The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-04

dealing with motives. Whatever may
have been rhc motive that induced
the action ~ which ! speak t.is
was beyond all question the effect u
that action. Is the house now willing
10 remedy that sgongs
For long time coutonted myself
with eudeayoring TO persuade the
house not To permit the wrong
speaking informally ON the subject
with those members who believed.
knew anything OF the matter and |
communicating officially only in the
ordinary channels As through the
secretary OF The treasury in Il letter II
TO the speaker on April -. pro
testing agains, the cutting T"wa ot /
The appropriation yitally necessary /
II the intcrs' ate commerce comm =
sion VAS to carry into effect the I
twentieth SECTION of thp hepburn iaw. /
add. d This provision abOd, th d /
The emf ,oy meIt of the secret service /
men will work very great damage
20 the government In It's en- felvor
70 prevent and punish crime. There
is no more foolish outcry ihao this
against spies ouly criminals nee
fear our detectives ii lnciose cury
Of the whole letter, marked "Ap
p.ndix c. The postscript is blur ei
in my copybook and two or r.Iee
Of The words cannot be decipherCJ)
, The Sc methods proved unayaili1g 10
/ prevent the wrong. Messrs Tawney
/ and smith and their fellow members
on the appropriations committee paid
/ no heed to the protests; and as tle
/ obnoxious provision was incorporate
In the sundfy oivil bill It was i'm
/ possible for ne 10 consider q: U.s..
cuss II on It's merits. as s"orld
have done had Il been in seJa"a'e
bill Therefore | have now taken the
only method available, that uf dis
cussiug 1t in my message tn con
gross; and as all efforts to secure
what | regard as proper treatment
Of the subject without recourse %
plain speaking had failed, have
spoken plainly ani directly and have
set ofrth the facts in explicit terms.
Since 1901 the Investigations GOV.
, cred by the secret service division
under the practice which had bc"a
for many years recognized as prop
er and legitimate and which had re-
- cciycd the sanction oI the high"s,
] law officers of the govoTnmcnt-have
/ covered "A wild" range Of ohcns"s
, against the federal law. By far IN,
/ most important of these related tc
. the public domain. as 10 which ther,
vas uncovered iar.rcachlng and
T. widespread system OF fraudulent
4 transactions involving both the illega
a acquisition and the Illegal fencing o
/ government land; and. IN connection
!. with both these ofenses the crimes
{ Of perjury and subornation of per
Iu y
: I'm these violations were Of great
j. wealth and of wide political anC
II social Influence. Both their corporal,
e associations and their political aifi
n Nations. and the lawloss character o.
" some of their employees made th'
p. Investigations not only difficult bu
?. dangerous. III Colorado one Of th'
2 secret service men was assassina'od
s I'm Nebraska it was necessary 10 re-
y move a United states attorney and
pa. United States marshal before sat
4 isfactory progress could be made u
s the prosecution of the, offenders.
u The evidence IN all these cases wa
: chiefly secured by men trained II
the secret service and detailed b.
g the department of justice at the r.
5 quest Of that department and of IN
e dcpar tment of the interior. In tn
n state of Nebraska alone sixty dc
/. PENDANTS were indicted; and Of IN
If thirty.two cases thus far brought Z
A. trial twenty eight have resulted Il
n conviction. two of the principals
McsSrs COmstOck and Richards, me
n. ~ wealth and wide influence. b'
a ing sentenced TO twelve months il
Ie jail aud fined $500 each, The 70
l. lowing secret service memorandum
il made in the course of penling cas-
.e illustrates the ramifications of intei
= est with which the government Ia
V To deal:
" Charles T. Stewart, of COunci
If Bluffs. was mdiCtef at Omaha fo
ID conspiracy To d,fraud the govern
rs IN Mt of the title 10 public land
IS in Mcpherson county, Nebraska. ais
- Indicted for maintaining an unhwfu
- inclosure OF the public lands, an
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