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SECRET SERVICE ACTIVITY
(Continued from Pago 12)
according to the theory of the law,
to perform work of a confidential
character.
Wilkio's man goes over to tho at
torney general's ofllco arid is sot to
work. When the time comes for
paying him ho renders a bill for his
services to Chief Wilkio, and tho lat
ter forwards it to the disbursing
clerk of tho department of justice
Although popularly con3ldored a
secret service man, tho accounting
officers of the treasury classify him
as an agent of tho department of
justice payablo from tho miscellan
eous fund - of the United States
courts. In tho same way, when bank
oxaminors aro detailed by tho comp
troller of tho currency to make up a
caso against a dishonest banker they,
are special agents of the department
of justice, and got their pay from
the miscellaneous fund of tho de
partment of justice.
Two years ago congress limited
tho use of the secret servico agents
to tho detection and arrest of coun
terfeiters and to '"the protection of
tho president." That limitation was
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without effect, for it applied merely
to tho forco in the secret service di
vision. Last year congress put a lim
itation in tho bill providing money
for the per diem men forbidding their
omployment in any way except for
tho detection of counterfeiting
and the protection of the president.
The "Black List"
But that prohibition extended still
further. It made it unlawful for
any of the men employed in the se
cret service" of the treasury during
tho fiscal year 1909 (the current
year) to be employed in any other
department by detail,, transfer, resig
nation and re-employment, or by any
other device. That is what Chief
Wilkio and others in the treasury
call the black list, because it makes
it impossible for a man who has been
employed In tho detection of coun
terfeiting or in protecting the presi
dent to be employed in any other
department for any detective work.
That limitation upon tho use of
tho money was put in for no other
reason than that congressmen dwelt
under the impression that the men
employed under Wilkie were on the
same plane of employment occupied
by him, and that in accepting em
ployment under other departments
they were evading the law creating
tho secret service division.
Tho first secret servico appropria
tion was made in 1800, but the ser
vice was really established in 1865,
when .congress appropriated $300,
000 for tho detection of counterfeit
ing and "other felonies." From that
time forward congress has. made an
nual appropriations ranging from
$50,000 to $300,000. Last year tho
appropriation was $115,000, which is
$15,000 more than ten years ago and
$10,000 less than the year before.
Tho purpose sometimes was only for
tho suppression of counterfeiting;
sometimes of counterfeiting and
frauds on the customs, and some
times for almost any kind of detec
tive work especially for the detec
tion of frauds against the land, pen
slop and .bounty acts.
Originally the secret servico was
attached to the office jqf the solicitor
for the treasury, but now "it is a di-
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vision of the offices of tho secretary
of the treasury. While it was under
the solicitor of tho treasury it was
part of the department of justice, be
cause the solicitor is part of tho at
torney general's staff detailed to give
legal advice to the secretary of the'
treasury.
The accounts of the division are
audited by the auditor for the treas
ury -department, and before anything
can be paid by the disbursing clerk
of tho treasury Chief Wilkie must
present a voucher approved by the
secretary of the treasury.
In 1874. there was a worse row
on account of the secret servicfe than
the one now on. By that time tho
servico had beconio a political ma
chine pure and simple. Secret ser
vico men wcro appointed on the
recommendation of congressmen, and
during political campaigns they went
out to work for the men who had
them appointed. In that year the
scandal became so great that con
gress limited activities of the secret
service men to the suppression of
counterfeiting. That was the pen
alty visited upon the senyice because;
some of the members had supported
losing candidates for congress.
Guarding the President
Grover Cleveland inaugurated the
existing system of having secret ser
vice men guaTd the president. The
sorvico being under the direct con
trol of the secretary of the treasury,
his request that secret service men
be sent -to Gray Gables was directed
to the head of the treasury depart
ment. He was in great fear of vio
lence to his person, so he had sentry
boxes planted "all over the White
House grounds and about forty of
Washington's police force detailed to
guard his4 residence; They were in
addition to the two or three secret
service men surrounding him all the
time.
The practice of having the presi
dent guarded by secret service men
was not legalized untilto 1907, al
though President Roosevelt used se-.
crefr service men from the start.
President McKinley asked to have
George Foster, one of the ten men
in the reguiaTlyi authorized secret
service division, assigned to accom
pany him. He Is a real secret ser
vice man, although not a detective
In tho ordinary sense of the word.
Foster is custodian In the division.
He was with McKinley at the time
of his assassination.
Since election day two secret ser
vice men have been trailing W. H.
Taft, Comptroller Tracewell, having
rendered an opinion that it is a
proper charge upon the fund allowed
for the protection of the president
to pay tne men who guard him. No
body seriously regards that as n.nvn.
found interpretation of the law, but
the authorities here believe popular
disfavor would fall upon any man
who dared suggest that it was a mis
use of the public funds. In law,
Mr. Tart is not even president-elect.
The statutes specifically provide only
for the "protection of the president,"
and the two men who accompany
President Roosevelt on ordinary trips
are the only ones who really do any
thing toward protecting the' presi
dent. Identity Kept Secret
The number and identity of the
secret- service men is kept secret.
For that reason the accounts are also
held to be confidential. '
The chief maintains-that no -secret
service man was ever used in the
way suggested to shadow congress
men, judges or naval officers or to
procure evidence to be used in di
vorce or private litigation of any
kind.
In 1870 the secret service became
expensive and the records show that
tho sum allowed for its maintenance
was then $10,000. In.L871, 1872,
1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876 tho ap
propriation was $135,000 for each
year. In 1873 there was a deficiency
of 30,000; in 1875 of $10,000; in
1876 or $60,000, 'and in 1877 of
$40,000.
Adding tho heavy deficit of $69 -000
for 1876 to the appropriation of
$125,000 for that year it shows an
expenditure for the secret service of
$194,000, which is considerably In
excess of the record for ally other
year.
In 1877, 1878 and 1879 the ap
propriation was $10,000. In 1880
but $60,000 was allowed. In 1881
and 1.883 the sum was $80,000. In
1883 the sum of $77,000 was ap
propriated for the suppression of
counterfeiting and the clerical forco
of the secret service was excepted
and placed in the , legislative, execu
tive and judicial bill.
In 1884 the appropriation was
$67,000; in 1885, 1886, 1887 and
1888, $60,000; in 1889 arid 1890,
464,000; in 1891, $69,000; in 1892,
$75,000, with a deficit of $7,500;' in
1893, $70,000; in 1894, $613,000,
with a deficit of $10,000; in 1895,
$60,000, with a deficit of $5,000; in
1896, $65,000, with a deficit of S5.-
000; in 1897, $65,000, with a' deficit
of $5,000; in 1897, $75,000; in
1899, 1900, 190A, 1902, 1903,
$100,000; in 1904, 1905, 1906,
1907 and 1908, $125,000. In 1909,
the present fiscal year, which ends
June 30 next, the sum available Is
$115,000.
Moron's Revelations
Numerous instances have been de
veloped" by the committee on appro
priations showing that secret service
men have been detailed to other
branches of the government in vio
lation o la-w to perform work not
authorized.
In hearings on the sundry civil
bill before the house appropriations
committee, Inarch. 24, 1908, Assist
ant Chief W. H. Moran, of- the secret
service, admitted these facts:
Details in violation of law wero
made to the navy department for in
vestigation of Irregularities in navy
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