The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-02-26
ROOSEVELT A SC0LD.
HIS USE OF SECRET SERVICE And ABUSE OF
CONGRESS INTOLERABLE


The President utterly unable appreciate the attitude Of
Congress with respect to the He think that
the bounding Of Congressman by detectives paid by the public
legitimate proposition and that Congressman ought to object
He apparently unable to understand why Congressman do
not wish put category suspected characters to have
their footsteps logged detectives and what they and do report
ed TO the President used against those Congressman by Of
coercng them comply with the Presidents will on pending mea
sures anything that he may desire to have them do
The President talks the exposure of crmnay the ferret
ing out criminals that something that has been pursued
good faith and with genuine punish fraud upon the law
But every one understands quite fully by this that there has
any such impartial of the secret service force That force
has been empoyedo such cases against persons the President
hated Congress other prominent through
the country who refused to join in singing Roosevelt hosannas
hold up the erison and contempt of the country or
put them Jail the least possibility by invoking obsolete
laws possible by the prostitution of the whole engney
power His of the service has been thor
oughy personal vndciye Men have been hailed before the
because they have done anything Of the way but be-
they would bend the knee Roosevelt Others the real
offenders the land thieves the grae who made their awnng
aduaon Roosevelt got close to him friends and were
completely protected The great gafters the land gabbers
Roosevelt and OF course they are immune That makes them
remarkable thing that the President would write letter to
Senator aragnng another fasifer And still it
singular that that Senator should make the letter public If President
manly character that he represented be- he
would his emenway direct and
reach him the roundabout way writing the letter
Senator Hale arragnng Hemenway and then making public
There doubt world about deep felt by
Congress by President
service and money In both houses fully understood that
his absolutely illegal and nexcusab And yet Mr. Roose
welt utterly unable appreciate the point Of view Of the Sena
tors and Representatives and Of the law The law to him nothing
this apparently compared with his desire get his
and make those who refuse under his yoke bow the
him He cunnngy ee upon the point that left him
plea the public this for do imagine
moment that that letter written personal matter but for the
public to yndae himself agan the report made by the Senatorial
arragnng the President for his illegal sepcou personal
Of the service crafty his sptes and anmoes
not official communication of course but written for the public
just the and to be Of official Importance in the discussion of this
question {
Congress its present has thrown expend-
Tor the service the safeguard that thrown
around these expenditures last year. OF which the President made
such bitter complaint and which complaint both houses have
acted straightforward official and dgned They have
the President at complete disadvantage in this and he
the point that he would like have the put
the jurisdiction OF the Department of Justice place OF under the
jurisdiction Of the Treasury Department hereto
fore This rather small hole for him creep his pros
tuton OF that secret his aims purposes in defiance
OF the law And nasmch the established and
additionally having that sole duty the purpose running down
counterfeies OF bills and CONS the appropriate jurisdiction
secret service in the Treasury Department is not in the least
likely thar Congress viii make the change suggested by the president
and least OF all likely that will yield him so that he may have
the satisfaction OF scoring this small point against Congress the dis
ssion OF tins question If he should this point he would
undoubtedly chue to himself and boast having won victory ON
Inc man point whether he had that point not Congress will
never again allow the protuted in the way that ~
President Roosevelt has posd malicious and evil purposes
And neither will give him the satisfaction scoring even the small
triumph OF transferring the jurisdiction of service to the Depart
nnt OF Justice where its functions would vague and indefinite
pared with the proper function for that which is defined
" law
In enrolling Senator Hemenway Ananas club the Pes
tent merely shows his inability compehensvey the legal and
eTa phases OF this secret service question and proves that he is
e 70 rise above the mere selfish and personal he has
nned IN his peyersion Of that service Congress intended