The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-04

wnl-be founu- In columns -and 2 OF
page $3.50 and column Of page 1851
Of the Congressional Record In col
umn / Of page 5558 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-
Rressmen. In column he refers to
officers Of the navy and members Of
congress. In column 4, page 1851, he
refers only to members Of congress.
His speech puts most weight on the
investigation OF members OF congress.
Newspaper Arkicls Reproduced.
What appears In the record is filed
out and explained by aa article which
appeared In the Chicago Inter Ocean
OF Jan. 8, 1904, under a Washington
headline and which marked the begin
ming OF this agitation against the Sc
cret service 1t was special article
Of about 5000 words, written, as was
then informed and now understand, by
Mr.. L. w. Busbey, at that time private
secretary to the speaker OF the house.
inciose. a copy OF certain extracts
from the article, marked Appendix b.
rAppendix B consists of an article
from the Chicago Inter Ocean Of Jan
3. 1904 In this John II. Wiikie. chief
OF the secret service Of the treasury
department, Is described as ambitious
Of becoming "the Euuche OF the United
States" in imitation Of Foucha, chief
of the secret police on Napoleon !. The
article declares that the secret service
bureau exists without warrant OF con-
gresEional action ard THAT congress has
always been artagonistic to the bu-
reau.l 1t contained an utterly unwar-
rauted attack on the secret service
division Of the treasury department
and its chief. The opening paragraph
includes, for instance, statements like
the following:
He (tae chief OF tho divigson) and his
men are DESTROYS Of doing the secret de-
tective work for tae whole government
and are not particular about drawing the
breakers. They are ready to shadow the
former as we'll an the latter.
Then, after saying that congress win
insist that the men shall only be used
to stop counterfeIting, the article goes
on:
Congress- does not intend to have a
Fonche or any other kind OF minister of
a. - 81 Exy f{rrx H.
partments against the Legislative branch
or the government 1t has been SO used.
and 1t is suspected that It has been SO
used recently The legislative
branch of the government win not toler-
ate the medd1ing OF detectives. whether
they represent the president, cabinet offi-
cars or only themselves. Con-
gressinen resented the secret interference
Of the secret service man who for weeks
Swallowed some OF the most respected
members Of tire house and senate ss
When 1t was discovered that the secret
service men were shadowirg congress-
men there was a storm OF Indignation at
the capitol. aad the bureau came near
being abolished and this appropriation
fer the suppression OF counterfeiting cut
eff. - At another time the chief ef
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 as the price of
silence The secret service men
have shown on inclination again TO
shadow members Of congress- knowing
them to be lawmakers. and this is no
Joke Several OF the departments have
asked congress for secret funds fer In
vestisation. and the treasury department
wants the limitation removed from the
appropriation Cor suppressing counter
feiting This shows a tendency toward
Foucheism 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.. Busbey's position
have accepted the above quoted state
ments as fairly expressing the real
meaning and aninus of the attacks
made in general terms on the use OF
the secret service fer the punishment
Of criminals. Furthermore, in the per-
Torrance Of my duty TO endeavor to
ind the feelings Of congressman on
public questions Of note hare fire.
ouently discussed this particular mat
ter with members OF congress. and on
such oeeasie1s the reasons alleged to
me for the hostility Of congress to the
secret service, both by these who did
ans by these who did net share this
boStflstv. ,~ere alrsast invariably The