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used Tor lie purpose 81 lu1kilS into
the personal conduct of "a member Of
congress" This argument IL Air. Sher-
ley. the only real argument as b the
merits II the question made on behalf
81 the committee on appropriations,
will be found in columns 1 ana = OK
page 555G and column of page 5357
OF the Congressional Record. In col
nmn Of page $3.50 Mr.. Sherley refers
10 the improperly Of permitting the
secret service men 10 investigate men
In the departments. officers Of the
army and navy and senator's and con
gressmon. In column . he refers TO
officers OF the navy and members OF
congress. In column I, page 5557, he
refers only ia. 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 IN the Chicago Inter Ocean
OF Jan. 3, 1904. under a Washington
headline and which marked the begin
ming OF this agitation against the sc.
cret service. It was a special article
OF about 1900 words, written. as / was
then informed and now understand, by
Mr.. L. w. Busbey. at that time private
secretary 10 the speaker OF the house.
inclose copy of certain extracts
from the article. marked Appendix y.
lAppendix Il consists OF an article
from the Chicago Inter Ocean OF Jan.
3, 1904. In this John +. Wilkie. chief
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 |. The
article declares that the secret service
bureau exists without warrant OF con-
gressional action and that congress has
always been antagonlstic 10 the bu-
reau.l IL contained an utterly unwar-
ranted attack on the secret service
division OF the treasury department
and is chief The opening paragraph
includes, FOR Instance. statements like
tie lowing
He che chief % the divislon) and his
men are DESTROYS Of doing the secret de-
tcctive work Tor the whole government
and are not particular about drawing the
line between the lawmakers and tho law
breakers. They are ready 10 shadow the
former as well as the latter
Then. after saying that congress viii
insist that the men shall only be used
to stop counterfeiting, the article goes
on:
Congress does not intend 10 have a
Fouche or any other kind Of minister OF
police 20 be used by the executive de-
paTtmonts against the legislative branch
OF the government IL has been 80 used.
and - is suspected that II has been so
used recently The legislative
branch OF the government viii not toler-
ate tho meddling OF detectives whether
they represent the president. cabinet on
GERS or only themselves. Con-
grcssmen resented the secret interference
OF the secret service men who for weeks
Swallowed some OF the most respected
members Of the house and senate.
When II was discovered that the secret
service men were shndowlng congress
men there was a storm ~ Indignation az
the capitol and the bureau came near
being abolished and the appropriation
for the suppression OF caunterfeiting cut
on. Al another timo the chief OF
the secret service had his men shadow
congressman with Il View 20 involving
them IN scandals that would enable the
bureau 20 dictate 20 them as the price of
silence Tho secret service men
have shown an Inclination again 10
shadow members OF congress. knowing
them 20 be lawmakers. md this IS no
Joke Several of the departments have
asked congress for secret funds FOR in-
vcstigntion. and the treasury department
wants the limitation removed from the
appropriation for auppresslng counter
feiting This shows a tendency toward
roucheism and a secret watch on other
officials than themselves
At the time of this publication the
work OF the secret service which was
thus assailed included especially the IN
vestigation OF great land frauds In 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.
In view Of Mr.. Busbeys position
have accepted the above quoted state
ments as fairly expressing the real
meaning and animus Of the attacks
made IN general terms on the use OF
the secret service for the punishment
OF criminals. Furthermore. In the per
Torrance Of my duty 70 cndcavor TO
find the feelings OF congressman on
public questions OF note l have fire.
oucntly discussed this particular mat
ter with members OF congress- and on
such occasions the reasons alleged 60
me for the hostility OF congress 10 the
secret service, both by those who did
and by those who did not share this
hostility, were almos. Invariably the
same as those set forth IN Mr.. Busbey's
article. may add. by the way. that
these allegations as 20 the secret serv-
ice are wholly without foundation in
fact
Real Issue Named.
But all Of this Is Of Insignificant I'm
portance compared with the main. the
real. issue This Issue k simply. Does
congress desire that the government
shall have nf ftS DISPOSAL the most