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Ton of the anti law and others. This
saMendment In question was of bsnefit 10
NO otso excepting To these criminals. and
3it seriously hampers the government In
the detection OF crime and the securing Of
Justice. Moreover II mot only AFFECTS de-
.partments outstd de Of the treasury, but ii
tends to hanpe the secretary OF the
the employees OF his! Sdepa rtment So as to
best meet the requir ernents of the public
service. 1T forbids him from preventing
frauds upon: the customs service from In
3vestigating irregularit titles In branch r1ints
and ASSAY tflcess and has seriously crip-FF
pied him. prevents the promo lion of
employees IN the secret service. and this
further disc ourages good effort. III its;
present form the restric Ion operates only
70 the adyanta 60 OF tho criniinai, Of the
~ The chief All unnent in favor 81 the pro-;
Vision was that the congressman did not
themselves wish to be investigated by
Becreksseryicea men, Very little Of such
INSTRUMENTATION. has been done Y, the past:
servicel agents Swassp partly Responsible for;
sthe Indie tment and conviction or y ser,-i
9Rtor and R congressman f5r faffd frauds
tn@ Oregon. ii do not believe sthat 1t IN
In the public interest to- protect crfrn.8
mails II; any branch of the public service.
and. exactly asi We have again and aEain
anring tns past seven years prosecuted;
in thes executfv 81 ibr Anci, Sf the goyerTi-s
snaent, 30 in my BELIEF Ne should be given
ample means to prosecute them Ii found
In the Legislative branG But If tfiisS III
not idered desirable a special; excep.i
ton could be made Ein the law :proi,ibit.s
Ing the use or the secret service force III
investig atina nembe i;of the congress-
!tsWonld l be far bette sto do this than 10,
do what actually was done and strive to
prevent Or at II least ITO hamper effective
action against criminals BY the executive
branch Of the government, n t;} 4 . j'$
Asks Careful Reading Of Message.
A careful read ding of this message!
Will show that i said nothing to war
rant the statement that tsthe mai ority:
OF the 5congressmen were In fear Of,
being investigated BY the secret serv-
Ice mem lor that congress Us a whole:
was actuated by that motive" u did
not make any such statement In this.
message. Morrow have never made
any such atement& about congress as
3a whole nor. with a few Inc itables ex-
Sceptions, about the members OF con-;
sgress In any message or article or
speech: On the contrary IL have all
ways not only deprecated, but vigor-
$ously resented, the practice of 5indis-
#crilninate stack upon congress and
5indiscrim eliminate conde mnat Hon Of h: all
congressman wise and unwise, fltannd;
unfit, ood and bad alike. 2N 10 one real
lies more than 1 the imp ortance 5of
sco-operat Hon between the executive
and congress, and no one holds the al-
thority and dignity of the congress Of
the United States In higher respect
than do. ID have not the \ slightest
sympathy with the practice OF Judging
men for coed or for Ill not on their
several merits, but IN sa mass, as mem
beers Of one part ictllar body 81 one
caste. put ether all men holding
or who have held q particular Office,
whether Iii be the Office OF president
or Judge OF senator Of member Of the
house Of representa- Hives, and to class
them all. hout regard to their In
sdividual rences, I'D good or bad
seems to ne utterly inde fensil,Ie ana
sit rs equally indef ensible whether the
good are conf und led with the bad In
] Ia heated and sunwarrantedS champion
ship OF all or III q heated and unwar-
sranted assault upon all. would nei-
!. Their attack nor defend all executive
officers ma mass, whether preside Tents.
governors, abinet officers or officials
OF lower rank :, nor would III attack Or
defend all legislat tive officers In a mass.
The safety of free government rests
very largely ID the ability Of the plain,
everyday citizen to discrimin nate be-
tween those public servants who serve
him we'll and those public servants
who serve him u He cannot thus
iscriminate if he IS persuade led to pass
Judgment upon d man not with refer
ence to Whethe he Is, q ut 4 Oh unfit
public serY ant. but With reference to
whether he Is an executi i've or legisla-
tive Officer, VIII ther he belongs to one
branch 81 the oth Sof the government,
Says Message "A Misunderstood
This allsga tionS in the sresol ion,
therefore, must certainly be due to an
entire allure to- und erstand my mes.
sage
The resoluti ion Gontinue les, I.hat the
president be requisite to transmit to
the house any eYide nces upon which be
based his statements that the chief
argument IL favor the provision
was that the ongressmen did not
themselves wish. to 5bea Inv stigated Sby
secret service nlen. !, 81 This statement,
which was an q ttack upon no one, still
less upon the congress, 81 sustained by
the fac N
s$ re you Will turn tn the Gsongression al
I Record for AZ az a last pages 5558 -
5000, inclusive. you vii lind the de
bate on this sub ect. Tawney Of
Minnesota MI. Smith of Iowa, Nh.
fasherleys 81 ISentucky and Mr.. Fitzger-
aid |of New York appear IA this debate