter, and have no doubt that many mem
bers Of the house simply followed the
lead OF Messrs. Tawney and Smith"
Secret Service ls Defended,
After soundly demonstrating with Rep
resentatives Tawney, Smith, Sherley and
Fitzgerald for their stand at the last
session in favor Of placing limitations
upon the duties OF secret service opera
tives, the president set about to defend
the operations Of that branch OF the
federal government and declared that the
scope OF the department should be ex-
tremely wide In order that all criminals
might be brought to justice and that
there might be no unjust determinations.
He also pointed out numerous instances
where the powers OF the department had
brought justice upon the heads OF crimi-
nails and cited cases within the memory
OF the present administration. Mr.. Roose-
welt also declared that none of the mem
bers OF the house had ever been investi-
gated as set forth In various allegations,
the gist Of which was appended to the
message
Asks Reversal Of Action.
Concluding. the president said:
''yn conclusion, l most arnestly ask, In
the name OF good government and decent
administration, in the name of honesty
and for the purpose OF bringing TO Justice
violators OF the federal laws wherever
they may be found. whether In public OF
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 ALI
son, having before II a strongly-worded
protest from Secretary Cortelyou like
that he had sent to Mr.. Tawney. accepted
the secretary's views; and the senate
passed the bill in the shape presented by
Senator Allison. In the conference, how
ever. the house conferees insisted on the
retention OF the provision they had In
serted and the senate yielded,
"The chief OF the secret service Is paid
q salary utterly inadequate 10 the impor-
tance OF his functions and to the admir-
able way in which he has performed
them. earnestly urge that It may be
increased TO $1,000 per annum. l also urge
that the secret service be placed where
II properly belongs, and made bureau
IN the department OF Justice as the chief
OF the secret service has repeatedly re-
auested; but whether this Is done or not
Il should be explicitly provided that thG
secret service can be used to detect anc
punish crime wherever II is found.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"