The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-05

this secret service at enc time was
used for the purpose Of looking into
/ the personal conduct CT 4 member Of
congress" This argument Of Mr. Sher-
/ ley, the only real argument as 10 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 l Of page 5J57
| Of the Congressional Record in col
umn / of page $3.50 Mr. Sherley refers
to the improperly Of permitting the
secret service men TO investigate men
| in the departments, officers Of the
army and navy and senators and con
gressmen. IL column ? he refers 70
officers of tie navy and members Of
congress. In column l. page 55J7, he
refers only TO members OF congress.
Els 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 IN article which
appeared ia the Chicago Inter Ocean
of Jan. 3, 1864, under a Washington
headline aud which marked the begin
| ming Of this agitation agaIrMt the sc
efet service. II WAS a spe's-l article
Of about 500 words, written, as ! was
then informed and now understand. by
Mr.. l.. w. l.usbey al that time private
secretary 10 the speaker Of The house
! inciose copy of certain extracts
from the article, marked Appendix b
[AppeDdiX Il consists Of al article
from the Chicago Inter Ocean Of Jan.
8, 1904. Iir this John f. Wiikie. eEicf
Of the secret service of the treasury
department, Is described as ambitious
Of becoming the Fouche of the United
States" IN imitation OF Fouche, chief
OF The secret police Of Napoleon l. The
article declares that the secret service
bureau exists without warrant Of con-
gressional action and that congress has
always been antagonist to the bu-
reau.l 1t contained an utterly unwar-
rauied attack on the secret service
division of the treasury department
and is chief The opening paragraph
includes, fcr instance. statements like
the following
He Oho chief OF the division and his
men are DESTROYS Of doing the secret de-
;ec;lve work FOR the whole government
and arc not particular about drawing tAs
line between tie lawmakers and the Law
breakers. They are ready 10 shadow the
former as well as this latter.
Then, after saying that congress viii
insist that the mca stal CDly be use.l
to stop counterfeiting, the article goes
on:
Congress does not intend TO have a
FoeoAe OF any other knd Of minister e
police TO be used by the executive de-
partments against the legislative branch
Of the government II has been so used,
aad il is suspected that II has been 50
used recently. The legislative
branch OF the government viii not toler-
ate the mcddling Of detectives whether
they represent the president cabinet Off
GERS or only themselves Con-
grsssnen resented the secret interference
Of the secret service men who FOR weeks
shaGowod some OF the most respected
members Of the house and senate,
When il was discovered that the secret
|, service men were shadowing congress
men there a storm OF Indignation at
the capitol, and the bureau came near
being abolished and the appropria ton
for the suppression of counterfeting cut
on At another time The chief OF
the secret service had his men shadow
congressman with a view 10 involving
them IN scandals that would enable the
bureau TO dictate To them the price OF
silence. The secret service men
have shown Inclination again TO
shadow members Of congress knowing
them 10 be lawmakers and THIS is no
joke Several of the departments have
asked congress for secret funds for in
vestiFG2iOn, and the treasury department
wants the limitation removed from the
appro pr ation for suppress!ng counter
feiung. This shows a tendency toward
Fouchesm and secret watch on other
officials than themselves
At the time Of this publication the
work ~ the secret service which was
thus assailed included especially the in
yestigation of great land frauds il the
west and the securing of evidence to
help the department Of justice in the
beef trust Investigations at Chicago,
which resulted in successful prosecu-
tons.
lii view Of Mr. Busbey's position l
have accepted the above quoted state
lncnts as fairly expressing the real
meaning and aEimus of the attacks
made in general terms on the use or
the secret service for the punishment
Of criminals. Furthermore. in the per
Torrance of NY duty TO endeayor to
end the feelings OF congressman on
public questions OF note l have frc-
cuentlgs discussed this particular mat
ter with members of congress. and on
such occasions the reasons alleged to
me for the hostility of congress to the
secret service, both 10y those who did
ana ~ those who cid ret share this
hostility. We're ALMOST Invariably the
same as these set forth IN AIr. Busaey's
article. nay add, by tie WY, tina;
tacse allegations as 70 the secret serv-
ice are wholly without foundation IL
fact.
Zeal Issue Named.
But all q this IS Of insignificant i'm
pagsGnce compared VITA the main. lac
zeal issue. This issue Is simply, Does
congress desire that the government
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