Putnam patriot., 1909-01-08

ss h tsaea#zens fIe rea seHs alleged to Fae far tAe hesfHzss Of congress te the se rel ssTt iee. hsfh by those who did aed Ev fag-e vhe dld uaf share this haauEfs. were almost invariably The same as those set forth ln Air Bashey's afsiele may ad1 by the way fhat the-e allegations as to the secret serv- Ite are wholly without foundation in fact
 Real Issue Named.
 Bnt All of this k of insignificant i'm pertanee compared with the main. the real. issue This issue ls simply Does congress desire that the government shall have at iFs disposal the most efficient instrument for the detection of criminals and The prevention and punishment of crime. or does 1t not? The action of the house last May was emphatiealiy an action against the in terest of justice and against the Inter est of laH abiding people and ia its ef feet If benefit suls 10 tawbreakerz an not now dealing with motives Whatever may have been ihe motive that iHdH ed tHH aefieH af which snaat faEs was H#zand aE question The e.ze ef fhst zEaa. Is he house now 4Ii = .s--ezz Ehr F#aHzs
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 Assuasz as thr aeh tae ses retarv of shs srfssazHs fH a lefte- tt fire speaker n Aprfi sn pratesflee aeaiaSf the cut rug caRu af Tue appropriation vitaly nsgvssafs # The Interstate tommerce =uuI.8lszItsu uas ta c4rrE iuio effect 9aa tWea5Is.4 s.e1saa ug 9Ae HeHhaFn law. i asl8ei -Iae provision about gae ciapiss eaf of ii4e secret service l1en u5l Wa4s tery great damage to ihe government h iis sndeaxaT to pre- vent and punish crime. There is no Harc fassIIsb oaieas tlan tAis against spies only eri4..laaIs need fear our defectixe> {, Iuciese copy of the N h0ie letter. niark d 'AW~ptix C" The peSgSeFipg k tlurvs4l "a nx copy book. aud tua or three af the words cannot la. deciphercdl lAppendlx X letter da,ed April 3a. lgls. from President Roosevelt 1o Speaker can noa protesting against the cutting aewn iH tAe >assslFs civil hill of the sP tFopria1ioH fnr stsret service work The only people eenehted would be the very 9orsi eI the bis railroad men s bose mis.iee3s We are trying to prs, vent ar eal lfs were gile weris 0f tae president These uetaeis prot ed un- aVallias ta prevent ghe &reag MessrS Tawues ald smith aad their feilaw alemhevs ea the appropriations com mlftec pad ue heed to the protests and as fte obnoxious provision WAS 5aeargesr4.sd ia tae sundas eifli bla t Nas impossible fer me ta consider ar dlSu uss f sn its merits as should have done bad Il been in 3 separate bill. Therefore I have now taken the oaiy niethssI available. that uf discuss tug it Ia ny message to congress. and as all efforts 10 secure what l regard as proper treatmen; of the subject without reeourse to plain speaking had failed l have spoken plainly and dl rectly and have set forth the facts in explicit terms
 GHere the prestieat gives instances h which the secret servtce men have ts-n Instrumental in securing convsc~ tions of o~enses against federal laws citing especially the land fraud cases
 h connection with The Nebraska rros~cuftan -Se government has by de ere~ seeared the return te the govern Eneni of ever 8 Eiliton acres of grar- tng land ln Cosorade of mor~ than eea arres cf faineral land and suits ars new Ps-Hthsx Involving isaooo scrsss snane
 ceesrs~ents Agents Dishonest
 Al 1hs.se iatrssl 4tianS h fl4c lard eaSes vere n- ertaken in csn~cauenee af Mir tlseh ~G. the taea Ss.resary If the 1sssvmiE- convinced fhaf ,hese were extensive frausts eeFn- Ms'fsa a M ae4saFs a5eat. ard 1he r ramlaeal a~ cf the fr-sasss @ere Sa Karwpa 3a haf h. wa~ afrals te frass hss ewu es .alS lo deal ia ttaeraRshs sesns fasssss eth them oee of the seserv. s#ssN saea aceorAisHslY rssSs-a ess ssa w4S pointed lm lie inEeTssr esEsTf iaesf ss ssr<s ea tats vaorS. The
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