The Washington herald., 1909-01-05

report Of ths Secretary Of the Treasury to the Con
Fress
careful reading q the Congressional Record VIII
also shcE That TTscticzily the only arguments ad-
Eanced IN favor oS the Limitation pgoyosed b. Mr..
TaEnsy's committee. beyond what may Re supposed
70 Be contained hy implcatcn IN certain sentences
a. % abuses which were not specified were those
contained IN the repeated statements Of Ar. ShGley
Ar. sheriey stated that there had been pro
nonced abuses growing oct q The use of the Sere.
SerT1cs FOR purpuSes other than those intended -
putting his statement In the form Of QUESTION and
N the sane form further stated that the private
conduct" Of Members Of Corgress Senators" and
Others ought not % be investigated b. the Secret
SeTTics and that they shOIld not investigate q
UelnhTT q CCngTvss who had been sc1Ised Of
coaduc1 unbecD-ainE a gentleman and a meEber
Of COlgTess- IN addition % these assertions
Cogched questions he made one positive declara-
ton that this Secret Serylce al one tine vas
used Tor The pJuIsss q locking into the personal
condnct of member q Cooresz" This srElmeut
q NJ ShGriey. the only real argument as 70 the
merits q tie gues-ion made on behalf q the Con
mirtee On ApTEpIEiatiols vii be found n col
uulns and q page 56s. ard column / q TaEs
500 Of the CODsIesSi0lal Recund. In column ! o.
pags 80 Mr. Shericy refers 70 the inT-UIEirty q
permitting the Secret Service men to investigate
men IN the Departments o1icsTs q the army and
nayy. ard SsrstoTs ard CouEreSsnen; IN column he
refers U OfiCe-s 0f The navy and members u Con
gees; in co,umn l. Tase 40. he refers only 20
or the inrestigation q nembes cf ConEess
What appeas II the recuTd j. filed out and er-
plained b. an article Whicfr~zfpea1ed In the chi
cago Inter Ocean q January ;. Iss under a Wash
iEE-on headline and which marked the beginning
q this agitation z-zlust the Sees Servlce Il was
special article q about 100 words written g I
vas then iufo1Ied and now understand by Mr l.
v, Bus5ey. a. that tine private secretary % the
SPEAKER a the HoCse- incloSe copy % certain
extracts from re article. u ooatained az utterly
q the Treasury Department and us chief. The
opening paragraph includes. f1- instance statements
like the following
He the chief q the DIVISION and his men are
DESTROYS of doing the secret detective wo-k for the
whole government and are not particular ahout draw
ing the Ene betWee0 tbe lawmakers and the law
hTeake-s- They are ready % sh4d0w the former as
vel the latter
Thsa. after sayins that Cousress viii insist that
The men s1aI crly BE- used 70 stop coIute-feitiu-
the article goes o.:
-Con1ess dos not intend 70 have Fossche o.
any Other kind q minister q police 10 be us-i hv
The executive Departments against the legislative
branch q the E0TsnmenL l. has been 50 used
ard l. is suspected hat II has bee1 81 used rscsn;ly
The legislative branch q the goFeunent VII
not tols-ats the eddlus q detectives. whether they
represent the PreSdeCt. Cab1let Oilers OF only
themselves Corg-gsznca resented the secret
interference q the Secret Service me1. who f0r
weeks shad0Wed s0Ene q the Eost Fespected men
hers u the House and Sel1te When ]. Vas
discovered thai tie Se-st Serves uen we're shsdow-
inE C0GgTgsSIen there was q storm q indignation
az the Capitol. ard the burezu cane near beins
abolished and the Appropriation f0T the SUPPRESSION
q co--nte-testsfs< CIT "a. Al another tine
The cnist of the secret SerTics had his men shadow
C1-ETgssnen with e UeF - involving them In
scandals that w0-id enable the bureau 10 dictate to
them the rVics q siience The Secret
Service men have shown inclination again %
shadow menbers q Congress. knowing taem % Be
lawmakers and this is no Joke
Several q 1hs 6epsrneuts have asked Congress
fCT secret funds for Investigation ard the TreasIry
Department wants the limitation removed from the
apTToIrlati1n for s1p7-essnS couEterfeiti1g. THIS
shows a te1dency toward Foucheism and a secret
watch On Other Ce1c:aIs than thsmseivss'
Work of Detectives.
At the tine of this p1biiczti1u the work Of ths
Secret Se-Tice. Fhica vas thus assailsd. Included
especially The ilTesIiEztiou q Tszt lRnd frauds II
the West. and The securing q evidence 70 help the
Department Il justice in tie beef trUst iuvestiza-
tons AZ Chi1go which resulted II successful prose
cztions-
II view n Mr. Bushcy's position. have accep-ed
The above quoted statements fairly e1T7essnz the
real nearing and auiuus 4 the attscks made IN
general terms On tie use q the Secret Service fr
the punishment a criminals. FurIheun0Te in the
performances q my duty. 10 endeavcT 20 fnd the
feelings Of Congressman On public questions o. note
have frequently disclssed this particular matter
with members Of Congress, and on such occasions
the reasons alleged % for the hostility q Con
ETess % the Secret ScrTics both bv there WIN cid
ard b those Who did not share this hostility were
alrnost Invariably the same ss those set forth IN
Nh Busbey's art5cle- I u-ay add b. ;he way that
these allegations as % the Secret Sercs are wholly
Eithout fundation II fact
Since 1871 the investigations covered b. the Secret
Service DiTisi0r-under the u-zrtce which had been
f1- and
and which had received the sanction q the highest
Law oftcers Of the goTeTunelt-haTe covered wide
1nge Of otfenses sgsinsC the Federal law. By far
the most important Of these related 70 the public
domain. as 10 which there Was uncovered far
reaching and Widespread system of fraudulent taus-
actions involving both the Illegal acquisition and
the Illegal fencing Cf government land and in con
nection with both these oHecses the crimes of re-
Jug aod s1boIstica q per5gry- some q the per
ECns involved IN these violations wers of great
wealth and q vide political and social influence.
Both their co-pots associations and Their political
aAiations. and tie laWless character q some q
Their employees. made the inveS1 igations not only
difacgit. but dangerous IN Colorado one q the
Secret Service men was ascassi1ated- IN Nebraska
Il Necessary tc remove United States attorney
and a United States marshal before satisfactory
progress could be made iB the prosecution Of the
offenders
The evidence in al these cases was ehieay secured
By men trained fl the Secret Service and detailed
the Department q Justice az the request Of that
department and q the Department II the Interior
In the State of Nehraska alone sixty defendants
we're indicted and q the thiry-two cases thus far
brought % trial tEentyeght have resulted in cnvic
tion. two Of the principals MeSs-s- Comstock and
Richards men Of wealth and vide influence being
sentenced 20 twelve months IN jail and fnei s. so
each
In connection with the Nebraska prosecution the
government has by decree secured the return 10 the
government q million acres of grazing land
IN Colorado Of more than 20Oo acres of mineral
land. and suits are now pending inFolring 80 0oo
acres more.
All these investigations IN the land cases were
undertaken IN consequence q Mr.. Hitchcock, the