The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-01-07


Mr.. sheriey stated ths, there hsd
been pronounced abuses growing out OF
the use OF the secret service for purposes
other than those Intended putting his
statement In the form OF n question. and
In the same form further stated that the
private conduct OF members o. congress.
senators and others ought not 10 be In
vestigated by the secret service. and that
they should not investigate "a member OF
congress- who had been accused Of con
duct unbecoming a gentleman and a
member OF congress- In addition TO these
assertions couched ne questions. he made
one positive declaration. that This secret
service AZ one time was used for the pur-
pose 81 looking nlto the personal con
duct OF a member Of congress This ar
gument % Mr. Sherley, the only real ar
gument as 20 the merit. OF the question
made ON b-half OF the committee on ap-
preparations, will be found in columns ]
and OF page $3.50. and column I OF page
1851 ~ the Congressional Record. In col.
umn % page 1858 Mr.. sheriey refers e.
the improperly % permitting the secrei
service men TO Investigate men in tn,
departments. officers OF the army and
navy and members OF congress; in col
urnn J. page 5557. he refers only TO mem
bers OF congress. His speech puts mos
weight on the investigation Of member
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What appears in the record Is nile
out and explained by an article which ar
peared In the Chicago Inter-Ocean al
January ;. 1904. under a Washinzftt
headline and which marked the begil4
ming OF this agitation against the seed
service. IL was especial article Of alb Il
5000 words, written. as I was then a
formed and now understand. by Mr. l.
w busbey' NJ that time private secre ay
TO the speaker Of the house n m
tained an utterly unwarranted attact on
the secret service division OF the i.as-
ury department and its chief.
AT the time OF this publlcatiof the
work OF the secret service. which naa
thus assaiied. included especially In
Nestigation OF great land frauds the
west. and the securing OF evide. 10
help the department OF Justice a. the
beef-trust Investigations at CIcaRo.
which resulted In successful prose itlons.
Efforts TO Kill Move
Found TO Be Una sllna
These m ,thods proved uneva hr 10
prevent the wrong Messrs Taw a and
Smith' and their fellow member o. the
appropriations committee paid no bed TO
the protests. and as the obnoxi A. pro-
vision was Incorporated In the laundry
civil Bill. IL was impossible for NJ. d. con
Snet OF discuss 10 on its mera as I
should have done had Il been Ia SEN
arate bill. Therefore have nj, taken
the only method available. tina Sof dis
cussing IL In my message TO conrsss; and
as all EFFORTS 10 secure what ekard as
proper treatment OF the subjec without
recourse TO plain speaking had hailed, I
have spoken plainly and dirsitiy. and
have set forth the facts in expi Al terms
Since 1901 the investigatiord covered
by the secret service division lnder the
practice which had been for n nv years
recognized as proper and legit nate, and
which had received the sancfon of the
highest law officers OF the &c ernment-
have covered n wide range 4 offenses
against the federal law. BY M the most
important OF these related 70 The public
domain, as to which Their. was un-
covered far-reaching and widespread
system OF fraudulent trnnsac ms involv-
ing both the Illegal acauisit IN and the
Illegal fencing OF governmen land: and
In connection with both the offenses
the crimes OF perjury and su.ornation of
perjury. Some of the persas involved
IN these violations were OF reat wealth
and OF wide political and SOC Al influence
Roth their corporate asso lations and
their political affiliations. an fhe lawless
character OF some OF ther employees
made the Investigations not p1ly diflcult
but dangerous. In Colorad lone OF the
secret service men was ass sinsted.