The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-05

ana direct slHleineHl tnt hSHtihon
that il was the law, and ought TO be
the law, that the secret service
should only be used to suppress coun'
terIeiting and that the law should
be made more rigid than ever in this
respect
A careful reading Of the Congress.
sicnal Record will also show that
practically the only arguments ad-
yanced in favor OF the limitation pro
posed by Mr. Tawney's committee,
/ beyond what may be supposed to be
contained by implication in certain
sentences as to abuses" which were
not specified, were those contained
in the repeated statements OF MIR
Shefley. Mr. SherIey stated that
there had been pronounced abuses
growing out of the secret service for
purposes other than those intended,
putting his statement in the form OF
a question, and in the same form fur
ther stated that the private conduct
Of members of congress, senators,
and others ought not to be Investigate
ed by the secret rseyice, and that
they should not investigate a mem
cused of conduct rnbecoming a gen
tleman and a member of congress.
In addition to these assertions couch
ed as questions, he made one positive
declaration. that this secret service
at one time was used for the purpose
Of looking into the personal conduct
Of member of congress- This ar
of Nh Sherley, the only real |
argument as to the merits of the |
qut stion made on behalf of the com.
nittee on appropriations. will be
found in columns | and of page |
555i, and column I OF page 5557 OF
the Congressional Record In column
OF page 555G Mr., Sherley refers to
he improperly of permitting the Sc,
ret service men TO investigate men
N the departments, officers of the
lrmy and navy. and senators and con |
,essmen; in column he refers to
Ulcers of the navy aud members of
congress. in column I, page 5557 he
efers only to members of congress
lis speech puts most weight on the
of members Of congress
Close to "Uncie joe"
What appears in the record is filled
ut and explained by an article which
pEeared In the Chicago Inter Ocean |
f January 3, 1901, under a Washing
on headline, and which marked the
eginnng of this agitation against
ha secret service It was a special
rticle Of about 5000 words, written,
S ! was then informed and now un-
erstand, by Mr.. l.. W Busbey, at
hat time private secretary to the
peaker Of the house | inclose a
opy of certain extracts from the ar
Gle. marked Appendix b. 1t con
aimed an utterly unwarranted attack
II the secret service division of the
department and its chief
he opening paragraph includes. for
lstance statements like the follow.
lg:
He lthe chief Of the division) and
Is men are DESTROYS of doing the Sc
ret detective work for the whole
overnment and are not particular
bout drawing the line between the
lwmakers and the lawbreakers
hey are ready to shadow the former
5 we'll as the latter.
Then, after saying that congress
i'll insist that the men shall only
Q used to stop counterfeiting. the
riicle goes on:
Congress does not intend to have
Fouche or any other kind of minis
'r OF police to be used by the eNecu
We departments against the legisla-
We branch of the government III
as been SO used, and it is suspected
tat it has been SO used recently
The legislative branch OF
70 government win not tolerate thel
.etdling of detectives. whether they
the president cabinet Off
lrs, or only themselves.
urgressmen resented the secret in-I
Inference Of the rcseet service men.
he for weeks Swallowed some the
cst respected members of the
Luse and senate. When IL
al discovered that the secret ser
Ice men We're shadowing congress.
el there was a storm Of Indignation
the capitol and the bureau came
ear being abolished and the appr.-
ration for the suppression Of cOun-
'Tfeiting cut off. At an
her time the chief Of the secret ser
ce had his men shallow congress
On with a view 10 involving them
scandals that would enable the bu
'au to dictate TO them as the price
silence. The secret ser.
&c men have shown an inclinationl
,ain 10 shallow members OF con.I
-tss, knowing them 10 be law-mak-l
5 and this is no joke Several of
~ departments have asked congress
" secret funds for investigation. and ,
.e treasury de y tment wants the
initiation removed from the appro
ration for suppressing counterfeit
2 This shows a tendency toward
5rchpism and secret watch on I
her officials than themselves.
At the time ci this publication the ]
erik of the secret service. which was
ms assailed. included especially the
EeEfigafiou Of great land frauds i'm Y