Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-08


these ASSERT ions, couciied as Squestdona
be made one positive Declaration that
this secret service at one time was
used for the purpose Of looking into
the personal conduct Of i member Of.
congress-. This argument of Mr.. Sher.
ley, the only real argument as to the;
merits Of the question made on behalf
OF the committee on appropria tons,
will be found in columns and 2 Of
page $3.50 and column j of page 5557
OF the Congressio Record. III COLI
umn I OF page $500 MI. sherley refers.
to the impropriety Of permit ting the!
secret service men to investigate men
In the departments, officers or the
army and navy and senators and CON.
gressmen. In column "a he refers to
officers Of the navy and members Of
congress. In column j, page 5557, he
refers only to members Of congress.
His speech puts most weight on the
Investigation OF members OF congress.
lsewspaper. Article Reproduced. L, B;
III; What appears In the record Is filed
out and explained BY an article which
appeared 4in5itte Chicago Inter Ocean
|of Jan. 8. 1904, under Washington
headline and which marked the begin
ming fof this agitation against the be.
'cret service. It was a special article!
OF about 1000 words, written, as I was
then informed and now understand, by
Mr.. L. w. Busbey, at that time private
secretary to- the speaker Of the house.
i #inclose q copy Of certain extracts
from the article, marked Appendix B..
slAppendix B consists Of ! an \ article
from the Chicago Inter Ocean Of Jan.
3, 1904. In this John q. Wilkie, chief
of the secret service Of the treasury
department, Is described as ambitious
icf 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-
3gressional action and that congress has
always been antagonistic to the: bu-
reau.] It contained an utterly unwar-
4ranted attack on the secret service
division Of the treasury department
and its chief. The opening paragraph
includes, for instance, statements Hike
the following: &,1. FAITH >ss s:,. &5% " ..&
! He (the chief Of the division) and his
men are DESTROYS OF doing the secret de-
tective work for the whole government
and are not particular about drawing the
line between the lawmakers and the law
breakers They are ready to shadow the
former as welltas the latter. 5=5a :. 4
Then, afte. saying that congress win
insist that the men shall only be used
to stop counterfeiting, the: article goes
on: d. SS ;s VI !. q; x5.:
Congress does not intend to have q
Fouche or any other kind OF minister Of
police to be used by the executive de-
partmentss asa.nst the legislative branch
Of the government. It has been so used,
and it rs SUSPECTED that II has been 80
branch Of the government WIN not toler-
ate the rneddling ~ detectives. whether
they represent the president, cabinet Off
GERS or only themselves. 80 Con-
sressmen resented the secret interference
pf the secret service men who for weeks
shadoWed some Of the. most respected
slnsss beers of house and senate. s!sss, :
When II was discovered that the secret
service meii were Swallowing congress-
men there was e storm OF indignation at
the capitol. and the bureau came near
being abolished and the appropriation
for the suppression Of counterfe citing cut
off.Sss. fy1s AT another time the chief OF
the secret service had his men shadow
congressman with q view to- involving
them in scandals that would enable til,
bureau to dictate to them as the price OF
silence. - 's.5 The secret service men
I have shown an inclination again y to
shadow members Of congress, knowing
them to be lawmakers. and this lis no
joke. Several OF the departments have
asked congress for secret funds for In
vestigation, and the treasury department
wants the limitation removed froma the
appropriation for suppressing counter
feiting. This shows a. tendency toward
F'oucheism and d secret watch ON other
officials than themselves. III II AZ
N AT the time Of this publication the
work Of the secret service which was
thus assailed included especially the In
5yestigation Of great land frauds In the
west ana the securing OF evidence to
help the department OF justice In the
beef trust investiga lions at Chicago,
which resulted IL successful prosecu-
lions. 81 s,ss.
5s In; view OF Mr.. Busbey's position /
have accepted the above quoted state
.nents as fairly expressing the real
meaning and animus Of the attacks
made Id general terms On the use Of
the secret service for the punishment
OF criminals. 81 Furth ermore, ID the per
formance of my duty to endeavor TO
find the feelings Of congressman on
public questions Of note I have fre-
quently discussed this particular mat
ter with members OF congress- and on
such occasions the reasons alleged Ia
me for the HOSTILE DC congress to the
secret service, both BY those who did
and by those who did not share this
hostility were almost inYariab bly, the
same as those set forth III MI Busbay's
article may add, ay The way, that