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Show LAKDON MAY HAVE GUARD PROTEGTl-CH WASHINGTON, Nov. Z Officials (jf the II. S. s.-CM-l. :-rv-iee preparcfl tod;iy to ru:-h a'-nl i from St. lyjuin, I )cnvr :i nd K;, u-s;is u-s;is City to Top.-ka, Kan., 1o take up the duty of protreUng the pi i-di-nt-elect should All' M. I.aodon be chosen at. the polls. The act that grants funds to the secret service specifies- that the president, his personal family and "the person chosen to be president, of the United States" .shall be. guarded. However, the final result of the election must be known be ore a pi csident-elect is given secret service guards. Theodore Roosevelt was the first American president to be closely guarded by the treasui y's agents. Reason for the innovation innova-tion was the assassination of William Wil-liam McKinley. |